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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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