JUNE 29 • 2023 | 3

PURELY COMMENTARY 
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Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY
10 
Uplifting Israeli-Michigan 

 
Partnerships 

 
Michigan Israel Business Accelerator 

 
launches The Elevator — first landing zone 

 
for Israeli startups in the U.S.

16 
Terror Threat Thwarted 

 
FBI arrests Michigan man who threatened 

 
mass shooting at East Lansing’s 

 
Congregation Shaarey Zedek.

20 
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.

29 
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
33 
Meet Emily Levine 

 
Strengthening Jewish identity through 

 
the Repair the World fellowship.

FACES & PLACES
34 
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

37 
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
39 
Healing Both Brain and Body 

 
Somatic experiencing is a new form of 

 
mental health therapy.

40 
Healing Hands 

 
Burnstein family expands legacy of health 

 
care for the uninsured.

MAZEL TOV
42 
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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SPIRIT
43 
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