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What A Mitzvah!
Another Mitzvah Day (Dec. 25) has
come and gone, and this year we broke
many records!
• More than 925 volunteers were
placed in sites, more than any other year;
• We were joined by 40 Muslim vol-
unteers, adding a new dimension to the
volunteer experience;
• We were at 61 sites, eight more than
last year;
• Major news coverage, including an
Associated Press article that was picked
up by 250-plus news outlets all over the
world, including Manilla, Israel and the
Philippians.
We are so appreciative of the many
people who supported the Detroit
Jewish community's annual volunteer
mega-event. Special thanks to the staff
of the Jewish Community Center in
Oak Park; they were amazing to work
with. Also, the 60-plus team captains
who took on extra responsibilities to
assure their sites went smoothly and the
incredible team of staff and lay leaders
who greeted everyone and answered
questions on Mitzvah Day.
Thank you to all who volunteered and all
those who tried to volunteer this year. The
desire shown by so many in our commu-
nity to help others is always heartwarming.
Next year, with Christmas falling on
Shabbat, we are looking forward to cre-
ating a different type of mitzvah experi-
ence for our community.
Thank you for being a part of Jewish
Detroit. We care. We help. We give.
Micki Grossman, Stephanie Rosenbaum,
Mitzvah Day co-chairs
Gail Greenberg, Jewish Federation staff
Michael Daitch, Allan Gale, Jewish
Community Relations Council staff
Bloomfield Township
In Support Of Israel
It was heartening to read about mem-
bers of our community challenging the
Israel-haters at Wayne State University
in Detroit on Dec. 10.
With all of the misinformation being
spread by groups like Jewish Voice for
Peace, its more important than ever
that we Jews learn all we can about the
current situation in Israel and the true
motives behind groups like JVP.
More of us need also to speak out
and challenge their speakers in free and
open debate.
I've been to two JVP events. They are
more pro-Palestinian than pro-peace.A lit-
tle education is all anyone needs to notice
the flaws and holes in their arguments.
But in the end, it is up to all of us to
get that education and learn the facts in
order to counter groups like JVP.
Harry Onickel
6 January 14 • 2010
Ferndale
BBYO Does Rock!
Thank you for the wonderful coverage
of BBYO's recent regional convention
("BBYO Rocks," Jan. 7, page 13). BBYO
is proud to serve our Jewish communi-
ty teen movement engaging more than
1,200 Jewish teens from all segments
of our community.
BBYO wishes to thank our commu-
nal partners who made RC possible,
including our more than 300 judges
and volunteers, the Jewish Community
Center of Metropolitan Detroit as well
as Temple Israel and Congregation
Beth Ahm, both in West Bloomfield.
For those who attended or partici-
pated in RC this year, you witnessed
the strength of our teens' spirit and the
support they gave each other through-
out the week. BBYO is more active than
ever before and it truly does "rock" in
this community. For those of you who
missed RC, I welcome you to attend
other upcoming BBYO programs. You
won't regret a minute.
To maintain our innovative Judaic,
community service and our leader-
ship programming, BBYO relies on this
community's generosity. Because of
cutbacks from national donors, BBYO
in Michigan must double its local
fundraising to merely maintain the
current level of programming.
A recent alumni survey shows that
"BBYO is the glue that sticks"; BBYO
alumni are more likely to raise their
children Jewish, marry Jewish, support
Israel, and much more.
If you were in BBYO as a teen, if
your children or grandchildren had
a positive BBYO experience, or if you
simply care about nurturing our com-
munity's next generation — our future
— please support BBYO's 2010 Annual
Campaign and the 1,200 Jewish teens
we serve.
Arthur Siegal, chairman
Michigan BBYO Commission
Beverly Hills