for college students by college students LIFETIME from page 28 From left to right: Corey Berkowitz, Allison Berman, Kale Davidoff, Becca Gold, Erin Kaplan From left to right: Melanie Lubin, Yelena Pliskina, Seth Samuels, Stephanie Steinberg, Carrie Subelsky Jewish@ edu staff • • Special thanks to all Hillels in Michigan for contributions. supervising staff Chief Operating Officer I F. Kevin Browett Creative Director I Deorah Schultz Editorial Director I Robert Sklar Executive Editor I Keri Guten Cohen Sales Director I Keith Farber IT Director I Deanna Spivey 11 Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Supported by a generous grant from Federation's Stephen H. Schulman Millennium Fund. ALLIANCE FOR JEWISH EDUCATION A Jewish Renaissance Media publication © 2010, Southfield, Michigan August 26 • 2010 Yelena Pliskina, 22, of Farmington Hills is a graduate student at Wayne State University in Detroit. Check with your school's Hillel for Birthright Israel options. Hillel Calendar U-M: • Hillel Staff At Dorms, Aug. 31-Sept. 2, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Look for Hillel staff and student leaders in Michigan-in-Hebrew shirts in your dorms to welcome you to U-M. Stop us for free stuff and info about Hillel. www.umhillel.org MSU: • Welcome Back Brunch, Aug. 29, noon-4 p.m. at Hillel. Bagels, lox, kugel and more. Free to MSU students and families. RSVP to audrey@msuhillel.org to ensure enough food. DETROIT JEWISH NEWS • First-Year Students of Hillel (FYSH) Dairy Store, Aug. 31, 4 p.m. MSU Dairy Store, 1140 South Anthony Hall. Meet other FYSHs and enjoy FREE ice cream! Learn about Hillel and how you can get involved. RSVP to robyn@msuhillel.org . www.msuhillel.org. For more Hillel calendar items, look in next week's jewish@edu extra! Where do you want to go? What do you want to be? Whatever your aspirations, Wayne State University can help you answer those questions. Wayne State holds the Carnegie Foundation's highest designation for research activity — a distinction shared by only 3.6 percent of U.S. universities. And that means the men and women who teach at Wayne State are creating the knowledge that will change the \vorld of tomorro\t': Whether your field is alternative energy technology, the life sciences, the fine arts or any of our hundreds of other excellent graduate and professional programs, you'll : find that discovery begins at Wayne State. Come be a part of it, and become the leader you're destined to be. Visit wayne.edu to find out more. 30 unique aspect of our trip. They helped show us Israel from their viewpoint; and, in return, we gave them insight into how Americans live. Now that I have returned, I have been partici- pating in more Jewish organized events through Hillel of Metro Detroit and Federation's Young Adult Division. Israel did teach me a lot about Judaism, the culture and the history; but with each day, I am continuously learning. I recommend this trip to all people interested in learning more about Israel and themselves. I'm glad I went and know my experience will stay with me for my lifetime. @ editorial: (248) 351-5144 • kcohen@thejewishnews.com Reporters: Corey Berkowitz, Michigan State University; Allison Berman, University of Michigan; Kale Davidoff, MSU; Becca Gold, Grand Valley State University; Erin Kaplan, Western Michigan University; Melanie Lubin, Indiana University; Yelena Pliskina, Wayne State University; Seth Samuels, U-M; Stephanie Steinberg, U-M; Carrie Subelsky, Grand Valley State University r about their culture and touring all the historic sites that help establish Israel's unity. In addition to learning about the history, I learned a lot from our staff: Neil Cantor, HMD's director of Jewish Student Life; Rabbi Daniel Schwartz of Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield; and our Israeli tour guide Sara Salzer, who knew more about Israel than I thought possible. We had a medic/armed guard named Parag as well as Lazzar, our bus driver. Without these five people, the trip would not have been the same. In addition to the 40 Detroiters, there were eight Israelis from Federation's Partnership 2000 region in the Central Galilee. The Israelis were with us the entire time, which was another \ A) NE STATE AIM HIGHER