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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 

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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