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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-13 
Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY 
14 
A Return to Glory 
 
Built in 1902 as Temple Beth El, iconic Kahn 
 
structure to get $50 million restoration.

18 
Inspiring Educator 
 
Erin Gruwell to speak at National Council of 
 
Jewish Women, Michigan event Oct. 14.

20 
USS Carl M. Levin Is Getting 
 
Set to Sail 
 
Levin’s family attend the ceremony 
 
in Maine. 

22 
A Token of Their Appreciation 
 
Davidson Foundation and JFMD give $200 
 
gift cards to day school teachers and staff.

24 
A Successful Summer 
 
B’nai B’rith Great Lakes Region holds 
 
numerous community programs over 
 
summer 2021.

26 
Building Bridges 
 
New Windsor Federation/JCC executive 
 
director brings international experience 
 
and optimism to the position.

28 
Star Power 
 
Actor Hill Harper joins the Oct. 21 Reach 
 
For Hope Benefit to raise funds for suicide 
 
prevention training.

30 
Earning Awards 
 
Short film about local Holocaust survivor 
 
is part of larger Shoah documentary.

31 
Faces & Places

33 
Future Detroit Riverfront Park 
 
Sport House to Be Named 
 
for Bill Davidson

ERETZ 
34 
Meet the Olim: 
 
Julia Weinberg: “Israel Is a Wonderful 
 
Place to Raise Kids”

SPORTS 
35 
His Legacy Was on the Lanes 
 
Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 
 
inductee Phil Horowitz bowled a 
 
300-game last year at age 81.

MAZEL TOV 
36 
Moments

SPIRIT 
37 
Torah portion

38 
The Courage to Live with 
 
Uncertainty

40 
Synagogue Directory 
 
ARTS & LIFE 
42 
Behind the Art 
 
Hadassah hosts art historian to present 
 
about Jewish women artists. 

44 
Safety First 
 
Broadway In Detroit adopts stringent 
 
COVID protocols.

45 
Celebrity News

EVENTS 
46 
Community Calendar

FOOD 
47 
From the Home Kitchen 
 
of Chef Aaron: Fried Dough

ETC. 
The Exchange 47 
Obituaries 
49 
Looking Back 54

Shabbat Lights 
Shabbat begins: 
Friday, Oct. 8: 6:43 p.m. 
Shabbat ends: 
Saturday, Oct. 9: 7:42 p.m. 
*Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar.

ON THE COVER: 
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan 
Cover photo: Rendering of pro-
posed Temple Beth El renovations. 
Credit: The Roxbury Group.

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