NOVEMBER 17 • 2022 | 3

PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-10 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY 
12 
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

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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. 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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Nov. 17-23, 2022 / 23-29 Cheshvan 5783 | VOLUME CLXXII, ISSUE 14 

58 
A Top-Secret WWII Unit 

 
X-Troop: The Secret Jewish 

 
Commandos Who Helped Defeat 

 
the Nazis, Leah Garrett (Mariner 

 
Books: Boston), 2021.

60 
Celebrity News

EVENTS 
61 
Community Calendar

ETC. 
The Exchange 62 
Obituaries 
64 
Looking Back 70 

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