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PURELY COMMENTARY
4-10 Essays and viewpoints.

CHANUKAH
12
Chag Sameach!
May light and love fill your holidays.

14
Inextinguishable Flame
Chanukah’s miracle sheds light on the

spirit of the Jewish people.

16
Nine Creative Ways to Have

a More Sustainable Chanukah

Make the holiday more Earth-friendly

this year.

18
Chanukah Traditions
The JN asked readers for their holiday

stories — and they delivered.

OUR COMMUNITY
20
ArtPrize-Winning Turkey

Re-purposed file folders become ‘Birds of a

Feather’ sculptures.

24 Permanent Home

Chabad Jewish Center of Troy signs

lease for Jewish community center.

26 Shoah Ambassadors Premieres

After two years of production, Holocaust

film debuts in Novi.

30 ADL Issues Complaint

Email sent by Birmingham commissioner
may have antisemitic themes; some say

it’s “only political.”

32
Anti-Bullying Crusader

Through martial arts, Matt Sikora helps

kids take a stance against bullying.

34
A Hidden Treasure

First-edition Eames Storage Unit,

purchased for $100, sells for nearly

$50,000 at auction.

SPORTS
36
All By Himself

Frankel Jewish Academy cross country

runner Merrick Michaelson runs alone

at the state meet.

FACES & PLACES
38
Kadima Fundraiser a Success

39
Temple Kol Ami’s Astronomy

Havdalah

MAZEL TOV
40
Moments

SPIRIT
41
Torah portion

42
Chanukah: The Multiplier Effect

— The Power of the Jewish
People

44
Synagogue Directory

ARTS & LIFE
46
The Music of Sound
“The Great Animal Orchestra,” on exhibit

now, showcases the symphony of nature.

52
Celebrity News

EVENTS
53
Community Calendar

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Shabbat & Holiday Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, Nov. 26: 4:44 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Nov. 27: 5:49 p.m.
Chanukah first night:
Sunday, Nov. 28

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.

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Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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Nov. 25- Dec. 1 2021 / 21-27 Kislev 5782 | VOLUME CLX, ISSUE 16

ETC.
The Exchange 55
Obituaries
57
Looking Back 62