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PURELY COMMENTARY
4-8 Essays and viewpoints.
OUR COMMUNITY
10
Thank God It’s Friday!
Chabad’s Friday Boys visit workplaces to
spread mitzvot and a word of Torah.
16
Support Group Resurgence
Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse
offers a safe space for Jewish abuse
survivors.
18
Jewish Detroiters Visit Cuba
Cuba’s small Jewish community perseveres
despite dwindling size and economic
challenges.
20
How We Met
‘From a Facebook Shidduch Initiative.’
22
Woll Murder Suspect to
Stand Trial
Prosecution lays out evidence placing
suspect at the scene of the crime.
24
Messing to Headline Women’s
Philanthropy’s Signature
Event 2024
25
Shir Shalom Chicken Soup
Cook-Off
Event will raise money for worthy causes.
FACES & PLACES
26
East of Woodward Jewish
Community Celebrates
SPORTS
28
Playing Through Pain
Bloomfield Hills High School senior Ethan
Endelman won a state championship
in boys tennis with a shoulder that
needed surgery.
CAMP GUIDE
30
Send a Kid to Tamarack
This year’s honorees are Elaine and
Michael Serling and distinguished
alumna Naomi Miller.
34
Camp Listings
MOMENTS
40
Mazel Tovs
SPIRIT
40
Torah Portion
42
Particular Paths to a
Universal God
44
Synagogue Directory
ARTS&LIFE
46
On Tour with Alex Edelman
A comedic exploration of Jewish identity.
48
Atheism and Theology Clash in
Freud’s Last Session
50
Celebrity News
51
Just for Fun
46
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Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, Feb. 2, 5:29 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Feb. 3, 6:33 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
ON THE COVER:
Cover photo: Friday Boy Berel
Lipskar assists with tefillin during a
stop on his route.
Cover design: Kelly Kosek
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Feb. 1-7, 2024 / 22-28 Shevat 5784 | VOLUME CLXXIV, ISSUE 25
EVENTS
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Community Calendar
ETC.
Dog of the Week 53
The Exchange 54
Obituaries
56
Looking Back 62