Survivors of the Shoah Visual
History Foundation
P.O. Box 3168
Los Angeles, CA 90078-3168
Phone: (800) 661-2092
Founded and chaired by Steven Spielberg, the
foundation has collected more than 50,000
eyewitness testimonies in 57 countries and 32
languages and is committed to the broad and
effective educational use of the archive
worldwide.
Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor
Oral History Project
Please see Mardigian Library
COPthethOhcg?d etree
Website: www.aipac.org
A grassroots, bipartisan American
organization registered to lobby
Congress on the U.S.-Israel rela-
tionship. Works with activists in
the political process on local and
national level. Outstanding student
and intern program.
Aish HaTorah Jerusalem Fellowships and
Learning Missions for Single
Professionals; Executive Men's/Women's
Learning Center
Please see Aish HaTorah
American Jewish Congress
Travel Program
15 E. 84 Street
New York, NY 10028
Phone: (212) 879-4588, (800) 221-
4694
Fax:.(212) 717-1932
Website: www.ajcongress.com
We offer a huge variety of tour programs to
Israel, Eastern Europe and around the world.
Ask for our 98-page travel catalogue.
American Committee for Shaare Zedek
Hospital in Jerusalem
24651 Sussex Road
Oak Park, MI 48237
Phone: (248) 968-0684
Voluntary assistance to the "Hospital With a
Heart." Supports its highest level of medical
and social performances. The Pearl
Nosanchuk Nursing Scholarship Fund pro-
vides stipends to eligible candidates.
American Red Magen David
for Israel (ARMDI)
23470 Riverview Drive
Southfield, MI 48034
Phone: (248) 353-0434
Website: WWW. armdi.o rg
Supporting arm of Magen David Adorn
(Israel's National Red Cross Agency). Provides
blood, medical supplies, scientific equipment,
paramedical training, ambulances and schol-
arships
American Committee for the Weizmann
Institute of Science
6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 365
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301
Phone: (248) 258-9890
Fax: (248) 258-9892
E-mail: Michigan@acwis.org
Website: www.weizmann-usa.org
The Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel is
a scientific research institution that trains
graduate students and conducts basic scientif-
ic research to fight disease, advance technolo-
gy, protect the environment and improve the
human condition.
American Society for Technion -
Israel Institute of Technology
Courtyard Center
32506 Northwestern Hwy.
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
Phone: (248) 737-1990
Fax: (248) 737-2104
E-mail: detroit@ats.org
Website: Nvww. ats.org
Raises money to support Technion, Israel's
only comprehensive academic center for
advanced scientific and technological educa-
tion and applied research, and one of five
worldwide with a medical school.
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
Website: www.afhu.org
Financially supports all of the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem activities.
AMIT Women (Americans for Israel and
Torah)
Batya Chapter
Phone: (248) 355-3507, (248) 354-3494
(800) 989-2648 national office
Website: xvww.amitisrael.org
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 con-
stitute Israel's only government-recognized
network of traditional Jewish education. Over
14,000 children are touched by AMIT.
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American Israel Public Affairs Committee
- Midwest Region (AIPAC)
120 W. Madison, #500
Chicago, IL 60602
Phone: (312) 236-8550
Fax: (312) 236-8530
birthright israel
521 Fifth Avenue, 27th floor
New York, NY 10175
Phone: (212) 457-0036
(888) 99-ISRAEL
Fax: (212) 419-2867
E-mail: information@birthrightisrael.com
Website: www.birthrightisrael.com
Ten-day free trip to Israel for 18-26-year-old
Jewish men and women who have never been
to Israel on a peer-group trip.
Chabad's Children of Chernobyl
5327 Isle Royal Court
West Bloomfield, MI 48323
Phone: (248) 851-6031, (800) CHERNOBYL
Medical care and flight to Israel for sick Jewish
children who suffer from diseases induced by
radiation as a result of the 1986 nuclear explo-
sion in Chernobyl. We have brought more
than 2,000 children to Israel.
Consulate General of Israel
111 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1308
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: (312) 297-4800
Fax: (248) 644-0724
E-mail: contactus@chicago.mfa.gov.il
Website: www.israelemb.org/chicago
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. Publishes Israel updates by e-
mail. Subscribe on the Website.
Detroit Friends of ALYN Hospital
P.O. Box 250573
West Bloomfield, MI 48325
Phone: (248) 559-ALYN, 1-877-LOVEALYN
Fax: (248) 353-6751
E-mail: alyndetroit@yahoo.com
Website: www. alyn.org
Alyn Hospital is one of the world's leading
specialists in the active and intensive rehabili-
tation of children, regardless of religion or eth-
nic origin, with a broad range of physical dis-
abilities and is the only facility of its kind in
Israel. Detroit Friends chapter holds yearly
annual benefit. The 5th Annual International
Charity Bike Ride will take place Oct. 2004 in
Israel. Call for tributes to honor or memorial-
ize loved ones.
Detroit Friends of Bar-Ilan University
6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 130
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301
Phone: (248) 540-8900
Fax: (248) 540-0515
E mail: dfbiu@yahoo.com
Website: www.biu.ac.il
Midwest region office responsible for fundrais-
ing for Bar-Ilan University. Its 31,000 students
in Ramat-Gan combine full academics with
Jewish studies. Detroit is the financial home of
Bar-Ilan, raising its first dollars.
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