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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-7 Essays and viewpoints. 

OUR COMMUNITY 
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The Moment Music 
 Stood Still 
 
A compelling memorial to Israel’s 

 tragic Oct. 7 Nova Music Festival 
 comes to Detroit. 

12 
Let the Jewish Music Play 

 
Jewish community works to 

 
reinstate Jewish and Israeli 

 
music event after postponement 

 
due to public pressure. 

16 
Ninth Annual Chanu-Con! 

 
The fun starts Dec. 8 at 

 
Congregation Beth Shalom. 

17 
Jewish Candidates 

 
Fair Well in Michigan’s 

 
Election

18 
How We Met 

 
Love Sparked at Jury Duty! 

20 
A Life of Empowering 

 
Others 

 
Soviet Jewish immigrant Tsila 

 
Pleasant celebrates 35 years at 

 
Gesher Human Services. 

BUSINESS 
22 
Cultivating the World’s 

 
Best Boutique Wines 

 
The Wine Poor Distribution 

 
celebrates nine years of business 
 

 
in Michigan. 

24 
More Than 50 Years 

 
Later, the Tamaroff 

 
Legacy Lives On 

 
Third-generation Tamaroff Auto 

 
Group leaders keep the business 
 

 
going strong. 

GIVING GUIDE 
27 
Cover

28 
Victims of Antisemitism 

 
Give Much More to 

 
Charity, Survey Finds 

30 
Organizations Depend on 
 

 
End-of-Year Donations 

32 
Give Wisely! 

 
Make sure your money is going 

 
to legitimate causes. 

NOSH 
38 
Crunchy Latke 

 
Gratification 

 
Little Latke potato latke crisps 

 
provide instant crisp. 

FACES&PLACES 
40 
JSL Family Fall Festivals 
 
WORLD 
41 
A Pogrom in Amsterdam 
 This coordinated attack is the 
 worst anti-Jewish violence in the 
 Netherlands since the Holocaust. 

SPORTS 
42 
Hello, I’m Your Teammate 

 
Back-to-back overtime victories 

 
earned a JCC Maccabi Games 

 
gold medal for a 16U girls soccer 

 
team from different states. 

MOMENTS 
43 
Mazel Tov!

SPIRIT 
44 
To Bless the Space 

 
Between Us 

45 
Torah Portion

46 
Synagogue Directory 

ELECTION 2004 
48 
Post-Election Speculation 
 Could Trump end the war and 
 bring the hostages home? 

ARTS&LIFE 
50 
Drawing Historical 

 
Parallels 

 
Ghosts of a Holy War author 

 
explores two massacres of Jews 

 
— in 1929 and 2023. 

52 
A Different Dance Twist 

 
Les Ballets Trockadero will blend 

 
humor and professionalism at 

 
the Opera House. 

54 
Weekly Recipe 

56 
Celebrity News

EVENTS 
57 
Community Calendar 
 
ETC. 
Just for Fun 
 
58 

Dog of the Week 
60 
The Bulletin Board 61 
Obituaries 
 
63 

Spotlight 
 
69 

Looking Back 
70

Nov. 14-20, 2024 / 13-19 Cheshvan 5785 

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Shabbat Lights 
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, Nov. 15, 4:52 p.m. 
Shabbat ends: 
Saturday, Nov. 16, 5:54 p.m.

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar. 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover photo/credit: Courtesy of novaexhibition.com 
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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