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PURELY COMMENTARY 

4-10 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY 

12 
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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