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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. 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover photo/credit: Naomi 
Broudo is an illustrator of Judaic art. 
Shop: naomibroudo.etsy.com 
Instagram: @freshketubah

Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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