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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

