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PURELY COMMENTARY
5-10

PASSOVER
12
Positively Medieval
This Passover, a Haggadah that’s

different from all others.

14
Some Unleavened Levity for

Passover

14
Love Was Key Ingredient of

Grandpa’s Horseradish

16
The Binds that Tie
Black and Jewish communities share

a common history of slavery.

20
Visitors Welcome
JSL moves toward a more normal Passover.

22
Passover Crafts (That Don’t

Require You to Be Crafty)
Getting the kids (and their parents)

engaged in holiday DIY is as easy as

pressing “Order.”

OUR COMMUNITY
26
Good Neighbors
“The Little Shul that Could” helps

school next door.

30
Let Your Heartshine
West Bloomfield man creates artistic

T-shirts to help heal from tumultuous year.

MAZEL TOV!
32
Moments

SPIRIT
33
The Quest for Curiosity

Starts with the Seder

34
Torah portion

35
Synagogue Directory

SPECIAL SECTION
37
Our Home

ARTS&LIFE
48
A Modern Plague
Art installation advances ‘Plastover’

holiday theme.

50
Look Who’s Coming to Dinner
New play examines what might happen

if Elijah really came to the seder.

52
Celebrity News

EVENTS
52

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Shabbat & Holiday
Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, March 26, 7:34 p.m.
Passover Day 1 starts
Saturday, March 27, 8:36 p.m.
Passover Day 2 starts:
Sunday, March 28. 8:37 p.m.
Holiday ends:
Monday, March 29, 8:38 p.m.*
*Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.

ON THE COVER:
Cover art: Art by Brooklyn, N.Y.-based
artist Naomi Broudo. See more of her
work at ketubah.com.
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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ETC.
The Exchange
54

Obituaries

56

Danny Raskin
61

Looking Back
62

contents

March 25-31, 2021 / 12-18 Nisan 5781 | VOLUME CLIX, ISSUE 8