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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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