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PURELY COMMENTARY
4-10 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY
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Food. Fun. Faith.


Hazon’s Jewish Food Festival


is back live and in-person at


Detroit’s Outdoor Adventure Center.

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Labor Day BBQ Kits


Higher Hopes! Partners with


Famous Dave’s BBQ to raise money


to help kids.

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From Crips and Bloods


to Orthodox Judaism


A former gang member shares


his tale of redemption at Bais


Chabad event.

22
A Close-Knit Neighborhood


Orthodox Institution


Over the past 10 years, Young Israel of

Southfield has attracted 50 families to

move into its neighborhood.

24
Volunteering for Change


Meet Ronit Wagman, who uses her


volunteer activism to make positive


change in the community.

25
Learn About Addiction in


the Jewish Community


All are welcome at a free panel


discussion and resource fair on Aug. 31.

26
Adas Shalom 1965


Confirmands Reunite


Group gathers in Bloomfield


Township to reminisce.

26
Jewish Relief Network


Ukraine

FACES & PLACES
29
Grill the Rabbi

30
Shabbat for Tots at


the Detroit Zoo

BACK TO SCHOOL
31
Farber Partners with JFS


on Mental Health Initiative


Teen mental health first-aid teaches


teens how to respond to mental


health crises.

32
Jewish Educator


Extraordinaire


Elissa Berg put family in the


forefront of religious instruction.

34
Jewish Teens Taking a


Stand on Israel


Teens can earn college credit at


Chabad Jewish Center of Troy’s


class about Israel.

JEWISH@EDU
36
What I Learned Being on


the Ground in Israel

40
Wayne State Students Head


to Israel


10-day trip shows how unity and


inclusion is possible.

41
Go Tigers!

42
Fighting Antisemitism


Incident at University of Detroit


Mercy Dental School leads to learning

for those involved.

SPORTS
44
No. 1 on the Court,


4.0 in the Classroom


Lindsay Berke was a leader for the


North Farmington girls tennis team


and a perfect student.

44
Quick Hits

NEXT DOR
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The Torah of Obi-Wan Kenobi

ERETZ
48
High School in a


Development Town


Student spends senior year in a school


helping students from a less privileged


background.

MAZEL TOV
50
Moments

SPIRIT
51
Torah Portion

52
The Power of Gratitude

54
Synagogue Directory

ARTS&LIFE
56
A True Story of Survival


The Watchmakers: A Story of


Brotherhood, Survival, and Hope


Amid the Holocaust.

57
A Frum Romance


A review of Melvyn Westreich’s


According to Their Deeds.

58
Celebrity News

EVENTS
59
Community Calendar

ETC.
The Exchange 61
Obituaries
63
Looking Back 70

Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts: Friday, Aug. 19, 8:09 p.m.
Shabbat ends: Saturday, Aug. 20, 9:12 p.m.

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.

ON THE COVER:
Cover photo: Hazon Michigan Jewish Food
Festival 2019
Cover design: Kelly Kosek

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