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PURELY COMMENTARY
4-10 Essays and viewpoints.
OUR COMMUNITY
12
Diversity Day Divisiveness
Continues
Parents and students express outrage
at heated Bloomfield Hills Board of
Education meeting.
22
Healing Neighborhoods
Detroit2Nepal community health
model comes home.
26
Celebrating the Greatest
Generation
The Bessie Spector Oldest Jewish
Americans Celebration is back
in person.
28
How We Met: “Through a
Detroit Jewish News
personal ad!”
30
What’s New with Andy Levin?
Life after Congress is keeping
him busy.
32
The Importance of Caregiving
JARC celebrates vital staff members.
34
Help from a ‘Spunky Monkey’
Local authors hope to demystify
speech therapy with new book
for children.
FACES AND PLACES
36
Challah Bake at Chabad
Jewish Center of Troy
38
JCRC/AJC Hosts Annual
Global Diplomatic Interfaith
Seder
PASSOVER
41
Passover for All
Tips for making your Passover seder
accessible and comfortable.
44
Seders Abroad
Check out flavorful traditions from
around the world this Passover.
50
The Broken Matzah
52
Buon Appetito!
A classic Italian Jewish recipe
for Passover.
54
All Will Be Revealed
Finding the roots of dipping and
reclining traditions on Pesach.
55
Passover in Captivity
Chabad helps Jewish inmates
celebrate the holiday.
56
Passover Chocolate Pie for
the Milky Meal
58
Downloadable Haggadot
Add something different to this year’s
seder.
60
Where to Find Songs for Your
Passover Seder
Online resources for Passover
recordings, lyrics, sheet music
and more.
60
How to Make Passover
Cleaning Manageable
Tips for the overwhelmed, the
last-minute and the lazy.
TRAVEL
62
Enhancing Judaism
Ways to teach your kids to love their
Jewish heritage.
NOSH
64
Back in Business
Detroit Institute of Bagels reopens in
the city.
HEALTH
66
Never Too Late to Return to
Those Resolutions
NEXT DOR
68
From Fashion to Real Estate
Meet Realtor Emily Kahn, back
from NYC.
SPORTS
70
Order on the Court
Noah Adamczyk left a legacy at
Bloomfield Hills; Frankel ‘improved
week by week’ for new coach.
MAZEL TOV
72
Moments
SPIRIT
73
Torah Portion
74
Left- and Right-Brain Judaism
76
Synagogue Directory
ARTS & LIFE
78
Escaping Nazi-Occupied
France
Netflix series Transatlantic tells the
story of Varian Fry, who helped more
than 2,000 Jews flee the Nazis.
80
Celebrating Jewish Women
Songwriters
Hadar Orshalimy’s new album
Witchcraft is a tribute to the women
artists who did not necessarily get
their due.
82
The Intersection of
Architecture and Torah
ArchitecTorah is a delightful book of
essays geared toward general readers.
84
Celebrity News
EVENTS
85
Community Calendar
ETC.
The Exchange 87
Obituaries
88
Looking Back 94
Shabbat Lights
Shabbat begins:
Friday, March 31, 7:39 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, April 1, 8:41 p.m.
Passover, First Night:
Wednesday, April 5, 7:45 p.m.
Passover, Second Night:
Thursday, April 6, 8:48 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
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