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VOTESP.
The Community Gets To Choose
Recipients Of $50,000 Allocation

initiatives
• Family — those with critical needs,
including families, individuals with disabili-
ties, seniors and the unemployed
• Spirit — Jewish culture, identity and
community-building in Metro Detroit
• Future — Jewish life on campus and
among the next generation
• Homeland — programs and organiza-
tions that benefit Israelis.
At the website, community members can
learn about the specific agencies and Jewish
organizations that support these areas.
"Our community's informed opinions —
as well as engagement and participation in
our Annual Campaign — are vitally impor-
tant to Jewish local and global community
strength:' says Sandy Muskovitz Danto,
2014 Federation campaign and commu-
nity development co-chair. "We encourage
everyone in the community to cast their
votes. It's all a part of being an active, caring
member of our Federation family"
You can vote now through April 4, at
www. jewishdetroit.org/vote.
For information, call Lisa Cutler at (248)
203-1458 or email cutler@jfmd.org .

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• There's No Business like Show
Business: Jewish Musical Tradition in
America with Professor Howard Lupovitch.
A look at the Jewish influence on American
music starting with the Jewish immigrants
and their Yiddish musical roots; exploring
Irving Berlin and the Gershwins and Jews
in musical theater; the folk music revival,
Jews and Motown; and Jews and rock and
roll. Tuesday evenings beginning March 18.
• The Many Faces of Elijah the Prophet
with Rabbi Stephen Belsky. Starting with
the upcoming Passover encounter and
through a trail of evidence over 2,500
years, the class will track the ever-elusive
and ever-changing prophet and try to
understand what it is that keeps him com-
ing back to us and us to him. Thursday
evenings beginning March 20.
• The Book of Exodus: Text and Texture
with Rabbi Joseph Klein. The course will
take a close reading of the Exodus narra-
tives looking for new messages and mean-
ing beneath the surface. Monday evenings
beginning March 24.

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he Jewish Musical Tradition in
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Early Christianity; Gender Roles
through the Ages; and The Many Faces of
Elijah the Prophet are only a few of the
more than dozen new classes being offered
this spring through Federation's FedEd
(adult education) department.
Adults have the opportunity to study
with leading rabbis, educators and scholars
to explore the Bible, Jewish history, litera-
ture, art and philosophy. With no home-
work, tests or grades, FedEd offers learning
for pleasure, not pressure.
Convenient day and evening classes
are available six days a week. All classes
take place at the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit in Bloomfield
Township.
Highlights coming in March:
• Ripped from the Headlines: What
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hile the essence of what
the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit does is
simple — raising funds for critical com-
munity needs — the way it works remains
mysterious to many people. With the goal
to engage and inform the community,
Federation has launched Jewish Detroit
Votes 2014 — a bold social media initiative
inviting community participation to deter-
mine how a special $50,000 grant from the
2014 Challenge Fund will be used.
"Federation's Annual Campaign has
always been about the community voice
says Lisa Cutler, director of campaign and
community development at the Federation.
"But here's an opportunity to hear from
every corner of the community, donors and
non-donors alike.
"Jewish Detroit Votes 2014 is a great
way for people to gain insight into what
Federation does, specifically by weighing
in on how this one-time $50,000 alloca-
tion will be distributed among five areas of
Jewish community service:"
• Knowledge — Jewish community day
schools, educational programs and learning

New FedEd Judaic Studies
Classes To Begin In March

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