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PURELY COMMENTARY
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Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY
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Year in Review: 2022


A look back at the year that was.

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In Memoriam


A few of those we lost in 2022.

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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.

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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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