PURELY COMMENTARY
4-6 Essays and viewpoints.
OUR COMMUNITY
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Campus Toolkits
Students learn what to expect —
and how to react — as they head
away to school.
10
On the March
A brief history of America’s
Labor Movement and its Jewish
leaders.
14
Picnic Protesters
A small group of anti-Israel
protesters try to disrupt a picnic
for local Democrats.
15
Barbara McQuade
at Temple Emanu-El
She will discuss her new book,
Attack from Within: How
Disinformation is Sabotaging
America.
16
Canada Says ‘Welcome’
Windsor’s newcomer recruitment
program shows success.
18
Walking in My Mother’s
Footsteps
My attempts to restore the
historical marker where my
mother Grace went to school.
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FJA Students Serve Up
Skittles
Student-run event rental business
offers Skittles vending machine
for parties.
COMMUNITY DIRECTORY
21
Community Directory
22
Listings
HEALTH
43
A Beautiful, Calming Craft
Families touched by cancer find
a “healing art” in beading.
44
Future Physicians Visit
Auschwitz
Dean and OU students are
changed after study trip to Poland.
FOOD
46
Food for Thought
Comfort dishes for the weeks
of consolation prior to Rosh
Hashanah.
FACES&PLACES
48
2024 Lois Zussman Golf
Classic
49
ZOA Event: Israel, U.S.
and Antisemitism
SPORTS
50
‘I Couldn’t Be More
Proud’
Coach praises Detroit dance team
that sparkled at the JCC Maccabi
Games.
MOMENTS
51
Mazel Tov!
SPIRIT
52
Making Poverty History
53
Torah Portion
54
Synagogue Directory
ARTS&LIFE
56
Michigan’s First Klezmer
Festival
All music lovers are invited to
celebrate Klezmer and Yiddish
culture.
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Sharing The Vibe
Jazz guitarist Mimi Fox brings
her own compositions and Wes
Montgomery arrangements.
Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, Aug. 30, 7:51 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Aug. 31, 8:51 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.
ON THE COVER:
Cover photo/credit: The band
Klezmephonic will be at the Klez Mitten
festival on Sept 15. Courtesy photo.
Cover design: Kaitlyn Iezzi
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Celebrity News
61
Weekly Recipe
EVENTS
62
Community Calendar
ETC.
Just for Fun
64
Spotlight
65
The Bulletin Board
66
Obituaries
69
Looking Back
74
contents
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