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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-6 Essays and viewpoints. 

OUR COMMUNITY 
8 
A Night of Broken Glass 

 
U-M Regent Jordan Acker once 

 
again hit with antisemitic 

 
vandalism. 

12 
Marvin’s Marvelous 

 
Mechanical Museum Set 

 
to Move to West 

 
Bloomfield 

 
The long-running attraction and 

 
family hangout will soon be 

 
housed in Orchard Mall. 

14 
A Meaningful Mosaic 

 
Members of Samantha Woll’s 

 
1997 Hillel Day School graduating 

 
class organize a lasting tribute on 

 
school grounds. 

18 
28th Annual Mitzvah Day 

 
Hundreds of volunteers from the 

 
Detroit Jewish community are 

 
expected to support sites across 

 
the Metro area. 

CHANUKAH 
20 
Light the Flame! 

 
JN’s Chanukah Art Contest 

 
winners capture the spirit of 

 
the season. 

22 
Holiday Fun! 

 
Join in on a weeklong 

 
celebration at Chanukah 

 
Wonderland. 

24 
Menorah in the D 

 
Bringing the community’s lights 

 
together. 

26 
A Sustainable Chanukah 

 
Celebrate the season with the 

 
environment in mind. 

28 
Chanukah Cookies 

 
Diamond Bakery gives a 

 
workshop on cookie-decorating. 

33 
Share the Story of the 

 
Festival of Lights 

 
See suggestions from the 

 
PJ Library. 

34 
 
Food for Thought 

 
Olive Oil Recipes for Chanukah 

FACES & PLACES 
38 
MSU Hillel Leadership 

 
Fund Annual Memorial 

 
Golf Outing 

39 
Oz Pearlman Dazzles the 

 
Crowd Supporting JARC 

SPORTS 
40 
Net Worth 

 
Meet the six Jewish members of 

 
the three-time state champion 

 
Bloomfield Hills High School boys 

 
tennis team. 

40 
Quick Hits

MOMENTS 
42 
Mazel Tov!

SPIRIT 
44 
Improbable Endings and 

 
the Defeat of Despair 

45 
Torah Portion

46 
Synagogue Directory 

ARTS & LIFE 
48 
Bonhoeffer Is a 

 
Compelling Dramatization 

50 
Indian-Inspired Jazz 

 
Israeli artist Sivan Arbel releases 

 
new album. 

52 
Celebrity News

EVENTS 
53 
Community Calendar 

ETC. 
The Bulletin Board 54 
Just for Fun 
 
55 

Obituaries 
 
56 

Looking Back 
62

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Shabbat and Holiday 
Lights 

Shabbat starts: 
Friday, Dec. 20, 4:44 p.m. 

Shabbat ends: 
Saturday, Dec. 21, 5:51 p.m. 

Chanukah Candle 1: 
Wednesday night, Dec. 25 

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover art: Emily Rosenberg 
Cover design: Kaitlyn Iezzi

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Dec. 19-25, 2024 / 18-24 Kislev 5785