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PURELY COMMENTARY
4-12
Essays and viewpoints.
OUR COMMUNITY
14
Staying Safe in the
Synagogue
Federation conducts security training
program in advance of the
High Holidays.
18
The Doctor Is In!
Detroit physician still works full-time,
five days a week.
22
Thoughtful Judaism
New class answers what it means to
be a “member of the tribe.”
ROSH HASHANAH
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High Holiday Messages
The JN asked rabbis to share their
messages for Rosh Hashanah.
30
School or Shul?
What do you do when the start of
school conflicts with the
High Holidays?
34
Holiday Services: Indoors,
Outside and Virtual
Synagogues respond to COVID variant
with options for congregants.
38
Special Kol Nidre Service
High Holiday service on Zoom for
seniors living with dementia offered
for a second year.
42
Bee Smarts
Learn about the honey you’ll dip your
apples in this holiday season.
44
Preparing for the Days of Awe
Local rabbis share how they get ready
for the High Holidays.
48
Passionate About
Pomegranates
Learn why this fruit has a role to play
during the High Holidays.
52
Time to Check your Mezuzah?
Make sure your scroll is undamaged.
56
Colorful Holiday Sides
Dress up your Rosh Hashanah meal
with flavorful accompaniments.
60
Hy’s Cider Mill
Get your Rosh Hashanah apples from
a Jewish farmer in Macomb County.
MAZEL TOV!
64
Moments
SPIRIT
65
Torah portion
66
As We Are Judged This Rosh
Hashanah, Should We Get
Divine Justice or Mercy?
70
Synagogue Directory
ARTS&LIFE
73
Labor Day Jazz
See Israeli composer-arranger
Oded Lev-Ari in the livestreamed
Detroit Jazz Festival.
75
Splash of Color
Israeli artist Yoram Gal comes to Arts,
Beats & Eats.
76
Celebrity News
EVENTS
77
Community Calendar
ETC.
The Exchange 78
Obituaries
80
Looking Back 86
Shabbat and Holiday Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, Sept. 3, 7:45 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Sept. 4, 8:45 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah Day 1:
Monday, Sept. 6, 7:39 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah Day 2:
Tuesday, Sept. 7, 8:39 p.m.
Holiday ends:
Wednesday, Sept. 8: 8:37 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
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Cover Illustration: Art by Naomi Broudo,
naomibroudo@gmail.com.
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan
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Sept. 2-8, 2021 / 25 Elul 5781-2 Tishri 5782 | VOLUME CLX, ISSUE 4
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