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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-10 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY 

11 
Cookies and More 
 
Yocheved Perlman-Magier loves to 
 
bake with her bubbie.

12-19 From Detroit to D.C.: A 
 
Lifetime of Service 
 
Sen. Carl Levin (1934-2021)

20 
JVS Human Services and 
 
Kadima Announce Merger 
 
Expected to be operational in early 
 
2022, new name being explored.

20 
Ride for the Living 
 
Metro Detroit bike ride mirrors 
 
Auschwitz-to-Krakow event.

21 
Family Legacy 
 
Custom graphic books document 
 
grandparents’ stories.

22 
In Vogue 
 
Local teen enjoys unexpected 
 
modeling career.

23 
A New Name 
 
The Birmingham Temple is now the 
 
Congregation for Humanistic Judaism 
 
of Metro Detroit. 

24 
He’s All In 
 
Keith Schonberger welcomes all to 
 
Federation’s NEXTGen Detroit.

27 
Democrats’ Simcha 
 
Party leaders address antisemitism, 
 
hate crimes at Jewish caucus event.

29 
Faces & Places

SPORTS 

30 
JCC Maccabi Games on Shelf 
 
for Another Year 
 
Detroit athlete Alex Lustig 
 
disappointed, but determined 
 
to compete in 2022

ERETZ 

31 
Meet Meir Goldberg 
 
Business opportunities attracted 
 
him to Israel.

MAZEL TOV 

32 
Moments

32/44 Here’s To

SPIRIT 

33 
Torah portion

34 
The Ecological Imperative

36 
Synagogue Directory

ARTS&LIFE 

38 
Anne Frank’s Polish 
 
Counterpart 
 
HMC exhibit documents the faith and 
 
fate of an Orthodox girl from 
 
Lodz Ghetto.

40 
Creative Therapy 
 
Meet Samm, a certified Zentangle 
 
teacher.

42 
Celebrity News

EVENTS 

43 
Community Calendar

BUSINESS

44 
Building a Household Name 
 
Father-and-son duo want to take Nano 
 
 
Magic global.

HEALTH 

46 
There’s an App for That 
 
Israeli company aims to help 
 
psychiatric patients with new 
 
technology.

ETC. 
The Exchange 47 
Obituaries 
48 
Spotlight 
53 
Looking Back 54

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Shabbat Lights 
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, Aug. 13, 8:18 p.m. 
Shabbat ends: 
Saturday, Aug. 14, 9:21 p.m. 
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

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