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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-9 
Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY
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A Groundswell of Solidarity 

 
Aish Detroit Mission volunteers bring 

 
hands-on help and hope to Israel

18 
Israeli Camper Program Seeks 

 
Host Families 

 
Host families will house Israeli children 

 
attending summer camp in Metro Detroit.

20 
Getting Physical 

 
Jewish Senior Life ensures residents stay 

 
active this winter. 

21 
Paid Summer 2024 Internships 

 
Work in the Jewish community through 

 
Gesher Human Services.

22 
Renowned Author Coming to 

 
Oakland University 

 
Michael Oshman, author of What Would 

 
You Do If You Weren’t Afraid? to speak on 

 
campus Feb. 13.

23 
Rita Haddow to be Honored

24 
A Maccabi Love Story 

 
One couple finds forever-love at the Games.

26 
Breaking Bread Together 

 
Couple hosts guests for weekly Shabbat 

 
dinner.

28 
Hockey Showdown 

 
Annual fundraiser for Matan B’Seter, which 

 
discretely helps Jewish families in need.

30 
New Gesher Program 

 
Apprentices offered on-the-job paid training 
 

 
to learn to direct care for people with 

 
disabilities. 

31 
A Win for the Community 

 
Chabad Jewish Center of Troy acquires an 

 
anonymous donation of a nearly complete 

 
Talmud set.

32 
Hitting the Open Road 

 
Jewish motorcycle club Chai Riders of 

 
Detroit is enrolling new members.

SPORTS
33 
His Goal is the Pros 

 
Ben Rosenblatt transfers to perennial 

 
national power Syracuse for his final season 

 
of college soccer.

FACES&PLACES
34 
Michigan Snowbirds Among 

 
Those at FIDF Briefing in Florida 

35 
JCRC/AJC Hosts 27th Annual 

 
Mitzvah Day

NEXT DOR
36 
New Moishe Pod Detroit Opens 

 
to the Community 

 
Identical twins Ben and Eli Sider are the 

 
organization’s newest Detroit residents.

BUSINESS
38 
The Next Evolution of Dubin 

 
Cleaners & Laundry 

 
As the dry-cleaning business looks to the 

 
future, it maintains the same values.

38 
Here’s To

MOMENTS
40 
Mazel Tovs

SPIRIT
41 
Torah Portion

42 
We Will Do and We Will Hear 

 
(Family Edition)

44 
Synagogue Directory

ARTS&LIFE
46 
A Memorial to The Purple Lady 

 
Artwork at Huntington Woods Library 

 
dedicated to Sally Kohlenberg.

48 
‘Think Outside the Lox’ 

 
Local rabbi’s new book shows how 

 
Orthodox Judaism can be fun.

50 
Celebrity News

51 
Just for Fun

EVENTS
52 
Community Calendar

Shabbat Lights 
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, Feb. 9, 5:38 p.m. 
Shabbat ends: 
Saturday, Feb. 10, 6:42 p.m.

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar.

ON THE COVER: 
Cover photo/credit: Jeremy 
Sparig Photography 
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

Feb. 8-14, 2024 / 29 Shevat-5 Adar I 5784 | VOLUME CLXXIV, ISSUE 26 

ETC.
Dog of the Week 
54 
Spotlight 
 
54 
The Exchange 
55 
Obituaries 
 
57 
Looking Back 
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