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PURELY COMMENTARY
4-10 Essays and viewpoints.
OUR COMMUNITY
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Limmud is Back
A day of Jewish learning takes place — in
person — at the Wayne State campus Oct. 30.
16
Women of Vision
Nightline Co-Anchor Juju Chang to headline
NCJW Michigan’s Annual fundraiser Oct. 26.
17
On the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive
The Zekelman Holocaust Center to host
virtual program on Oct. 30.
18
JLearn Enters New Chapter
More students are taking more classes
online.
19
New Program for Family
Caregivers
Virtual program is free, open to the entire
community and is being offered this fall to
assist caregivers as the colder months
approach.
20
Bridging the Political Divide
Great Lakes Civility Project aims to teach
people how to work together more
effectively despite political differences.
22
Impactful Michigan Jewish
Women
Jeannie Weiner of the Jewish Historical
Society of Michigan to present Zoom
program for Hadassah.
24
Giving Back by Sharing
Knowledge
Frankel Jewish Academy sophomore
shares his knowledge of Judaism with
fellow students.
25
Therapeutic Choir Fall Fling
Fundraiser and Open House
Learn more about how singing can help
people with Parkinson’s disease.
NEXT DOR
26
From Tamarack Camper to
Executive Committee Member
Meet Joel Kirsch whose love for Tamarack
Camps turned into so much more than
a summer.
FACES & PLACES
27
Temple Israel Yom Kippur
Services Feature Special Guests
MAZEL TOV
28
Moments
SPORTS
30
Sophomore Sensation
Birmingham Groves lineman Avery Gach
has been at Notre Dame, Ohio State,
Toledo and Michigan football games this
season as a recruit.
31
Quick Hits
BUSINESS
33
Not Ready to Retire
Ira Jaffe is named Distinguished Counsel
at Honigman Law Firm.
SPIRIT
34
Torah Portion
36
The Genesis of Love
38
Synagogue Directory
ARTS & LIFE
40
Memories of Soviet Russia
Author to speak about her family’s history
in Ann Arbor’s Beth Israel Congregation.
42
Live and Laugh
Ventriloquist Dahn Bricker’s PG-13 adult
humor focuses on aging.
43
Celebrity News
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Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, Oct. 21, 6:23 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Oct. 22, 7:23 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
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Oct. 20-26, 2022 / 25 Tishrei-1 Cheshvan 5783 | VOLUME CLXXII, ISSUE 10
EVENTS
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Community Calendar
ETC.
The Exchange 46
Obituaries
47
Looking Back 54
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