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strength of the American Israel
Public Affairs Committee, which
pushes for such statements.
Emphasizing Palestinian respon-
sibility for the impasse is likely to
remain the standard for pro-Israel
members on Capitol Hill given the
resumption last week of rocket
attacks from the Hamas-controlled
Gaza Strip on Israel's south and the
bombing at a Jerusalem bus stop.
Within hours of the bombing,
AIPAC circulated a fundraising
letter telling potential donors that
"with a special contribution of $50,
$100, $250:' they could help the
lobby shepherd more than $3 bil-
lion in promised defense assistance
to Israel through Congress. The
letter cited the Jerusalem bomb-
ing and other attacks and said,
"Anything less than a full commit-
ment to Israel's security would send
the wrong message at this critical
time'
AIPAC later apologized for issu-
ing a fundraising appeal citing the
terrorist attack just hours after the
bombing.
Soon after, Congress members
close to AIPAC were issuing state-
ments backing full funding for
Israel, despite across-the-board U.S.
budget cuts.
"Israel remains under siege by
extremist elements',' said a state-
ment from the office of Rep. Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), the chair-
woman of the House Foreign Affairs
Committee. "Violence against Israel
perpetrated by extremist groups is
relentless and illustrates the need for
the U.S. to continue to provide robust
security assistance to our key ally"
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the
House majority leader, directly
linked the attacks to Palestinian
incitement.
"We must use the recent attacks
to address the root cause of this
violence: anti-Israel incitement in
Palestinian mosques, schools and
media — and the blanket refusal
on the part of the Palestinians to
accept Israel's right to exist that it
has created;' he said. —
Israel May Cancel
Argentinian's Visit
Jerusalem (JTA) — Israel may cancel a visit by
Argentina's foreign minister after a report that
the South American country told Iran it would
stop investigating two bombings of Jewish tar-
gets in exchange for better trade relations.
Argentinian Foreign
Minister Hector Timerman
is scheduled to visit Israel
next week. Israeli Foreign
Ministry officials are wait-
ing for a response from their
Argentinian counterparts on
the veracity of a report in a
weekly
Argentinian newspa-
Hector
per
before
deciding how to
Timerman
handle the visit, according to
Israeli news reports.
Timerman, who is Jewish, made the offer
during a visit to Syria in January, Perfil reported
over the weekend. According to Perfil, Argentina
was hoping the deal would lead to more trade
with Iran, which is currently estimated at $1.2
billion a year.
Under the reported deal, which is based on a
FEDERATION'S WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT
2011/2012 SLATE
classified Iranian document, Argentina would
drop its investigations into the 1992 bombing of
the Israeli Embassy in Argentina, which killed
29 and injured 242, and the 1994 bombing of the
AMIA Jewish Center in Buenos Aires, in which 85
people were killed and more than 300 injured.
Iran is accused of being behind the attacks.
Bank Leumi Settles
On Payout On Shoah
Jerusalem (JTA) — Bank Leumi has agreed to
pay nearly $37 million to the heirs of Holocaust
victims and to projects that help Israeli survivors.
The Israeli bank reached a settlement Sunday
with Hashava-The Company for Location and
Restitution of Holocaust Victims' Assets, a com-
pany started by the Israeli government in 2006.
The agreement, worked out through arbitra-
tion, falls short of Hashava's nearly $85 million
lawsuit filed against the bank in 2009 attempting
to recover money deposited in more than 3,500
bank accounts in the then-Anglo-Palestine Bank
before World War II by Jews who died in the
Holocaust. Hashava has asked two other Israeli
banks, Mizrahi Tefahot and Mercantile, to return
Holocaust victims' money deposited with them.
IC Jewish
Federation
of Metropolitan Detroit
WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT
The Women's Department of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit is proud to announce its Slate of Officers and Board members who will be elected and
installed at the 65th Annual Meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at 9:15 a.m. at the Jewish Community Center, Jimmy Prentis Morris Building, 15110 W. Ten
Mile Rd., Oak Park, MI. All women in the community are invited to attend. Please call the Women's Department at 248-642-4260, ext. 202, for additional information.
The Chair of the Nominating Committee was Susie Citrin and the members included the following:
Amy Berlin
Stacy Brodsky
Jodi Goodman
Roz Blanck
Marcy Feldman
Leah Trosch
Ex-Officio
Marcie Orley and Susie Pappas
Nominated Officers
Campaign Vice-President
Barbara Horowitz
President
Marcie Orley
Betsy Heuer
Associate Campaign Chair
Roz Blanck
Education Vice-Presidents
Patrice Phillips
Karen Simmons
Corresponding Secretary
Leah Trosch
Recording Secretary
Judi Schram
Designates to Board of Governors
Roz Blanck
Judy Kepes
Nominated Board Members
Norma Dorman
Joan Chernoff Epstein
First Three-Year Term Ending 2014
Betsy Heuer
Pamela Lippitt
Miriam Forman
Natalie Newman
Julie Goldstein
Phyllis Pilcowitz
Second Three-Year Term Ending 2014
Stacy Brodsky
Elyse Foltyn
Terri Farber Roth
Carolyn Tisdale
Sharon Eisenshtadt
Anessa Kramer
Jeanne Maxbauer
Amy Shefman
Nancy Stone
Lori Weisberg
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Lauren Daitch
Judy Elson
Dottie Levitsky
Gail Mayer
Malke Torgow
Re-nominated for Advisory Service Council
Roz Blanck
Barbara Bloom
Kim Dickstein
Marcy Feldman
Marilyn Goldberg
Rose Rita Goldman
Cheryl Guyer
Jan Hauser
Nancy Jacobson
Marjorie Kurzmann
Sissi Lapides
Dee dee Perlman
Rosalie Rosen
Selma Schwartz
Donna Slatkin
Leah Snider
Jessie Stern
Trudy Weiss
In accordance with the Federation's Women's Department Bylaws, Article IX. Sections 1 - 3:
Section 1: Elections shall take place at the Annual Meeting of the Women's Department membership.
Section 2: Notification of the Annual Meeting shall include the slate to be presented for election. The slate also shall be made a matter of public notice to the membership at least
thirty (30) days prior to the date of the Annual Meeting.
Section 3: Additional nominations may be made by petition, signed by twenty-five (25) members of Women's Department and submitted at least one (1) week prior to the Annual
Meeting, provided that such nominees have consented to serve if elected.
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