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Sojourns in the Shadowlands

Artists'Talk and Presentation II Mixed media art by Hans Molzberger and Michael
Roque Collins reminds us of the Holocaust's inhumanity and conveys hope and healing.

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Never Let It Rest

Sunday, January 11, 2015 Exhibit Opening Event 7:00 p.m.

» Different Streams Conservative, Reform rabbis
share views on their own movements. See page 18.

» Highly Principled

Carl Levin's legacy recounted
by Contributing Editor Robert Sklar. See page 26.

» Angels And Dreamers

DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

metro

Sixth-grader fulfills
dream of reading to sick children. See page 16.

Child life specialist Amanda Lefkov holds
the microphone while Miranda Freedman
reads Rumble in the Jungle.

» cover story

Something
To Bark
About

A tail-wagging idea
helps keep dogs safe and
well-trained.

Writer

Shelli Liebman Dorfman
Contributing

F

rom Sean Kelly's heartbreaking loss of his
family dog, Roxie, when she was hit by
a car, came the
motivation to design a
device that could prevent
other pets from the same
fate. The dachshund-mix
pup got lost in the dark
chasing a squirrel and
was killed after running
into the street. From that
sad experience, Kelly was
inspired to create WUF,
Former Detroiter
the World's Smartest
Jonathan Ozeran
Dog Collar, crafted to
is WUF's chief
train dogs to stay within
technology officer.
a designed area and to
track them if they don't.
Kelly is chief executive officer of WUF, a Boulder,
Colo.-based wearable technology startup he co-
founded along with chief marketing officer Lizelle
van Vuuren and former Detroiter Jonathan Ozeran,
who serves as chief technology officer.

80 local Jewish moms
learn more about Judaism
and themselves in Israel.

Barbara Lewis I Contributing Writer

Above: Detroit moms Renee Roth,
Debbie Pearlman, Elise Otis, Randi
Langan, Jennifer Dudovitz, Lisa Knoll
Klein and Jennifer Arkin Camens.

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ould the Jewish mother be the most potent weapon
in the fight against assimilation and decreasing sup-
port for Israel?
The Jewish Women's Renaissance Program (JWRP), which
partners with the Israeli government and more than 100 orga-
nizations around the world, is betting on it.
In partnership with Aish Detroit, JWRP's flagship program,
Momentum, recently brought 80 Detroit-area Jewish moms to
Israel for an eight-day travel and education experience. They
joined more than 300 women from Denver, Houston, Las
Vegas, New York-New Jersey, Portland, Ore., and Washington,
D.C.
JWRP was formed in 2008 and started leading moms' mis-
sions to Israel the following year. Aish Detroit has been a part-
ner since the beginning.
Momentum aims to bring Jewish knowledge, values and
spirituality into the home and, through the moms, to make
an impact on the entire family. In addition to Aish Detroit,
partner organizations include Jewish federations, Jewish com-
munity centers and outreach organizations.
Aish's previous mission was last July. Until now, the
Detroit groups have been small, averaging about 10 women.
December's trip was the first "mega" moms' mission, said Aish
associate director Estie Tolwin of Huntington Woods.

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