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Jewish Community Relations Council
convenes meeting with Sen. Peters.
Israel’s security needs with Peters since
the senate’s September vote.
The Flint water crisis, U.S. refugee
policy, programs for the difficult-
to-employ, campaign finance,
Washington, D.C., gridlock, homeland
security, ISIS, Michigan’s economic
recovery, and science and technology
funding were among the other issues
discussed.
JCRC Executive Director David
Kurzmann opened the program, which
was chaired by JCRC Vice President
Mary Ellen Gurewitz. The meeting is
part of JCRC’s ongoing effort to share
Jewish communal priorities with
Michigan’s elected representatives.
A first lieutenant from the
IDF’s Paratroopers Brigade
bears the Israeli flag at the
main entrance to the Birkenau
camp (Auschwitz II) in Poland.
Sen. Gary Peters converses with JCRC
Associate Director Allan Gale.
Sen. Gary Peters
discusses key
legislative issues
with Jewish
communal
leaders.
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to be delivered to Flint. Above, vol-
unteers Carol Klein and Randie Levin
flank NCJW President Susan Marwil.
They organized the drive.
For details about NCJW/Greater
Detroit, visit www. ncjwgds.org.
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FIDF MISSION TO
AUSCHWITZ, ISRAEL
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JCRC Executive Director
David Kurzmann and
Vice President Mary Ellen
Gurewitz flank U.S. Sen.
Gary Peters prior to the
JCRC-hosted meeting
with Jewish community
representatives.
Sen. Gary Peters chats with Dr. Daniel
Rosenbaum, JVS Executive Director Leah
Rosenbaum and JCRC board member Ruby
Robinson following the meeting.
On Jan. 28, the National
Council of Jewish Women,
Greater Detroit Section held
a bottled water drive to
respond to Flint’s emergency. The group
collected more than 2,400 bottles and
50 jugs.
Volunteers loaded cars and took the
water to Art Van Furniture in Southfield
Shahar Azran
J
CRC hosted Michigan U.S.
Sen. Gary Peters on Jan. 31 for
a meeting with more than 50
representatives of the Jewish commu-
nity’s key advocacy organizations. The
session coincided with the completion
of Peters’ first year in the senate and
followed his recent trip to Israel and
other Middle Eastern countries.
Representatives from several Jewish
organizations with multi-issue public
policy agendas, as well as community
rabbis and congregation presidents,
were invited to attend.
The meeting was the community’s
first opportunity to discuss the imple-
mentation of the Iran nuclear deal and
COLLECTING
WATER FOR FLINT
This May, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces
(FIDF) supporters from Michigan and across
the U.S. will embark on a mission to Poland and
Israel with Israeli soldiers, Holocaust survivors
and their G.I. liberators.
The delegation, led by FIDF National
President Peter Weintraub, will span Jewish
history, from the darkest moments to the most
inspiring.
FIDF Michigan Board Member James Katz of
Birmingham, who participated in a similar del-
egation in 2013, said, “Visiting Polish concentra-
tion camps with Israeli soldiers was extremely
humbling and special, and flying to the Jewish
homeland with them on an Israeli Air Force
plane was an experience like no other.”
For information or to register to par-
ticipate in the FIDF “From Holocaust to
Independence” delegation to Poland and
Israel, visit: fidf.org/poland.
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TALK TO HIGHLIGHT
ISRAELI INNOVATIONS
THE BLUE FUND AIDS
PROSTATE PATIENTS
On Monday, March 14, at 7 p.m.,
Congregation B’nai Moshe in West
Bloomfield will present “Stand With
Us — Successful Innovations Under
Fire” with Shoshana Janer.
Janer will portray Israel as it is
rarely seen in the media. She’ll com-
bine PowerPoint slides and short vid-
eos to bring to life Israel’s productive
diversity and its array of innovations
in technology, energy conservation,
medicine, agriculture and more.
The 40-minute program shows how
Israel’s innovations service the world.
Janer was born in Poland to
Holocaust survivors. At age 6, she
immigrated with her family to Israel.
She is now a board member of
StandWithUs-MI and helped found
the “Different Cultures, Different
Foods” program series at West
Bloomfield’s Keter Torah Synagogue.
This free presentation is open to
the community. RSVP by March 7
to cbminfo@bnaimoshe.org or (248)
788-0600.
The Michigan Institute of Urology
Men’s Health Foundation has
announced the Blue Fund, a pro-
gram providing short-term finan-
cial assistance to men during active
treatment for prostate cancer.
In a recent study, researchers
found that the financial stress
resulting from the high costs of
cancer treatments was nearly as
deadly as the cancer itself.
Financial assistance will be avail-
able for qualified men undergoing
active treatment for prostate cancer,
providing up to $1,000 per month
for up to three months, based on
available funds and need. Men must
be able to demonstrate need, based
upon federal poverty guidelines,
debt-to-income ratio and/or recent
hardship.
Applications are available
at http://bit.ly/TheBlueFund.
For information, visit the web-
site or email TheBlueFund@
MIUMensHealthFoundation.org.
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