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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-10 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY
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An ‘All-Around Mensch’ 

 
Mark Davidoff’s longtime community 

 
leadership to be honored with Federation’s 

 
2023 Butzel Award.

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Jewish Color Tour 

 
Jewish Historical Society and JTraveler 

 
offer a trip to Northern Michigan Jewish 

 
communities.

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BCTC Joins the International 

 
Torah Championship 
 
 

 
Bais Chabad’s Hebrew School of the Arts 

 
to participate in JewQ.

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Hadassah Annual Meeting 

 
Event brings author/playwright Tara 
 Schuster; honors volunteer Beverly Fine.

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Detroit Jewish Community 

 
Honors First Responders for 9/11 

 
Hillel Day School and Frankel Jewish 

 
Academy honor their security guards.

29 
New Partnership 

 
Coalition for Black & Jewish Unity adds 

 
NAACP as a partner.

YOM KIPPUR
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The Mysteries of Kol Nidre 

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Book review: WHO BY FIRE: 

 
Leonard Cohen in the Sinai

34 
Dementia-Friendly 

 
High Holiday Service 

 
Fleischman Residence Chapel to host 

 
seniors Sept. 24.

FACES&PLACES
36 
FIDF Women of Valor Luncheon

38 
Jewish Senior Life Residents 

 
Get Revved Up at 15th Annual 

 
Senior Dream Cruise

39 
Hundreds Attend Accessible 

 
Carnival Hosted by JARC

SPORTS
40 
Oh, Brother 

 
Adam and Ryan Vieder take a different 

 
route to their second B’nai B’rith Golf 

 
League team championship.

40 
Quick Hits

MAZEL TOV
44 
Moments

SPIRIT
45 
Torah Portion

46 
The Spirituality of Song

48 
Synagogue Directory

ARTS&LIFE
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‘Weird and Whimsical’ 

 
Danielle O’Malley to show her surreal art at 
 

 
the Funky Ferndale Art Fair.

52 
Through the Eyes of Love 

 
Melissa Manchester celebrates a career 

 
milestone on tour with Funny Girl.

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Woman of Valor 

 
New novel by Lynne Golodner is ‘steeped 

 
in community and observance.’

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Sept. 21-27, 2023 / 6-12 Tishrei 5784 | VOLUME CLXXIV, ISSUE 6
Shabbat & Holiday Lights 
Shabbat Shuvah starts: 
Friday, Sept. 22, 7:12 p.m. 
Shabbat ends: 
Saturday, Sept. 23, 8:11 p.m.

Erev Yom Kippur: 
Sunday, Sept. 24, 7:08 p.m. 
Holiday ends: 
Monday, Sept. 25, 8:07 p.m. 
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah 
calendar. 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover photo/credit: Mark 
Davidoff. Photo by John Hardwick.

Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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A Poetjournalist 

 
Aaron Dworkin will help 

 
launch the new season of 

 
the Ann Arbor Symphony 

 
Orchestra.

56 
Israeli Pianist Comes 

 
to Ann Arbor 

 
Inon Barnatan will devote 

 
a week to performances 
 
and students.

58 
Celebrity News

EVENTS
59 
Community Calendar

ETC.
Spotlight 
 
60 
Obituaries 
 
62 
Looking Back 
69 
JN’s Puzzle Page 
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