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Daryl Hafter and Ellen Schwartz became close friends while team-teaching a humanities course at Eastern Michigan University. In the late 1980s, Ellen proposed having a joint adult bat mitzvah. “Oh, no,” Daryl said, “I’m really busy with an article, two conference papers, and a review.” Ellen was relieved! But then, this fall, Daryl called her up. “Remember your proposal about a bat mitzvah?” she asked. “Let’s do it!” Lily Ladin had been helping Daryl learn to read Hebrew since she never learned it as a child, and a good goal seemed to be an adult bat mitzvah. So, we began to plan.

On September 10, at 12:30 p.m., Beth Israel Reads social action book group will host a facilitated virtual discussion of this spirited read.

By Deborah Meyers Greene West Bloomfield has one, Chicago has at least one, New York City has several, along with countless other cities and towns in the United States. Now Washtenaw will, too. A Jews of Color network of greater Ann Arbor/Washtenaw County is getting together and, if you self-identify as a Jew of Color…

By Drew Coel, Marketing and Program Associate at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor The Amster Gallery at the Ann Arbor JCC continues to feature the work of local artists for all in the community to enjoy! Starting on June 6, the JCC will showcase the beautiful abstract acrylic paintings of Ann Arbor…

Ken Wachsberger, special to the WJN The calamitous withdrawal of U.S. troops after twenty years in Afghanistan provoked a frenzied flight of refugees from the Taliban-ruled country. Now, the United States is gearing up to accept an influx of over 90,000 Afghan refugees in the next 12 months. Michigan alone has agreed to take in…