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Taylor Force Act
Passed Into Law
Jonathan Brateman of Southfield
recently attended the National
Council of Young Israel dinner in
New York. He serves on the board
of this umbrella organization of 125
synagogues across the country.
While there, he met the father of
Taylor Force of blessed memory, who
was there to thank National Young
Israel for its support of the Taylor
Force Act, which became law last
Friday as part of the omnibus spend-
ing package passed by Congress and
signed by the president.
Taylor Force, an American citi-
zen, was killed in a terrorist attack
while visiting Israel. The Palestinian
Authority celebrates these types of
murders by rewarding the families
of the murders with financial assis-
tance. The bill seeks the end of “Pay
to Slay.”
The Taylor Force Act, named in
memory of Stuart’s son, prohib-
its certain assistance to the West
Bank and Gaza unless the State
Department certifies that the
Palestinian Authority:
• Must take steps to end acts of
violence against U.S. and Israeli
Jonathan Brateman, Stuart Force and Rabbi
Marc Volk, the executive director of the
National Council of Young Israel
citizens perpetrated by individuals
under its jurisdictional control, such
as the March 2016 attack that killed
former U.S. Army officer Taylor
Force.
• Must publicly condemn such
acts of violence and investigate or
cooperate in investigations of such
acts.
• Must terminate payments for
acts of terrorism against U.S. and
Israeli citizens to any individual who
has been convicted and imprisoned
for such acts, to any individual who
died committing such acts and to
family members of such an indi-
vidual. •
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Singing Competition for Teens
The Michigan Board
of Cantors, in part-
nership with the
Berman Center for
the Performing Arts, is
pleased to announce
“The Jewish Voice” — a
singing competition
for Jewish high school
and middle school
students. There are two
divisions: high school
(grades 9-12) and mid-
dle school (grades 6-8).
Prizes will be dis-
tributed as follows: The winner of
the high school division will receive
$500 and the honorable mention
will receive $180. The winner of the
middle school division will receive
$250 and the honorable mention will
receive $100.
Winners of each division will also
perform in this year’s annual Michigan
Board of Cantors concert “Broadway
& B’rachas” at the Berman theater
on May 2.
The live competition, for those sing-
ers whose applications are accepted,
will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday,
April 25, at Handleman
Hall at the JCC and
is open to the public.
The application can be
found online at tinyurl.
com/mbcjewishvoice.
Hazzan Daniel Gross,
the competition chair,
said, “The Michigan
Board of Cantors is
always looking to find
new ways to share and
promote Jewish music.
We thought that by hav-
ing a friendly singing
competition, inspired by the hit shows
American Idol and The Voice, we could
showcase all the great young vocal
talent that we have in our community.
Who knows? We may even discover a
future cantor!”
Jewish students who reside in
Michigan are eligible to apply. The
song that each applicant chooses
must have a Jewish connection (any
song in Hebrew, Yiddish or Ladino, or
a Jewish-themed song in English).
For questions, contact Gross at
(248) 851-5100 or mbcjewishvoice@
gmail.com. •