16 | DECEMBER 29 • 2022 

OUR COMMUNITY

AUGUST 
» July 31-Aug. 5 — After two-
year hiatus, Maccabi Games for 
Jewish youth are held in San 
Diego, California; 18 Detroit 
youth attend.

» Aug. 2 — Michigan holds its 
election primaries. Andy Levin 
loses his primary, meaning that 
in January 2023, for the first time 
since 1979, there will not be a 
Levin from Michigan in Congress. 

» Aug. 21 — Sixth annual Hazon 
Michigan Jewish Food Festival 
returns. 

SEPTEMBER
» Sept. 8 — Queen Elizabeth 
II, longest-serving monarch of 
England, dies at the age of 96. 

» Sept. 11 — Michigan State 
University’s Serling Institute for 
Jewish Studies and Modern Israel 
celebrates 30-year anniversary. 

» Sept. 18 — Ken Burn’s doc-
umentary, The U.S. and the 
Holocaust, debuts on PBS. 

» Sept. 15 — Art Fishman, 95, is 
chosen “Michigan Veteran of the 
Year” by the Commanders Group 
of Michigan.

LEFT: The 
Detroit 
delegation gets 
ready to enter 
the opening 
ceremony 
for the JCC 
Maccabi 
Games. 

RUTHI WARBURG

Andy Levin

Queen Elizabeth II

WIKIPEDIA

An MSU 
Hillel 
student 
and 
Sparty

LEFT: A German 
policeman checks the 
identification papers 
of Jewish people in 
Krakow, Poland, 1941 
in The U.S. and the 
Holocaust.

FAR LEFT: 
Art Fishman. 

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