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PURELY COMMENTARY
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OUR COMMUNITY
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Our Zoo’s Guardian to Retire

Ron Kagan followed his moral compass …

and helped redefine how we run our zoos.

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Vaccines for Teens

Farber vaccination program expands into

the community, with 12-to-15-year-olds up

next.

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Protecting the Young

Federation, JARC hold vaccine clinic for

teens.

20
Solidarity with Israel

ZOA-led rally on Orchard Lake Road.

21
Shoah Education

Holocaust Memorial Center launches

Virtual Museum Experience.

22
Vaccine Video

Ann Arbor native wins award for explaining


virus to kids.

23
Jews in the Digital Age: CES 2021

WEDDINGS
24
From Israel With Love

Israel is home to stunning white-sand

beaches, vibrant foods, iconic sights — and

world-renowned wedding gown designers.

SPORTS
29
Meet the Cranbrook-Kingswood

Hockey Team’s ‘Fab Five’

Led by captain and All-State center

Jack Wineman, Cranes won 18th state

championship.

MAZEL TOV
30
Moments

ERETZ
33
Living the Dream

34
On the Road 2Gether

Virtual tour links Michigan and Central

Galilee.

SPIRIT
35
Rabbi Sacks: Two Types of

Leadership

36
Torah portion

37
Synagogue Directory

ARTS&LIFE
39
Final Account

At what point does complicity turn people

into predators?

40
Funny People

Cory Kahaney to headline NCJW fundraiser.

41
Celebrity News

EVENTS
41
Community Calendar

NOSH

42
A Kosher ‘Pork Rind’?

Lower-fat vegan snacks are guilt-free.

HEALTH
43
Growing Bone in a Lab?

New advances from the Technion prove

it’s possible.

44
Advances in Brain Health

Robert and Katherine Jacobs

increase support of Dr. Eva

Feldman’s research.

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Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, May 28, 8:42 p.m.
Shabbat ends:

Saturday, May 29, 9:53 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.

ON THE COVER:
Cover art: Ron Kagan.
Photography by Jerry Zolynsky.
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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May 27-June 2, 2021 / 16-22 Sivan 5781 VOLUME CLIX, ISSUE 17

ETC.
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The Exchange
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Obituaries
53
Danny Raskin
54
Looking Back

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