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VIEWS
6-13

IN 
THED
JEWS

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Chanukah, Safely

Some Detroit traditions move forward,

 
but others are shelved.

CAMP GUIDE
16 
‘Kids Need Camp’

Camps “cautiously optimistic” about 

 
the summer of 2021.

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Back at Tamarack

Summer camp plans for in-person 

 
2021 sessions, with precautions.

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Camp Listings

MOMENTS
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Moments

SPIRIT
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Torah portion

ERETZ
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What’s Next for Israel After
 
the Abraham Accords?

Arab nations are lining up to normalize 

 
relations with Israel. Here’s what 

 
awaits the Jewish state down the line.

ARTS
34
The ‘Beyoncé of Israel’

Shiri Maimon to guest at Temple

 
Israel’s Lake Concert.

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Celebrity Jews 

ONLINE EVENTS
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ETC.
The Exchange 37
Soul 
38
Raskin 
45
Looking Back 46

Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, Dec. 4, 4:10 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Dec. 5, 5:14 p.m.

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehuda 

ON THE COVER:
The Abraham Accords signing cere-
mony at the White House. 
(Brendan 
Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images 
and JTA) 

Cover design: Michelle Sheridan
thejewishnews.com

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Dec. 3-9, 2020 / 17-23 Kislev 5781 | VOLUME CLVIII, ISSUE 18

We have amazing young 
talent in Metro Detroit’s 
Jewish Community - it’s 
time to recognize and 
celebrate it!
To see winners from the past four 
years (so as to avoid nominating 
them again this year), visit 
meetyouatthewell.org/36under36 
and click on the designated link!

We have amazing young 

36 Under 36 
nominations 
are now open!

