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contents

PURELY COMMENTARY 

4-10 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY 

12 
The Car Guy’s Car Guy 

 
Eddie Alterman has spent a career 

 
behind the wheel of the world’s 

 
snazziest autos.

18 
Gift of a Torah 

 
Centenarian Sam Gotlib’s values 

 
and traditions live on.

20 
Synagogue Spotlight 

 
Beth Israel Congregation, Ann Arbor 

22 
Shabbos Desserts 

 
for Chai Lifeline 

 
Danielle ‘DeeDee’ Lefkowitz 

 
spreads hope with baked goods.

24 
Never Too Late 

 
Veteran Detroit journalist starts a 

 
new career as a rabbi.

26 
Detroit Youth Choir to 

 
Perform for NCJW 

 
Money raised will support NCJW’s 

 
youth projects.

28 
Jewish Jazzercisers 

 
Local women find a community 

 
in “judgment-free” zone.

31 
Proof on the Roof 

 
Solar panels are a good 

 
financial choice for the 

 
environmentally conscious.

ERETZ 

34 
Shira Brown: ‘How could 

 
we not’ move to Israel?

BUSINESS 

36 
Are You a ‘Superachiever?’ 

 
Barry Franklin uncovers the secrets of 

 
highly successful people in his new 

 
book, GPS For Success.

36 
Here’s To

38 
What’s Old is New 

 
Brothers Ryan and Dylan Burke, each 

 
younger than most of the items they 

 
sell, tap into the lucrative love 

 
of nostalgia.

MAZEL TOV 

40 
Moments 

SPIRIT 

40 
Torah Portion 

41 
The Fewest of All People 

43 
Synagogue Directory

SPORTS 

45 
Soccer Royalty 

 
Ex-Detroit Express defender returns 

 
to celebrate the team’s 1982 league 

 
championship.

NEXT DOR 

46 
The Ultimate Career Path 

 
Frankel’s associate director of the 

 
annual campaign knew the Jewish 

 
community was where she 

 
wanted to work.

NOSH 

48 
Filling a Need: The Lunch Box 

 
A new option for people on 

 
special diets.

FOOD 

50 
Keeping it Cool 

 
on Hot Summer Days 

 
Picnic Foods, Part 1

ARTS & LIFE 

54 
Detroit Jazz 

 
Percussionist/composer Mark Lipson 

 
to play at the Congregation for 

 
Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit 

 
and Detroit Jazz Festival.

56 
Adventures of 

 
an Art Collector 

 
Suzy Farbman’s new book takes 

 
readers to Cass Corridor and beyond.

58 
Leonard Cohen and the 

 
Yom Kippur War 

 
A review of Who By Fire: 

 
Leonard Cohen in the Sinai by 

 
Matti Friedman. Spiegel & Grau: 

 
New York, 2022.

60 
Celebrity News

EVENTS 

61 
Community Calendar

ETC. 
The Exchange 62 
Obits 
64 
Looking Back 70 

Shabbat Lights 
Shabbat begins: 
Friday, Aug. 12, 8:20 p.m. 
Shabbat ends: 

Saturday, Aug. 13, 9:23 p.m. 
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover photo/credit: 
Courtesy Eddie Alterman. 
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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