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The Jewish Federation is expanding its Israel office
to facilitate and strengthen Partnership 2000 ties.

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Tova Dorfman will head to Israel.

S

o many good ideas have
hatched under the aegis of
Partnership 2000; now it's
time it gets some real
push, says Bob Aronson, execu-
tive vice president of the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan De-
troit.
An expanded Federation of-
fice in Jerusalem, expected to
open in August, will solidify and
promote the bonds forged be-
tween doctors, scientists and stu-
dents here and in the Central
Galilee region of Israel, Part-
nership 2000's focus area.
Tova Dorfman, who joined the
Federation in September 1994
to coordinate Partnership 2000
projects, will oversee and imple-
ment academic, economic and
cultural exchanges, youth pro-
grams, and any other Israel-
Michigan projects that come
down the pike, as head of the of-
fice.
For the first year, Marilyn
Grant, who runs the Federa-
tion's Israel-Michigan programs
in Israel, will assist Ms. Doi fman
and then is expected to retire;
Yefet Ozery, former community
shaliach, will continue in his ca-
pacity of working with young De-
troiters taking trips to Israel. He
also works for the municipality
of Jerusalem.
The main objective is consoli-
dating all the pieces of the Israel-
Michigan agenda that
Partnership 2000 has developed,
says Ms. Dorfman, an Israeli cit-
izen who also serves as director
of American Friends of Melitz,
an educational institute in Is-
rael.
"We took on so many more Is-
rael-related projects. (The
Jerusalem office) reflects a new
vision of what Israel-Diaspora
relations are supposed to look
like," she says.

Mr. Aronson would not reveal
the cost of the expansion, nor
what Ms. Dorfman will be paid
in her new position.
"It will cost the Federation the
same dollars as it did before, very
small dollars, relatively speaking,"
he says. Ms. Dorfman has been
tapped to act as a consultant to
the United Israel Appeal office in
Jerusalem, where the Federa-
tion's office will likely be housed.
Other American communities ='\
with a presence in Israel, includ-
ing New York, San Francisco,
Chicago and Los Angeles, have of-
fices in the same complex. The De-
troit presence will also serve to
develop and implement Federa-
tion's future Israel agenda.
"We weren't really ready to ex-
pand this office even two or three
years ago until we really had an
Israel agenda that was real and
substantive," Mr. Aronson says.
"We're looking at what we're
capable of doing. We've had two
very fine staff over there, but the
fact is we need to broaden and
deepen our relationship with the
people in Israel and specifically
through Partnership 2000 in
Galilee. Our programs are very,
very time-consuming and require
a tremendous amount of prepa-
ration."
Of the 27 Council of Jewish
Federation regions participating
in Partnership 2000 projects,
Michigan's is far and away the
most advanced, he continued.
Since its inception almost two
years ago, Partnership 2000 has
initiated a dozen or more projects
that are enriching the economic,
social, cultural and academic life
in the Central Galilee. Converse-
ly, the programs "directly help
build Jewish identity and in-
volvement here in Detroit," Mr.
Aronson says.

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