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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-11 
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.

28 
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.

44 
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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