Fund Supports Israel
With Israel under siege on two fronts
and tens of thousands of Israeli citizens
holed up in bomb shelters, the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit is
calling upon the Detroit Jewish com-
munity to pledge its steadfast support of
Israel through contributions to its Israel
Emergency Fund.
All contributions to the fund will
be dedicated to rescue and relief
operations, primarily directed to Israel's
northern region, where hundreds of
missile attacks have occurred over the
past weeks.
Lawrence Lax co-chairs the 2006
Campaign along with Nancy Grosfeld.
Last week, the Federation board
approved a first emergency grant of
nearly $1 million, directed primarily
to Federation's Partnership region of
the Central Galilee, where the money is
being used to repair and restock shelter
facilities and to move children out of the
region to overnight camps in the south.
Many of the people under fire have
only recently come to Israel for comfort
and refuge, most recently from Ethiopia,
with little more than the clothes on their .
backs. Their needs can't wait.
Contributions to Federation's Israel
Emergency Fund are being sent imme-
diately to Israel. Donations can be made
three ways.
• Online: www.thisisfederation.org
• Hotline: (248) 205-2550
• Mail: Send checks payable to the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit to P.O. Box 2030, Bloomfield
Hills, MI 48303.
For information on Israel's
Emergency Fund, call Lisa Cutler, (248)
203-1458.

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF),
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