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contents

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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

4 
Welcome Friends

5 
Yeshiva Beth Yedudah Advertising 
 
Through the Years

6 
An Evening of Unity 
 
Why is this night different from all others?

10 
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.

26 
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

34 
Looking Back 
 
A Brief History of the Yeshiva 
 
Beth Yehudah Annual Dinner 
 
from the William Davidson Digital 
 
Archives of Jewish Detroit History

