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Graduates have added their
fresh faces to boards of agencies,
temples and synagogues.
"It's very important to us that
there be a strong Jewish com-
munity, not just a strong Feder-
ation," Mr. Berke says.
In 1987, Mr. Lax returned
from his Hadracha Israel expe-
rience with a heightened sense
of enthusiasm for the worldwide
Jewish community.
He no longer just received
Campaign calls. He made them.
He joined boards. He took lead-
ership roles.
This year, Mr. Lax and
Nathan Upfal co-chaired
Hadracha. A group of 15 men
traveled on the Federation-sub-
sidized trip to Israel from Sept.
29 to Oct. 9. Neil Gorosh, a com-
mercial mortgage broker from
West Bloomfield, was among
them.
"I had been an interested ob-
server, but I always knew I'd be-
come more involved. Now's the
time," Mr. Gorosh says.
Hadracha participants must
make a promise to pledge be-
tween $1,800 and $2,000 to the
Allied Jewish Campaign. They
also are asked to serve on a Fed-
eration committee or agency
board.
"That was part of the commit-
ment," Mr. Gorosh says.
A sense of commitment isn't
hard to come by, Hadracha
participants say. Elements of
the program — including a tour
of Jewish agencies in metro
Detroit — foster pride and dedi-
cation to Jewish causes world- t.
wide.
Mr. Gorosh was particularly
struck by the Israel excursion, a
trip he had not taken since 1969,
when he was 14 years old.
"You cannot go to Israel and
not be affected by what you see,"
Mr. Gorosh says. "Your identity
as a Jew is intensified."
Mr. Lax adds: "For me, it was
an incredible experience that re-
ally got me involved with my
work at Federation." O
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contingent of Palestinian
businessmen met with lo-
cal Arab and Jewish po-
tential investors recently
in an attempt to finance expan-
sion of business in the Gaza Strip
and West Bank.
The group was in town as part
of a five-stop United States tour
sponsored by the Overseas Pri-
vate Investment Committee and
Builders for Peace, in cooperation
with the United States Agency
for International Development.
The Jewish Community Coun-
cil and the Arab Community
Center for Economic and Social
Services co-sponsored a social
gathering Oct. 16 at the Lebanese
American Club in Dearborn,
three days before the llamas sui-
cide attack on a bus in Tel Aviv.
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The purpose was to bring the two
communities together to welcome
the contingent.
. A bit of tension tainted the air
at the social gathering, partly be-
cause people reacted to the ear-
lier news of the slaying of an
Israeli soldier by his Arab cap-
tors. Speakers touched on the
tragedy but reminded the par-
ticipants that the business at
hand was another step forward
in the peace process.
Another point of strain came
as some speakers referred to the
Palestinian controlled areas as
the "Palestinian state" and the
investments as contributing to
the path to statehood.
"It was a very positive event
and it is good to invest in the
West Bank. However, I do think
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