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Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Special Edition NOVEMBER 3 • 2024 | 3
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contents

November 3, 2024 / 2 Heshvan, 5785 | Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Special Edition

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Welcome Friends

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Yeshiva Beth Yedudah Advertising

Through the Years

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An Evening of Unity

Why is this night different from all others?

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On the Cover

Historic Dedication of the Mickey Shapiro

Educational Complex

12
An Inspiration

RISE challah bake inspires hundreds of women

as annual event takes on added significance.

14
Fun and Fellowship on the Ice

Partners Detroit holds first hockey league

championship.

16
Faith Over Fear

Forty-one women travel to Israel as part of Yeshiva

Beth Yehudah’s Partners Detroit Dembs Mission.

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Inspiration. Innovation. Inclusion.

Yehsiva Beth Yehudah hosts statewide Special

Education Symposium to spark innovation, encourage


collaboration and share how others can emulate their

successful programs for children with varying abilities.

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Yeshiva Beth Yehudah’s

2023 Annual Dinner Was

a Showcase of Light and

Warmth

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Looking Back

A Brief History of the Yeshiva

Beth Yehudah Annual Dinner

from the William Davidson Digital

Archives of Jewish Detroit History