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Jews in the D
Rocket Man
12 Butzel Award winner Dan Gilbert reflects 
on family, faith and philanthropy.

Faces & Places
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Boxes for Ballots
20 Group works to add ballot drop boxes to 
more locales to accommodate absentee voters.

Festival of Huts
22 Metro Detroit families adjust to 
celebrating Sukkot during the pandemic.

Seeking Justice
26 New bills would improve legal 
pathways for U-M assault survivors.

Hankie Couture
28 Oak Park native transforms 
hankies into doll clothes.

Moments
Moments
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Eretz
Bosom Buddies
31 Israeli and Palestinian breast cancer 
survivors forge a unique alliance.

Spirit
Torah portion
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Arts&Life

A Jewish Jazz Guy
33 See Israeli pianist Guy Mintus as part 
of the Jewish Film Festival.

To Cuba, With Gratitude
35 Island was refuge for Jews in the 
decades before the Holocaust.

Celebrity Jews 
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Online Events
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The Exchange 
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Soul 
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Danny Raskin 
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Looking Back 
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Oct. 1-7, 2020/13-19 Tishri 5781| VOLUME CLVIII, ISSUE 9

Shabbat & Holiday Lights
Shabbat & Sukkot start: 
Friday, Oct. 2, 6:53 p.m.
Sukkot Day 2 begins
Saturday, Oct. 3, 7:52 p.m.
Holiday ends: 
Sunday, Oct. 4, 7:50 p.m.*
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

On the cover:
Cover photo/credit: 
Dan Gilbert/Courtesy 
of Rocket Mortgage
Cover design: 
Michelle Sheridan

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