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VIEWS
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IN
THED
JEWS
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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.
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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
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Shabbat Lights
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Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Dec. 26, 5:54 p.m.
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Dec. 24-30, 2020 / 9-15 Tevet 5781 | VOLUME CLVIII, ISSUE 21