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PURELY COMMENTARY
4-10 Essays and viewpoints.
OUR COMMUNITY
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Thanks, Hebrew Free Loan!
Making loans, not interest for more
than 125 years.
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Helping Jewish Teens
“Collective Compassion” project
promotes mental health, coping.
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Legal Warrior
Retiring WSU law professor looks
back on a lifetime of accomplishments.
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A Guiding Hand
New mapping system at Clover Hill
makes finding gravesites easier.
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Hug Buddies
A 9-year-old’s drawing aims to erase
mental health stigma.
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Jewish Americans in 2020
Pew study paints a picture of
generational shifts in Judaism.
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Best and Brightest
Two law students to be honored by
Jewish Bar Association of Michigan.
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Steven Ingber Named
Federation CEO
MAZEL TOV!
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Moments
SPIRIT
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Torah portion
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Shavuot: A Celebration for
Receiving the Torah
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Synagogue Directory
BUSINESS
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Top Journalist
Michigan native Rebecca Blumenstein
rises to a new leadership role at the
New York Times.
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Break It to Fix It
Tech entrepreneur and author
reimagines creative capacity
in new book.
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Here’s To
ARTS&LIFE
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Shavuot All-Nighter
Twelve-hour online international
celebration to include efforts of
local artists.
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After the Holocaust
Survivors faced many struggles in
displaced persons camps.
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Dairy, Anyone?
Recipes for Shavuot.
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Book Review: War of Shadows
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Celebrity News
EVENTS
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Community Calendar
SPORTS
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A Doubleheader at Michigan
and Trumbull
Frankel Jewish Academy baseball
team plays at historic site of
Tiger Stadium.
ETC.
The Exchange 44
Obituaries
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Danny Raskin 53
Looking Back 54
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Shabbat & Holiday Lights
Shabbat starts: Friday, May 14, 8:29 p.m.
Shabbat ends: Saturday, May 15, 9:38 p.m.
Shavuot 1 begins: Sunday, May 16, 8:31 p.m.
Shavuot 2 begins: Monday, May 17, 9:40 p.m.
Shavuot ends: Tuesday, May 18, 9:41
*Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.
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