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PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-10 Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY 
12 
Study in Israel 

 
Israeli universities offer extensive options 

 
for English-speaking students.

14 
Michigan Jewish Family Festival 

 
Celebrates Lag b’Omer on May 26 

 
The festival welcomes all to celebrate 

 
Jewish identity, warmth and unity in 

 
Metro Detroit.

16 
Foreign Policy Expert Breaks 

 
Down Campus Antisemitism 

 
Detroit native Harley Lippman explains why 

 
campus antisemitism is on the rise.

18 
Auschwitz Survivor Turns 100 

 
Czech native and Metro Detroit resident 

 
Katherine Sattler celebrates major milestone.

20 
Israeli Campers to Double at 

 
Camp Tamarack 

 
Program renamed Elaine and Michael 

 
Serling Israeli Camper Program.

22 
Bigger than Expected 

 
Demographic study reveals 20,000 Jews 

 
in Washtenaw County.

24 
Jewish Women’s Foundation 

 
Makes Grants 

 
Local organizations to receive more 

 
than $239,000.

25 
Vernor and Vandenberg Alumni 

 
Plan July Reunion 

 
Calling all students from the 1950s 

 
and 1960s.

26 
A Jeopardy! Legend 

 
Who was Metro Detroit native Steven 

 
Dorfman?

28 
A New Generation of Yiddish 

 
Elena Luchina led a small group of U-M 

 
students immersing themselves in the 

 
Yiddish language. 

30 
How We Met 

 
‘You never know when you’ll meet 

 
your bashert.’

31 
JHSM Announces 2024 Leonard 

 
N. Simons History-Maker 

 
Awardee: Sam Woll

SPORTS 
32 
6,470 Games, 1,135,334 Pins 

 
Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson B’nai B’rith 

 
Bowling League’s 2023-24 season 

 
review crunches the numbers from 

 
28 weeks of competition.

CAP & GOWN 2024 
34 
Mazel Tov to All This Year’s 

 
Graduates!

JEWISH@EDU 
70 
Playing B-Ball for the Green 

 
and White 

 
My experience with the National Hillel 

 
Basketball Tournament.

72 
Mental Wellness Equals Academic 

 
Success 

 
Hillel social worker plans fun events 

 
with students’ well-being in mind.

74 
Dear Incoming Jewish Spartan

76 
Kalamazoo College Passover 

 
Seder

NEXT DOR 
78 
Voice of the Voiceless 

 
Lerner incorporates her Jewish values into 

 
her daily work as a nonprofit immigration 

 
attorney.

FACES & PLACES 
80 
Hebrew Day School Experiences 

 
Totality: A Meaningful 

 
Educational Adventure

81 
Temple Emanu-El KISS Dance

MOMENTS 
82 
Mazel Tov!

SPIRIT 
83 
Torah Portion

84 
The Economics of Liberty

86 
Synagogue Directory

ARTS&LIFE 
88 
Jewish Hip-Hop for All Ages 

 
Comedian and musician blends 

 
family-friendly beats with Jewish themes.

contents

70

18

Shabbat Lights 
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, May 24, 8:39 p.m. 
Shabbat ends: 
Saturday, May 25, 9:49 p.m. 
Lag b’Omer: 
Sunday, May 26

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover Photo: Elliot Salama, Esti 
Klein, Harry Shaevsky, Rebecca 
Rabin and Ryan Schmeltz. Photo by 
Jerry Zolynsky 

Cover Design: Michelle Sheridan

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May 23-29, 2024 / 15-21 Iyar, 5784 | VOLUME CLXXV, ISSUE 15

90 
Celebrity News

91 
Just for Fun

EVENTS 
92 
Community Calendar

ETC. 
Dog of the Week 93 
Spotlight 
 94 
The Exchange 95 
Obituaries 
 97 
Looking Back 102 

