APRIL 2011 !VOLUME 02 ISSUE 04

CONTENTS

FEATURES

18 Reverse Osmosis?

As black flight continues unabated, there is a trickle of
growth in the city from, of all place, the white suburbs.

Reporting by Zak Rosen

19 I

How to Plot a Grass-Roots Rebirth

The bleed can't be staunched as one idea after the next
fails. Perhaps it's time Detroit return to its roots.

Reporting by Brett Callwood

21

Federation's Event Horizon: TribeFest

How a confab of 1,500 young Jewish lay leaders changed
the way (at least) one of them thinks.

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ITheQ&A

Can the frontman of
a band named High
Strung be laid back?

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H I Highlights

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20 I Paparazzi

We saw you bluffing
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8
10

Editor's Letter
Bookworm
Five Things Your
Kids Will Love
Foodie
Ben Falik is JEWFRO
Mail Bag

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22 I

Nightcap

The Detroit-Chicago
1-94 Connection —
and the best public
shower en route.

12 Here and Now
Home Brew
Professionals
14 More Than My CV
16
Kiddush Club
The Scallion
17 Locker Room
The Gina Monologues

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THE APRIL COVER:"Greener Pastures," illustration by Tim Foley; concept by Deborah Schultz.

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