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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-9 
Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY
10 
Year in Review: 2022 

 
A look back at the year that was.

20 
In Memoriam 

 
A few of those we lost in 2022.

26 
2022 Newsmaker of the Year: 

 
The War in Ukraine

27 
Catching Up with the Jewish 

 
War Veterans 

 
Special honors came at this year’s Detroit 

 
Veterans Day Parade.

SPORTS
28 
Girl Power 

 
For the first time in many years, Frankel 

 
Jewish Academy has a girls bowling team.

FACES&PLACES
29 
The Shul’s Women’s Circle Book 

 
Club

NEXT DOR
30 
Road to Recovery in Israel 

 
Meet Sarah Markowitz, a Michigan native 

 
who made aliyah after a Birthright trip.

HEALTH
32 
Finding Your Best Self 

 
Atzmi works to prevent eating disorders 

 
in the Jewish community.

34 
Support for New Moms 

 
Local post-partum support group helps 

 
new moms deal with scary feelings.

MAZEL TOV
36 
Moments

SPIRIT
37 
Torah Portion

38 
The Birth of Forgiveness

40 
Synagogue Directory

ARTS&LIFE

42 
Creative Expression 

 
Jewish community leader Mark Schlussel 

 
finds enrichment in painting.

44 
Celebrity News

EVENTS
45 
Community Calendar

COMMUNITY DIRECTORY
46 
Listings for local businesses, 

 
organizations and synagogues.

ETC.
Spotlight 
62 
The Exchange 63 
Obituaries 
64 
Looking Back 70

Shabbat Lights 
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, Dec. 30, 4:50 p.m. 
Shabbat ends: 
Saturday, Dec. 31, 5:57 p.m. 
Fast of Asarah b’Teves: 
Tuesday, Jan. 3, 6:50 a.m.–5:59 p.m. 
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover photo/credit: 
Illustration by Diana Schoenbrun 
from The Gift Inside the Box 
Cover design: Kaitlyn Iezzi

Dec. 29, 2022-Jan. 4, 2023 / 5-11 Tevet 5783 | VOLUME CLXXII, ISSUE 20

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