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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-11 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY
12 
JCC Maccabi Games Are 
 
Sliding into Town
 
Hundreds of host families will help
 
make the Games possible.

18 
How We Met: How We Met
 
‘All Because of a Letter.’

20 
An Unlikely Pair
 
An Orthodox Rabbi and a former atheist
 
host a new podcast on Judaism.

21 
Record Number of Swatting
 
Incidents
 
Secure Community Network sounds
 
the alarm on antisemitic threats.

22 
The Kindness Art Menorah
 
Bingham Farms Chabad Center creates 
 
one-of-a-kind menorah from tzedakah boxes.

24 
Advice for Life
 
New course unlocks the Rebbe’s guidance
 
on purposeful living.

25 
Social Service Award
 
Amy Nederlander to be honored by Rainbow
 
PUSH in the “Let Freedom Ring” program.

26 
A Detroit-Israel Love Story
 
Two Lone Soldiers from Southfield come
 
together in Israel during war.

28 
Hadassah Greater Detroit Installs
 
New Region President

30 
The Jewish Community Unites
 
Around Israel
 
Federation’s Israel and Overseas Department
 
holds events to strengthen community ties
 
to Israel.

SPORTS
32 
Coach Sully
 
The heart-warming story of hockey player
 
turned assistant coach Sully Popour, who 
 
took home two medals from the JCC
 
Maccabi Games in Israel.

BUSINESS
34 
Inside the Tigers
 
Three Jewish execs in the Tigers
 
organization talk about their connections
 
to the community.

34 Here’s To

FACES & PLACES
38 
JCRC/AJC Media Luncheon

39 
Oh, What Fun at Chanu-Con!

40 
Pistons Jewish Heritage Night

41 
Celebrities for a Night

42 
Spill the Honey

43 
Gesher’s Trade Secrets Event

MOMENTS
44
Mazel Tovs

SPIRIT
45 
Torah Portion

46 
The God Who Acts in History

48 
Synagogue Directory

ARTS&LIFE
50 
‘Beyond Typography’
 
New exhibit now on view at the Janice
 
Charach Gallery.

51 
Dog of the Week

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Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, Jan. 12, 5:03 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Jan. 13, 6:09 p.m.

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

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Cover design: Kelly Kosek

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Jan. 11-17, 2024 / 1-7 Shevat 5784 | VOLUME CLXXIV, ISSUE 22

52 
Celebrity News

53 
Just for Fun

EVENTS
54 
Community Calendar

ETC.
The Exchange 55
Obituaries 
57
Looking Back 62

