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Throughout the centuries, the Lion of Judah has been a symbol for the strength and
majesty of the Jewish people.
The Jewish Federation Women's Department has adopted the symbol for its Allied
Jewish Campaign Lion of Judah sections that raise funds for fellow Jews around the
world. The message? One woman, if she's determined, can make a significant difference in
the lives, well being and continuity of her family and her people.
At a recent Lion of Judah gathering, two teenagers from the former Soviet Union
dramatized what that determination can accomplish.
They are participants in the SELA program, a university
preparatory program for high school graduates who have settled in
Israel in advance of their families. The program, supported by the
Campaign, is helping educate the next generation of Israeli leader-
ship.
Guests at the luncheon responded with heart, significantly
increasing their annual Campaign gifts for 1998.
Nancy Grand, a board member of
the American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee, told the
group of the mounting needs
among the aged of the former
Soviet Union
Shelley Tauber, luncheon host
to the Lion ofJudah sections
Prior to the meeting, there's time for a
family portrait : Edie Slotkin (left),
president of the Women's Department;
Sharon Ham '98 Campaign General
Chair Susan Citrin; and Women's
Campaign Chair Beverly Liss
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Marina Galper and Sergei Kuripko,
formerly of the Soviet Union,
related the adventure of their
arrival in Israel on the SELA program
for students making aliyah before
their parents
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1997
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All. Jewish Campaign
PO Box 2030
Bloomfield Hills MI 48303-2030
(248) 642-4260
Luncheon associate chairs Marcie Hermelin Orley and Rosalie Rosen, and chairs
Margot Halperin and Nancy Grosfeld