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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

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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
52 
Community Calendar

ETC. 
Dog of the Week 53 
The Exchange 54 
Obituaries 
 56 
Looking Back 62