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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-6 Essays and viewpoints. 

 OUR COMMUNITY 
8 
‘Professional Volunteer’ 

 
Beverly Liss named Jewish 

 
Detroit’s Butzel Award winner. 

14 
How We Met 

 
Temple Israel’s Beshert 

 
Connection 

16 
A Summer of Respite 

 
The Elaine and Michael Serling 

 
Israeli Camper Program brought 

 
almost twice as many Israeli 

 
campers as a typical summer. 

20 
Navigating the Aging 

 
Journey 

 
Temple Israel panel will help 

 
families plan for aging. 

22 
ADL Hosts Walk 

 
Against Hate 

 
Event aims to unite community 

 
in a stand against antisemitism, 

 
bigotry and bias. 

24 
Shofar Factory Festival: 

 
Kindness Edition 

 
It all takes place on Sunday, 

 
Sept. 22, 1-4 p.m. at the 

 
JCC in West Bloomfield. 

25 
Attention, Golden 

 
Girls Fans 

 
Join Stan Zimmerman for an 

 
unforgettable evening at 

 
Temple Beth El. 

26 
Blankets for Babies 

 
Oak Park mom crochets kindness 

 
forward. 

28 
Our Partnership with the 

 
National Library of Israel 

FACES & PLACES 
30 
U-M’s Jewish Communal 

 
Leadership Program 

 
Welcome Breakfast 

31 
NCJW’S Back 2 School 

 
Store 

FOOD 
32 
Food for Thought 

 
Savory and Sweet Rosh 

 
Hashanah Main Dishes 

SPORTS 
34 
Full Circle 

 
The father-and-son coaches of 

 
the Detroit U16 basketball team 

 
at the JCC Maccabi Games 

 
played basketball in the Maccabi 

 
Games when they were teenagers. 

34 
Quick Hits

MOMENTS 
36 
Mazel Tov!

SPIRIT 
38 
God of History 

39 Torah Portion

40 
Synagogue Directory 

ARTS&LIFE 
42 
Life on an Israeli Kibbutz 

 
Now streaming on Netflix, 

 
Kissufim has an eerie 

 
resemblance to today’s events. 

43 
Vibrant Installation 

 
Melanie Baer Schwartz mounts 

 
Downtown Synagogue’s first 

 
art exhibit. 

44 
Weekly Recipe

46 
Celebrity News 

EVENTS 
47 
Community Calendar 

ETC. 
Dog of the Week 
37 

Just for Fun 
 
48 
The Bulletin Board 50 
Obituaries 
 
53 

Looking Back 
58

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Shabbat Lights 
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, Sept. 20, 7:14 p.m. 
Shabbat ends: 
Saturday, Sept. 21, 8:13 p.m. 

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover photo: By John Hardwick 
Cover design: Kelly Kosek

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Sept. 19-25, 2024 / 16-22 Elul 5784 

