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PURELY COMMENTARY 

4-10 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY 

12 
There’s A Group for That 
 
Federation’s Affinities Department 
 
offers lots of options for Gen Xers.12 

16 
Local Effort Effecting Change 
 
A global network is sending Ukrainian 
 
civilians supplies, battling Russian 
 
propaganda.

20 
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 
34 
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

54 
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. 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover photo/credit: Wolfe 
flight simulator. Photo courtesy of 
Federation.

Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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