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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-10 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY
12 
‘No Jew Should Be Alone’ 
 
Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy 
 
expands services to enrich life and 
 
help the bereaved.

16 
Living On Edge 
 
Threats of violence cause school 
 
closures and lockdowns.

18 
Responsible Gun Ownership 
 
Local gun owners’ group hopes to 
 
gain members in the wake of the 
 
Oxford High shooting.

20 
Volunteers ‘Kneaded’ 
 
Local nonprofit looking for volunteer 
 
bread bakers.

22 
Reclaiming History 
 
Local woman works to help restore 
 
Egypt’s Jewish cemeteries.

24 
Motown History 
 
Detroit History Podcasts showcase 
 
Hammerin’ Hank Greenberg and 
 
other local Jewish history.

FACES&PLACES
26 
Interfaith Celebration

28 
Holidays at JARC

SPORTS
30 
Time for a Tennis Title for Groves 
 
Nine Jewish players help Falcons soar to 
 
first team state championship.

MAZEL TOV
32 
Moments

SPIRIT
33 
Torah portion

34 
Synagogue Directory

36 
“The World Was Created for Me” 
 
— Now What?

38 
Turning Curses into Blessings 

ARTS&LIFE 
40 
The Real Cokie Roberts 
 
Her husband’s new book shares stories of 
 
their interfaith marriage and life together.

42 
Book Review: Bugsy Siegel: 
 
The Dark Side of the 
 
American Dream

40 
Celebrity News

EVENTS
45 
Community Calendar

ETC. 
The Exchange 46 
Obituaries 
48 
Looking Back 54

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Shabbat Lights 
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, Dec. 24: 4:46 p.m. 
Shabbat ends: 
Saturday, Dec. 25: 5:53 p.m.* 
Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover photo/credit: Gladys 
Sampson of West Bloomfield sits 
with Rabbi Joseph H. Krakoff. Photo 
by Jerry Zolynsky 
Cover design: Kelly Kosek

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Dec. 23-29, 2021 / 19-25 Tevet 5782| VOLUME CLX, ISSUE 20

