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Battling Human Trafficking 
 
Sanctum House seeks funding to 
 
sustain and expand its haven 
 
for victims.

18 
Got Kiddos at Home? 
 
Actvity ideas from ‘Martha Jewart.’

19 
‘Deadly Medicine’ 
 
Holocaust Memorial Center sets 
 Holocaust Remembrance Day online 
 
 program and new exhibit.

20 
JCC ‘Off -Centers’ 
 
The new concept would have the 
 
JCC lease multi-purpose 
 
programming space in Berkley/Oak 
 
Park and Detroit.

20 
U-M Hillel Winterfest
 
Enriching students during January. 

Moments

21 
Moments

Spirit

22 
Torah portion

Seniors

23 
Turning Boomers 
 
into Zoomers 
 
Entrepreneur helps mature 
 
homebodies become tech tigers.

24 
Vaccine update

Sports

26 
Nothing Stops Brad Kallen 
 
Beloved softball and hockey player 
 
has survived brain surgeries, cancer, 
 
COVID-19, mass shooting and 
 
a tornado.

26 
Quick Hits 

ARTS&LIFE
28 
My Mother’s Pain, My 
 
Mother’s Resilience 
 
Documentary explores Holocaust 
 
survivor’s grief — and love of life.

30 
Holocaust History 
 
Posen Library releases volume on 
 
“Catastrophe and Rebirth.”

32 
Joan Micklin Silver 
 
Remembered 
 
Filmmaker portrayed the romantic 
 
and cultural struggles of Jewish 
 
women.

33 
Celebrity Jews 

Online Events

34

Nosh

36 
Conveniently Kosher 
 
‘Fresh n ready’ meals are Chef Cari’s 
 
new creation.

Etc.
The Exchange 37 
Soul 
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Danny Raskin 45 
Looking Back 46

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Shabbat Lights 
Shabbat Starts: 
Friday, Jan. 22, 5:16 p.m. 
Shabbat Ends: 
Saturday, Jan. 23, 6:21 p.m. 
Tu b’Shevat: 
Thursday, Jan. 28 
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover photo/credit: Edee Franklin, right, 
and a member of Sanctum House. 
Photo by Jerry Zolynsky. 
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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