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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-10 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY 
12 
Thanks, Hebrew Free Loan! 
 
Making loans, not interest for more 
 
than 125 years.

17 
Helping Jewish Teens 
 
“Collective Compassion” project 
 
promotes mental health, coping.

18 
Legal Warrior 
 
Retiring WSU law professor looks 
 
back on a lifetime of accomplishments.

20 
A Guiding Hand 
 
New mapping system at Clover Hill 
 
makes finding gravesites easier.

21 
Hug Buddies 
 
A 9-year-old’s drawing aims to erase 
 
mental health stigma.

22 
Jewish Americans in 2020 
 
Pew study paints a picture of 
 
generational shifts in Judaism.

24 
Best and Brightest 
 
Two law students to be honored by 
 
Jewish Bar Association of Michigan.

26 
Steven Ingber Named 

 
Federation CEO

MAZEL TOV! 
27 
Moments

SPIRIT
28 
Torah portion

29 
Shavuot: A Celebration for 
 
Receiving the Torah

30 
Synagogue Directory

BUSINESS
32 
Top Journalist 
 
Michigan native Rebecca Blumenstein 
 
rises to a new leadership role at the 
 
New York Times.

34 
Break It to Fix It 
 
Tech entrepreneur and author 
 
reimagines creative capacity 
 
in new book. 
 

35 
Here’s To

ARTS&LIFE 
36 
Shavuot All-Nighter 
 
Twelve-hour online international 
 
celebration to include efforts of 
 
local artists.

38 
After the Holocaust 
 
Survivors faced many struggles in 
 
displaced persons camps. 

39 
Dairy, Anyone? 
 
Recipes for Shavuot. 

40 
Book Review: War of Shadows

40 
Celebrity News 
 

EVENTS
41 
Community Calendar

SPORTS
43 
A Doubleheader at Michigan 
 
and Trumbull 
 
Frankel Jewish Academy baseball 
 
team plays at historic site of 
 
Tiger Stadium. 

ETC. 
The Exchange 44 
Obituaries 
46 
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.

ON THE COVER: 
Cover photo/credit: Photography provided 
by Hebrew Free Loan. 
Cover design: Kelly Kosek

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