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TA K E P R I D E . TA K E PA R T.
LAURENNE KAUFMAN
AGE 21
ORCHARD LAKE
STARTED HER SERVICE
IN MAY 2015
TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2016
Yom
HaZikaron
Community-Wide Commemoration Ceremony
6PM
The Berman Center for the Performing Arts
6600 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield
Contact Lisa Stearn at 248-502-2856 or stearn@jfmd.org
There is no charge for this event.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2016
Celebrate Yom HaZikaron
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Event includes davening and dinner
Young Israel of Oak Park
15140 West 10 Mile Road
RSVP by May 4th at Bit.ly/Yom2016
Contact: Yonatan Edrei at 248-764-0681 or
badetroit@gmail.com Cost: $10 for kids; $18 for 15+
THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016
YOM HA’ATZMAUT CELEBRATIONS
Carnival and
Ramah Rib Burn-Off
3PM
Hillel Day School
32200 Middlebelt Road
Celebration
5:30PM
Contact: Ariella Shaffren at 248-539-1307 or
ashaffren@hillelday.org
Wristbands covering fun and games:
$20/person, in advance $25/person at the door
Food is available for purchase separately.
Akiva Hebrew Day School gymnasium
21100 West 12 Mile Road, Southfield
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Congregation Beth Shalom
14601 Lincoln St, Oak Park
Contact: Andre Douville at
andre@walkforisrael.org
Registration: www.walkforisrael.org
No charge for this event
Open to riders 12+
ANDREA GOLDSTEIN
AGE 21
WEST BLOOMFIELD
JOINED THE IDF IN AUGUST
2015
Andrea Goldstein always has had
a very strong connection to Israel.
Her father, Raphael, was born there.
She is also very proud of the fact
that her grandfather, Reuven, served
with the Palmach prestate under-
ground defense brigade and later in
the Haganah during Israel’s War of
Independence.
Andrea has been in Israel for
nearly two years, having spent a
gap year in a program sponsored by
Young Judaea before she joined the
IDF as a participant in Garin Tzabar,
a Lone Soldier program run with the
support of the Ministry of Aliyah
and Immigrant Absorption. Lone
Soldiers in this program spend their
first three months in Israel in the
Garin Tzabar Village in Ra’anana, a
community that serves their needs
for a home base, Hebrew language
studies, social activities and other
SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2016
AT TEMPLE SHIR SHALOM
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5K Family Fun Run: 8AM (Check-in: 7AM)
One Mile Walk: 1:30PM
Contact: Andre Douville andre@walkforisrael.org
Register for either event visit: walkforisrael.org
RUN: $18/runner, under 18 FREE, registration required
WALK: No charge, registration requested
A free Kosher lunch will be served at 12:30PM
A Special Speaker
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11AM (Check-in: 10:30AM)
Contact: Orly Zinkow at (312) 253-8995 or ozinkow@aipac.org
Advanced registration required at www.aipac.org/TSS16
No charge for this event
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Laurenne Kaufman
Contact: Cheryl Jerusalem 248.386.1625x224
or cheryl.jerusalem@akiva.org
Cost: $15/person, $50/family
A fun bicycle ride through Oak Park and Huntington Woods
AIPAC
Laurenne’s dream to join the IDF
started at the age of 7 when she first
visited an Israeli army base with her
parents, Shari (Ferber) and Alon
Kaufman. As her mother explains,
“Laurenne sat in a tank with an army
helmet on her head and decided at
that moment that this was her destiny
one day.”
It comes as no surprise to the
Kaufman family that Laurenne has
always had a strong Israeli connec-
tion. Alon is Israeli and, Shari herself,
served as a volunteer in the IDF when
she was 20.
Through her years at Hillel Day
School, Laurenne’s attachment to
Israel grew even stronger. Shari
recalls, “At Purim time every year,
she would dress up as an IDF soldier
and announce her plans to one day
be a real soldier. ‘It’s in my blood,’
Laurenne would say.
“By the time our daughter reached
eighth grade, we thought perhaps
she’d outgrow her fixation on being a
soldier. But, after a trip to Israel with
Hillel, Laurenne became even more
determined. It was her desire to go
into the army right after high school,
but my husband and I convinced
her to get at least two years of col-
Andrea Goldstein
assistance in preparing for the army
and in navigating the process of
absorption into the culture of the
country.