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Other stops on the Israelis'
tour included Hillel Day School
of Metropolitan Detroit in
Farmington Hills; Friendship
Circle's Lifetown facility and the
Fleischman Residence, both in
West Bloomfield; the
Focus:HOPE job training pro-
gram in Detroit; a local group
home run by Farmington Hills-
based JARC; and the Sol Drachler
Program in Jewish Communal
Leadership at the University of
Michigan School of Social Work
in Ann Arbor.
Gabriela Kogan, a 34-year-old
mother of three from Nazareth

May the New Year bring to all
our friends and family health, joy,
prosperity and everything good in life.

Building Leadership

One of Federation's goals for
the young leadership initiative is
to develop lay leaders and future
donors — areas where the
Central Galilee needs help, said
Karen Kaplan, Federation's staff
liaison to the program.
Tziona Shiriki, a 38-year-old
mother of three from Nazareth
Illit, is one of region's future
leaders. A CPA, she is vice-CFO of
a semiconductor firm.
"I'm so excited to see such a
big, warm Jewish community
here she said, seeking to learn
from Detroit's Jewish activism

Lisa & Gerald Brody
Hillary, Joshua and Jacob

May the coming year be filled with
health and happiness for all our family and friends.
L'Shanah Tovah!

— Mae & Milt Goodman —

ask' ana

May the coming year be filled with
health and happiness for all our family and friends.
L'Shanah Tovah!

Tzahi Ben-Hagay, 30, a social worker from the Jezreel Valley, chats in

Hebrew with Andrew Gornder, 11, a Hillel Day School student from

Franklin. Andrew will be going on the mission with his sister, Jillian,

Harvey and Beverly Stewart

and parents Wendy Sadoff and Michael Gordner.

Boca Raton, Florida

Illit, emigrated from Argentina
three years ago and works with
an organization that offers
vocational aid to people with
mental illnesses. She was inter-
ested in visiting JARC, which
assists those with learning dis-
abilities.
"I can learn a lot about the
approach toward those with dis-
abilities because JARC integrates
its clients with society and the
Jewish community and provides
them with the help they need
while not segregating them," she
said. "I think that is a wonderful
way and is something I have to
learn."

and commitment.
"In Israel, everybody's Jewish,
and you don't have to do any-
thing in order to feel Jewish.
Here, you have to do something
actively to feel involved and take
care of your own institutions and
feel the connection with Israel
and Jewish life.
"Up to six months ago, I wasn't
up to volunteering. Then I got
involved with Partnership 2000.
It calls for me to get familiar
with people — in my region and
in Detroit?"
The Israelis have proposed six
relatively low-cost community
projects — called the Leadership
6 — utilizing volunteerism to

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