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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-10 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY 
12 
To Be Jewish on Campus 

 
Since Oct. 7, a new generation of Jewish 

 
college students have been the targets of 

 
historic levels of antisemitism. 

22 
Do a Mitzvah This December 

 
The 27th annual Mitzvah Day returns on 

 
Christmas Day.

24 
One Door Closes, Another Opens 

 
Detroit’s Sholem Aleichem Institute’s 

 
programs to continue with JHSM.

26 
‘We are Moving Targets’ 

 
Federation and JCRC/AJC hosted a 

 
survivor of the Nova Music Festival.

28 
100 Years of Great Books 

 
Temple Beth El celebrates a century 

 
of the Readers Club and pays tribute 

 
to Irwin Hamburger’s multifaceted legacy.

30 
Volunteering from the Get-Go 

 
Newly arrived in Israel, these Southfield 

 
natives began by helping out wherever 

 
they could.

ERETZ 
32 
Beef Up Our Boys 

 
An all-out effort to get beef jerky into the 

 
hands (and stomachs) of IDF soldiers.

FACES & PLACES 
34 
The JFS Fall Fix-Up

35 
The Zekelman Holocaust Center’s 

 
39th Anniversary Benefit 

36 
Fall Fun for the People JARC 

 
Serves

37 
Jewish Senior Life Celebrates 

 
Veterans Day

SPORTS 
38 
A Love for Tennis 

 
State champion Bloomfield Hills High 

 
School boys tennis team had seven 

 
Jewish players in its lineup. 

NOSH 
39 
Star Bakery Reopens

BUSINESS 
40 
Popular Detroit Glamour Shop 

 
Set to Expand Next Spring 

 
The Peacock Room will expand in both the 

 
Fisher Building and Park Shelton locations.

SPIRIT

44 
To Wait Without Despair

45 
Torah Portion

46 
Synagogue Directory

ARTS&LIFE 
48 
What’s New (and Jewish) 

 
on Broadway 

 
If you’re planning a trip to the Big Apple 

 
this holiday season, we’ve got you covered.

50 
Celebrity News

52 
‘Just for Fun’ Page

EVENTS 
53 
Community Calendar

ETC. 
The Exchange 54 
Obituaries 
56 
Looking Back 62 

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Shabbat Lights 
Chanukah 8: 
Thursday evening, Dec. 14 
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, Dec. 15, 4:42 p.m. 
Shabbat ends: 

Saturday, Dec. 16, 5:48 p.m. 
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover art: Courtesy of MSU Hillel. 
Cover Design: Kelly Kosek

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Dec. 14-20, 2023 / 2-8 Tevet 5784 | VOLUME CLXXIV, ISSUE 18

