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Four young local leaders visit
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hayna Levine, Andrew Luckoff, Dana Marcus and Scott
Marcus, all active members of the Michigan Region of
ORT America, recently took part in the national Next
Gen mission to Israel, along with 12 other young adults ages
25-45 from across the U.S.
Scott is a vice president of ORT Michigan and has been
involved in ORT since 2009. Andrew recently joined the
board as Young Adult Chair; both he and Scott also serve on
the Rub-a-Dub Planning Committee. Shayna, a board mem-
ber, has been involved for three years, serving as co-chair of
the Camp Hermelin fundraiser. Dana serves on the Camp
Hermelin Planning Committee.
These Detroiters were selected for this subsidized mission
based on their significant contributions to the organization.
The trip was an investment in leadership development and
in the future of ORT programs.
The group visited the various World ORT Kadima Mada
schools and programs, learning how ORT enhances edu-
cation for thousands in Israel’s peripheral regions, giving
underprivileged youth and young adults a solid educational
foundation and skills to develop 21st-century careers. With
a focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and
math), Kadima Mada changes the educational landscape
throughout Israel by bringing cutting-edge learning opportu-
nities to citizens in under-resourced communities.
“I was surprised that K-12 education is not consistent
throughout the country; Kadima Mada fills a large gap,”
Scott said.
Kfar Hasidim youth village near Haifa, which ORT
Michigan took on as its major fundraising project in 2016-
17, offers a “last chance” for at-risk teens who deal with
problems resulting from severely dysfunctional family back-
grounds, neglect and other challenges.
The Michigan region made a sizeable financial commit-
ment to the renovation of the school at Kfar Hassidim, fol-
lowing a $1 million contribution by the William and Audrey
Farber Family Foundation. Shayna’s father, Rabbi Harold
Loss of Temple Israel, had visited the village and advised the
Farbers, who saw the great need. This spurred other sizeable
gifts from Detroiters, allowing major improvements.
“I have a deeper appreciation of the ORT mission,” Shayna
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