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 

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

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover photo/credit: Harold “Hersh” 
Rothenberg. Courtesy Photo

Cover design: Kaitlyn Iezzi

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