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PURELY COMMENTARY
4-9
Essays and viewpoints.
OUR COMMUNITY
10
Remembering Our Local Heroes
How grassroots efforts, secret trips and
rallies paved the way for Soviet Jewish
freedom.
14
A Little Bit of Israel at
Camp Tamarack
Tamarack had 35 Israeli staff members
this summer, the most ever.
16
Putting Out the Welcome Mat
Ann Arbor Jewish agency prepares for
influx of hundreds of Afghan refugees.
18
Rescue Flight
Southfield pilot, son of Holocaust
survivor, flies plane full of Afghan
refugees to U.S.
20
Remembering Durban
A Jewish journalist looks back on the
antisemitic hate fest.
22
Making Amends
Yom Kippur has parallels with 12-step
programs.
22
Interactive Sukkot Experience
The Well’s Sukkot Sounds allows for
in-person or virtual gatherings.
23
A Living Genizah
Eagle Scout project creates a first on the
grounds of B’nai Moshe.
24
Sparking the Conversation
Two Michigan AEPi members spark
conversation with hats for suicide
awareness.
26
Terrible Tweets
Tech-savvy teen uses artificial
intelligence to document antisemitic
hate speech on Twitter.
26-28 Faces & Places
NATION
29
New Antisemitism Envoy
Deborah Lipstadt, noted Holocaust
historian, is Biden’s pick.
ERETZ
30
Meet Rochelle Zelcer: ‘This is
the Place for Me’
MAZEL TOV!
31
Moments
SPIRIT
31
Torah portion
32
The Leader’s Call to
Responsibility
34
Synagogue Directory
SPORTS
36
Team’s 25-Year Championship
Drought Ends
Congregation Shaarey Zedek wins 4
playoff games in one day, earns Koufax
Division softball title.
37
Quick Hits
23
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Shabbat & Holiday Lights
Yom Kippur begins:
Wednesday, Sept. 15, 7:24 p.m.
Yom Kippur ends:
Thursday, Sept. 16, 8:23 p.m.
Shabbat begins:
Friday, Sept. 17, 7:20 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Sept. 18, 8:19 p.m.
Sukkot Day 1 begins:
Monday, Sept. 20, 7:15 p.m.
Sukkot Day 2 begins:
Tuesday, Sept. 21, 8:14 p.m.
Holiday ends:
Wednesday, Sept. 22, 8:12 p.m.
*Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.
ON THE COVER:
Cover photo/credits: Clockwise: Refusenik
Screenshot; ADL; Peter Turnley/Corbis/
VCG via Getty Images JTA; Wally McNamee/
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Maiman/Sygma via Getty Images via JTA;
National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry.
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan
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Sept. 16-22, 2021 / 10-16 Tishri 5782 | VOLUME CLX, ISSUE 6
FOOD
39
From the Home Kitchen
of Chef Aaron
Adding a Filipino Touch
ARTS&LIFE
40
Let the Light Shine In
Habatat Galleries celebrates 50
years of showcasing glass art.
43
Parting Was Such
Sweet Sorrow
For the second time, Birmingham
Village Players presents
Shakespeare in Love.
44
Celebrity News
EVENTS
45
Community Calendar
ETC.
The Exchange 46
Obituaries
48
Looking Back 54