Front Lines

Aiding Soldiers

FIDF dinner patrons show they care.

Keri Guten Cohen
Story Development Editor

W

hen Shari Kaufman of
Orchard Lake made an
appeal to the more than
800 people attending the 14th annual
dinner of the Friends of the Israel
Defense Forces Michigan Chapter, she
showed the faces of 17 Israeli soldiers
needing academic scholarships on
big screens at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek in Southfield.
You could hear murmurs of interest
in the crowd as they looked at the faces
of these soldiers who had defended
Israel, soldiers who came from disad-
vantaged backgrounds who wanted to
pursue higher education and needed
help. By the end of the evening, all 17
had their scholarships through the
LDF's IMPACT! Scholarship Program.
Sponsoring a soldier for four years cost
$4,000 per year for four years — and
makes the donors part of their lives and
their futures.
Attendees heard from Maj. Gen.
Gadi Shamni, Israel Defense and
Armed Forces attache to the United
States and Canada before honoring
David and Kelly Victor of Bloomfield
Hills for their community involve-
ment. David Victor is chairman of the
board of the American Israel Public
Affairs Committee and its immediate

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Maj. Gen. (Res.) Yitzhak Gershon, Friends of the IDF national director;

honorees David Victor and Kelly Victor of Bloomfield Hills; Alon Kaufman of

Orchard Lake, chairman of FIDF Michigan Chapter; Maj. Gen. Gadi Shamni,

Israel Defense and Armed Forces attache to the United States and Canada;

Gary Shiffman of West Bloomfield, president of FIDF Michigan Chapter

past president. Kelly serves on the
board of Farmington Hills-based
Hillel Day School.
A highlight of the evening was a
surprise visit from the IDF sergeant
shot in the stomach during the ter-
rorism incident with the Turkish
flotilla at the end of May. His name
was witheld for security reasons.
"I was not expecting to be
attacked," he said. "Five terrorists
beat me with metal pipes and knives.
It was the first time I thought I
would die. It warms my heart to see
all this support. I thank you. It helps
to know you care so much."

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