JUNE 29 • 2023 | 3
PURELY COMMENTARY
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Essays and viewpoints.
OUR COMMUNITY
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Uplifting Israeli-Michigan
Partnerships
Michigan Israel Business Accelerator
launches The Elevator — first landing zone
for Israeli startups in the U.S.
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Terror Threat Thwarted
FBI arrests Michigan man who threatened
mass shooting at East Lansing’s
Congregation Shaarey Zedek.
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Remembering Heroes
Next generation steps up to honor our
veterans.
25
Five-Week Hebrew Reading
Course Coming to Troy
26
Hillel Day School Honors Its Own
School boosters and alumni celebrated at
annual gala.
28
Fifth-Graders Co-Author New
Book on Kindergarten Experiences
Beechview Elementary students partner
with children’s author Andy Gutman.
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Jewish-Style Bakery Closing
Star Bakery in Oak Park announces it will
close July 2.
30
The Upside of Aging
Meet Tracey Proghovnick Edelstein, this
year’s Berman Award winner.
NEXT DOR
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Meet Emily Levine
Strengthening Jewish identity through
the Repair the World fellowship.
FACES & PLACES
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Hadassah Greater Detroit
Celebrates 111 Years of Hope
and Healing
35
Annual Flower-a-thon Volunteer
Event Beautifies JARC Homes
36
Eight Remarkable Individuals
Honored by Jewish Senior Life
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Michigan’s Alzheimer’s
Association Celebrates Jewish
American Heritage Month
SPORTS
38
From Zero to Six Figures
College scholarship recipients honored at
B’nai B’rith Great Lakes Region Golf Classic.
HEALTH
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Healing Both Brain and Body
Somatic experiencing is a new form of
mental health therapy.
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Healing Hands
Burnstein family expands legacy of health
care for the uninsured.
MAZEL TOV
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Moments
Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, June 30, 8:56 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, July 1, 10:07 p.m.*
Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
ON THE COVER:
Cover photo/credit: The Globe
Building in Detroit’s Bricktown.
Elayne Gross Photography.
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan
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June 29-July 5, 2023 / 10-16 Tammuz 5783 | VOLUME CLXXIII, ISSUE 20
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SPIRIT
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Torah Portion
44
Losing Miriam
45
Synagogue Directory
ARTS & LIFE
48
Holocaust Survivor
and Runaway Forge
Friendship in Tiger Within
Ed Asner’s final on-camera
performance teaches love and
forgiveness.
50
Family Ties
Andrew Lippa discusses his
musical john & jen.
52
Celebrity News
EVENTS
53
Community Calendar
ETC.
The Exchange 54
Obituaries
55
Looking Back 62