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PURELY COMMENTARY 
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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
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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