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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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Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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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 
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