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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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