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PURELY COMMENTARY
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Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY
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A Jewish Superhero Saves

Gotham City!!
Celebrating the Jewish heritage of

comic books.

18
Memorial of Tears

Monument honors Kay family and

Wloszczowa Holocaust victims.

21
‘70 Stories for 70 Years’

Detroit Jewish Book Fair’s yearlong festival

gears up with November Festival Week.

22
Helping Afghan Refugees

$500,000 allocated to help house Afghan

refugees will help JFS of Washtenaw

County, other resettlement groups.

24
New Take on a Classic at

Shaarey Zedek
L’Chaim: the Miracle of ‘Fiddler’ in Yiddish

captures classic storyline in revue form.

26
Women Reinventing Themselves

JVS Human Services Trade Secrets event

features keynote speaker with an inspiring

medical journey.

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EPIC Change for NEXTGen

Detroit’s Annual Fundraiser

An EPIC Night at the Carnival is totally

reimagined and ready to wow.

MAZEL TOV!
31
Moments

SPORTS
32
Jewish Men’s Basketball

League Tips Off Again
One league player was a member of

a remarkable Detroit Maccabi

basketball team.

ERETZ
34
Meet the Olim: Nathaniel

and Shaina Warshay

SPIRIT
35
Torah portion

36
The Kindness of Strangers

38
What Is the Real Meaning of

Integrity?

40
Synagogue Directory

ARTS & LIFE

42
On The Road

New grad Becca Suskauer tours with
Pretty Woman: The Musical.

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Celebrity News

EVENTS
45
Community Calendar

ETC.
The Exchange 46
Obituaries
48
Looking Back 54

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Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, Oct. 29: 6:11 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Oct. 30: 7:12 p.m.

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.

ON THE COVER:
Cover Art: Image from the book
Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero
courtesy of DC Comics; author,
E. Lockhart; illustrator, Manuel
Preitano; colorist, Gabby Metzler;
and letterer, Troy Peteri.
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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Oct. 28-Nov. 3, 2021 / 22-28 Cheshvan 5782 | VOLUME CLX, ISSUE 12

Historic Jewish Detroit

Apple
Tree

Fun & Learning
for Kids

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP:
• 1902 photo of Temple Beth El, courtesy of Detroit
Public Library.
• Today’s Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township.
• Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.
• The Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue in Detroit.
• Chapman Abraham historical marker on Detroit’s
riverfront (photo courtesy Jewish Historical Society
of Michigan).

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