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Jan. 14-20, 2021 / 1-7 Shevat 5781 | VOLUME CLVIII, ISSUE 24

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IN
THED
JEWS

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Hypodermic of Hope

Jewish seniors, frontline workers among

first to get COVID vaccine.

14
U.S. Capitol Mobbed

ADL, other groups call for President


Trump’s removal.

16
Donor Deception

New stories surface of fertility doctors’

misconduct in Metro Detroit.

18
Keeping Seniors Safe at Home

Two friends start home healthcare business


with personalized service at the forefront.

20
80 Years Later

A pandemic Zoom reunion for local

Holocaust survivor.

22
A New Year’s Eve to Remember

Pandemic doesn’t stop epic Zoom New

Year’s Eve party.

23
Payback for Antisemitism

U-D student gets $20,000 tuition refund

from SOAS college in London.

24
What Our Neighbors Think of Us

AJC surveys Jews’ and non-Jews’ opinions

on antisemitism.



28
End of an Era

Last artist moves out of Detroit’s Atlas

Building.

Eretz
29
Olim Making a Difference

Detroit native leads charge for women’s

heart health in Israel.

Moments
30
Moments

Spirit
32
Torah portion

ARTS&LIFE
33
Enchanted by Theater

Recent high school grad helps market

Disenchanted!, the Nicely Theatre Group’s

next production.

34
The Nightworkers

Southfield native’s first novel

gets rave reviews.

35
Exploring Yiddish Film History

A new boxed set unearths 10 classics from

a forgotten era of filmmaking.

36
Celebrity Jews

Shabbat Lights
Shabbat Starts:
Friday, Jan. 15, 5:07 p.m.
Shabbat Ends:
Saturday, Jan. 16, 6:13 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.

ON THE COVER:
Cover photo/credit: A woman is
given a vaccine at Jewish Senior Life.
Photo by Jeff Kowalsky

Cover design: Kaitlyn Schoen

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The Exchange 38
Soul
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Danny Raskin 45
Looking Back 46

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