THE JCC PRESENTS...
AS PART OF THE HOT
TOPIC SERIES...

THE VATICAN'S
RESPONSE TO THE
HOLOCAUST

Feminist
Connections

7:30 P.M.
Tuesday, June 30, 1998

Jewish Community Center of Metro Detroit
D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building

Free of charge

A distinguished panel of
community leaders:

Rabbi Rozenzveig, Detroit Holocaust Center
Rabbi Sherwin Wine, Birmingham Temple
Donald Cohen, Anti Defamation League
Father John H. West, St. John Center
Moderator: David Crumm, Detroit Free Press

Topics of discussion will include:

• The text of the Vatican's document
about the Holocaust

• What does the document say about anti-semitism?

• The impact on the relationship between
Catholics and Jews around the world

• What is the next step?

• Looking together to a common future

For more information, Please call the Adult and
Family Enrichment Department at (248) 661-7649.

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Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit
D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building
6600 West Maple Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48322

Judy Loebl is confident her
Partnership 2000 exchange will impact
women on both sides of the ocean.

point was meeting Knesset member
Ya'el
Dayan.
StaffWriter
When the Israelis came to Michigan,
they visited Federation agencies and ,
udy Loebl has walked the tar-
met with local women rabbis. "They
mac of Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion
Airport more than six
were especially interested in our volun-
times.
teer and leadership structure,"
On the
An executive committee mem-
says Loebl. "The whole experi-
1998
ber of the Labor Zionist Alliance
ence was a combination of talk-
Women To ing about feminist issues, busi-
and a Hebrew speaker, she is
Women
well-versed in issues facing Israel.
ness issues, women and peace,
mission.
But she felt like her most recent
women and leadership, domestic
trip — under the auspices of
violence, the connections
between Israel and the United States."
Partnership 2000 and the Federation
Women's Department — renewed her
Loebl says the experience stren
feeling for the Jewish state.
ened feelings of connection on both
sides. "A lot of the Michigan women
The Women-To-Women exchange
came back and said now they really
brought together 12 Michigan women
want to learn Hebrew. We all felt a
— most of whorn had already been to
strong bond with the women we were
Israel at least once — and 12 Israeli
partnered up with."
women for week-long visits: a January
trip to Israel and a March trip to
Now that the visits are over, the two
groups face the task of initiating a joint
Michigan. Each participant was paired
project concerning the role of women.
with women who shared their inter-
"The purpose is not for us to help
ests. Loebl, who used to own the A-
them, but for us to work together on a
Plus travel agency in Southfield and is
now executive vice president of
project that will be beneficial to all of
us," says Loebl, who prefers to keep the
Thomas Travel, met with women
ideas being batted around under wraps
entrepreneurs from the Central
until decision time.
Galilee. While in Israel, the group vis-
"We all came out very excited and
ited such sites as a school, a battered
women's shelter and a senior citizen
feel we are moving forward," says Loebl.
"I believe the outcome of this project
center. It spent a lot of time discussing
will make a difference in people's lives
women's issues and "getting to know
here and in Israel."
one another." For Loebl, the high

JULIE WIENER

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