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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-11 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY
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75 Years of a Jewish Homeland
The JN celebrates Israel@75.

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Royal Oak Synagogue, Oak Park
 
Community Targeted with
 
Antisemitism

22 
A Heartfelt ‘Thank You’
 
Two beloved judges to be honored by the
 
Jewish Bar Association of Michigan.

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Spotlight: Never Again
 
Fr. Patrick Desbois is the guest speaker for
 
this year’s JFS Spotlight Event on May 24.

28 
Hillel Day School Heroes
 
The Glaziers, Todd Fink and Greg Kaplan to
be honored during Hillel’s Annual Gala May 21.

29 
A Song in Their Hearts
 
Fox Run’s Shalom Club demonstrates that
 
‘Life Is a Cabaret.’

30 
How We Met
 
‘My Cousin Was Bageled’

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30th Annual Eight Over Eighty
JSL’s Eight Over Eighty returns for its 30th
 
annual fundraising celebration on May 21.

FACES & PLACES
34 
B’nai Moshe Volunteers to Make
 
the Holiday Bright

BUSINESS
38 
A Unique Summer Getaway
 
This summer, try “glamping” in the
 
great outdoors.

40 
Here’s To

SPORTS
42 
Travelin’ Man
 
Josh Nodler’s college hockey career has
 
taken him from Michigan State to UMass
 
and now Bowling Green.

NEXT DOR
44 
Meet a Survivor
 
Holocaust survivor Rene Lichtman will
 
share testimony at upcoming NEXTGen
 
Detroit event.

NOSH
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Goldie’s Mandel Bread
 
You’ll want to get a box of these moist,
 
rich cookies for yourself. 

ERETZ
48 
A Conversation with JFNA’s
 
Leadership
 
Federation’s General Assembly marks
 
Israel’s 75th anniversary.

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New President at WZO
 
Detroiter-Israeli elected president of
 
the worldwide ‘Jewish Parliament.’

MAZEL TOV
52 
Moments

SPIRIT
54 
Israel: The Home of Hope
Read this excerpt extracted from “Home
 
of Hope,” which was re-released to
 
mark Israel’s 75th anniversary.

55 
Torah Portion

56 
Synagogue Directory

ARTS&LIFE
58 
Thought-Provoking Play
 
In defense of women’s reproductive rights,
 
NCJW|MI performs ‘The Vagina Monologues’
 
on May 21.

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Celebrity News

EVENTS
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Community Calendar

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Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, May 12, 8:26 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, May 13, 9:34 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

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May 11-18, 2023 / 20-26 Iyar 5783 | VOLUME CLXXIII, ISSUE 13

ETC.
The Exchange 62
Obituaries 
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Looking Back 70

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