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Jewish Heritage Night #2: "Got Israel?'
The theme of
Jewish Heritage
Night #2 was "Got
Israel? What Israel
Means To Me." The
evening featured a
variety of Israel
experiences and
drew on the
resources provided
by several guest
speakers. Featured
L to R: Anat
Borenstein-Tsafrir of Michigan Friends of the IDF; Brian Rosenbaum,
AZA Council Shaliach; Robyn King, BBG Council Jewish Heritage Chair;
Owen Alterman, past AZA Council Aleph Godol and Harvard Law
student; and Shoshana Becker, Community Youth Sh'licha.
Robyn King of
Ruach BBG and
Scott Lachman of
Jolson AZA conduct
a program on the
geography and
topography of
Israel at Jewish
Heritage Night #2,
held on March 2 at
the Laker
Education Complex
in West Bloomfield.
Jewish Heritage
Nights are funded
by a donation from Noah Wofsy, an AZA alumnus from Levi Strauss
BBYO, Mt. Clemens.
Inter-Regional Kallah
Ariella Lis (R) explains to (L to R)
Monica Woll of Koach BBG, Max
Jacobson of Wisconsin AZA, and Perry
Teicher of Greenberg AZA how the
Jewish values program will work on
Shabbat morning at the Inter-Regional
Kallah, held March 28-30 in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. BBYOers from
Michigan, Wisconsin, and Northstar
(Minneapolis) Regions gathered for what turned out to be an excellent
weekend of Judaic programming.
Although the
weekend was
cold and rainy,
the Michigan
delegation at
Inter-Regional
Kallah brought
warm smiles and
open minds to a
program that
featured fun,
Jewish education,
and new friends.
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Young Leadership Conclaves
(L to R) Hilary Greenberg of
Brice BBG, Danniell Nadiv of
Graham BBG, Jeff Milstein of
Greenberg AZA, and Zara
Teicher of Achayot BBG learn
teamwork while building a
graham cracker house at Young
Leadership Conclave II, held
February 7-9 at the Milan
Conference Centre in Belle
River, Ontario.
YLC II hosted a full
house of 1st and 2nd
year members learning
the basics of AZA and
BBG. Youth
Coordinators (in front)
were Dan Stoller of
Greenberg AZA and
Jessica Barr of Achayot
BBG. Staff included (far
right) Jaclyn Zelkovitz,
Assistant Director (1st
row), Carin Rockind, Achayot BBG Advisor (2nd row), and Heidi Hes,
Genesis BBG Advisor (3rd row). Both YLC I and YLC II are subsidized by
the Alterman Family Fund for Jewish Leadership.
biggest Election Training Conclave Yet!
ETC Coordinators Leah
Shloss (L) of Graham
BBG and Cary Rosen (R)
of Jolson AZA watch as
Robyn King (Center L) of
Ruach BBG and Jason
Garden (Center R) of
Shapiro AZA lead the
kiddush at Shabbat
dinner at ETC, which drew 245 BBOYers May 16-18 to Camp Maas.
Senior Dedication
was another
highlight at ETC
on Saturday night.
A slide show that
featured seniors
in action in BBYO
was followed by
the presentation
of this year's
senior banner.
Then each senior
was called down
to let everyone
know where they wit be going for higher education. It was a big year
for the University of Michigan, but seniors were also going to Michigan
State, Northwestern, Emory, Yale, Georgetown, George Washington,
Ferris State, and York University in Toronto.
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