6 | JANUARY 14 • 2021 

Most Read on the Web

Each month, the JN will let you know the stories that were 
read most often online. If you missed any, you can go to the 
jewishnews.com and search for them by title. Here’s what was 
most popular in December.

TOP 10 ON THE WEB 
1. 
Longtime Fertility Doctor in the Jewish Community 
Used His Own Sperm to Inseminate Patients, DNA Tests 
Show
2. 
My (Big, Fat) Joyful, Tearful Polish Wedding
3. 
Evelyn Orbach, Founder of JET, Dies from COVID-19
4. 
“A Perfect Fit,” Michigan, Israeli Cannabis Companies 
Say of Partnership
5. 
Metro Detroit Rabbi Goes Viral on TikTok
6. 
Huntington Bank, Torgow’s TCF Bank Announce Merger
7. 
The Handoff: The Well Digs Deeper with New Executive 
Director
8. 
WATCH: Menorah in the D Virtual Ceremony
9. 
Lots o’ Latkes: Try These Chanukah Recipes This Year
10. New Oak Park Business Offers Crispy and Savory Salami 
Chips

TOPS ON FACEBOOK
1. 
Celebrate Cookie Day with Friendship Circle
2. 
Menorah in the D Live Stream
3. 
Evelyn Orbach, Founder of JET, Dies from COVID-19
4. 
Changes at Rear Ends: Owners Handing Reins to 
Daughter, Closing West Bloomfield Store
5. 
How to Make an Ugly Chanukah Sweater

TOP 5 ON INSTAGRAM:
1. 
Smokey Robinson Goes Viral for Mispronouncing 
Hanukkah as ‘Chanooka’
2. 
Camp Tamarack Planning Summer 2021 Programming 
Under Pandemic
3. 
2020 JN Chanukah Art Contest Winners
4. 
The Handoff: The Well Digs Deeper with New Executive 
Director
5. 
My (Big, Fat) Joyful, Tearful Polish Wedding

I

n many a cartoon, the 
artist will have a lightbulb 
appear above the head 
of someone who has had an 
idea or great insight. The 
use of light in 
conversation 
produced my 
lightbulb.
If you have 
been plagued 
by challenging 
situations and 
are beginning to 
see some relief, you may be 
said to be seeing the light at 
the end of the tunnel. This 
should make you feel more 
lighthearted. You can then 
retire at night and be out like 
a light.
If you are good at 
something, do not hide 
your light under a bushel. 

You could even take the 
reins and be a guiding 
light. Remember that even 
though many hands make 
light work, too many cooks 
may spoil the broth. (Such 
contradiction of adages will 
make for a future column, 
believe me.)
Diligently research to 

shed light on an idea you 
are investigating. Start at 
first light. (Francis Scott Key 
already had dibs on “dawn’s 
early light;” sorry.)
When you get the green 
light to pursue your project, 
do not get bogged down or 
sidetracked; travel light. Try 
to remain all sweetness and 

light in your dealings with 
others; do not show anyone 
in a bad light. The euphoria 
that accompanies your 
success will make you feel as 
light as a feather.
As an interesting side note 
to the green light reference: 
In Tel Aviv, there is a new 
development to aid “phone 
zombies” (those who are 
so caught up in their cell 
phones, they have no idea 
where they are walking). 
Crosswalks will now flash 
green or red to indicate if 
crossing is safe; those folks 
do not have to look up.
As special thanks to those 
of you who have sent me 
inspirational column topic 
suggestions: You light up my 
life. 

Sy Manello
Editorial 
Assistant

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