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PURELY COMMENTARY
5-9 
 
OUR COMMUNITY 
10 
Mitzvah Makers

11 
Sheltering in One Place 
 
Multi-generational families move in 
 
together during the pandemic.

16 
Unsolicited Proselytizing 
 
Local Jews are mailed unwanted book

 
about Christianity.

17 
Focus on Unity and Inclusion 
 
JCRC/AJC names diversity associate.

18 
Taking Time to Enjoy Family 
 
After 16 years, Rabbi Rachel Shere leaves 
 
Adat Shalom pulpit.

19 
Lea Luger to Retire from Yad Ezra 
 
Longtime executive director helped feed 
 
hungry for 28 years.

CAMP GUIDE 

20 
JCC Day Camps Plan for Summer 
 
Fun and normalcy are goals, despite 
 
COVID restrictions.

22 
Tamarack Gets $50,000 Grant 
 
Aid for this summer’s activities and 
 
scholarships.

23 
Camp Listings

MAZEL TOV! 
26 

SPIRIT 
27 
Torah Portion
 
NOSH 

28 
Get Your Travel & Dining Fix 
 
A foodie “staycation” Downtown can be 
 
fun in times of COVID.

SPORTS 

31 
Quick Hits 

ARTS&LIFE 

32 
Sweet Color Combo 
 
In Ultimate Gray and Illuminating, 
 
Pantone’s new dual colors of the year 
 
break free from a pandemic state of mind.

34 
Moving Forward After Grief 
 
Temple Israel hosts author and father of 
 
Parkland school mass-murder victim.

35 
Celebrity Jews

ON THE GO 
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Shabbat Lights 
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, Feb. 5, 5:34 p.m. 
Shabbat ends: 

Saturday, Feb. 6, 6:38 p.m. 
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover photo/credit: Courtesy of 
the Fox and McDonald families 
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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Feb. 4-10, 2021 / 22-28 Shevat 5781 | VOLUME CLIX, ISSUE 1

ETC. 
Spotlight 
37 
The Exchange 38 
Obituaries 
40 
Raskin 
45 
Looking Back 46 

