Jewish Senior Life of
Metropolitan Detroit
SAVE THE DOE!
SUNDAY, MO 3, 2015
EIGHT
EIGHTY
ip The Tikkun Olam Award
NOMINATE - DON'T BE LATE!
WHAT:
Eight Over Eighty — The Tikkun Olam Award
Eight Over Eighty is an annual event where Jewish Senior Life
of Metropolitan Detroit honors eight senior adults, eighty
years or older, who have dedicated their time, talents and lives
to our community.
WHY
To recognize eight senior adults for their lifetime achievements
WHEN:
Sunday, May 3, 2015, LUNCHEON 11:30 AM (Dietary laws observed)
WHERE: Adat Shalom Synagogue, Farmington Hills
her husband, Avishay, and their son, Ori, 14 months
Detroiters In Israel
How to Nominate:
Federation-sponsored group grows
from Thanksgiving meal to more.
Write or email JSL describing the
worthiness of the nominee.
Please include (as applicable):
• Name, age and telephone number
of nominee and telephone number
of the nominator
• Years of volunteer service
• Involvement in Jewish organizations
and causes
• Leadership positions held
• Current accomplishments
• Letters and newspaper articles
supporting nominee's
accomplishments
• Explain how the nominee's long-
standing activities exemplify a
commitment to the Jewish value of
Tikkun Olam (Repairing The World)
• Is at least 80 years old?
• Has been a long-standing
volunteer in the community?
• Is active or volunteering today?
• Is dedicated to maintaining
strong Jewish values?
• Is an inspiring leader or mentor
in the community?
Honorees will be recognized at a
community luncheon held May 3rd
during Older American's Month
Amy Gross
Special to the Jewish News
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Mail or email nominations to
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Eight Over Eighty
Jewish Senior Life of Metro Detroit
15000 W. Ten Mile
Oak Park, MI 48237
Attn: Michelle Buda
mbuda@jslmi.org
(248) 592-1101
JEWISH SENIOR LIFE
Or nominate on-line at
www.jslmi.org
Proceeds will benefit:
The JSL Kosher Meal Program
NOW OPEN!
FREE
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Amy Gross hosted the Detroiters in Israel Thanksgiving meal this year with
Nominations are due by January 12, 2015
Do you know
a deserving
older adult who...
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y name is Amy Gross and
I'm a "Detroiter in Israel."
I made aliyah several years
ago. I live with my husband, Avishay
Nachon, and our 14-month-old son, Ori,
in Giva'atyim, a small city near Tel Aviv.
We hosted the third annual Detroiters in
Israel Thanksgiving celebration in our
home.
I helped launch this initiative. I saw
groups of Detroiters getting together in
various cities around the U.S and said
we have to do the same here in Israel.
With the full support of the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and
led by Yoav Raban, Federation's out-
reach and engagement coordinator in
Israel, we were able to create this social
network for Detroiters living in Israel.
We organize holidays, social events
and programs, provide them with a local
resource, a support system if needed and
act as a connection between them and
Israelis from Detroit's Partnership2Gether
region, the Central Galilee.
Our Thanksgiving dinner is our big-
gest and most successful event.
Thanksgiving is the one holiday
where people from all different back-
grounds pack up and head home to be
with loved ones for the long weekend
full of food, football, shopping and qual-
ity family time.
When you can't go home (because
you're 5,000 miles away), it's easy to feel
homesick this time of year.
This event is so special because it pro-
vides our community in Israel with the
feeling of an extended Detroit family by
bringing everyone together under one
roof for a special evening of food and
football — the way we do it in Detroit.
We packed my apartment full of
Metro Detroiters and Israelis from our
partnership region for a traditional
Thanksgiving feast.
I was blown away to see so many
young adults from our area living in
Israel for various reasons.
On Dec. 18, our group headed to
Haifa to celebrate Chanukah together in
the home of another Detroiter in Israel,
Matthew Kaminsky.
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Detroiters Jessica Curhan and Stephanie Horwitz celebrate Thanksgiving
with Federation's Yoav Raban, center, and Ofer Shapira from the Central
Galilee.