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PURELY COMMENTARY
4-10 Essays and viewpoints.
OUR COMMUNITY
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There’s A Group for That
Federation’s Affinities Department
offers lots of options for Gen Xers.12
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Local Effort Effecting Change
A global network is sending Ukrainian
civilians supplies, battling Russian
propaganda.
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Someday … Is Here
Rabbi Josh Warshawsky will lead
Shabbaton at Congregation Shaarey Zedek
March 25-26.
22
A Lone Soldier’s Story
Grandson of local Holocaust survivor
honors his family by serving in
Israel Defense Forces.
24
A Stress-Free Seder
Zoom seminar will help you plan
your Pesach budget.
26
Real-Time Help
Across the world, the Chabad network
is saving Ukrainian Jews.
28
Chabad JCC Grand Opening
More than 100 people attend program
with Supreme Court Justice
Richard Bernstein.
30
Stop Hate!
14-year-old Girl Scout wins award for
project on Holocaust.
BUSINESS
32
Retiring Owner Completes
Hygrade Deli Sale
Stuart Litt plans on staying on through
March to help with the transition.
NEXT DOR
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Evening with Fiddler on The Roof
Community, passion and philanthropy meet
at U-M event.
36
Meet Sruli Klein
For thousands of Jewish customers, his
service helps provide full kosher travel
experience.
37
MSU Students in Poland
Moved to Action
Students saw Ukrainian refugees in need
of food, so they went grocery shopping.
SPORTS
38
Marathon on the Lanes
Snowstorm forces Frankel bowlers to roll
12 games in one day.
39
Quick Hits
MAZEL TOV
41
Moments
SPIRIT
43
Torah Portion
44
Left- and Right-Brain Judaism
46
Synagogue Directory
ARTS&LIFE
48
Book review: One Week
in 1930’s Detroit
Savage City, by Donald Levin
(Poison Toe Press: Ferndale), 2021
50
Ties with India
New book looks at synergies between
Judaism and Indian religions.
52
Celebrity News
EVENTS
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Community Calendar
ETC.
The Exchange 55
Obits
57
Looking Back 62
Shabbat Lights
Shabbat begins:
Friday, March 18, 7:24 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, March 19, 8:26 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
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