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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-11 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY
12 
For the Love of Cars 

 
Members of Detroit’s Jewish community 

 
share the special vehicles in their lives.

18 
Sometimes a Hamsa is just 

 
a Hamsa 

 
Tigers closer Gregory Soto wears one 

 
all the time.

19 
Most Successful Walk Yet 

 
Friendship Circle’s Walk4Friendship 

 
surpasses its fundraising goal by $65,000.

20 
Making New Friends at JARC 

 
Free Hobbies and Hangouts classes help 

 
community members make connections 

 
with the people JARC serves.

22 
Student Docents Use Art to 

 
Educate their Peers 

 
Students engage with art to understand 

 
the Holocaust, discrimination and hatred.

22 
Two New Mikvahs Move Closer 

 
to Completion 

 
Progress on the Lahser Road Mikvah and 

 
Bais Chabad’s Mallor Walder Community 

 
Mikvah continues.

24 
A ‘Gift’ to the JSL Community 

 
Volunteer Rose Cooper is a familiar 

 
presence at Sharon’s Boutique in the 

 
Fleischman Residence.

25 
Award-Winning Writers 

 
The Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic 

 
Studies at Wayne State announces 

 
winners for high school writing competition.

FACES & PLACES 
26 
JARC Adaptive Biking Event 

 
with MoGo

27 
JARC Trivia Night Fundraiser

SPORTS
28 
Keeping the Faith 

 
This practicing Jewish player on the U-M 

 
football team fasts on Yom Kippur, keeps 

 
kosher on Passover, and has a passion for 

 
strength and conditioning.

32 
Quick Hits

NEXT DOR 
34 
The Music Maker 

 
Meet Jake Bass, the “one-man band” 

 
who’s worked with hip-hop royalty.

36 
Tu b’Av Shabbat: A Night of 

 
Love and Wholeness

MAZEL TOV
37 
Moments

SPIRIT
38 
Torah Portion 

39 
The Farmer and Telling the 

 
Story of the Jewish People

41 
Synagogue Directory

ARTS&LIFE 
43 
Asking Hard Questions 

 
Ken Burns’ PBS documentary The U.S. 

 
And The Holocaust asks hard questions 

 
and looks at how Americans treated 

 
Jews and immigrants during wartime.

46 
Two Art Fairs, Two Artists 

 
Catch these Jewish artists at two of the 

 
last art fairs this season.

48 
Simchas and Sorrows 

 
Film about an atheist actress who 

 
attempts to convert to Judaism falls short.

50 
Celebrity News

EVENTS
51 
Community Calendar

ETC. 
The Exchange 53 
Obituaries 
54 
Looking Back 62 

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Shabbat Lights 
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, Sept. 16, 7:22 p.m. 
Shabbat ends: 

Saturday, Sept. 17, 8:21 p.m. 
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

ON THE COVER: 
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Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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Sept. 15-21, 2022 / 19-25 Elul 5782 | VOLUME CLXXII, ISSUE 5 

