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the War on Terror
since the day we were born.

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Three simple ingredients available in
any grocery or hardware store, plus

Technion scientists at the university's
Center for Security and Technology, in

instructions accessible on the Internet.
That's all the London terrorists needed
to build triacetone triperoxide(TATP)

collaboration with researchers at its Russell
Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, are also

explosives. This new explosive
looks like sugar

developing nano-sized parachutes that
scatter in the wind

like dandelion seeds

and can be molded
to resemble the
most innocuous of

to detect airborne
toxins; ultra strong
concrete for shelters

objects, such as a
scented candle or

and personal armor;
a face recognition

a rubber duckie,
making its detection
virtually impossible.

system so effective it

distinguishes between
identical twins;

software that identifies
computer users by

Researchers at
the Technion-

each person's unique

Israel Institute of
Technology—home

typing pattern; and the
basis for an antidote

to Israel's Nobel
scientists—

to anthrax made from a
common antibiotic.

have developed a

hand-held scanner that detects this
explosive. They are now perfecting

The American Technion Society is proud
to be a partner in these efforts. With your

this scanner so it can uncover TATP

help, we can ensure that Israel's scientists

explosives in public areas such as
airports and department stores.

continue shaping a stronger Israel and a
better, safer world. Join us.

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American
Technion
Society

attend events and learn more:

email detroit@ats.org, call 248.737.1990

or visit www.ats.org/antiterror

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September 11 • 2008

The Jewish Fund recently approved
$1,085,000 in grant payments for 15
primarily health and social welfare
programs.
In response to the increase in eco-
nomic hardship faced by many in the
community, five grants will provide
support in both the general commu-
nity and the Jewish community.
The Jewish Fund was established in
December 1996 from the sale of Sinai
Hospital to the Detroit Medical Center.
The lates grants included:
•Adult Well-Being Services, Detroit:
$240,000 over three years to support
efforts to prevent diabetes among low-
income and older African Americans.
• Detroit Science Center: $100,000
for one year to develop a new healthy
nutrition-focused exhibit in its new
Medical Marvels Gallery.
• Forgotten Harvest, Oak Park:
$105,000 over three years to expand
its food rescue program's distribution
by adding a mobile food pantry
• Hospice of Michigan, Detroit:
$20,000 for the final year of a two-year
grant for its @HOMe Support program
serving non-hospice patients with
advanced chronic illness.
• Jewish Apartments & Services,
Oak Park: $150,000 for the eighth year
of a 10-year grant to subsidize rent for
30 low-income seniors at the Norma
Jean and Edward Meer Apartments in
West Bloomfield.
• Jewish Community Center of
Metropolitan Detroit: $15,000 to sup-
port the Council on Jewish Orthodox
Active Retirees (COJAR) program,
which provides social, educational and

Scholarships For Soldiers
The IMPACT! Scholarship Program
requires 100 percent of a contribution to
go directly to the payment of a student's
tuition at an accredited college, univer-
sity or vocational school in the State of
Israel. Every scholarship is matched up
with a student who has finished military
service.
The personal nature of the program
enables the sponsors to directly see the
impact of their donations on their sol-
diers' lives. Each IMPACT! scholarship
recipient is required to complete 130
hours of community service per year
during the full term of the scholarship.
"These are Israel's future leaders who,
with your help can realize their great
potential: says Brenda Wayne of the
Walled Lake-based local chapter of the
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.

cultural programs.
• Jewish Family Service, West
Bloomfield: $290,000 for Project
Chessed, a network of free and reduced-
price medical care for uninsured Jews.
• Jewish Family Service: $156,000
over three years to support hiring
a case manager to assist clients of
Hebrew Free Loan Association.
• Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit, Bloomfield Hills: up to
$50,000 toward the Hechtman Fire
Relief Fund, established after the May
fire at Hechtman Jewish Apartments.
• Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit: $75,00 to provide patrol cars
during Shabbat hours in Oak Park and
Southfield.
• Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy
Network, West Bloomfield: $50,000 for
the final year of a three-year grant to
develop a palliative care program for
the Detroit Jewish community.
• JVS, Southfield: $120,000 over two
years to assist development of a finan-
cial literacy and consumer advocacy
program.
• Kadima/JFS, Southfield and West
Bloomfield: $20,000 for the final year
of a three-year grant to create a sup-
port program for families of children
with emotional disorders:
• Matrix Theater Company, Detroit:
$25,000 for the final year of a three-
year grant to include people with
special needs in community-based
theater productions.
•Yeshivas Darchei Torah/Beth
Yehudah/Akiva, Oak Park and
Southfield: $15,000 for the final year of a
three-year grant to develop and expand
physical education programs in the
Orthodox Jewish day schools. LI

On Thursday, Sept. 18, Friends of the
IDF will hold a fundraising luncheon
to support socio-economically disad-
vantaged combat soldiers and grant full
four-year scholarships to those who have
completed military service.
The event will take place at 11:45 a.m.
at Tam O'Shanter Country Club in West
Bloomfield. Tickets are $136. All pro-
ceeds will benefit the IMPACT! program.
There will be a live auction and a raffle.
Call Tamir Oppenheim: (248) 926-4110.
Special guests will be First Lt. Or
Greenbaum of the 71st Tank Battalion,
who was platoon commander during
the incident in which soldier Gilad Shalit
was abducted. Also speaking will be
Atara Barak, the sister of the late Hanan
who was killed during the abduction of
Gilad.

