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Shabbat & Holiday 
Lights
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, July 24, 8:42 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, July 25, 9:49 p.m
Tisha b’
Av starts:
Wednesday, July 29, 8:55 p.m.
Tisha b’
Av ends:
Thursday, July 30, 9:43 p.m.

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

On the cover:
Robert Schwartz. 
Photo by Alexander 
Clegg/Jewish News
Cover design: Kaitlyn 
Schoen

20

Views
5-12 

Jews in the D
A Helping Hand in 
Southeast Michigan
14 Bob Schwartz’
s Here to Help Foundation 
offers emergency grants to Oakland and Wayne 
County residents and returning citizens. 

Let Your Voice Be Heard
18 New website easily connects voters to their 
elected officials.

Contact Tracer
20 Young Jewish professional heads up state’
s 
efforts to contain COVID-19.

Life is a Chai Way
22 Local Jewish motorcycle club hosts national 
meet and greet.

Jewish Organizations, Synagogues 
Receive Millions in PPP Loans
24

Moments
Moments
26

Spirit
Torah portion
27

Eretz
Israel Story
28 New podcast showcases the lives of 
ordinary Israelis.

Arts&Life
Pandemic Song
30 Yiddish artist repurposes a 1916 Yiddish 
song that speaks to today.

The Tobacconist
32 Film charts the rise of Nazism in 1930s 
Vienna.

Celebrity Jews
33

Online Events
34

Etc.

The Exchange 
36

Soul 
38

Raskin 
45

Looking Back 
46

 
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