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PURELY COMMENTARY
4-10 Essays and viewpoints.
OUR COMMUNITY
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Building Community.
Community Building.
Downtown Synagogue set to reopen
Aug. 27 as a hub for Jewish life in
Detroit.
20
A Legacy of Kindness
Simon Mirkes, who tragically passed
away on July 17 at 16 years old, had an
innate kindness.
26
Meet Temple Emanu-El’s
New Cantor
Rosalie Toubes joins the temple family
from Boston.
28
A ‘Shared Place of Sacred
Beginnings’
JCRC/AJC travels on an interfaith
mission to the Holy Land.
30
For Russians, With Love
Russian American Association of
Detroit celebrates 100 years.
34
Custom Rosh Hashanah
Gift Baskets
Basket of Smiles creates one-of-a-kind
gift baskets for all occasions.
36
What’s Cooking at Jewish
Family Service in Washtenaw
County
JFS Specialty Food Pantry and
Commercial Kitchen now open.
FACES & PLACES
38
The HC Hosts Naturalization
Ceremony
39
Rosh Hodesh Group
Celebrates Women
SPORTS
40
Maximum Effort
Former Western Michigan University
hockey star Max Sasson signs with the
NHL’s Vancouver Canucks.
ROSH HASHANAH
42
Variety at the
Rosh Hashanah Table
Blending new, traditional holiday
recipes are a wonderful way to start
the year.
MAZEL TOV
44
Moments
SPIRIT
45
Torah Portion
46
To the Third and Fourth
Generations
48
Synagogue Directory
ARTS & LIFE
50
Honoring A Detroit
Jazz Legend
The Weiss Trio will pay homage to
composer Barry Harris at Detroit’s Jazz
Fest on Labor Day weekend.
52
Celebrity News
EVENTS
53
Community Calendar
ETC.
The Exchange 54
Obituaries
56
Looking Back 62
Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, Aug. 25, 8 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Aug. 26, 9:02 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
ON THE COVER:
Cover photo/credit: Issac Agree Downtown
Synagogue exterior. Photo by Yevgenia Gazman
Cover design: Kelly Kosek
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Aug. 24-30, 2023 / 7-13 Elul 5783 | VOLUME CLXXIV, ISSUE 2
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