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contents

PURELY COMMENTARY
4-12 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY
14 
Inner Power! 
 
Rabbi G.’s program brings power, peace 
 
and purpose to young Oak Parkers.

18 
Archaeological Discoveries 
 
Oakland U. study abroad team 
 
anxiously anticipating a return to Israel.

20 
A Cure within Reach 
 
Student, 22, seeks funds for bone 
 
marrow transplant.

21 
Flour Power! 
 
Online baking class celebrates the 
 
mitzvah of challah.

22 
Forging a New Path 
 
JVS Human Services’ Women to Work 
 
program changes lives.

23 
End of a Chapter 
 
Florine Mark sells her Weight Watchers 
 
franchise.

24 
New Season without ‘Mr. Tiger’ 
 
Remembering my favorite baseball 
 
legends.

26 
Life Lessons Shared 
 
Retired psychotherapist pens advice 
 
book as a “labor of love.”

27 
The ‘Inside’ Scoop 
 
Veteran journalist and Oak Park native 
 
starts pandemic publication.

NOSH
28 
Comfort Food 
 
Turning a childhood treat into a thriving 
 
pot pie destination.

HEALTH 
30 Yoga Therapy Can Help!
 It’s a gentle way to improve one’s 
 health and sense of well-being.

MAZEL TOV! 
32 
Moments

SPIRIT
33 
Torah portion

34 
Synagogue Directory

BUSINESS
36 
Mat Ishbia’s Hot Hand 
 
From a motivated basketball competitor 
 
to a mortgage industry giant.

37 
From the Hill to the C-Suite 
 
Eric Feldman, Sen. Peters’ chief of staff, 
 
heads to Airbnb in new role.

38 
Here’s To

ARTS & LIFE 
40 
Latke vs. Hamantash 
 
Film to explore debate on what is the 
 
more perfect Jewish food.

41 
Celebrity News

EVENTS

42 
Community Calendar

ERETZ
44 
Bridge Over International 
 
Waters 
 
BBYO connects Ethiopian Israeli and 
 
American teens.

ETC. 
The Exchange 45 
Obituaries 
 47 
Funding for Prior 
COVID Funerals 
Reimbursement of $9,000 
under U.S. program. 47 
Raskin 
 53 
Looking Back 54 
 

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Shabbat Lights 
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, April 9, 7:50 p.m. 
Shabbat ends: 
Saturday, April 10, 8:53 p.m.

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover photo/credit: Markus Campbell, age 8. 
Photo by Arjo Photography. Photo courtesy of 
Kids Kicking Cancer. 
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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