NOVEMBER 17 • 2022 | 3
PURELY COMMENTARY
4-10 Essays and viewpoints.
OUR COMMUNITY
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Surviving the Unthinkable
International Survivors of Suicide Loss
Day provides connection and support
to loved ones left behind.
18
Leaving Office, Coming Home
Rep. Brenda Lawrence reflects on her
time in Congress.
19
Teens’ Climate Event
JYCM Michigan Teen Day of Climate
Education and Action takes place Dec. 4.
20
Farber’s STEM Day
Noah’s ark was the theme for a day of
fun and learning.
21
Improving Life for Camp
Tamarack’s Medical Team
Help meet the match to spruce up living
quarters for the medical community at
Tamarack Camps.
22
Divided We Stand?
Israeli election shows Israelis divided on
preferred vision of the future.
24
An Emotional Tour
Jewish Historical Society docents went
on a bus tour of Mount Clemens.
26
Call her Cantor
Temple Israel alum will be installed as
cantor at New York’s Central Synagogue.
28
Helping Israeli Businesses Grow
Peer-to-peer lending platform receives
$700K in support from Detroit.
30
Traverse City’s Congregation
Beth Shalom
Congregation Beth Shalom has the oldest
synagogue building in continuous use in
Michigan.
32
A Mentor for Entrepreneurs
Meet David Broner, a certified volunteer
mentor with SCORE helping small business
owners in Michigan.
FACES & PLACES
33
Tamarack Camps Brings Back
Fall Fest
34
First Day of School
Hebrew School of Arts celebrates its first
day of school at the Chabad Jewish
Center of Troy.
35
Women of Vision
35
JARC Hosts Cooking Class
SPORTS
36
A Shot at History
Detroit welcomes Ryan Turell as the
NBA’s first Orthodox Jewish prospect.
38
Quick Hits
40
‘A Personal Mission’
Meet the group sales executive behind
the Detroit Pistons’ Jewish Heritage
Night game.
NEXT DOR
42
Nothin’ but NEXT
Mark your calendar for NEXTGen
Detroit’s fall fundraiser at Little
Caesars Arena.
43
Fun in Windsor
NEXTGen Detroit coordinated a day
across the river.
JEWISH@EDU
44
Standing Up for Israel
Wayne State student group enhances
Israel’s reputation on campus.
46
Jewish Model Walk
Jewish Medical Student Association
shares Jewish culture in multicultural
fundraiser.
48
Antisemitism on Campus
How one student was accused of being
a “genocide supporter.”
MAZEL TOV
50
Moments
SPIRIT
51
Torah Portion
52
A Call from the Future
54
Synagogue Directory
ARTS&LIFE
56
Concertmaster and Klezmer
Composer
University Musical Society welcomes
the Berlin Philharmonic, featuring
Noah Bendix-Balgley.
contents
21
Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, Nov. 18, 4:49 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Nov. 19, 5:53 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
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Nov. 17-23, 2022 / 23-29 Cheshvan 5783 | VOLUME CLXXII, ISSUE 14
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A Top-Secret WWII Unit
X-Troop: The Secret Jewish
Commandos Who Helped Defeat
the Nazis, Leah Garrett (Mariner
Books: Boston), 2021.
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Celebrity News
EVENTS
61
Community Calendar
ETC.
The Exchange 62
Obituaries
64
Looking Back 70
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