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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-11 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY
12 
Come Hear Our Story 

 
The Holocaust Center’s newly renovated 

 
exhibition places the emphasis on personal 
 

 
Jewish experiences.

22 
New Keter Torah Rabbi 

 
Meet Rabbi Joseph Abadi.

24 
Teachers Talking 

 
Jewish educators share insights. 

28 
Kids Send Kids to Tamarack 

 
Camper’s bar mitzvah project will help 
 
 
send kids to camp. 

FACES&PLACES
30 
JSL Kindness Day

31 
Hechtman’s New Dining Room

32 
Hillel’s Fence of Peace

SPOTLIGHT 
32 
Women’s Philanthropy’s TOV 

 
Power Hour

33 
Women of Temple Israel to Host 

 
Antique Road Show 

33 
Dog of the Week

SPORTS
34 
‘When It’s Meant to Be, It will 

 
Happen’ 

 
Jackie Kallen is inducted into the 
 
 
International Boxing Hall of Fame. 
 
34 Quick Hits 

MOMENTS
36 
Mazel Tovs

SPIRIT
37 
Torah Portion

38 
The Challenge of Jewish 

 
Leadership

40 
Synagogue Directory

ARTS&LIFE
42 
Honoring Menahem Pressler 

 
Chamber Music Detroit names 

 
a special chair in his honor. 

44 
Celebrity News

45 
Just for Fun

EVENTS
47 
Community Calendar

ETC.
The Exchange 47 
Obituaries 
49 
Looking Back 54

Shabbat Lights 
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, Jan. 19, 5:11 p.m. 
Shabbat ends: 
Saturday, Jan. 20, 6:16 p.m. 
Erev Tu b’Shevat: 
Wednesday, Jan. 24 
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar. 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover photo/credit: Owen Kaufman 
Cover design: Kaitlyn Iezzi

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