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One Woman's Torah:
The journey of a Female Torah Scribe
Presentation byien Tayk.)r 'Friedman
Introduction by Rabbi Arnie Shriutelberg
Sunday December 9, 2007 • 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Open to the community at no charge
Jen laylor Friedman, the first woman
known to have written a complete
Torah scroll, will re( ount lwr journey to
become a sofret :16rah scribe, and discuss
sorru of the laws and customs surround-
ing the writing Of a .sffer TO rah (Torah scroll).
Recently named by he Jewish Daily &ward
as one of the 50 most influential Jews ire
America, this pioneering woman is currently
writing a Torah scroll for Congregation Shir
Tikvah. Come hear her fascinating story.
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POINTS TO PONDER...
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Congregation Shir Tikvah
3900 Northfield Parkway, Troy
How can we capitalize
on our community's
strengths?
1 mile north of Somerset, south of Wattles between Coolidge and Crooks)
Rabbi Aarcm Starr 248.649.4418, x3 or rabbiaaronshirtikvah.org
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Jewish community's preservation.
The best way to assist Israel survive
and thrive is for us to survive and
thrive.
•Develop job-creating incubators
here. For several years, the Detroit
Jewish community has generously
funded business incubators in our
Israel Partnership 2000 Region
(Jezreel Valley/Nazareth Ilt/Migdal
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HaEmek). We now need to make
those kinds of investments here,
ideally in tandem with the many
high-tech businesses Israel is
spawning every month.
•Provide communal R&D grants.
The Federation should reinstate
and reconstitute its annual Fisher
grants to support communal agen-
cies and organizations willing to
take risks. These research and
development grants should push
the limits of creativity and not be
expected to generate a return on
investment (though that would be
nice).
•Partner, partner, partner. Team
up with research universities
throughout the region and success-
ful local entrepreneurs and venture
capitalists to provide job-creating
opportunities essential for trans-
forming into "Jewish Detroit 2.0."
•Fast track new leadership. The
generation that understands and
inhabits the world of "2.0" must
reach the top tiers of communal
leadership. We don't have the luxury
of waiting a decade or two for them
to work their way up the communi-
ty's "Jewish Detroit 1.0" governance
ladder.
We have tremendous talent and
resources at our fingertips. We need
the leadership and will to focus,
singularly and powerfully, on a
"Jewish Detroit 2.0" vision for the
future of our community and the
region. We've been saving others for
decades. Can we afford not to save
and rejuvenate ourselves? Now? I l
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What are other ideas to
move Jewish Detroit
forward?