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PURELY COMMENTARY
4-12 Essays and viewpoints

COMMUNITY
14 
Heroes at Your Doorstep
 
Hatzalah’s lifesaving volunteer EMTs can 
 
rush to help in less than 2 minutes.
20 
A Third Day of Remembrance
 
Honor Metro Detroit survivors on June 24,
 
the inaugural Holocaust Survivors’ Day.

22 
Welcome Back!
 
Brown Program reopens with artwork
 
and smiles.

24 
Fundraising Success
 
Federation’s Annual Campaign surpasses
 
$34 million.

25 
‘Free Danny’ T-Shirts
 
Jailed journalist’s supporters fight for
 
his release.

26 
From the Mideast to the Midwest
 
Diplomat turned educator to head local
 
university.

27 
Cookies for Caregivers
 
Jewish teens help provide treats to
 
frontline workers. 

28 
Powerful Lifter
 
Seaholm grad seeks to inspire other
 
girls to lift weights.

30 
The Few, the Proud
 
Frankel grad chooses unusual career path.
31 
Faces and Places
Shir Shalom religious school. 
32 
Faces and Places
JARC Flower-a-Thon. 

ERETZ
33 
Three-Day Whirlwind
A lightening mission to Israel to show
 
solidarity for a shared society.

MAZEL TOV!
35 
Moments

SPIRIT
36 
The Message is Love
36 
Torah portion
37 
Synagogue Directory

ARTS & LIFE
39 
The Music of Words
Metro Detroiter publishes book of poetry
 
that reflects on her Jewish experience.

40 
Jewish Culture Matters
A review of Simon Bronner’s Jewish
 
Cultural Studies.

41 
Celebrity News

EVENTS
42 
Community Calendar

CELEBRATE
43 
Celebrate

46 
Party On!
 
Boutique flourishes with a new owner in
 
Huntington Woods.

50 
Future-Forward
 
Party planners provide post-pandemic 
 
advice.

52 
Mostly Married 
 
Couple plans to complete the celebration
 
in 2023.

54 
‘Keep it With You’
 
Weaving memories into unique keepsakes.

56 
Wrapped Up in Love
 
Fiber artist’s quilts make great gifts for life
 
cycle events.

58 
Celebrate Safely 
 
Celebrations retool as COVID restrictions 
 
loosen.

60 
Vendor Listings

HEALTH
68 
After COVID
Some women deal with lingering effects
 
on their heart.

 
June 24-30, 2021 / 14-20 Tammuz 5781 | VOLUME CLIX, ISSUE 21

A Special Lifestyle Section 
Presented By 

JEWISH NEWS

THE DETROIT

Apple
Tree

How does 
your garden
grow?

Fun & Learning 
for Kids

Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, June 25, 8:56 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, June 26, 10:08 p.m.

17th of Tammuz (fast):
Sunday, June 27, 4:45 a.m.-10:07 p.m.

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

ON THE COVER:
Cover photo/credit: Mordy Kranczer of 
Oak Park, Captain Asher Sigler of Oak Park, 
Moshe Davis of Southfield, Kevin Cohen of 
Oak Park, Michael Feldman of Southfield 
and Sachee Allswang of Southfield. Photo 
by Jerry Zolynsky.
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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SPORTS
69 
Goodbye, Tennis and
 
Hello, Hockey
Detroit Country Day alum Sasha 
 
Hartje switches sports as she 
 enters graduate school.

ETC.
The Exchange 70
Obituaries 
72
Danny Raskin 77
Looking Back 78

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