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Ann Arbor .............. 28, 45 Around Town ............... 20 Ar ts & Life .................... 45 Auto .............................. 38 Business ....................... 37 Calendar....................... 26 Editor 's Picks ............... 56 Home ............................ 48 Israel: 5-8, 16, 20, 22, 36 Life Cycles .................... 62 Marketplace ................ 64 Metro ............................ 10 News You Can Use ...... 18 Obituaries .................... 67 Real Estate ................... 30 Spor ts ........................... 44 Synagogue List ........... 34 Torah Por tion .............. 35 Tzedak ah ...................... 28 Viewpoints...................... 5 Columnists R yan Fishman .............. 58 Danny Rask in .............. 60 Rober t Sk lar ................... 6 Fiat US revealed the Fiat 500e Star Wars: The Force Awakesns Storm Trooper. 38 38 Dec. 10-16, 2015 | 28 Kislev-4 Tevet 5776 | Vol. CXLVIII, No. 19 Detroiters in Israel gather at Tel Aviv Moishe House to celebrate Thanksgiving. 22 22 Cover design: Amy Pollard The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 29200 Northwestern Highway, #110, Southfield, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: send changes to: Detroit Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Highway, #110, Southfield, MI 48034. S H A B B AT, H O L I DAY L I G H T S Shabbat: Friday, Dec. 11, 4:41 p.m. Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Dec. 12, 5:47 p.m.* Last Night of Chanukah: Sunday, Dec. 13. Shabbat: Friday, Dec. 18, 4:43 p.m. Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Dec. 19, 5:49 p.m.* * Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar. T his past Nov. 29 marked 29 years since one of Michigan's great labor leaders and member of Detroit's Jewish community passed away: Sam Fishman. In this age of declining union membership in the state and America at large, we sometimes for- get that for most of the 20th century, Detroit and Michigan could rightly claim to be the capital of the nation's labor movement. And, that people like Fishman, along with Michigan trade unionists like Walter Reuther and Irv Bluestone, did a lot of good for working folks, whether negotiating contracts or promoting civil rights, women's rights and other pro- gressive causes. Fishman was a transplant from New York City, raised in a union family. When he died in 1986, Fishman was president of the Michigan AFL-CIO and a nationally known labor leader. Depending on one's point of view, he was either a brash, defi- ant hard-nosed unionist, or an honest, outspoken and staunch defender of the rights of labor. Bland, however, was one term that was never used to describe Sam Fishman. Shortly before his death, the JN did an extensive interview with him in its Dec. 5, 1986, issue. It is good reading, with great insights regarding labor and politics in Michigan and the United States. * Want to learn more? Go to the DJN Foundation archives, avail- able for free at www.djnfoundation.org. Quick Click … From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History Mike Smith I Detroit Jewish News Foundation Archivist contents OUR JN MISSION T h e J e w i s h N e w s a s p i r e s t o c o m m u n i c a t e n e w s a n d o p i n i o n t h a t 's u s e f u l , e n g a g i n g , e n j o y a b l e a n d u n i q u e . I t s t r i v e s t o r e f l e c t t h e f u l l r a n g e o f d i v e r s e v i e w p o i n t s w h i l e a l s o a d v o c a t i n g p o s i t i o n s t h a t s t r e n g t h e n J e w i s h u n i t y a n d c o n t i n u i t y . W e d e s i r e t o c r e a t e a n d m a i n t a i n a c h a l l e n g i n g , c a r i n g , e n j o y a b l e w o r k e n v i r o n m e n t t h a t e n c o u r a g e s c r e a t i v i t y a n d i n n o v a t i o n . W e a c k n o w l e d g e o u r r o l e a s a r e s p o n s i b l e , r e s p o n s i v e m e m b e r o f t h e c o m m u n i t y . B e i n g c o m p e t i t i v e , w e m u s t a l w a y s s t r i v e t o b e t h e m o s t r e s p e c t e d , o u t s t a n d i n g J e w i s h c o m m u n i t y p u b l i c a t i o n i n t h e n a t i o n . O u r r e w a r d s a r e i n f o r m e d , e d u c a t e d r e a d e r s , v e r y s a t i s f i e d a d v e r t i s e r s , c o n t e n t e d e m p l o y e e s a n d p r o f i t a b l e g r o w t h . December 10 • 2015 3 "FINISHED" Need extra spending money? We buy Gold, Silver, Stones and Coins. D i a m o n d s , 1 4 K T, 1 8 K T C o l o r e d S t o n e s , Y G MB JEWELRY DESIGN Bloomfi eld Plaza - 6600 Telegraph Rd. Bloomfi eld Twp., MI 48301 248-671-0087 www.mbjewelrydesign.com 1995190 Warm Up Her Holidays Aura Collection from Roberto Demeglio