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6/11
1999

26 Detroit Jewish News

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Stag Writer

M

enachem Ariav says the
worst problem he faces in _
his town of Nazareth Ilit,
located in the central
Galilee region of Israel, is growing pains.
Since he was elected mayor in 1977,
the population has climbed from 19,400
to 42,000, including immigrants from
Russia, Ethiopia and Sierra Leone.
Sharing information, discussing
problems and touring two Michigan
cities was on the agenda for Ariav and
Mayor Eli Barda and Deputy Mayor
Golan Mishali of Migdal HaEmek,
also in Galilee.
Their five-day trip, part of the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit's Partnership 2000 project,
included stops at the Agency for Jewish
Education of Metropolitan Detroit,
the University of Michigan School of
Social Work, Camp Tamarack and the
Walk for Israel in Oak Park.
During a tour of Fleischman
Residence in West Bloomfield, Ariav,
who has visited Detroit three previous
times, said he had learned a lot by tour-
ing the area, but really won't be able to
apply the information because the prob-
lems he faces at home are different.
"I don't need help with the nitty-
gritty of help with the aged, but how
to absorb them into the community
and teach them to be part of Israeli
society," Ariav said. "And it's not easy."
Generally speaking, he is concerned

more about the emotional connection
between Israel and diaspora Jews.
"The other problem of the future
Jewish people is the Jews go into the
diaspora and disappear," he said. "I
want to see the connection other than
money and economics."
He wants to see more teens travel to
Israel. They don't have to make aliya
(immigrate to Israel), but he wants them
to come to visit while they're young.
Six of eight "twin city" partner-'
ships set up around the world with
Nazareth Ilit have no Jewish partici-
pation, he said. "They are sending
Christian children, who get tied (to
Israel) and stayed connected. I won't
lose the connection with the
Christians, but I'd like to increase the
connection with Jews."
Ariav said these twinning relation-
ships with Christian cities developed
"because they don't realize that
Nazareth Ilit is different than
Nazareth, but they are still attracted
because of the name of the city."
Migdal HaEmek leaders Eli Barda
and Golan Mishali joined Ariav in
welcoming the crowd Sunday to the
Walk for Israel, which started outside
the Jimmy Prentis Morris Building of
the Jewish Community Center of
Metropolitan Detroit.
Barda told the crowd, "All of
Migdal HaEmek loves you. You're the
greatest community in all of the
United States. The connections and
ties between us are very important
and we hope to strengthen them." 17

Migdal HaEmek
Mayor Eli Barda
cuts the birthday
cake marking 100
years of organized
Jewish philanthropy
in Detroit. To his
right: Michael
Maddin, centennial
celebration chair.
To his left: Robert
Aronson, Jewish
Federation of
Metropolitan
Detroit executive
vice president, and
Gary Torgow, Kosher
Food Fair co-chair.

