Front Lines Your Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine Specialists Ronald S. Lederman, M.D., P.L.L.C. is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Mark Kwartowitz to the Center for Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy. Doctors Lederman and Kwartowitz focus on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of problems that affect patients of all ages - from children's fractures to sports injuries to chronic arthritic conditions including shoulder, knee and hip replacements. Plus, Doctors Lederman and Kwartowitz offer same day or next day urgent care appointments at their new office in the Lakes Medical Center in West Bloomfield. NOTEBOOK A Campus Voice For Israel David Stiebel, 20, a 2005 graduate of the Frankel Jewish Academy in West Bloomfield and currently a college junior, is serving as a pro-Israel Emerson Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Mass. The fellowship, which carries a stipend, is a project of StandWithUs, the Los Angeles-based Israel education and advocacy organization. Nationwide, 38 Emerson Fellows serve as a resource for stu- dents looking for information about Israeli culture and society. They also plan events and education initiatives and promote StandWithUs programs. StandWithUs provides fellows with information packets, training and leadership seminars. David Stiebel Stiebel, president of MIT Students for Israel and active with AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, provides information about Israeli politics, culture and values for MIT students. "Anti-Israel sentiment at other campuses is pretty bad;' Stiebel, a Michigan native and math and computer science major, told the Jewish Advocate in Boston. "At MIT, there is not a strong bias on campus — but it can often look that way because the pro-Israel side is not doing much!" Stiebel organizes responses to counter what may be perceived as anti-Israel campus events, speakers and class teachings. Stiebel is also in the process of organizing a coalition-building event, where Jewish, Palestinian and other Arab students will discuss the prospects for peace. "We are trying to reach out to student leaders to get both sides to work togeth- er and try to figure out what we'd like to see come out of all this:' he said. Mark Kwartowitx, Ronald S. Lederman, CENTER FOR ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY, SPORTS MEDICINE AND PHYSICAL THERAPY Sr1OHN HEALTH • 2300 Haggerty Road, Suite 1110 West Bloomfield, MI 48323 Call 248-669-2000 today PROVIDENCE A PASSION for an appointment. or HEALING 30 0 Fine Designer Furniture / Stunning Accessories Unique & Unusual Gifts always 30% off most mfrs Complimentary Gift Wrapping 6644 Orchard Lake Road just S of Maple West Bloomfield / 248 855.1600 Mon & Thur 10-9 Tue-Wed-Fri-Sat 10-6 Sun 11-4 A10 January 17 • 2008 AJC Goes Green The American Jewish Committee has been named to the Energy Leadership Club by the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership. The honor recognizes AJC's purchase of "green power" to meet 100 percent of its U.S.-based electricity usage. AJC has been an advocate for developing energy policy that will reduce America's dependence on foreign energy sources and protect the environment. It offers its staff cash incentives to buy fuel-efficient vehicles. It is also working to green its national headquarters in New York by operating in compliance with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System. AJC is the third largest nonprofit green power purchaser nationally among Green Power Partners. Based on a national average emissions rate, AJC's green power purchase is equivalent to avoiding the carbon dioxide emissions of more than 200 passenger cars each year. Clarification Regarding "A Lesson In Pluralism" (Jan. 10, page A5), former Detroiter Daniel "Dani" Elazar is executive director of the Yachad Modiin nonprofit organization in Modiin, Israel. This organization supports Yachad Modiin's preschools, elementa- ry school, high school, parents' informal education and com- munity activities. A grant of more than $1 million from the Legacy Heritage Fund will go toward expanding the campus. Yachad Modiin was founded in 2000 by parents seeking Israeli educator an inclusive approach based on Jewish values. The organiza- Dani Elazar tion's 570 families represent a diversity of Jewish and socio- economic backgrounds. Yachad Modiin works in cooperation with Meitarim Network, an organization dedicated to promoting Jewish education in an envi- ronment that integrates Israeli children from different Jewish backgrounds. In addition to the financial and ideological support that Meitarim provides Yachad, Meitarim helps develop the innovative curriculum need by this new type of Israel school.