PURELY COMMENTARY
4-7 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY
8
Let There Be Light


And joy and color and fun on


your Chanukah table.

12
BBYO Michigan Launches



New Membership Model

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How We Met


A Circled Cap and Gown Photo

16
A Mission to Feed Victims



of Hurricane Helene


Otto and Shelley Dube travel to


North Carolina with a car full of


food and essential goods.

18
Detroit’s


Landsmanschaften


Community members seek to


preserve records from early


immigrant aid groups.

20
The Great World Race


18-year-old from West Bloomfield



runs seven marathons in seven


days.

22
Chanukah Par-Tay


(CSZ Sisterhood’s Version)


Celebrate the holiday with all


the girls in your life at Shaarey


Zedek Sisterhood’s Eretz Tour


Chanukah Dance Party.

23
Introducing the Jewish


News Book Club!

24
Spooky Yiddish Movie


Downtown Synagogue offers


events in its new Samantha Woll


Center.

SPORTS
26
100 Miles, One Great


Cheerleader


With his father’s support, Troy


resident Evan Kline proves on a


long, hot day in Ohio that ‘Klines


aren’t quitters.’

BEST OF
28
Forward Thinking


JN “Best Of” winner Harold


“Hersh” Rothenberg knows the


way to women’s hearts — and


closets.

32
The Best of Jewish


Detroit


Jewish News readers have spoken



and here are their choices.

BUSINESS
38
Jay Feldman: Driven to


Give Back


The automotive mogul’s passion


is philanthropy.

40
David Klein Gallery


Announces New Gallery


After years in Birmingham and


Detroit, the gallery will relocate


to a new exhibition space in a


beautifully renovated warehouse.



MOMENTS

42
Mazel Tov!

SPIRIT
44
Moral Dilemmas

45
Torah Portion

46
Synagogue Directory

ARTS & LIFE
48
Calling All ’90s Music Fans


501 Essential Albums of the ’90s


takes readers on a trip down


memory lane.

50
A Holiday Baroque


Matinee


Chamber Music Detroit’s Dec. 15


concert features Jeffrey Grossman



on harpsichord.

52
Mixing Traditions


Jewish saxophonist Dave Koz


continues his Christmas Tour.

54
The Ghosts of Detroit by


Donald Levin

55
Weekly Recipe

56
Celebrity News

EVENTS
57
Community Calendar

ETC.
Just for Fun

58

Dog of the Week
59

The Bulletin Board
60

Obituaries

62

Looking Back
70

Dec. 12-18, 2024 / 11-17 Kislev 5785

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Friday, Dec. 13, 4:42 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Dec. 14, 5:48 p.m.

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Yehudah calendar.

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