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PURELY COMMENTARY
4-10 Essays and viewpoints.
OUR COMMUNITY
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Celebrating Car Culture
Owners love their vehicles and the
communities they inspire.
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Bringing the Fight Home
#EndJewHatred starts new Michigan chapter.
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Synagogues Post-Pandemic
What synagogues and temples learned
from the COVID experience.
22
Suicide Prevention Center
Approved Near Ann Arbor
Plan for Garrett’s Space campus is moving
forward following a long battle.
24
Detroit Hosts National Young
Leadership Cabinet Retreat
Keynote speaker Gov. Whitmer spoke
exclusively to the JN about a number of
topics.
26
Nelson Legacy Event Welcomes
Talmud Scholar
Rabbi Avinoam Sharon will be giving two
lectures over two days, including one on
Israel’s judicial reform.
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How We Met: Celebrating
70 Years Together
BACK TO SCHOOL
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Back to School Time
Frankel Jewish Academy and Hillel Day
School look forward to welcoming students
back to class.
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Back-To-School Style
From pre-school to pre-med, here’s what
fashion icons will be wearing.
JEWISH@EDU
44
Sustainability Shabbat
Wayne State Jewish Medical Student
Association members learn about the
Jewish value of Areyvut.
46
Search Launched
Longtime Executive Director Tilly
Shemer’s departure leaves an opening
at University of Michigan Hillel.
48
Campus Climate Initiative
Oakland University has partnered with
Hillel of Metro Detroit for the Campus
Climate Initiative program amidst
growing concerns about antisemitism.
SPORTS
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Pool Haul
Former sportscaster Jim Berk continues to
make waves at the National Senior Games.
50
Quick Hits
MAZEL TOV
52
Moments
SPIRIT
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Torah Portion
54
Environmental Responsibility
56
Synagogue Directory
ARTS & LIFE
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A Klezmer Pioneer
Detroit-born Yale Strom is an all-around
Renaissance man.
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Celebrity News
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Aug. 17-23, 2023 / 30 Av-6 Elul 5783 | VOLUME CLXXIV, ISSUE 1
Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, Aug. 18, 8:11 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Aug. 19, 9:14 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
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Cover photo/credit: Lauren Mendelson.
Photo by James Pettinato
Cover design: Kaitlyn Iezzi
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EVENTS
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Community Calendar
ETC.
The Exchange 63
Obituaries
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Looking Back 70
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