SEPTEMBER 30 • 2021 | 3

contents

PURELY COMMENTARY
4-13
Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY
14
A Masterful Achievement!
How Bob Naftaly, in the face of

automaker bankruptcies, helped save

health benefits for 872,000 UAW

retirees.

18
‘A Dynamic Leader’
For a lifetime of service, Larry Wolfe will

receive Federation’s Butzel award.

20
Still No Charges
Danny Fenster’s family, friends keep

raising awareness of his plight.

21
Special Honor
Adat Shalom’s Rabbi Aaron Bergman

receives honorary JTS doctorate.

22
MSU Fights Back
Antisemitic online interloper is rebuffed.

24
Court Ruling
Pro-Palestinian protests outside Ann

Arbor synagogue are protected.

26
Through Young Eyes
HMC event links author-filmmaker with

‘Girl in the Diary’ exhibit.

SPORTS
28
14-Month Wait Pays Off
Camp Mak-A-Dream shares Greenberg

Invitational spotlight with Hall of Fame

pitcher Goose Gossage.

HEALTH
29
Safe Studies
As COVID-19 continues to change,

so do Hebrew schools.

31
Smoking and Kids
Israelis study secondhand smoke.

MAZEL TOV
32
Moments

SPIRIT
32
Torah portion

34
Synagogue Directory

36
Created in the Image …

ARTS&LIFE
38
Back on the Road
Dan Bern brings local friend, Randy

Kaplan, as opener at The Ark.

40
Matlin’s Message
Like Hadassah, she wants to heal the

world one person at a time.

42
Celebrity News

29

Shabbat Lights
Shabbat begins:
Friday, Oct. 1, 6:55 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Oct. 2, 7:54 p.m.
*Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.

ON THE COVER:
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan
Cover photo: Bob Naftaly. Photo
by Glenn Triest

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Sept. 30-Oct. 6, 2021 / 24-30 Tishri 5782 | VOLUME CLX, ISSUE 8

EVENTS
43
Community Calendar

FOOD
44
It’s Autumn — Bring on


the Comfort Foods!

ETC.
The Exchange 46
Obituaries
48
Looking Back 54

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EVENTS

Apple
Tree

Fun & Learning
for Kids

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