Engaging Our
Young Professionals:
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April 15-21, 2010
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Vol. CXXXVII, No. 11
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"The most important ... is our link
to the survivors."
SE MI Jewish Alliance
Young Adult Opportunities 22
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Job listings, events, profiles and successes!
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YEARBOOK
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Open To All Grads
II high school graduating seniors in Michigan who are
Jewish are invited to participate in our 2010 Cap &
Gown Yearbook.
It will be published May 20, but the deadline for editorial
listings of a student's achievements is April 30. The deadline
for congratulatory advertisements is May 11.
For complete information for both listings and ads, go to
JNonline.us and click on the Cap & Gown button at the top
of the home page.
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George Cantor
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Robert Sklar
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Teen2Teen
Is The Gap For You? TT1
Israel gap-year programs attract Jewish teens.
Fitness
Walk For Chessed 44
Community rally to help uninsured residents.
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Midwest Tech Fest 34
Conference to focus on social media
and digital technology.
Spirituality
Seeking Wisdom 36
New book explores stories of friendship
and faith.
On The Cover:
Reel Life 45
Festival films reflect the Jewish experience.
Julie Yaker and Margie Yaker
are
sisters in law who share more than
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a last name: both are Hebrew Free
Loan Board members, and they are
working together to tell the agency's
story to a new generation of Jewish
community members.
Please join Julie, Margie, and
many of your friends and neighbors,
for a Hebrew Free Loan Tzedakah
Afternoon at Shalom Street Museum.
Parents, grandparents, aunts and
uncles are invited to bring children to
experience games and activities in
Shalom Street's exhibit, A Walk
Through Jerusalem. Story time for
kids, and a short presentation on
HFL for adults, will begin at 1:30 p.m.
S donation to Shalom Street
admits one family to this fun-filled
afternoon.
Please bring your loose change to
feed the Giant Tzedakah Machine!
It's fun to watch your coins travel the
maze of money, with all proceeds
donated to Hebrew Free Loan to
help local families.
Join us Sunday, April 25
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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Tzedakah Afternoon
Shalom Street Museum
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