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PURELY COMMENTARY
4-11 Essays and viewpoints.
OUR COMMUNITY
12
Building a Strong Detroit
Hebrew Free Loan provides home-improve-
ment loans to young Jewish Detroit residents.
14
Inflation 101
What Americans can expect from rising
inflation rates.
16
The Saturday Luncheon Club
100 years of food, friendship and study.
18
Israeli Consulate Hands Out
Social Impact Grants
Three Detroit nonprofits win $5,000 at
Michigan ceremony.
20
A Spiritual Home for Everybody
Troy’s Congregation Shir Tikvah celebrates
its diversity.
21
Chabad Jewish Center of Troy to
Open School this Fall
Hebrew School of the Arts launches east
of Woodward.
22
Taking Action by Connecting
JARC Teen Action Council members make
meaningful connections with persons served.
23
Ukraine: Not Forgotten
Sunflower Network is raising money to send
drones, medical supplies and a fully equipped
ambulance to Ukraine’s war-torn cities.
FACES&PLACES
25
Hillel Artistic Expression Program
26
Sensory-Friendly Performance
27
Farber Students Join JARC
Field Day
28
Jewish Historical Society
Annual Meeting
NEXT DOR
29
Pride Shabbat
NEXTGen Detroit celebrates Pride Month.
30
Mid-Michigan News Producer
Persistence is key to breaking into the
news industry, says FOX 47 producer
Michael Holzman.
SPORTS
32
Marathon Man
Former Bloomfield Hills resident Jason
Boschan tackles Mount Everest in his
continuing quest to raise money for
dementia research.
ERETZ
34
Back to the Promised Land
Detroit Teen Mission returns to Israel in force.
FOOD
40
Strawberry Fields Forever
The perfect summer fruit is ripe for delicious
desserts.
MAZEL TOV
42
Moments
SPIRIT
43
The Consolations of Mortality
44
Torah Portion
45
Synagogue Directory
29
Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, July 8, 8:53 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, July 9, 10:04 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
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July 7-13, 2022 / 8-14 Tammuz 5782 | VOLUME CLXXI, ISSUE 21
ARTS&LIFE
47
Miami Heat, Jewish Vibe
Meet Chef Michelle Bernstein,
a Jewish Latino restauranteur
with an eclectic cooking style.
50
Taking Flight
Exhibit at the Charach Gallery
encourages visitors to become
a part of the show.
52
Celebrity News
EVENTS
53
Community Calendar
ETC.
The Exchange
54
Obits
57
Looking Back
62
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