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JVS and Federation's
NEXTGen team up
to host inaugural
networking event.

Brandeis lifts honor
to Islam critic.

ombining resources,
expertise and access to
business leaders in the
Jewish community, JVS
and the Jewish Federation's NEXTGen
Business Hub have teamed up to
create NEXTWork — a new series of
networking events geared for young
professionals seeking to build careers
in the Detroit area. The inaugural
event in the series, generously
underwritten by Nancy and James
Grosfeld, will be held from 6-7:30
p.m. on Tuesday, May 13, at Shinola,
441 W. Canfield, Detroit.
At the NEXTWork event, young
professionals will have the opportunity
to meet and network with a star-
studded roster of influential and
inspirational business leaders in the
community including Jacques Panis,
president of Shinola, who will be
on hand to address the group. Craft
beer, wine and hors d'oeurvres will be
served. Dietary laws will be observed.
"We are fortunate to have so
many successful entrepreneurs and
business people in our Detroit Jewish
community," said Sara Wohl, co-chair
of the NEX1Work event with Benji
Rosenzweig. "We often hear that
young professionals want to connect
and learn from this community. The
synergies at work between JVS and
Federation's NEXTGen in hosting
this event will offer unparalleled
opportunities for networking."
Rosenzweig, a past JVS board
member, agreed and added, "I have
been a recipient of JVS's services.
I am grateful that they were there
when I needed help transitioning from
one career to another. In partnering
with NEXTGen now, JVS can help
young professionals tap the growing
opportunities we see in the Detroit
market. The event we have planned
is just one of the many ways our
Jewish community is pulling together
to support young people working to
build their future here."
Cost is $10 per person through
May 6; $15 per person until May
9. Register at www.jewishdetroit.
org/events/nextwork. Registration
will close on Friday, May 9. Space is
limited. ❑

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Sean Savage

JNS.org

fter facing pressure from

faculty members, students
and an outside Muslim
advocacy group, Brandeis University
said April 8 that it is rescinding its deci-
sion to award an honorary degree to
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a women's rights activ-
ist and critic of Islam, over her "past
statements that are inconsistent with
Brandeis University's core values:'
Born in Somalia to a strict Muslim
family and raised in Kenya, Hirsi Ali
survived civil war, female genital muti-
lation, abuse and an arranged marriage.
She later fled to the Netherlands.
Hirsi Ali became an outspoken pro-
ponent of women's rights, especially in
the Muslim world, and a staunch critic of
Islam, which she views as at war with the
West. She's been accused of Islamophobia
for calling Islam a "backwards religion"
and a "destructive nihilistic cult of death'
that legitimizes murder.
Pressure against her honorary degree
had mounted from Brandeis faculty
members and students, as well as from
the Council on American-Islamic
Relations (CAIR). More than 85 out of
350 professors at Brandeis wrote to uni-
versity President Frederick Lawrence,
and students launched a petition that
garnered nearly 7,000 signatures, urging
rescinding of Hirsi Ali's award.
But in light of the school's past deci-
sions to honor American playwright
and screenwriter Tony Kushner and
South African Bishop Desmond Tutu,
who have both made anti-Israel or anti-
Semitic remarks, some are accusing
Brandeis of applying a double standard.
"That Brandeis withstood Zionist
unhappiness in 2006, and went ahead
to award an honorary degree to Tony
Kushner, points to who today really has
power in the United States — and even
in the Jewish community:' Middle East
Forum President Dr. Daniel Pipes said.
"Clearly, Brandeis capitulated to Islamist
pressure, spearheaded by the Council on
American-Islamic Relations, an organi-
zation founded by Islamic terrorists:'
CAIR has come under fire for its ties
to the Palestinian terrorist organiza-
tion Hamas through the Holy Land
Foundation, as well as for being a plat-
form for "conspiratorial Israel-bashers
and outright anti-Semites:' according to
the Anti-Defamation League. ❑

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