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PURELY COMMENTARY
4-11
Essays and viewpoints.
OUR COMMUNITY
12
A Note-Worthy Cause
Community members and musicians team
up to seek donations of musical
instruments for 2,500 Detroit schoolkids.
14
A Cantor and a Mensch
regation Shaarey Zedek Assistant
Cantor Leonard Gutman retires after 21
years.
16
Hate Is Hate
NCJW|MI gathers expert panel for free
community event on how to combat racist
speech and hate crimes.
18
A Commitment to the City
Gilbert Family Foundation backs reopening
of Detroit’s Historically Black College.
20
Winning Builders
Farber team wins school competition.
20
Jewish Prisoners Win Appeal
Court rules that Jewish inmates should get
appropriate meals on Shabbat and holidays.
WOMEN’S HEALTH
22
Shop to Help Women with Breast
Cancer
Jewish business owners support survivors
with special sales.
26
Yoga for Everyone
Mindy Eisenberg makes yoga accessible
for people with multiple sclerosis.
30
JScreen.org Adds CancerGEN to
National Genetic Screening
Program
31
Health Listings
SPORTS
32
Walk-Off Homer? No, a Walk-Off
Final Out!
Inter-Congregational softball league rule
keeps eventual champion Kosher Ribs alive
in fall playoffs
33
Quick Hits
ERETZ
35
Medical Heroics
Muslim doctor helps Israelis separate
Jewish conjoined twins.
FACES & PLACES
36
Sukkot Fun at Temple Beth El
37
JYP-Ann Arbor Welcomes New
Board
38
They Came ‘ORT’ and Played
MAZEL TOV!
40
Moments
SPIRIT
41
Torah portion
42
Synagogue Directory
44
The Miracle of the Child
ARTS & LIFE
46
Charach Gallery Reopens
Closed for 19 months, JCC’s Janice
Charach Gallery reopens with ceramic
show.
48
Just in Time for Halloween
Silent horror film The Golem is brought
back to life as reimagined episodic series.
50
Celebrity News
20
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Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, Oct. 22, 6:21 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Oct. 23, 7:21 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
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Oct. 21-27, 2021 / 15-21 Cheshvan 5782 | VOLUME CLX, ISSUE 11
EVENTS
51
Community Calendar
FOOD
53
From the Home
Kitchen of Chef Aaron:
TVP ‘Mock Fish’
ETC.
Community News
54
The Exchange
55
Obituaries
57
Looking Back
62