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