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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

May 28-June 3, 2020/ 5-11 Sivan 5780| VOLUME CLVII, ISSUE 17

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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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