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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
36
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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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