J ane Sherman knows wonderful things
happen when a kid makes his first trip
to Israel.
She speaks from experience.
a Sunday news conference, where he
was joined by Rep. Jan Schakowsky
(D-III.), state Sen. Ira Silverstein, who
is a member of Cohen's synagogue;
state Sen. Art Berman; and Kotzin
and Boggs.
"We are one community as we are
one people," Kotzin said. We stand
together not to be intimidated, to go
on with our daily lives."
Followinab the West Rogers Park
D
/ attack, the gunman headed to Skokie, a
suburb just north of Chicago, where he
shot and killed an African-American
man who was taking a stroll with two
of his three children. The victim, Ricky
Byrdsong, 43, was a former University
of Detroit Mercy and Northwestern
University basketball coach and well-
known in the Skokie area.
According to police, the shooter
then drove 10 miles north to
Northbrook, where he shot at an
Asian-American couple in their car.
They were not wounded.
Two more shootings took place
Saturday night in downstate Illinois,
in Springfield and Urbana, injuring
one. A third shooting Sunday morn-
ing in Bloomington, Ind., killed a
male Korean-American who was leav-
ing Sunday church services.
On Sunday night, the FBI
announced that the suspect shot and
killed himself after police pursued
him in rural southern Illinois.
Bloomington police said two guns
found with the body were consistent
\ with those used in the shootings in
/ Bloomington and Chicago.
The organized Jewish community
mobilized to provide several types of
assistance to the victims. The Jewish
Federation in Chicago worked to aid
police in getting the word out to
West Rogers Park residents, and
assembled several of its agencies and
other community organizations to
\-) Dut together a plan for social services
for the neighborhood.
By Sunday morning, the Jewish
Children's Bureau and Jewish Family
and Community Service had coordi-
nated a plan to provide counseling for
individuals and families in need.
"The message has to go to the par-
ents. If the parents feel reassured, they'll
\ communicate it to the kids," said
Natalie Ross, acting director of Jewish
Family and Community Service.
"Kids have to have the opportunity
to say, 'I'm scared.' As adults, we have
to say, 'Yes, it's scary, but it's very
rare.
Jewish Federation agencies have
also offered their support services to
the Byrdsong family. ❑
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Over the past 40 years as a community
volunteer — much of that time organiz-
ing and participating in missions
she's seen how Israel can awaken a
passion for Jewish life and learning.
Jane and her husband Larry want to
make it possible for every young
person, regardless of financial means,
to share that experience.
That's why they've created a fund that
will provide scholarships for teens and
young adults to take part in a compre-
hensive trip of study, touring and fun.
MILLENNIUM.
Through the Mille
ramp a for
Derr o je
Fute.,:re, sponsored by
the Jewish Federation and United Jewish
Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit, the
Sherman Family Israel Experience Fund
will start many young people on a path
of self-discovery, involvement in Jewish
life and love for the Jewish nation.
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Thanks a millennium.
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