ISRAEL CONNECTIONS

AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR
SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL IN
JERUSALEM

24651 Sussex Road
Oak Park, MI 48237
Phone: (248) 968-0684
Contact Person: use S. Roberg
Voluntary assistance to the "Hospital With a Heart."
Supports its highest level of medical and social
performances. The Pearl Nosanchuk Nursing
Scholarship Fund provides stipends to eligible
candidates.

AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE
WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE

6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 365
Bloomfield Twp., MI 48301
Phone: (248) 258-9890
E-Mail: Michigan @acwis.org
Web site: www.weizmann-usa.org
Israel's scientific research institution that trains
graduate students and conducts basic scientific
research to fight disease, advance technology,
protect the environment and improve the human
condition.

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW
UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM

3659 Green Road, Suite 100
Beachwood, OH 44122
Phone: (800) 969-2348
Fax: (216) 765-0157
E-Mail: sgreen@afhu.org
Web site: www.afhu.org
Contact Person: Sheldon Green
Financially supports all of the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem activities.

AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE (AIPAC)

440 First St. NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 639-5226
Fax: (202) 638-6349
E-Mail: webmaster@aipac.org
Web site: www.aipac.org
Contact Person: Rebecca Needier

Midwest Region
4801 W. Peterson Ave., Suite 202
Chicago, IL 60646
Phone: (773) 685-5595
Fax: (773) 685-2130
Web site: www.aipac.org
Contact Person: Allyson Marks, regional director
A grassroots, bipartisan American organization registered
to lobby Congress on the U.S.-Israel relationship. Works
with activists in the political process on local and national
level. Outstanding student and intern program.

AMERICAN RED MAGEN DAVID
FOR ISRAEL

23470 Riverview Drive
Southfield, MI 48034
Phone: (248) 353-0434
Contact Person: Eva Mames
Supporting arm of Vagen David Adom (Israel's National
Red Cross Agency). Provides blood, medical supplies,

Bar-Ilan University. Its 26,000 students in Tel Aviv
combine full academics with Jewish studies. Detroit
is the financial home of Bar-Ilan, raising its first
dollars.

scientific equipment, paramedical training, ambulances
and scholarships.

AMERICAN TECHNION SOCIETY

Courtyard Center
32522 Northwestern Hwy.
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
Phone: (248) 737-1990
Fax: (248) 737-2104
E-Mail: nancy@ats.org
Web site: www.ats.org
Contact Person: Nancy Gad-Harf, PhD, regional
director
Raises money to support Technion, Israel's only
comprehensive academic center for advanced scientific
and technological education and applied research, and
one of the world's few such institutions with a medical
school.

DETROIT/OAK PARK STAMP CLUB

27655 Lahser Road, Suite 112
Southfield, MI 48034
Phone: (248) 353-5843
Contact Person: Ken Torby
Affiliated with the Society of Israel Philatelists, which
issues a bi-monthly magazine. Meetings held second
Tuesday of the month at the Oak Park Community
Center. Visitors always welcome.

FEDERATION'S ISRAEL AND
OVERSEAS DEPARTMENT

Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
6735 Telegraph Road
Bloomfield Twp., MI 48301
Phone: (248) 645-7878
Fax: (248) 645-0724
Contact Person: Tanya Mazor Posner
Provides arrangements for Israel study trips and
volunteer experiences, scholarships and aliyah.
Sponsors annual Israel Fest, celebrates Israel's
Independence Day and Israeli memorial program on
Yom Hazikaron.

COMMITTEE FOR THE JEWISH
IDEA/CJ I

P.O. Box 633
Troy, MI 48099
Phone: (248) 851-4019
Contact Person: Michael Drissman
Letter and pamphlets advocate expanded Israel.
Analysis of an expanded Israel to the Jordan River in a
neighborhood of Arab regime. Why withdrawal of
Jewish troops from Lebanon, Sinai and Judea/Sumaria
means war.

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FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE
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CONSULATE GENERAL OF ISRAEL

111 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1308
Chicago, IL 60601
Main Number: (312) 297-4800
Robert Schwartz: (312) 297-4812
Fax: (312) 297-4855
E-Mail: chicago@israel.org
Web site: http://www.israelemb.org/chicago
Contact Person: Robert Schwartz, director of
communications
Your official "Israel Address in the Midwest." Serves as
the government of Israel's liaison with the Jewish
communities in eleven states. Offers a wide variety of
Israel-related services and programs.

6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 350
Bloomfield Twp., MI 48301
Phone: (248) 203-2060
Fax: (248) 203-2061
Web site: www.fidf@israelsoldiers.org
Contact Person: Anat Borenstein-Tsafrir
A non-profit, apolitical organization dedicated to raising
funds to meet the social, educational and recreational
needs of the active duty soldiers in Israel as well as
providing vital support services to the widows and
orphans of fallen soldiers.

HADASSAH -
THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA

DETROIT FRIENDS
OF ALYN HOSPITAL

Ann Arbor Chapter
P.O. Box 1734
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
Phone: (734) 213-1129
E-Mail: thackbank@aol.com
Contact Person: Ilene Thacker, presidents
National fundraising group that appeals to all ages.
Programs include a 20+ group and a 40 + group. Both
offer bridge and reading.

P.O. Box 250573
West Bloomfield, MI 48325
Phone: (248) 559-ALYN
Fax: (248) 682-0346
E-Mail: ginartie@mediaone.net
Web site: www.alyn.org
Contact Person: Gina Horwitz, president
ALYN Hospital is Israel's only orthopedic hospital and
rehabilitation center for physically handicapped
children. Detroit Friends hold an annual fundraising
event and send out tribute cards throughout the year.

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DETROIT FRIENDS
OF BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY

6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 130
Bloomfield Twp., MI 48301
Phone: (248) 540-8900
Fax: (248) 540-0515
E-Mail: dfbiu@earthlink.net
Web site: www.biu.ac.il
Contact Person: Les Goldstein, executive director
Vidwest Region office responsible for fundraising for

Greater Detroit Chapter
5030 Orchard Lake Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48323
Phone: (248) 683-5030
Fax: (248) 683-1139
E-Mail: chapter@hadassandet.org
Web site: www.hadassandet.org
Contact Person: Evelyn Diskin
Largest women's Zionist Organization in America.
Supports Hadassah Medical Organization, Hadassah
Israel Education Services, Youth Aliyah and JNF in Israel.
Local groups offer monthly meetings of current interest.

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