NON-PROFIT
ISRAEL CONNECTIONS
Contact: Eva Names
Phone: (248) 353-0434
Supporting arm of Magen David Adorn
(Israel's National Red Cross Agency).
Provides blood, medical supplies, scien-
tific equipment, paramedical training,
ambulances and scholarships.
American Society for Technion
Courtyard Center
32506 Northwestern Hwy.
Farmington Hills, VI 48334
Contact: Nancy Gad-Harf, Ph.D., regional
director; Jo Rosen, assistant director
Phone: (248) 737-1990
Fax: (248) 737-2104
Email: nancy@ats.org
Web Site: www.ats.org
Raises money to support Technion,
Israel's only comprehensive academic
center for advanced scientific and tech
nological education and applied research,
and one of the world's few such institu-
tions with a medical school.
Amit Women
Batya Chapter
Contact: Terri Dworkin (248) 355-3507;
Myra Selesny (248-354-3494;
(800) 989-2648 national office
Web: http://www.amitisrael.org/Trek.htm
Founded in 1925, AMIT is the world's
leading supporter of traditional Zionist
education and social services for Israeli
youth. Its more than 50 schools, youth
villages and programs constitute Israel's
only government-recognized network of
traditional Jewish education. Over
14,000 children are touched by Amit.
Committee for the Jewish Idea-CJI
P.O. Box 633
Troy, MI 48099
Contact: Michael Drissman
Phone: (248) 851-4019
Pamphlets advocate Israel to the Jordan
River. Analysis of an expanded Israel in a
neighborhood of Arab regimes. Why
withdrawal of Jewish troops from
Lebanon, Sinai and Judea/Sumaria
means war.
Consulate General of Israel
111 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1308
Chicago, IL 60601
Contact: Robert Schwartz, director of
communications (312) 297-4812
Phone: (312) 297-4800 main number
Fax: (312) 297-4855
Email: contactus@chicago.mfa.gov.il
Web Site: www.israelemb.org/chicago
Your official "Israel Address in the
Midwest." Serves as the government of
Israel's liaison with the Jewish commu-
nities in 11 states. Offers a wide variety
of Israel-related services and programs.
Publishes Israel updates by e-mail.
Subscribe on the Web site.
Detroit Friends of ALYN Hospital
P.O. Box 250573
West Bloomfield, VI 48325
Contact: Karen Knoppow, president
Randee Lipman, tributes
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Phone: (248) 559-ALYN
Fax: (248) 538-7516
Email: kknoppow@aol.com
Web Site: www.alyn.org
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.
Detroit-Oak Park Stamp Club
27655 Lahser Road, Suite 112
Southfield, MI 48034
Contact: Ken Torby, president
Phone: (248) 353-5843
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 wel-
come.
Federation's Israel and Overseas
Department
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit
Contact: Julie Zuckerman
Phone: (248) 645-7878
Fax: (248) 645-0724
Email: zuckerman@jfmd.org
Provides arrangements for Israel study
trips and volunteer experiences, scholar-
ships and aliyah. Sponsors annual Israel
Fest, celebrates Israel's Independence
Day and Israeli memorial program on
Yom Hazikaron.
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces-
Michigan Chapter
P.O. Box 999
Walled Lake, VI 48390
Contact: Anat Borenstein-Tsafrir
Phone: (248) 203-2060
Fax: (248) 203-2061
Email: aborenstein@israelsoldiers.org
Web Site: www.israelsoldiers.org
A non-profit, apolitical organization dedi-
cated 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
Ann Arbor Chapter
P.O. Box 1734
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
Contact: Ilene Thacker, president
Phone: (734) 213-1129
Email: thackbank@aol.com
National fundraising group that appeals
to all ages. Programs include a 20+
group and a 40 + group. Both offer
bridge and reading groups.
Greater Detroit Chapter
5030 Orchard Lake Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48323
Contact: Evelyn Diskin
Phone: (248) 683-5030
Fax: (248) 683-1139
Email: greaterdetroit@hadassah.org
Web Site: www.hadassandet.org
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.
Hadassah-WIZO of Windsor
2667 St. Patrick's Drive
Windsor, Ontario
Canada, N9# 3G5
Contact: Sarah Shklov
Phone: (519) 966-3415
Email: sarahshklov@hotmail.com
Hadassah-WIZO of Windsor is one of
247 across Canada. A multi-faceted
Zionist women's organization with a
main focus on fundraising for medical,
educational and social projects in Israel.
Israel Cancer Association of Michigan
31513 Northwestern Hwy
Farmington Hills, MI 48334-2528
Contact: Berl Falbaum, executive
director; Dr. Leo Eisenberg,
president
Phone: (248) 865-8323
Fax: (248) 737-1587
Email: bpfalbaum@yahoo.com
Web Site: www.icamich.org
Raises funds and helps initiate programs
for the prevention and treatment of can-
cer in Israel.
Israel Numismatic Society of Michigan,
Inc.
P.O. Box 942
Royal Oak, M 148068
Contact: Phillip Charns
Phone: (248) 398-4465
Israel coin club that meets the fourth
Tuesday of every month, September-
June at the JCC, Jimmy Prentis Morris
branch.
Jewish National Fund- Michigan and
Ohio Regional Office
24100 Chagrin Blvd., #100
Cleveland, OH 44122
Contact: Ronald M. Horvat
Phone: (248) 203-9111, (888) JNF-0099
800-542-TREE to plant a tree in Israel
Fax: (216) 464-8642
Email: rhorvat@jnf.org
Web Site: www.jng.org
Founded in 1901 as the caretaker of the
land of Israel. Has planted over 210 mil-
lion trees, built over 100 dams and
reservoirs, developed over 250,000
acres of land and created 400 parks
throughout Israel.
Labor Zionist Alliance
25900 Greenfield Road, Suite 205D
Oak Park, MI 48237
Contact: Jeremy Salinger, president
Phone: (248) 967-3170
Fax: (248) 967-1211
A worldwide organization of Zionists
who share a common view for Israel's
future and are committed to the princi-
ples of social and economic justice, plu-
ralism and peace.