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Jews in the D
Canceled Plans and
“Drive-in” Celebrations
12 High school seniors miss out on
traditions but are hopeful the fall will
bring new experiences.
Bagel Boys to the Rescue
14 Teen-run delivery service provides
bagels, lox and fresh produce to
community members while giving
back to workers on the front lines.
A Whole New World: Virtual
Learning During a Pandemic
15 Teachers face new challenges
trying to educate their students
from a distance.
Book Drive
18 Groves student is collecting
books for kids in Detroit.
Dealing with Dyslexia
19 Local teen shares his journey
to overcome learning challenges.
The Greatest Generation
20 Special mailing will honor
oldest Jewish Americans.
Camp Ramah Canada
Closes for the Summer
21
Challenges and Opportunity
22 New dean looks to enhance
Wayne State Medical School.
Filling the Gap
23 Project Healthy Community
expands distribution efforts in
Northwest Detroit.
Moments
Moments
24
Spirit
A Shavuot Revelation
25
Torah portion
26
Eretz
An IDF ‘
Lone Soldier’
Finds a
New Home During COVID-19
27 Southfield native Ari Weiss was
stuck on base for 45 days.
Cap & Gown
Cap & Gown
29
jewish@edu
Leadership in the
Time of COVID-19
76 Uncertain future leaves
students planning for the fall one
step at a time
Online Fellowship
77 Detroit Center for Civil Discourse
successfully moves online.
Reading Between the Lines
78 Inter-collegiate book club tackles
Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor.
Online Support
78 Two Jewish U-M students start
Instagram account dedicated to
supporting students during the
COVID-19 crisis.
Remembering Survivors
79 Students plan Virtual Yom
HaShoah Community Reflection.
Arts&Life
What’
s in ‘
A Written
Testimony’
?
80 A Jewish conversation about
rapper Jay Electronica’
s controversial
debut album.
Two Literature Professors
Share ‘
How Yiddish Changed
America’
82 Josh Lambert and Ilan Stavans
about their own love of Yiddish and
the challenge of putting the book
together.
‘
Rewind’
: Jewish Filmmaker
Confronts His Traumatic
Childhood
84 A new documentary uses home-
video footage to help its director
come to terms with his abuse,
including at the hands of a prominent
cantor.
Celebrity Jews
85
Online Events
85
Business
Business Not as Usual
86 Small business owners adapt to
doing business during a pandemic.
Health
Helping the Helpers
88 Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute
offers free short-term counseling.
Michigan Healthcare
Professionals Sets Up
COVID Testing Site
90 Out of the more than 6,000 tests
they’
ve conducted, about 20 percent
have been positive.
Plasma Drive
92 Blood drives held in hopes of
helping COVID-19 patients.
Etc.
The Exchange
93
Soul
95
Danny Raskin
101
Looking Back
102
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Shabbat &
Holiday Lights
Shavuot:
Thursday, May 28, 8:42 p.m.
Shabbat starts:
Friday, May 29, 8:43 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, May 30, 9:54 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.
On the cover:
Cover photo: Special thanks to
Glenn Triest, who shot this year’
s
Cap & Gown cover, and Julie Chernow
(a.k.a. “Mother Sketcher”) for designing
the custom 2020 face mask featured
on the cover. You can find more of
Glenn’
s work at glenntriestphotograph-
ic.com and Chernow’
s work at mother-
sketcher.com.
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan
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