'iresident's Column
IV Neal F. Zalenko, President, JNF Council of Michigan
re recently celebrated the Holiday of Purim...a day when the Jewish People held firm to their convictions
/ and were saved. On April 4th, we begin to celebrate the Holiday of Passover, where once again the Jewish
People were saved. The commonalty of these two holidays is not only in the fact that we were saved, but
more importantly, we were saved as a People. Today we still cling to the unique fact that we are a People, a family that
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cares for each other.
We, as a People and a community, establish organizations and agencies to service the needs of each other, the family, the sick and the el-
derly. We care for our People at home, abroad and in our homeland, the State of Israel. Those needs may be serviced by fulfilling personal
and direct needs or by assisting, as JNF does, with fundamental infrastructure needs that ultimately sustain or improve lives.
Israel's most precious and scarce resource is WATER. In 1991, rationing was considered, crops which required high amounts of water,
such as cotton, no longer could be grown. Most of the drinking water in Israel is realized through the winter rainfalls. When there is a
drought, as was the case several years ago or a sparse winter rainfall as is the case this winter, then water prices can soar as high as $2.50 per
gallon. JNF has embarked on a costly program of dams and reservoirs to trap and utilize flash flood runoffs and attempt to retain this valu-
able resource and eliminate the hardships caused by water shortages. We in the Great Lakes Region take ow water for granted; however,
water is a resource no civilization can survive without
Now, before Passover, I implore each and every member of this community to make a special gift to JNF to assist in the continued con-
struction of water projects in the State of Israel. Help so that our children and grandchildren will reflect on Purim, Passover and the'People
of the Diaspora who, together as family, saved our People and our Land.
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Young Leadership Sponsors
comedy Castle Evening
Jeff Shanbom and Dr. Steven
Shanbom, Co-Chairmen, an-
nounce that the Young Leader-
ship will be sponsoring an evening
at Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle
on Thursday, April 25, 1996. In as-
sociation with the fun-filled
evening of entertainment, the
Young Leadership will be pub-
lishing a Program Journal, and ad-
vertisements are being solicited.
The community is asked to re-
spond positively when ap-
proached. The monies raised by
the Young Leadership will be uti-
lized in establishing scholarships
for needy youngsters at one of the
JNF camps.
Over 200 people are expected
to attend the event.; ,,
Shapiros Establish 5
Guardianships At Jerusalem 3000
17100 West
10 Mile Road
Southfield, MI
48075
Phone 557-6644
FAX: (810).557-2412
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campaign in which one million
Jewish children will be called
upon to contribute to the plant-
ing of trees in Jerusalem:
A children's garden, Gari Yaldei
Yisrael, which will be pronainen-:
tly located in the heart of- the
Peace Forest in Jenisalerp_mill pro:
vide for Jews around tI oTld„e5-
pecially
. child - en _;special
connection to jerusale
build
In addition,,
con-
a Special1ten4s Parka'
tain an aiiiphitheateithe hills .
of Jerusalem, with -a capacity for
40,000 individuals:There is cur-
rently no such placein Jerusalem-.
It will, therefore, beofefiprrnons
importance to the city
habitants.
We implore all of our friends
to support, in an extraordinary
way, Jerusalem 3000 by respond-
ing to this campaign.
Three millennia ago, King
David declared Jerusalem the cap-
ital of Israel. Through the cen-
turies, Jews kept in their hearts
and souls the dream and desire,
"Next year in Jerusalem." JNF
helped the Jewish people realize
this dream, and its work on behalf
of Jerusalem 3000 will have a
tremendous impact on Israel's
capital and on the lives of its citi-
zens.
Jewish National Fund has de-
veloped and enhanced the city of
Jerusalem for decades. JNF has
undertaken, in honor of
Jerusalem 3000, to complete the
magnificent Green Belt that en-
circles Jerusalem, symbolizing that
Jerusalem is the one, undivided,
unified capital of the sovereign
state of Israel and of the Jewish
people.
JNF will conduct a world-wide
.
Dr. Jack Ryan To Be Honored
go- WNational Fund
FROM
FUN)
Jerusalem 3000
Sherman and Mary Shapiro,
long-time supporters ofJewish Na-
tional Fund, recently donated Five
Guardianships.in $10,00Oslenorn-
inations ($50,000) to answer the
needs of JNF in greening the
Jernsalem Corridor. Mr. Shapiro.
felt that, "at this time in Israel's ex-
istence, it is important to demon-
strate our support through JNF."
The President and Board of Di-
rectors extended to Mr. and Mrs.
Shapiro their heartfelt apprecia-
tion for this most generous dona--
tion a.ndcontinued support.
Garden Donors Enrolled As Of
March 8, 1996:
We acknowledge with sincereap-
preciation the following Garden
Donors who enrolled in the Michi-
gan Garden Club as of Marth 8,
1996:
THE MANAGERS OF TAMAR-
OFF BUICK & TAMAROFF
DODGE; NORA & GUY BAR-
RON; JOAN & MILTON GOL-
DRATH; WARILYNN &
SEYMOUR GORDON; CAROLYN
& HUGH GREENBERG; CLAIRE
& SHERMAN KAYE; DOROTHY
& MURRAYMAHLIN; ELALNE &
MERVYN MANNING; DORRIE 8c
BRUCE MILLER; SHEILA & EU-
GENE MONDRYJACK & LINDA
SCHECHTER; JANE & LARRY
SHERMAN; MAURINE SILL-
MAN; BARBARA & NORMAN
WACHLER; FAMILY& FRIENDS
OF LILLIAN AARON; GERRY,
SUZY JEFFREY BRIAN, ELYSE 8c
ARI KIRSCHNER o.:4
The National Office of JNF an-
nounces that Dr, Jack Ryan, Pres-
ident and Chief Executive Officer,
Detroit-Macomb Hospital Corpo-
ration, will be presented with the
Tree of Life-Award at a testimoni-
al dinner in his honor on May 21,
1996: Inpaying tribute to Dr. Ryan;
the JI\FF_ honors a distinguished
member of the medical profession
and an outstanding community
leader whose efforts to improve the
quality of life for all people warrant
special recognition. The Dinner
will beheld at Adat Shalom Syna-
gogue in Farmington Hills. For
_ticket information, please call the
JNF at 81-0-557-6644, 5.
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THE YOUNG LEADERSHIP OF JEWISH NATIONAL FUND
announces their second annual Golf Outing July 29, 1996
at Tanglewood Golf Club in South Lyon, Michigan.
Hold the Date!!!
Golden Book
Subscribers As Of
March 8, 1996:
Golden Book subscribers help
the JNF continue land reclama-
tion in Israel. We salute the fol-
lowing contributors of Golden
Books as of March 8, 1996:
ANN & RUDY NEWMAN;
ANNE & AARON. GINSBERG;
DAVID B. & DOREEN HER-
MELIN; MARTIN. R. GOLD-
MAN; FREDA FREEMAN; LOIS
& ALAN FREEMAN; FRANCES
SHAPIRO; NEAL S
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ROBERT SpECT.N
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"Of Blessed
Memory"
We mourn the loss of: DR.
HOWARD APPLEBAUM,
CLARA CHARACH, SHERWIN
DAVIDSON, GLORIA ELLIS,
JENNIE FOLBE, MIRIAM
GOLDBERGER, DR. CONRAD
GOODE, ABRAHAM GORN-
BEIN, LEONA HORDES,
MERVIN JACOBSON, SAMUAL
KATZ, REVA LEDERMAN,
GERALD ROGERS, GAIL FISH-
ER RQS;,,REGINA SILVER,
, R, ANNA WITZEL,
: SAM-5n%
:-,BONNIEIELICKMAN.