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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.

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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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Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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May 4-10, 2023 / 13-19 Iyar 5783 | VOLUME CLXXIII, ISSUE 12

50 
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