Mazel Tov!
MADISON,
May graduation be the start of a
year filled with exciting challenges
and unforgettable adventures.
Every goal you pursued, every dream
you dreamed, led you to today and
the University of Michigan.
Keep believing in yourself!
We’re proud of you!!
All our love,
Nana and Papa
Mom, Dad and Samantha
Congratulations!
Hannah Cardew
Congratulations!
We are so proud of all of
your creative endeavors
and accomplishments
throughout the years.
Keep striving and follow
your dreams.
We look forward to sharing
your journey ahead.
Much love,
Mom, Dad, Evan, Grandma Barbara and
Grandma Sandy
for college students by college students
Israel Fellowship
AIPAC experience enhances
WSU student’s Israel advocacy.
Jeremy Rosenberg } jewish@edu writer
H
aving an open mind allows
you to explore and accept
ideas that you may not oth-
erwise want to hear. Going into the
AIPAC Israel Fellowship program
in Washington, D.C., I knew I’d be
hearing from people with plenty of
different views on how to properly
support Israel as American Jews.
In keeping an open mind, I took
away three big things that have
contributed greatly to my thoughts
on Israel and have encouraged
my greater involvement in the pro-
Israel community.
Perhaps the most important
takeaway is that there are differ-
ent ways to love Israel. I think it is
important to understand that even
if the politics aren’t always agree-
able, no one’s perspective should
be discredited. Obviously, I’m not
involved in any of the organiza-
tions that are far-right or far-left,
so it’s easier for me to say, “Let’s
all just get along.”
What needs to be remembered
is that even if we’re on opposite
sides of the political spectrum,
we’re all on the same pro-Israel
side. As the saying goes, for
every two Jewish people, there
are three opinions. I think the
same can be said about anyone
in the pro-Israel community, and
we should treat that with the
same level of respect we’d treat
Mazel Tov!
RACHEL,
Rachel, we are so proud of all
of your accomplishments! We
know that your future will
“sparkle” as much as you do.
You are our “Shining Star.”
We love you,
Congratulations,
Nana and Poppa
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Jeremy Rosenberg in Washington,
D.C., at the AIPAC Israel Felllowship
someone having a halachic argu-
ment with us.
I also learned that being pro-
Israel does not make you anti-
Palestinian. To clarify: Being
pro-Palestinian doesn’t mean you
support Hamas or the PLO or any
other controlling organization of
the Palestinian people. Being pro-
Palestinian can mean you believe
in the human right to live life
without being under the control of
those who condone unacceptable
behavior. While some Palestinians
do hate Israel and would like to
see it gone, there are others who
were born into a situation beyond
their control, who would like noth-
ing more than to live in peace.
The last big takeaway was a
sudden understanding of the
importance of AIPAC. In the
last few months, I’ve been for-
tunate enough to attend the
Policy Conference (AIPAC’s
annual national gathering) and
the Michigan Region dinner.
What I learned from the organiza-
tion, as well as about it, was the
true message of AIPAC — that
it supports a healthy U.S.-Israel
alliance, and it does so in a
bipartisan way, allowing all rep-
resenatives and senators to be a
part of the cause. Before Policy
Conference, I was under the
impression Israel had very little
support from anyone in the House
or Senate. Now that I’ve been
proven wrong, and thankfully so,
I have a greater appreciation for
AIPAC and what they do for Israel
every single day.
As I move through my col-
lege career and professional life
beyond, I look forward to meeting
more people with differing views,
continuing healthy conversations
among different communities,
and being an active participant
in AIPAC to ensure the U.S. is
always a friend of Israel.
The Israel Fellowship allowed
me to challenge my own beliefs
and to hear the thoughts and
ideas of others, which I believe is
invaluable to my experience as a
strong member of the pro-Israel
community. @
Jeremy Rosenberg of West Bloomfield is a
freshman at Wayne State University.