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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-10 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY
12 
Celebrating Car Culture 

 
Owners love their vehicles and the 

 
communities they inspire.

18 
Bringing the Fight Home 

 
#EndJewHatred starts new Michigan chapter.

20 
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. 

28 
How We Met: Celebrating 

 
70 Years Together

BACK TO SCHOOL
30 
Back to School Time 

 
Frankel Jewish Academy and Hillel Day 

 
School look forward to welcoming students 
 

 
back to class.

34 
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
50 
Pool Haul 

 
Former sportscaster Jim Berk continues to 

 
make waves at the National Senior Games.

50 
Quick Hits

MAZEL TOV
52 
Moments

SPIRIT
53 
Torah Portion

54 
Environmental Responsibility

56 
Synagogue Directory

ARTS & LIFE
58 
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. 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover photo/credit: Lauren Mendelson. 
Photo by James Pettinato 
Cover design: Kaitlyn Iezzi

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EVENTS
62 
Community Calendar

ETC.
The Exchange 63 
Obituaries 
65 
Looking Back 70

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