SEPTEMBER 30 • 2021 | 3

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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

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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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