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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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