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VIEWS
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IN 
THED
JEWS

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State Hillel Groups Promoting 
 
Voting on Campus

17 
Leadership Changes at 
 
Tamarack

18 
Berman Slams Democrat 
 
Group for Linking him to 
 
Militias

20 
Dating During a Pandemic
 
Local matchmaker has created more

 
than 300 successful love stories.

ERETZ
22 
Biden’s Plans for Israel
 
Daniel Shapiro tells the JN how 

 
the VP’s stance on Israel would differ 

 
from Trump’s. 

MOMENTS
23 
Moments

SPIRIT
24 
Torah portion

ARTS

25 
What They Do in the Shadows
 
Newlyweds Jonathan Barkan and Ariel

 
Fisher put a Jewish lens on

 
horror films.

29 
Presidential Art
 
Local collection of political cartoons

 
goes on display virtually.

31 
Celebrity Jews

ON THE GO
32

HEALTH

33 
Jewish Researcher Leads 
 
Detroit COVID-19 Phase III 
 
Vaccine Trials
 
Kate Zenlea’s Moderna trial is one of 

 
the highest enrolling in the country.

36 
Laboratory Leader
 
Farmington Hills native leads Stanford 

 
virology lab that created one of first 

 
COVID-19 tests.

37 
Kidney Donor Found on
 
Facebook

ETC.
The Exchange 38
Soul 
40
Raskin 
45
Looking Back 46

 
Oct. 29-Nov. 4, 2020 / 11-17 Cheshvan 5781 | VOLUME CLVIII, ISSUE 13

Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, Oct. 30, 6:09 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Oct. 31, 7:10 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehuda 

ON THE COVER:
Cover photo/credit: Ariel Fisher 
and Jonathan Barkan/Tami Klein/
Tami Klein Photography
Cover design: Kaitlyn Schoen

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