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Reaching Out

Federation funds progressive programs to match
Ann Arbor's diverse personality.

HARRY KIRS BAUM
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...with our
2005 Summer Memberships

(Memorial Day - Labor Day)

New for 2005:

Full privileges to the club!

Now accepting Bar/Bat Mitzvah reservations.

Ann Arbor
he Jewish Federation of
Washtenaw County is hoping
that by supporting "progres-
sive" programs in Israel, it will attract
new donors in Ann Arbor.
Included in the allocations are
$15,000 for a program to help Druze
women find employment and $10,000
for Hand in Hand, a center for Jewish
and Arab educa-
tion.
Hand in Hand,
founded in 1998 by
two educators, edu-
cates about 530
students in schools
in Jerusalem and
the Galilee, co-
taught by Jewish
and Arab teachers
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to equal numbers

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of Jewish and Arab students.
The Druze Women's Employment
Initiative is an American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee program that
provides these women with profession-
al training including catering, hair-
dressing and cosmetology.
"We're one of the only federations in
the country that supports the Druze
Women's Employment Initiative pro-
gram," said Washtenaw Federation
Executive Director Jeffrey Levin.
About $556,000, or more than one-
third of the $1.5 million raised by
Ann Arbor's Federation is allocated to
overseas programs, he said. Ann Arbor
shares a Partnership 2000 region with
Detroit in the Central Galilee.
"We took a relatively novel
approach," he said. "We're going to
use this elective funding in a way that
reflects the unique character of Ann
Arbor's Jewish community. We spent a
lot of time trying to find programs in
several specific areas: Arab-Jewish

ett.

Contact the Sales Office at 248.352.8000 to take
advantage of all the Club has to offer this summer!
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Student Memberships at Franklin Athletic Club!

so Initiation Fee

• $71 Monthly Dues

OMNI Membership (full privileges including pool

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use and a wide variety of programming).

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$22 Monthly Dues

Tennis Membership only.

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BBYO Helps Israel

Michael Taub and Ashley Schwartz, local BBYO coordinators of community service-
social action,. present Binai Brith Youth Organization's $3,230 donation to Jodi
Tobin, Michigan co-chair of American Red Magen David for Israel. The donation
will help buy an ambulance for Israel. BBYO chapter members raised the money
through candy sales and personal donations.