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PURELY COMMENTARY

4-9 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY

10
The Lines Are Drawn


New congressional districts impact


Metro Detroit’s Jewish community.

12
A Place to Mourn


Clover Hill Park Cemetery plans


on-site shivah center expansion.

14
80 Years Ago


In 1942, Joe Biden and the


Jewish News were both born.

16
Would You Risk Your Life


to Save a Book?


The Zekelman Holocaust Center


opens new exhibit.

18
Planning a Trip?


Everything you need to know about


traveling during Omicron.

19
‘Soup and Study’


Woodward Avenue Shul offers study


program in-person or on Zoom.

19
Grant for ‘Freedom


of Religion’ Initiative


Society For Humanistic Judaism


receives grant to launch Michigan


programming.

20
Ann Arbor Federation’s


Main Event


Award-winning author Dara Horn to


headline Feb. 9 fundraiser.

20
The Challah Train


JFamily program sends challah to the


doors of community members.

21
Newish and Jewish


NEXTGen Detroit to host special


networking event for new and


returning Detroiters.

22
A Helping Holiday


Hillel student and friends decorated


rocks to raise money for food bank


while on vacation.

24
The Rabbi and the Shrink


Orthodox Jewish rabbi and Catholic


Cuban psychologist talk ethics


in new podcast.

FACES & PLACES

26
Shine a Light on


Antisemitism

27
A Mitzvah Weekend

SPORTS

28
Ice Sculpture


Hockey star Elle Hartje explores


family roots, grows personally during


a pandemic-plagued season in


Slovakia.

BUSINESS

32
Healthy Food, Fast


Former Hiller’s VP Justin Hiller


brings Saladworks and Frutta Bowls


to West Bloomfield.

FOOD

34
From the Home Kitchen


of Chef Aaron


Blintzes from 1918

MAZEL TOV

35
Moments

SPIRIT

35
Torah portion

36
Why the Giving of the Torah


is a Turning Point in History

38
Synagogue Directory

ARTS&LIFE

40
Ain’t No Passing Craze


Ben Lipitz is Disney’s The Lion King’s


Pumbaa for 19 years.

42
Slice of Life — and More


3-minute vacation film snippet of


small-town Jews in pre-Nazi Poland


yields a revealing movie.

44
Celebrity News

EVENTS

45
Community Calendar

ETC.
The Exchange 47
Obituaries
49
Looking Back 54

Shabbat Lights
Shabbat begins:
Friday, Jan. 21: 5:14 p.m.
Shabbat ends:

Saturday, Jan. 22: 6:19 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.

ON THE COVER:
Cover photo/credit:
Elle Hartje. Photo from
Yale University.
Cover design:
Michelle Sheridan

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