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PURELY COMMENTARY
4-12 Essays and viewpoints.
OUR COMMUNITY
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Keeping Religion and State
Separate
Panel discussion examines religion’s role
in state government.
18
Israel Education Revisited
Local community day schools explore
new ways to teach about the Jewish state.
20
Assembly Aftermath
Fallout continues at Bloomfield Hills
High School in wake of anti-Israel speaker.
24
Frame of Mind
The immersive music, singing, theater
and art event will feature the talents of
70 participants in Gesher Human Services’
Creative Expressions program.
26
The Topsy-Turvy Bus Runs Again
Hillel students climb on board just in time
for Earth Day.
28
A Justice Crusader
Rabbi Daniel Syme to receive PuLSE
Institute’s Arun Gandhi Award for
Global Justice.
29
Free Concert at Temple Israel
Pianist Henry Kramer to perform May 21.
30
All Dolled Up
Metro Detroit homeowners had their
mailbox taken over by a family of dolls
and the whims of whoever’s pulling
the strings.
HOME
32
Lake Life
A sneak peek at the Temple Israel
Sisterhood Home Tour.
CAP & GOWN
35
Mazel Tov, 2023 Grads!
JEWISH@EDU
74
Antisemitism is Sweeping the
Nation
College campuses are being hit
especially hard.
76
MSU Celebrates Shabbat!
78
Top 3 Tips for Incoming Freshmen
80
Antisemitism Training
Hillel of Metro Detroit joins University
of Michigan-Dearborn for ADL training.
NEXT DOR
81
Making Connections
New platform built by University of
Michigan students allows incoming
college classes to find friends,
roommates and study buddies.
SPORTS
83
Follow the Bouncing Ball
Bloomfield Hills High School basketball
star Noah Adamczyk commits to Central
Michigan University.
83
Quick Hits
FACES & PLACES
85
Woodward Avenue Shul
Celebrates Lag BaOmer
MAZEL TOV
86
Moments
SPIRIT
87
Torah Portion
88
The Ever-Repeated Story
90
Synagogue Directory
ARTS&LIFE
92
A Tribute to Aretha
Linda Solomon will exhibit images of
the Queen of Soul during DSO musical
program.
94
Autobiographical Art
Terry Matlen tells her story through a
series of small paintings at the
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center.
95
Divorced, Beheaded, Died
On tour with Six’s Taylor Pearlstein.
97
Celebrity News
Shabbat & Holiday Lights
Shabbat begins:
Friday, May 19, 8:33 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, May 20, 9:43 p.m.
Shavuot First Night:
Thursday, May 25, 8:39 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
ON THE COVER:
Cover Photo: From top to bottom: Amanda
Silverstone, Bloomfield Hills High School;
Sam Melder, North Farmington High
School; Evan Broad, The Roeper School;
and Sydney Arnkoff, Bloomfield Hills High
School. Photo by Jerry Zolynsky.
Cover Design: Kaitlyn Iezzi
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May 18-24, 2023 / 27 Iyar-4 Sivan 5783 | VOLUME CLXXIII, ISSUE 14
EVENTS
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Community Calendar
FOOD
100 Seeds Of Hope
Ancient wheat strains revitalized
for a taste of our ancestors’
Shavuot.
ETC.
The Exchange 102
Obituaries
104
Looking Back 110
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