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The Technion Is Driving
Israel's Economy
One Leader at a Time.
ON THE COVER
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30 of Israel's Largest Companies
Are Led by Technion Graduates
hicluding
Elisha Yanay, B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1970
General Manager,. Motorola Israel Ltd. I Senior VP, Motorola Inc.
Israel has only one natural resource: the brainpower
of its people.
The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology educates
the entrepreneurs and innovators who head the nation's
leading companies, develop exportable technologies, and
launch companies that create jobs for Israel's people.
Right now, 72,000 Technion graduates are driving
Israel's economy.
Join us, and help educate the new generation of
Israel's leaders.
Support the Technion. Secure Israel. Improve the world.
To learn more or to provide support,
email detroit@ats.org , call (248) 737-1990
or visit
www.ats.org/leader
Jo Strausz Rosen, Detroit Chapter Director
New Location:
30230 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 155
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
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February 14 • 2008
Shaindle Braunstein helps title the students during the
computer class offered at the ORT center.
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up the classroom and answer client
questions. "I like kids who are seri-
ous, responsible and rarely absent:'
Braunstein says.
The current interns are Brett Alpiner
of Franklin, an FJA alumnus; Hannah
Posen of West Bloomfield, an FJA senior;
and Jacob Allen of Southfield, a sopho-
more. Alumnus Max Neistein of West
Bloomfield, now a student at Michigan
State University, created videos for the
Hermelin Center that are used to adver-
tise the program.
Helping The Homeless
The Jewish News had a helping hand in
linking COTS with the Hermelin Center.
Former staff writer Sharon Luckerman
of Detroit was a COTS volunteer and
wrote about the Hermelin program. She
was the catalyst for ORT helping COTS'
long-term-placement clients (living at a
COTS facility for up to three years).
"People need computer skills;' says
Braunstein, "even to run a cash register
at McDonald's."
The COTS clients are residents of
Peggy's Place in northwest Detroit,
established to house abused women
and their children. Most declined to be
photographed or interviewed for this
article, fearing that a former boyfriend
or husband would find out where they
live. The women have a comfort level at
the Hermelin Center, being in a class that
includes only fellow COTS clients.
In addition to the classes, the agencies
involved have created a special program
for them. The women and their children
are bussed to the JCC and given dinner.
Following the class, they are allowed to
use the JCC gym, swimming pool and
other facilities.
"These women have multiple issues:'
says Braunstein. "We are the computer-
training component of COTS' life skills
program. I tell the women, 'We can't
guarantee that you will find a job. But
we can guarantee that you won't be con-
sidered for a job unless you have these
skills.'"
The Hermelin Center students finish
their classes with a solid understanding
of the Microsoft Office software. Adds
Braunstein, "They know how to use
these programs, but they aren't computer
engineers." They have an understanding
of the Internet and know how to use the
Outlook e-mail program in a business
environment, including coordinating its
electronic scheduling calendars.
Braunstein estimates that about 50