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VIEWS
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13 
Oak Park Couple Make Aliyah, 
 
 Join Children and Grandkids.

14 
An Unknown Mishpachah 
 
Longtime fertility doctor in the Jewish 

 
community used his own sperm 

 
to inseminate patients, new DNA 

 
tests show.

18 
New WSU Press Director 
 
Sees “Position to Succeed” 
 
Stephanie Williams discusses staff 

 
upheavals and Jewish publishing.

20 
Balance Boxes 

 
Local teen starts Michigan chapter 

 
to help kids in need.

21 
Faces & Places

22 
Local Rabbi Goes Viral 
 
on TikTok

24 
A Crafty Way to Relieve Stress 

 
NCJW’s Re|Sale store offers “craft jars” 

 
of broken vintage jewelry to spur 

 
creativity.

25 
Detroit Jews for Justice 
 
Celebrates Detroit 
 
Moratorium on Water 
 
Shutoffs

26 
My (Big, Fat) Joyful, Tearful 
 
Polish Wedding

29 
More Chanukah Art Winners

Business 
30 
Oakland County Provides 
 
Grants to Restaurants 

 
As pause continues, restaurants 

 
are given a lifeline — or ‘Band-Aid.’

31 
“A Perfect Fit” 

 
Tikun Olam, Pincanna team up amid a 

 
boom in Michigan’s cannabis industry.

31 
Huntington Bank, Torgow’s 
 
TCF Bank Announce Merger

MOMENTS 
32 
Moments

SPIRIT
33 
Torah portion

Eretz 
33 
Full Diplomatic Ties 

 
Israel formalizes ties with Bhutan, 

 
the nation seeking ‘gross national 

 
happiness.’

ARTS&LIFE 
34 
Ann Arbor Writer Highlighted 
 
on NPR Chanukah Series 
 
Anna Megdell’s short story was 

 
chosen for the program’s 30th 

 
anniversary show.

 35 
Dancing Forward 

 
Recent University of Michigan 

 
graduate uses dance to inspire 

 
social change.

36 
Celebrity Jews

ONLINE EVENTS 
37 

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

contents

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Shabbat Lights 
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, Dec. 25, 4:47 p.m. 
Shabbat ends: 
Saturday, Dec. 26, 5:54 p.m.

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehuda

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Photo by Gary Howe 
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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Dec. 24-30, 2020 / 9-15 Tevet 5781 | VOLUME CLVIII, ISSUE 21

