MAY 4 • 2023 | 3
PURELY COMMENTARY
4-12 Essays and viewpoints.
OUR COMMUNITY
14
A Race Against Time
One million Ukraine family history records
will be available on JewishGen by summer.
18
In Tune with the Law
Honored WSU law student strikes all the
right chords.
20
Bright Spirit
Catching up with Rebecca Rosen two
decades after her JN debut.
24
Genesee County Marks
Education Day
Sheriff echoes the Rebbe’s call for renewed
focus on moral and ethical education.
26
‘Like a Rolling Stone’
Delve into ‘Bob Dylan’s American
Mythology’ at Temple Israel Laker
Concert on May 7.
28
Art Your Heart Out
ORT and the City event is back live in
The D May 10.
30
‘Freedom Seder’
Solidarity promoted at Gov. Whitmer’s
residence.
32
The Bridge Guy
Andrew Doctoroff to receive JCRC/AJC
Detroit Community Bridge Builders Award.
34
Calling All Volunteers
Do a mitzvah in May.
36
Israeli Street Artist Tags the
Walls of Hillel Day School
Solomon Souza mural reflects the school’s
commitment to Zionism.
38
Send a Kid to Tamarack Camps
Doreen Hermelin, Jason Luckoff to be
honored at this year’s fundraiser May 17.
FACES & PLACES
39
FJA Students Host ‘Fun with Finance’
Event for JARC
NEXT DOR
40
Passionate for Detroit Jewish
History
Hillel teacher and Yiddish expert
researches early 20th-century theater.
SPORTS
42
Join the Club
Rick Woolman’s lifetime-best 756 series
helps the 600 Club win the Brotherhood
Eddie Jacobson B’nai B’rith bowling
league’s playoff championship.
MAZEL TOV
43
Moments
SPIRIT
44
Torah Portion
45
Three Versions of Shabbat
47
Synagogue Directory
ARTS&LIFE
49
Hotel Cuba
Native Detroiter tells his grandmother’s
immigration story in new historical novel.
contents
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Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, May 5, 8:18 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, May 6, 9:26 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
Erev Lag b’Omer:
Monday night, May 8
Lag b’Omer
Tuesday, May 9
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah
calendar
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May 4-10, 2023 / 13-19 Iyar 5783 | VOLUME CLXXIII, ISSUE 12
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The Jewish Song Circle
Ann Arbor singers finds joy and
friendship in sharing their voices.
52
Celebrity News
EVENTS
53
Community Calendar
ETC.
The Exchange 55
Obituaries
57
Looking Back 62