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Identity-building Israel trips
gain huge Detroit support.
"Detroit has a very active and
vibrant Jewish community that
always gave more on a per capita
basis than other larger — and
often-times more affluent
Jewish metropolitan areas."
• Maintain personal financial
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personal financial services to a
- Birthright's Robert Aronson
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June 3 • 2010
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Some 2,000 young Jews from Detroit
have gone to Israel with Birthright Israel
he Birthright Israel Foundation
in the decade of the program's existence,
raised more than $400,000 at a
but an equal number have been left
parlor meeting in Metro Detroit, behind for lack of funds. Last winter,
held with the goal of slashing the Jewish
as Birthright Israel registration soared,
identity-building program's local waitlist. Detroit sent 78 participants on trips
The new gifts, pledged
while 205 stayed home.
during a 90-person event at
Among the pledges at the
the Birmingham home of
event was a $25,000 gift by
Elise and David Schostak,
Sue and Alan Kaufman of
will move Jewish young
Bloomfield Hills earmarked
BIRTHRIGH T ISRAEL
adults from Metro Detroit's
FOUND ATION
to reduce the Birthright
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waitlist onto buses bound
Israel waitlist at Michigan
for Israel. Birthright Israel
State University. The cam-
Foundation President
pus-specific gift is another
Robert Aronson, formerly the CEO and
signpost for Birthright Israel, according
currently the senior development adviser to Aronson.
of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
"This is another way of thinking
Detroit, said he expected nothing less
about giving to Birthright Israel;' he
from the Motor City
said after the event. "If you care about
"Detroit has a very active and vibrant
Jewish students at your child's alma
Jewish community that always gave
mater or your own, get them a seat on a
more on a per capita basis than other
Birthright Israel bus."
larger — and often-times more affluent
Since its launch in 1999, the
Birthright Israel program has provided
— Jewish metropolitan areas:' Aronson
said. "It has a deeply ingrained philan-
free educational peer group trips to
Israel to 250,000 Jewish young adults
thropic culture'
Federation was an event partner.
ages 18 to 26 from around the world.
"It isn't just that there was a lot of
The first-ever study of the long-term
money raised — but that there were a
impact of the trips, published this year
by Brandeis University, shows that
lot of gifts',' said host David Schostak.
Birthright Israel is achieving its original
"The concept that the money being
raised was staying local was a significant objectives of enhancing participants'
selling point and many in the room real- personal Jewish identity and connec-
tion to the Jewish people, closing the
ized that the two matches in play were
going to give a lot of leverage."
gap between Israel and Jewish commu-
nities around the world and strength-
A local one-time Motor City Match
ening the sense of solidarity among
was announced at the event, the
proceeds of which will be matched
world Jewry. I_ I
dollar-for-dollar by Birthright Israel
Foundation's Adelson/New Founders
Visit www.birthrightisrael.org for more
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information.
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