Metro Active Defense from page 24 Women's Power from page 25 flotilla incident. "People going on regular tours in Israel are completely safe,' she said. "If they are not looking for trouble, they will not find it. My family is in Israel; my friends are there. There is no fear in the streets:' A more pressing issue for Gil is the exis- tential threat from a nuclear Iran. She credits the United States and the United Nations Security Council for taking steps to force Iran to make a choice: between its economy and the bomb. "Iran is not Israel's problem',' Gil said. "It is a Western problem. [Iran President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad says his missiles are pointed at Jerusalem and Rome." The real target of Iranian Islamists is the Western world, she said. She said much more had to be done by the international community to rein in Iran. Its most vulnerable area is oil, she said, because Iran is dependent on exporting oil and on importing refined oil products. As for the subject Gil would rather be talking about, she pointed to Israel's 62 years of achievement since her independence in 1948. "Think about Syria, Jordan, countries in Southeast Asia and Pakistan',' all created about the same time as Israel, she said. "Where are they now and where are we?" She pointed to many Israeli achievements: • Despite all the threats throughout her existence, Israel has never called off an elec- tion. • Israel has thousands of organizations committed to democracy and is one of the most advanced countries in the world in terms of rights for immigrants, gays and women. • Israel has a strong army, but there has never been talk of a military coup. • Israel, a country of 7 million, is the world leader in book publishing, with approxi- mately 15 new books published each day. • Israel is No.1 is the number of cultural (not sports or movie) tickets bought per capita. • Israel and Canada are the only non- American countries with stocks listed on the NASDAQ exchange. •Israel is No. 2 in the world in the number of technology startup companies. kosher meal and holiday programs already offered. Community partners include the Flint YMCA and the Flint Public Library. • $15,000 to JFS to support out- reach and part-time staffing to con- nect Jewish women who are newly diagnosed with cancer with profes- sionally matched, one-to-one mentor- ing relationships with Jewish women who are cancer survivors. • $12,000 to the Jewish Federation's Alliance for Jewish Education "Madrichim Training Program for Religious Schools," to develop a training manual and to train a cadre of teen girls to work in seven area religious schools with special-needs students. • $5,000 to Congregation Ahavat Shalom in Traverse City for "Lomedet: The Learned Jewish Women's Project," to build a Jewish educational program for women in the Traverse City area. • $9,000 to JFS for a fourth year of support for the Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse. This year's funding will be used to build a pro- fessional advisory board, develop ❑ The Bloomfield Township-based Jewish Community Relations Council of Metropolitan Detroit arranged Orli Gil's June 23 visit to the JN. subcommittees for teens, college stu- dent organizations and elder adults; and for an educational outreach training video. • $5,000 to National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Detroit Section, for Safe Place, the area's only kosher domestic violence shelter. • $4,900 in a third-year disburse- ment for "Women Promote Health in the Central Galilee," a community center based women's health and leadership project in Israel. The following critical needs alloca- tions total $20,000: • $7,600 to JFS for emergency financial assistance for families with children to support basic and imme- diate living expenses. • $6,600 to the Jewish Community Center's "Kids All Together" and "Teens All Together" inclusion and main-streaming programs for chil- dren with special needs for summer day-camp and on-the-job training opportunities. • $5,800 to the JCC's Pitt Child Care Center, to provide day-care scholar- ships for the children of needy work- ing mothers. For information about the Jewish Women's Foundation or its events, go to www.jewishdetroit.org/jwf or contact Helen Katz, (248) 203- 1483 or katz@jfmd.org . 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