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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-10 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY 
12 
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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Limmud 
Cover design: Kelly Kosek

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Oct. 20-26, 2022 / 25 Tishrei-1 Cheshvan 5783 | VOLUME CLXXII, ISSUE 10

EVENTS 
44 
Community Calendar

ETC. 
The Exchange 46 
Obituaries 
47 
Looking Back 54 

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