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PURELY COMMENTARY
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OUR COMMUNITY
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Battle-Tested,
Board-Approved
New Federation CEO Steve Ingber
earned the job.
16
Under Attack
Anti-Israel activists target local
restaurateur.
18
Divisiveness on Campus
MSU Student Government passes bill
to condemn Israel’s role in conflict.
20
Better Together
Adat Shalom teens pair up with older
adults for intergenerational learning.
21
It Takes a Big Heart to
Shape Little Minds
Royal Oak Chabad Jewish Center to
open new Lamplighters Preschool.
22
A Son’s Lifesaving Search
Living donors wanted for those
in need of a kidney.
23
Freshen Up Your Home
Check out the new Home Décor Room
in Berkley’s Council Re|Sale store.
24
30-Year Success
Hillel Day School students bond
with JARC residents.
25
Mental Health Support
A new Mood Lifters session runs
June 10-Sept. 23.
26
Leaders for Tomorrow
Applications being taken now for
second cohort that begins in the fall.
SPORTS
27
‘Bobby Had Game’
Story of barnstorming Black basketball
promoter Bobby Grund is a perfect
book for the times.
JEWISH@EDU
28
A Passion for Jewish Learning
Hillel unlocks a love of Judaism in this
graduating cohort.
29
Hillel of Metro Detroit
Leadership Lab
29
Medical Students Learn from
a Holocaust Survivor
MAZEL TOV
30
Moments
SPIRIT
32
Tikkun Olam — It’s Not Just a
Jewish Concept
33
Torah portion
34
Synagogue Directory
ERETZ
36
Meet Max Kresch
Former Akiva/FJA student went to
Israel for a gap year — and stayed.
WORLD
37
Detained on His Way Home
Metro Detroit journalist is being held
in a Myanmar prison.
ARTS&LIFE
38
Oodles of Doodles
Jessica Hauser’s ‘Joy Doodles’ bring
back childhood memories of her
late father.
40
‘A Violin Tribute
to the Holocaust’
HMC to host digital program starring
Arnaud Sussmann.
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Film Review: Shepherd:
The Story of a Jewish Dog
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Celebrity News
EVENTS
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Community Calendar
NOSH
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The Breakfast Club
BUSINESS
45
People We Know & Stories We
Don’t: Moshe Newman
ETC.
The Exchange 46
Obituaries
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Danny Raskin 53
Looking Back 54
Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, June 4, 8:47 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, June 5, 9:59 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
ON THE COVER:
Cover photo/credit: Steven
Ingber. Photography by John
Hardwick.
Cover design: Kaitlyn Schoen
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