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Battling Human Trafficking
Sanctum House seeks funding to
sustain and expand its haven
for victims.
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Got Kiddos at Home?
Actvity ideas from ‘Martha Jewart.’
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‘Deadly Medicine’
Holocaust Memorial Center sets
Holocaust Remembrance Day online
program and new exhibit.
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JCC ‘Off -Centers’
The new concept would have the
JCC lease multi-purpose
programming space in Berkley/Oak
Park and Detroit.
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U-M Hillel Winterfest
Enriching students during January.
Moments
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Moments
Spirit
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Torah portion
Seniors
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Turning Boomers
into Zoomers
Entrepreneur helps mature
homebodies become tech tigers.
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Vaccine update
Sports
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Nothing Stops Brad Kallen
Beloved softball and hockey player
has survived brain surgeries, cancer,
COVID-19, mass shooting and
a tornado.
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Quick Hits
ARTS&LIFE
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My Mother’s Pain, My
Mother’s Resilience
Documentary explores Holocaust
survivor’s grief — and love of life.
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Holocaust History
Posen Library releases volume on
“Catastrophe and Rebirth.”
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Joan Micklin Silver
Remembered
Filmmaker portrayed the romantic
and cultural struggles of Jewish
women.
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Celebrity Jews
Online Events
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Nosh
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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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Jan. 21-27, 2021 / 8-14 Shevat 5781 | VOLUME CLVIII, ISSUE 25
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