NOVEMBER 4 • 2021 | 3
contents
Purely Commentary
4-10 Essays and viewpoints.
Our Community
12
Sophie’s Sorrow
Holocaust survivor shares the agony
of doomed girl from the Lodz Ghetto.
18
A New Normal
During the pandemic, synagogues
adjust policies for masks, vaccines
and distancing.
20
Celebrating Hope
for the Future
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Annual Dinner
inspires thousands.
22
What’s Next for
We Need to Talk?
Program moves from Federation to
Jewish Family Service.
24
She ‘Exemplifies the Best’
HMC to honor Nancy Grosfeld at its
annual benefit.
26
An Unimaginable Pain
Foundation aims to eliminate financial
stress associated with burying a child
or baby.
28
A New Lunch-And-Learn
Series for Women
Well-Connected explores Judaism
as a system of action.
30
Come Play at The Yard
New 8,000-square-foot axe-throwing
facility opens in Corktown.
Sports
32
Family First
Frankel Jewish Academy boys tennis
team’s success is built on and
off the court.
Mazel Tov
34
Moments
Spirit
35
Torah portion
36
Communication Matters
38
Standing on the Shoulders
of Giants
40
Synagogue Directory
Arts&Life
42
Sing and Be Happy!
Ann Arbor’s Theatre Nova to raise
funding through new Kander and
Ebb production.
43
A People’s Poet
Ed Codish: Selected Poems due
in mid-November.
44
Celebrity News
Events
45
Community Calendar
Etc.
The Exchange 46
Faces & Places
48
Obituaries
48
Looking Back 54
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Shabbat Lights
Shabbat begins:
Friday, Nov. 5: 6:02 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Nov. 6: 7: 04 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
ON THE COVER:
Cover photo/credit: Sophie
Klisman at the Holocaust Memorial
Center. Photo by Jerry Zolynsky.
Cover design: Kelly Kosek
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Nov. 4-10, 2021 / 29 Cheshvan- 6 Kislev 5782 | VOLUME CLX, ISSUE 13