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PURELY COMMENTARY
4-9 Essays and viewpoints.
OUR COMMUNITY
10
Baking up a Storm
Jacob Gross has become integral to the
operations at Dakota Bakery and Soul Café.
14
Purpose-Driven Lives
Jewish Senior Life’s 31st annual Eight Over
Eighty event celebrates special people.
20
The Best of the Best
Two esteemed judges will be honored by
the Jewish Bar Association of Michigan.
22
Small but Mighty Pro-Israel Rally
‘Free the hostages’ demonstrators gin up
support on I-696.
23
Medical Ethics Through a
Jewish Lens
Four-part series starts May 19.
24
JFS Shines a Light on Mental
Health
Gary Gulman headlines Spotlight event that
honors Rabbi Daniel Syme.
26
All Rise for Mock Court
SOAR Lifelong Learning hosts mock trial on
“Can it Happen Here? Fascism in America.”
33
U-M Graduation Disrupted by
Pro-Palestinian Protest
SPORTS
30
Laughing Matters
Uncle Miltie team knocks off the defending
champion 600 Club team and wins the
Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson B’nai B’rith
Bowling League title.
MOTHER’S DAY
32
A Holy Role
BUSINESS
34
Walker Printery Celebrates
100 Years
The printing business was launched by
the Traison family in 1924.
34
Here’s To
36
Innovative Technology Companies
Choose Michigan
Michigan Israel Business Accelerator
announces new economic investment.
NOSH
38
These Are the Bomb!
Bombshell Treat Bar opens in Berkley.
MOMENTS
40
Mazel Tov!
SPIRIT
41
Torah Portion
42
Of Love and Hate
44
Synagogue Directory
ARTS&LIFE
46
Summer Art Fairs
The season gets underway this weekend
in Birmingham.
48
An Intimate Look at the New
Tattooist of Auschwitz Series
Executive producer Claire Mundell
shares how the story was brought to life.
50
Abstract Paintings in Glass
Glass52 is exhibiting some 400 art glass
works by international artists.
52
Celebrity News
53
Just for Fun
EVENTS
54
Community Calendar
ETC.
Dog of the Week 40
The Exchange 55
Obituaries
56
Looking Back 62
contents
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Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, May 10, 8:25 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, May 11, 9:33 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
ON THE COVER:
Cover photo/credit: Jacob Gross.
Photo courtesy of the Gross family.
Cover design: Kelly Kosek
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May 9-15, 2024 / 1-7 Iyar, 5784 | VOLUME CLXXV, ISSUE 13