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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-11 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY
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Student to Student 

 
Jewish students share their culture with 

 
non-Jewish students in first-of-its-kind 

 
program in Michigan.

15 
Inaugural Prayer 

 
Rabbi Alicia Harris offered the prayer at 

 
Gov. Whitmer’s inauguration. 

16 
Together As Family 

 
600 teens joined the BBYO Regional 

 
Conference last month at the JCC.

18 
Antisemitic Threat 

 
Educator resigns shortly after starting new 

 
position at Richmond Community Schools 

 
due to death threat targeting his family.

20 
A Survivor’s Story 

 
Local Holocaust survivor and liberator 

 
to speak on International Holocaust 

 
Remembrance Day.

23 
A Volunteering Dynamo 

 
TKA’s Deb Ford lends a hand to many 

 
programs and projects. 

24 
Welcome to Ohel Leah 

 
Free clothes for everyone on Mrs. Schwab’s 
 

 
Oak Park porch.

26 
Building a Safe Haven in 

 
the Desert 

 
Detroit pediatrician supports safety 

 
infrastructure for children in Halutza, Israel.

27 
Ambulance No. 2 

 
West Bloomfield couple donates second 

 
vehicle to Magen David Adom in Israel.

28 
Cycling Across Israel 

 
American FIDF supporters join 

 
wounded IDF combat veterans 

 
on the Israel Bike Mission.

29 
Tea, Talk & Torah 

 
Temple Shir Shalom program 

 
is a fun way to learn.

FACES&PLACES
30 
YIOS Chopped Event

31 
JHSM’s Jewish Heirloom 

 
Roadshow

NEXT DOR
32 
The Well Provides Career 

 
Advice from an Expert 

 
Ron Elkus shared his values and 

 
community involvement that made 

 
The Shirt Box such a success.

SPORTS
34 
 Jewish Heritage Night 2.0 

 
Orthodox Jewish basketball player 

 
Ryan Turell will be in the spotlight at 

 
a Motor City Cruise game Feb. 13.

36 
Quick Hits

NOSH
38 
Dining around the D: ZaBot Pizza

MAZEL TOV
40 
Moments

SPIRIT
41 
Torah Portion

42 
God and Strangers

44 
Synagogue Directory

16

Shabbat Lights 
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, Jan. 20, 5:13 p.m. 
Shabbat ends: 
Saturday, Jan. 21, 6:18 p.m. 
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
 
Yehudah calendar. 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover photo/credit: Courtesy of 
Be the Narrative 
Cover design: Kaitlyn Iezzi

Jan. 19-25, 2023 / 26 Tevet-3 Shevat 5783| VOLUME CLXXII, ISSUE 23

ARTS&LIFE
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From the Pulpit 

 
to the Stage 

 
Cantor Rachel Gottlieb Kalmowitz 
 

 
to perform in the musical Baby.

48 
Bach Cello Suites 

 
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein to 

 
perform in East Lansing Jan. 26.

50 
Historical Fiction for 

 
Children 

 
Ranger in Time. D-Day: Battle 

 
on the Beach by Kate Messner 

52 
Celebrity News

EVENTS
53 
Community Calendar

ETC.
The Exchange 54 
Obits 
56 
Looking Back 62

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