PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-6 Essays and viewpoints. 

OUR COMMUNITY 
8 
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. 

20 
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. 

58 
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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60 
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

Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 2024 / 25 Av-1 Elul 5784 | VOLUME CLXXV1, ISSUE 23

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