Community College and Lawrence
Technological University. Programming
for college students in all metropolitan
Detroit schools.
U-M Hillel
1429 Hill St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Contact: Michael Brooke, executive
director
Phone: (734) 769-0500
Fax: (734) 769-1934
Email: umhillel@umich.edu
Web Site: www.umhillel.org
Hillel, is the second largest student
organization at U-M and houses over
25 student groups. Hillel sponsors
top-flight cinema and theater, major
speakers and entertainers, services
and classes, publications, theater
troupes, meals and counseling, a
social action group, several Israel
affairs groups and more.
Western Michigan University Hillel
1304 Faunce Student Bldg.
WMU Box 191
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
Contact: Gillian Thommes
Phone: (269) 657-8782
Email: kazoohillel@aol.com
Services for students attending both
WMU and Kalamazoo College. Activities
include social and religious programs,
monthly Shabbat dinners.
Jewish Law Students Association
Hillel of Metropolitan Detroit
Wayne State University,
667 Student Center Bldg.
Detroit, VI 48202
Contact: Miriam Starkman,
executive director
Phone: (313) 577-3459
Fax: (313) 577-3461
Web Site: www.hillel-detroit.org
Offers professional development, cul-
tural and social opportunities for law
students.
Michigan Jewish Institute
25401 Coolidge Hwy.
Oak Park, MI 48237
Contact: Paul Levine
Phone: (248) 414-6900
Fax: (248) 414-6907
Email: info@mji.edu
Web Site: www.mji.edu
MJI is an independent institution of
higher learning and professional educa-
tion offering Associate and Bachelor
degree programs in Business and
Computer Information Technology. VJI
provides career-oriented academic
studies in a welcoming learning envi-
ronment that adheres to the highest
ethical standards and religious tradi-
tions of Judaism.
Sol Drachler Program in Jewish
Communal Leadership
U-M School of Social Work
1080 S. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106
Contact: Robin Axelrod, M.S.W., J.D.
Phone: (734) 764-5392 (734)763-6583
Fax: (734) 763-3372
Email: Drachler.program@umich.edu
Web Site: www.ssw.umich/drachler
A graduate program that prepares stu-
dents for leadership positions in the
Jewish community. Students earn an
M.S.W. and certificate in Jewish
Communal Service and Judaic Studies.
YOUNG ADULTS
Birthright Israel
521 Fifth Avenue, 27th floor
New York, NY 10175
Phone: (212) 457-0036; (888) 99-ISRAEL
Fax: (212) 419-2867
Email: information@birthrightisrael.com
Web Site: www.birthrightisrael.com
Ten-day free trip to Israel for 18-26-year-
old Jewish young adults who have never
been to Israel on a peer-group trip.
Grads and Professionals/GAP
U-M Hillel
1429 Hill St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Contact: Ben Berger
Phone: (734) 769-0500
Fax: (734) 769-1934
Email: umhillel@umich.edu
Web Site: www.umhillel.org
Provides an inviting and inclusive envi-
ronment for Jewish graduate students
and young professionals of all back-
grounds and beliefs. Provides enriching
and exciting social, cultural and religious
programming.
Hillel of Metropolitan Detroit
667 Student Center Bldg.
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI 48202
Contact: Miriam Starkman
Phone: (313) 577-3459
Fax: (313) 577-3461
Email: hillel@wayne.edu
Web Site: www.hillel-detroit.org
Year-round social and cultural programs
for young adults ages 18-30.
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit Young Adult Division/YAD
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit
Contact: Jonathan Goldstein
Phone: (248) 642-4260
Fax: (248) 642-4941
Email: goldstein@jfmd.org
Offers young adults ages 21-35, singles
and married, educational, cultural and
social programs, leadership development
and volunteer opportunities. Supports
the Federation's Annual Campaign
through fund raising activities.
Young Adult Shabbat Services-YAPS
Adat Shalom Synagogue
29901 Middlebelt Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
Contact: David Goodman
Phone: (248) 851-5100
Fax: (248) 851-3190
Email: adatshalom@aol.com
Web Site: www.adatshalom.org
Resides in Adat Shalom but is open to
the community. A casual, creative and
interactive Shabbat experience for twen-
ty-something and thirty-something cou-
ples and singles.
YOUTH AND TEEN/AWARDS &
SCHOLARSHIPS
American Arab and Jewish Friends
1959 E. Jefferson Ave., Suite 201
Detroit, MI 48207
Phone: (313) 567-6225
Fax: (313) 259-9434
Our mission is to improve understanding
and friendship between the Arabic and
Jewish communities of metropolitan
Detroit by celebrating similarities and
unique differences. Scholarships avail-
able for high school juniors and seniors.
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit
Ben Teitel Israel Incentive
Savings Plan
Alliance for Jewish Education
Contact: Cherron Jackson
Phone: (248) 642-4260 x 225
Email: jackson@jfmd.org
Web Site: www.thisisfederation.org
Enables parents to save for their chil-
dren's Israel trip during their high school
years. Saving begins in grades 4, 5, 6 or
7. Assistance from the Teitel Fund and
Jewish community.
Israel Dream Lottery
Contact: Heidi Hes
Phone: (248) 645-7878
Fax: (248) 644-0724
Email: hes@jfmd.org
Web Site: thisisfederation.org
Contributions from the Federation's
Annual Campaign made through the
women's department. Scholarship funds
for college-age students picked by lot-
tery to have an Israel experience,
approved by the Federation and its Israel
and Overseas Department..
Jewish Youth Awards
National Council of Jewish Women
26400 Lahser Road, Suite 100
Southfield, IVI 48034
Contact: Barbara Tukel
Phone: (248) 355-3300
Fax: (248) 355-9951
Email: ncjwcjh@speedlink.net
Web Site: www.ncjwgds.org
Recognizing Jewish teens for academic
achievement and community service.
JVS - Sarah and Harold Gottlieb Jewish
Educational Loan Service
Contact: Marvin Berman
Phone: (248) 559-5000
Fax: (248) 559-0773
Email: mberman@jvsdet.org
Web Site: www.jvsdet.org
Deferred interest-free college loans for
full-time Jewish students who are per-
manent residents of metro Detroit.
Deadline for applying for 2003-2004
school year is Nov. 17, 2003.
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