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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-11 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY
12 
A Hero in War and Peace 

 
Guy Stern (1922-2023)

18 
Honorary Chanukah Lamplighters 

 
Israeli visitors plead for release of hostages, 

 
including their parents.

22 
Jewish Historical Society’s 

 
Wish List 

 
Organization wants more artifacts for 

 
upcoming exhibit.

23 
Detroit Man Is Charged in Murder 
 of Samantha Woll

24 
Promoting Peace in Wartime 

 
These organizations continue to foster 

 
Israeli and Palestinian relations.

28 
How We Met: ‘Too Young to Get 

 
a Marriage License!’

30 
Fifth Grader Wins Big at Grand 

 
Horse Show 

 
Last-minute hiccups didn’t rattle this 

 
young rider.

35 
Menorah Lighting in Northern 

 
Ontario 

 
Sault Ste. Marie’s Jewish community hopes 

 
to see other northern cities follow with 

 
similar initiatives.

36 
Feed the Force Returns 

 
This year, 125 meals were provided for 

 
officers on duty across nine police 

 
departments.

SPORTS
38 
These Teams Are on a Roll 

 
Four first-half division champions in 

 
the Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson 

 
B’nai B’rith bowling league make playoffs.

38 
Quick Hits

NEXT DOR
40 
Franklin Native Steps Up as 

 
TAMID Chapter President 

 
The George Washington University student 

 
is the first sophomore to hold the role.

41 
A Community for Nursing 

 
Students 

 
Wayne State University student Tania Miller 

 
launches nursing fraternity on campus.

MAZEL TOV
43 
Moments

SPIRIT
44 
The Future of the Past

45 
Torah Portion

46 
Synagogue Directory

ARTS&LIFE 
48 
Holocaust Diaries 

 
MSU Professor Amy Simon publishes 

 
anthology on Yiddish ghetto diaries.

50 
Celebrity News

51 
Just for Fun

EVENTS
52 
Community Calendar

FOOD
53 
Marblespoon at Home 

 
Vera Newman offers low-effort, high-reward 

 
recipes in her new cookbook.

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Shabbat Lights 
Fast of the 10th of Tevet: 
Starts Friday, Dec. 22, 6:47 a.m. and 
ends with beginning of Shabbat 
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, Dec. 22, 4:45 p.m. 
Shabbat ends: 
Saturday, Dec. 23, 5:51 p.m.

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover art: Art by Randy Glass Studio 
Cover design: Kelly Kosek

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Dec. 21-27, 2023 / 9-15 Tevet 5784 | VOLUME CLXXIV, ISSUE 19

ETC. 
The Exchange 54 
Obituaries 
57 
Looking Back 62