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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-9 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY 
10 
March for Israel 

 
Detroit Federation brings 900+, but 

 
not all make it to the event. 

18 
Jane Sherman Reflects on JFNA 

 
Solidarity Mission to Israel 

 
The mission was of great importance 

 
to Sherman, as she hasn’t missed a war 

 
in Israel since 1973.

20 
Ann Arbor’s Bring Them Home 

 
Campaign 

 
Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor 

 
creates a series of displays to highlight 

 
the hostages being held by Hamas.

22 
Dog Tags Honor Hostages 

 
Farber students and teachers are praying 

 
for each hostage.

24 
Sheroes: The Wives Behind 

 
the Soldiers 

 
Former Metro Detroiter sets up fund to 

 
help the women who are holding the fort 

 
while their husbands serve.

26 
Fateful Meeting on a Plane 

 
Strangers end up ‘like family’ to Lone 

 
Soldier from Metro Detroit.

28 
MSU Chabad Center Lounge 

 
Gets a Makeover 

 
Gorman’s Home Furnishings helps give 

 
the lounge a new look.

29 
Fighting Fires in Israel 

 
Retired Farmington Hills firefighter travels 

 
to Israel to volunteer his services.

30 
Controversy at Cranbrook 

 
Academy of Art 

 
Administration orders Palestinian flags 

 
in studios to be removed.

32 
Advocating for Disabilities Across 

 
the Globe 

 
One country at a time, Justice Richard 

 
Bernstein promotes acceptance and equality.

34 
Long-Lost Bar Mitzvah Book 

 
Reunites with Owner 

 
A July 4, 2023, Jewish News article was 

 
the conduit to solve a small local mystery.

36 
Jlive Expands Jewish Community 

 
Connections 

 
As of this summer, Jlive has had 20,000 

 
individual registrants — people signing up 

 
for an event or program.

37 
Frankel, Farber Rank Among 

 
Top MI Private Schools 

 
Frankel placed at No. 4 and Farber at 

 
No. 13 in Niche’s rankings of the top 25 

 
private high schools in Michigan.

JEWISH@EDU 
38 
The Battle for Representation: 

 
Navigating controversial bills and bias 

 
on campus.

40 
Keeping My Head Down

44 
Show Your Jewishness

46 
Life for a Jewish Student at 

 
UM-Dearborn

47 
Challah Bake 

 
Hillel of Metro Detroit’s sale benefits the FIDF.

GIVING TUESDAY GUIDE 
49 
The JN special section to help you 
 
choose where to give.

52 
’Tis the Season to Give

NEXT DOR 
62 
Learning to Lead 

 
New partnership offers free leadership 

 
development program for young adults.

FACES & PLACES 
64 
Shir Shalom’s Bike Club

65 
U-M Sukkah 

 
Women of Vision Benefit

SPORTS 
66 
Sports Quick Hits

MAZEL TOV 
67 
Moments

SPIRIT 
68 
How the Light Gets In

69 
Torah Portion

70 
Synagogue Directory

ARTS&LIFE 
72 
Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War: 

 
The Union Army 

 
Answers regarding the lives of Jewish 

 
soldiers on the ground.

74 
Piecing Together Family History 

 
Award-winning author and genealogist 

 
discovers surprising connection to Judaism.

76 
Celebrity News

Shabbat Lights 
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, Nov. 24, 4:46 p.m. 
Shabbat ends: 
Saturday, Nov. 25, 5:50 p.m.

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover photo: Howard Kowalsky 
of West Bloomfield stands amid 
the gathering on the National Mall. 
Photo by Mark Kowalsky.

Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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Nov. 23-29, 2023 / 10-16 Kislev 5784 | VOLUME CLXXIV, ISSUE 15
contents

EVENTS 
77 
Community Calendar

ETC. 
Spotlight 
78 
The Exchange 78 
Obituaries 
80 
Looking Back 85 
Puzzle Page 
86 

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