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TEEN CONTEST

100 Mensches, an initiative of
JCADA (Jewish Coalition Against
Domestic Abuse), a program of
Jewish Family Service, invites gradu-
ating Jewish high school seniors to
submit an 800-1,000-word original
essay describing how Jewish val-
ues can help create a future free
of domestic abuse. The top three
submissions will be awarded college
scholarships totaling $5,000.
100 Mensches is a group of men
taking a stance against domestic abuse
who are committed to being part of the
solution.
The deadline for submission is April

Donate your gently used books and media
at this drive-thru and drop-off location:

Jewish Community Center Loading Dock,
West Bloomfield

Sunday, March 6, 2016
11 am - 1 pm

For further information regarding donations:

bookstockmi.org
248-645-7840 ext. 365

15 at 5 p.m. For more information and
an application, visit 100mensches.org.
For questions, contact Ellen Yashinsky
Chute at eychute@jfsdetroit.org or
(248) 592-2666.

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ISRAEL VIDEO
CONTEST

The Israel Video Network is hosting the Israel Video Contest, which includes vid-
eos made by people around the world responding to the theme “Inspired by Israel.”
The videos must draw attention to Israel’s immense value to the world and/or seek
to spread an important pro-Israel message.
Sixteen awards will be given, and the grand prize is $7,500. Voting ends March
13 at 11:59 p.m. Go to the contest gallery to watch videos and vote by visiting
www.israelvideonetwork.com/inspired-by-israel-video-contest-gallery/.

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YIDDISH!

A newly redesigned website, yiddish-
bookcenter.org, offers unprecedented
access to a thousand years of Yiddish
literature and culture, including
books, literary works in translation,
oral histories, films, and archival
audio recordings of lectures by and
interviews with major Jewish writers
and cultural figures.
“The redesigned site allows visi-
tors to search all our collections at
once, including materials in all genres,
in both English and in Yiddish, and
to instantly access or download any
item, in its entirety, completely free of
charge,” said Aaron Lansky, founder
and president of the Yiddish Book
Center in Amherst, Mass.
The Yiddish Book Center was found-
ed in 1980 when Lansky, then a gradu-
ate student, and a small group of fellow

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students set out to rescue unwanted
and discarded Yiddish books. They
went on to recover more than a mil-
lion volumes, most now digitized and
online.
The Yiddish Book Center’s ground-
breaking effort to make its collections
freely accessible has been recognized
as a model for other libraries. In 2014,
in a White House ceremony, First Lady
Michelle Obama awarded the organiza-
tion the National Medal for Museum
and Library Service.

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