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The Tikkun Olam Award recognizes eight senior adults
and their lifetime commitment to the Jewish Community.
Do you know a deserving older adult who...
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Is at least 80 years old?
Has been a life long volunteer in the community?
Is active and volunteering today?
Is dedicated to maintaining strong Jewish values?
Is an inspiring leader or mentor in the community?
HOW TO NOMINATE:
Write or email JAS describing the worthiness of the nominee.
Please include (as applicable)
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Name and age of nominee
Duration of volunteer service (years, decades)
Involvement in Jewish organizations and causes
Leadership positions held
Current accomplishments
Letters and newspaper articles supporting nominee's
accomplishments
Also explain how the nominee's long-standing activities exemplify a
commitment to the Jewish value of Tikkun Olam (repairing the world).
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Email: PWurdock@Jasmi.org
or call: 248-592-1101
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World
Carnival Planned
The second annual Aish Huntington
Woods Chanukah Carnival at the
Burton Elementary School will take
place 3-6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2.
The event will feature Chanukah
booths and activities for kids of all
ages. There will also be live perfor-
mances, contests and a variety of
kosher carnival food.
Online registration is available at:
www.aishinthewoods.com. All pre-
registrations will receive three books
for the price of two.
Chanukah Concert
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in East
Lansing will present the vocal group
Visions at its Community Chanukah
Concert 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9.
Visions is a nationally acclaimed
trio of young women who perform
traditional and contemporary Jewish
music. Students from both congre-
gation Shaarey Zedek and Kehillat
Israel will participate in the concert.
The concert is free and open to the
public. Congregation Shaarey Zedek
is at 1924 Coolidge Road in East
Lansing.
For information, contact
Congregation Shaarey Zedek, (517)
351-3570.
GM Donates Vehicles
General Motors Foundation has
donated three Sit-N-Lift equipped
Chevrolet Uplander vans to United
Way for Southeastern Michigan. This
is the fourth year the GM Foundation
has donated vehicles to the United
Way.
The vans will be used by agen-
cies to transport senior citizens and
others to doctor's appointments,
recreational activities, childcare, and
other necessary daily activities.
Remember Partition
Washington — One of the most
important events in Jewish history
occurred Nov. 29, 1947, when the
United Nations General Assembly
voted to divide the British-ruled
Palestine Mandate into two states,
Jewish and Arab.
The 33-13 vote to pass Resolution
181 put the Jewish people, still reel-
ing from the Holocaust, on the path
to their own homeland.
The U.N. partition anniversary
serves as a reminder of the great
potential for nations to unite for a
common good, states B'nai B'rith
International.
"The U.N. vote was an invaluable
morale boost to Jews around the
world. Most Jews viewed the creation
of Israel as a vital safety net, because
a Jewish state meant that Jews would
forever have a sanctuary. The vote
meant so much to Israel, that the res-
olution was referenced in the Israeli
declaration of independence?'
B'nai B'rith International played an
important role in helping to convince
President Harry S. Truman to back
the partition. B'nai B'rith leaders
enlisted Eddie Jacobson, perhaps
Truman's closest Jewish friend, to
convince the president of the impor-
tance of U.S. support for the plan.
In conversations and through a
letter to Truman dated Oct. 3, 1947,
Jacobson urged the president to
invest the full influence of the United
States behind the creation of a
Jewish home.
The promise of a two-state solu-
tion did not come to fruition 60
years ago. Arab nations immediately
attacked Israel upon its declaration
of independence in May 1948.
Over those years, fighting constant
threats of destruction, Israel has
thrived as a home for Jews and non-
Jews alike.
Answering
Israel's Critics
The Charge
The head of the U.N. Relief and
Works Agency in Gaza, Karen
Abu Zaid, last week called recent
changes in Israel's West Bank
security an insidious new regime
to limit freedom of movement
and control the Palestinian
economy.
The Answer
Israel's response is that the Israel
Defense Forces is setting up bor-
der-like terminals at points along
the security barrier to maintain
security while reducing the time
of passage Palestinians need for
commerce and access to health
care and education.
— Allan Gale, Jewish Community
Relations Council
of Metropolitan Detroit
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