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Israel's "national priority areas" ities, to gain a better under-
in the Negev, Galilee and standing of how U.S. charitable
Jerusalem. These are areas that dollars are spent in the region
are undergoing considerable and to determine which pro-
growth and corresponding grow- grams Detroit will fund in the fu-
ture.
ing pains.
Last year, Detroit sent almost
The focus of Partnership 2000,
in part, is on giving these areas $13.4 million from its $27 million
a hand-up economically, and es- Allied Jewish Campaign to Israel,
tablishing a Jewish majority de- by way of the United Jewish Ap-
mographically. Currently, more peal. According to Partnership
than half the population of the 2000 guidelines, $750,000 from
Detroit's overseas budget will be
central Galilee region is Arab.
Mr. Aronson believes Part- used this year for projects in the
nership 2000 will not only help central Galilee.
Israel flourish, but also will en-
Partnership 2000 committee
able American Jewry to break out members hope to extend Detroit's
of its role as charitable big broth- involvement in the central
er — a role some Israelis resent. Galilee beyond dollars. Federa-
"In the past, the Jewish Dias- tion representatives are working
pora community was like the rich with Michigan universities to
uncle giving money to the poor arrange programs of academic
cousin, or perceived as so. But exchange with a number of the
now, we're making decisions to- central Galilee's institutes of
higher learning.
Next May, people trav-
eling on the Michigan Mir-
acle Mission II will visit the
region, and Federation also
plans to include the central
Galilee on the agenda of
young people who study,
work and attend camp pro-
grams in Israel.
Committee members
hope to encourage profes-
sional exchanges, along
with a swapping of cultur-
al and recreational pro-
gramming.
"It's an opportunity for
connection," Mr. Aronson
said.
"We didn't know what to
anticipate" on the trip last
month, said Mr. Hertzberg,
describing parts of the cen-
Detroit's committee visits the Central Galilee.
tral Galilee as "very beau-
tiful."
Detroit's sister region includes
Agency and United Jewish Ap- gether," Mr. Aronson said. "Part-
peal, Partnership 2000 matches nership 2000, as a program, mountains and valleys, farm
27 development regions in the really has one overarching goal land, kibbutzim, moshavim, res-
Negev, Galilee and Jerusalem which is to establish a relation- idential and industrial areas. The
with sister communities in Amer- ship with our region (in Israel) on Jewish population of the central
Galilee is ethnically diverse due
ica. Detroit's sister region — the an equal basis.
"We are equal partners," he to recent waves of immigration,
central Galilee — includes three
municipalities: Nazareth Illit, said "in the building of the region primarily from the former Sovi-
Migdal HaEmek and Emek and connections between their et Union and Ethiopia.
Nazareth Illit, which exists in
Yizrael. These areas, once con- community and ours."
On Oct. 22, a committee of six a mountainous area above
sidered remote, are becoming
populated largely by immigrants. metro Detroiters traveled on a Nazareth, has a population of
`The (central Galilee) has nev- six-day trip to the central Galilee. 41,000. About 35 percent of its
er been a place that has gotten a The travelers included Mr. Aron- residents are immigrants who ar-
lot of play," said Federation Ex- son, Mr. Hertzberg, Jan Schatz- rived during the 1990s. The mu-
ecutive Vice President Robert man, David Victor, Doug Bloom nicipalities are also home to
Aronson. "It has been kind of a and Tova Dorfman, a staff rep- Detroiter Bill Davidson's Phoeni-
backwater, but now that's chang- resentative with Detroit's Fed- cian Glass Company, which
employs 450 people. Elite Choco-
eration.
ing."
Their mission was multifold: lates, a famous confectionery cor-
According to the Partnership
2000 vision, Diaspora communi- to study Detroit's sister region, to poration in Israel, has expanded
ties will have hands-on involve- meet its leaders and other people into this area, too.
Migdal HaEmek, a develop-
ment with the development of who live in the three municipal-
Daily & Saturday 10-6
Friday 10-8
he metro Detroit Jewish
community has teamed up
with Jews from the central
Galilee in Israel in a pro-
gram aimed at carrying Ameri-
can/Israeli relations into the 21st
century.
"Partnership 2000" is a bina-
tional project encouraging cul-
tural, economic and academic
exchange between regions in Is-
rael and corresponding U.S. Jew-
ish communities.
Detroit's sister region is the
central Galilee, a diversely pop-
ulated area of about 83,000 Jews.
`The activities in our Partner-
ship 2000 area are going to pro-
vide a tremendous amount of
excitement and opportunity for
Detroiters," said Peter Alter, co-
chair with Stuart Hertzberg of
the program in Detroit.
An initiative of the Jewish