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ALANA ALEXANDRA KARBAL

Dear Alana,
As you begin the next
chapter of your life we want
you to know how incredibly
proud of you we all are.
We love you beyond words
and will always be here
for you, cheering you on
and celebrating the
incredible woman that
you have become.
Mazel Tov on your graduation
and Juris Doctorate from
Wayne State Law School!

With unending love and pride
Mom, Scott, Dad, Ashley,
Karlee and Zach

Mazel Tov!

LAUREN WATSKY

Your strength and determination
have paid off and we could not
be more proud.
We wish you continued success, all
the happiness in the world, and all
your dreams come true.
Believe in yourself as you pursue
your future goals at U. of M.
GO BLUE!

We love you,
Mom, Dad and Mitchell

Mazel Tov!

Erica

Keep BELIEVING in all you can do.
Make all your dreams come true.
May your days be filled with sunshine
at the University of Florida.

Love,
Mom, Dad and Mitchell

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Shana Aaronson talks with a young Orthodox boy.

Working For Victims

Former Detroiter combats child sexual abuse
in the Orthodox community.

BARBARA LEWIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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hana Bell Aaronson, who grew
up in Oak Park and moved to
Israel at age 12, has been named
one of “70 Extraordinary Women of
Israel” by Miriam Lottner, a Times of
Israel blogger.
For the past three years, in celebra-
tion of Israel’s Independence Day,
Lottner has been writing about high-
achieving women who came from
elsewhere to make Israel their home.
She honored 68 women in 2016; 69
last year and 70 this year, Israel’s 70th
birthday.
Aaronson, 30, is chief operating
officer of Jewish Community Watch,
an organization dedicated to com-
bating child sexual abuse within
Orthodox communities in the United
States and Israel.
“She has taken the lead on hun-
dreds of cases, working with the
police, courts, private investigators
and mental health services on behalf
of victims from communities all over

the country,” Lottner wrote in her
April 19 blog.
Aaronson attended Yeshivas
Darchei Torah in Southfield, where
her mother, Lisa Bell, taught for many
years before the family moved to
Israel in 2000.
Aaronson is married to Dovid
Aaronson, formerly of Baltimore, and
has sons age 8 and 9 and a 5-year-
old daughter. She lives in Ramat Bet
Shemesh, as do her father, Jeffrey Bell,
and her mother, who has remarried
and uses the name Leeba Rosenthal.
Aaronson is the granddaughter of
Cherna and Eugene Kowalsky of
Southfield and Gloria Bell of Tamarac,
Fla., formerly of Oak Park.

EARLY EMPATHY

A traumatic experience as a teen
sparked her interest in working with
at-risk youth.
“At age 14, one of my best friends
was raped,” she said. “We were afraid