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May 3-9, 2018 / 18-24 Iyar 5778 | VOLUME CLIII, ISSUE 14

on the go

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48

events/editor’s picks

nosh

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a new hamtramck home
for nosh pit detroit
anna’s house
nosh news

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50

business

12

views

spirit

5-10

32

12

teen

mental health

36

the unkindest cut

standing with israel

38

IfNotNow Detroit offers a different take.

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28

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Torah portion

chaos/control

the exchange
soul
raskin
multi-generational families/
quick click

Local Holocaust survivor, speaker and activist
Rene Lichtman is ready to show another
dimension — artist.

Some teens resort to self-harming behaviors to
cope with life and to release the pain.

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building on a legacy

Jewish builders and developers
continue to innovate in the region.

etc.

arts&life

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jews in the d

tlight o
spo

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getting to know you

A West Bloomfield native returns home as stage
manager of a touring production of The King and I .

here’s to
faces and places
from holocaust to independence

40

Michigan FIDF supporters travel to Poland
and Israel.

44

great glass

Habatat Galleries opens its doors for its
46th annual glass invitational.

celebrity jews

sports
moments

ON THE COVER
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan
Cover photo: Rene Lichtman in his home studio

Photo by Brett Mountain

SHABBAT LIGHTS
Lag B’Omer: Thursday, May 3
Shabbat starts: Friday, May 4, 8:18 p.m.
Shabbat ends: Saturday, May 5, 9:25 p.m.
Shabbat starts: Friday, May 11, 8:25 p.m.
Shabbat ends: Saturday, May 12, 9:34 p.m.

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.

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