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The top 25 most-viewed
stories at thejewishnews.com
in 2020.

1.
Oakland County Creates
Interactive Map of COVID-
19 Cases by Zip Code

2.
Lansing Demonstrators
Protest Whitmer With Hitler
Signs

3.
JCC Health Club to
Permanently Close

4.
Kippah Masks You Can
Make at Home During
COVID-19

5.
MSU Student Spray-Paints
Swastika in front of Own
Frat House

6.
‘Rewind’: Jewish
Filmmaker Confronts His
Traumatic Childhood

7.
Israeli Airline Brings
Precious COVID Cargo to
Detroit

8.
Friendship Circle Buys
Dakota Bread Company
from Retiring Owners

9.
Longtime Detroit Fertility
Doctor Used Own Sperm to
Inseminate Patients, DNA
Tests Show

10. Rashida Tlaib: “It’s The
Same Folks Coming After
All Of Us”

11. Ezra Lev Seegul, U of M
Student Active in Hillel,
Dies at 19

12. Uyghur Camps and the
Meaning of ‘Never Again’

13. A Showdown in Ann Arbor:
Behind the New Lawsuit
Challenging Longtime
Synagogue Protesters

14. Tlaib or Not Tlaib? Detroit’s
Jewish Aren’t Sure

15. Michigan’s First Jewish
COVID-19 Death

16. Local Photographer’s
Social Media Posts Lead
to Removal of Shelby
Township Police Chief

17. Hillel Day School
Memorializes Beloved
Coach and Gym Teacher

18. Downtown Synagogue
Leader Among Those
Beaten and Arrested
During Peaceful Detroit
Protests

19. Michigan’s Cannabis
Industry, Propelled by Jews
and ex-Detroit Lions, Takes
off During the COVID-19
Crisis

20. Johnny Pomodoro’s New
Owners Plan Improvements
Along with More Gourmet
Items

21. ‘I’m a Very Lucky Man’:
80-Year-Old Commerce
Township Man, 74-Year-
Old Wife Survive COVID-19

22. Michigan Rabbi Hilariously
Runs Through Ann Arbor
Blowing the Shofar [VIDEO]

23. Exclusive: Detroit Pastor
Addresses Controversy
Over His Move to Israel

24. New Bagel on the
Block: Tov Bagel Opens
Downtown Location

25. Out of Hiding: Group of
Ethiopia’s Hidden Jews
Find Aid and Support to
Improve Their Lives and
Practice Judaism

Most Read
on the Web:
Year in Review

7. HoMedics overhauled its production process in China to produce protective
gear for those on the front lines. 2. Dawn Perreca protests on the front steps
of the Michigan State Capitol building in Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, April 15,
2020. Flag-waving, honking protesters drove past the Michigan Capitol on
Wednesday to show their displeasure with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s orders to
keep people at home and businesses locked during the new coronavirus COVID-
19 outbreak. 22. Rabbi Josh Whinston blowing the shofar in front of the
popular Zingerman’s Deli in Ann Arbor. 25. Aba Minas is leader of the Jambaria
gedam, one of 15 hidden Jewish religious centers in Ethiopia’s North Shewa region.

COURTESY OF SHARI FERBER KAUFMAN
AP PHOTO/PAUL SANCYA
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COURTESY FRIENDS OF THE BETA ISRAEL OF NORTH SHEWA

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