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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
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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.
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Klein, Harry Shaevsky, Rebecca
Rabin and Ryan Schmeltz. Photo by
Jerry Zolynsky
Cover Design: Michelle Sheridan
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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