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Award Recipient

Detroit Ties

Israel's Technion has
flourished with the aid
of committed Detroiters.

RENA FULKA
Special to The Jewish News

T

he State of Israel was still a
dream during the First
Zionist Congress in 1897,
when Theodor Herzl
voiced his vision of a modern, techno-
logically advanced Zionist homeland
with economic independence.
To set the concept in motion,
Herzl encouraged the intertwining of
plans for the emerging nation with
the establishment of the first Jewish
university.

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PROGRAM:

Three Preludes for Piano
Sonata No. 14 in c-sharp minor,
Op. 27, No. 2 ("Moonlight")
Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op.47
Three Waltzes, Op. 64
Scherzo No.2 in b-flat minor, Op. 31

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Dr. Nancy Gad-Harfi
Technion regional director.

Nearly a quarter-century before the
establishment of Israel, the Technion
opened its doors to nine students. It
was 1924, just a year after the Zionist
Congress-inspired Hebrew University.
Since that time, Technion's 42,000
graduates have built Israel's industries,
infrastructure and military might, cat-
apulting it from a desert nation strug-
gling with basic survival needs to a
fertile, technological world leader.
Today, Technion's 19 facilities and 29
research centers continue to provide the
impetus for technological breakthroughs
— from "smart home" computers to the
world's smallest solar satellite.

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