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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
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he Annual Meeting of the Fresh Air Society of Detroit (“Tamarack Camps”)
will be held on Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 10:00am at Camp Maas, in
Ortonville, MI. Every Jewish contributor to the most recently completed
annual campaign of both the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and
Tamarack Camps shall be entitled to vote.

The following business will be conducted at the Annual Meeting: the election of
the new Directors to the Board of Directors of Tamarack Camps. In accordance
with the current bylaws of Tamarack Camps, the Nominating Committee met and
designated the following list of nominees for election:

First 2-Year Term
Ending in 2020
Elyse Cohen
Stuart Freedland
Matt Lester
Sandy Lippitt
Rabbi Harold Loss
Mallory Shiffman
Ellen Starr
Jeff Tischler

Second 3-Year Term
Ending in 2021
Stuart Brody
Stacy Fox
Carly Schiff

Returning 3-Year Term
Ending in 2021
Michelle Bass
Geoff Kretchmer
Dr. Jefferey Michaelson
Robert Schwartz

Stacy Brodsky
Michael Cooper
Alan Gallatin
Becca Goodman
Dr. Daniel Klein
Geoff Kretchmer
Andrew Landau
Joseph Lash
Robb Lippitt
Deena Lockman

Officer Nominated for
Election to a 2-Year Term
Joseph Lash

Officers Nominated for
Election to a 1-Year Term
Michael Cooper

Vice President

Geoff Kretchmer

Vice President

Dr. Jefferey Michaelson

Vice President

Dr. Daniel Klein

Treasurer

Dr. Barbara Kappy

Secretary

Following the Annual Meeting, there will be a brief
Board of Directors meeting to elect the slate of Officers.

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“It is tremendous to see their excitement
and enthusiasm. Through immersive
educational experiences, they connect
with each other.”

— RABBI BENJAMIN LEVY

Richard Simtob
Julie Zussman

President

2018 Nominating
Committee
Darren Findling, Co-Chair
Jeffrey Sternberg, Co-Chair

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helps us achieve our goals of reaching
United requires a student engage-
out to the thousands of Jewish stu-
ment audit to ensure its funds have
dents that we do, and further enrich
been used for their intended purpose,
their college experiences through deep which is standard practice.
and meaningful educational content.”
Michigan State University Hillel and A DETROIT CONNECTION
Hillel organizations at several other
Mosaic United’s lay leadership
Michigan campuses do not participate includes two members of the
in Mosaic United programs.
Detroit Jewish commu-
The Jewish Resource
nity — Gary Torgow of Oak
Center in Ann Arbor, which
Park and Karen Davidson
provides outreach and
of Bloomfield Hills. Torgow,
educational programs for
chair of Chemical Bank, the
Jewish students at U-M, is
largest bank headquartered
affiliated with and receives
in Michigan, and founder of
some funding from Olami, a
the Sterling Group, a local
national Orthodox outreach Gary Torgow
real estate, development and
organization. Olami oper-
investment company, chairs
ates on approximately 60
Mosaic United’s four-person
campuses and because it
steering committee.
is a Mosaic United partner,
Torgow is a trustee of
the Ann Arbor center is an
the Jewish Federation
indirect recipient of Mosaic
of Metropolitan Detroit,
United funds, according to
senior vice president of the
Rabbi Fully Eisenberger, its
Orthodox Union and presi-
director. The center pro-
dent of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah
Karen Davidson
vides one-on-one learning
in Southfield. Torgow deferred
opportunities, Shabbat din-
comments about Mosaic
ners, a 10-week Maimonides educa-
United to its professional and Israeli
tional program and trips to Israel.
leadership. Efforts to reach officials
Rabbi Aharon Goldstein, direc-
at the Ministry of the Diaspora were
tor of Chabad House in Ann Arbor,
unsuccessful.
says their Sinai Scholars program is
Davidson, a philanthropist and
supported by Chabad International,
civic leader, also serves on the
which is a recipient of Mosaic
steering committee. She is a board
United funding. He describes Sinai
member of the William Davidson
Scholars as “a practical yet engaging
Foundation, serves on the inter-
way to study Jewish concepts such
national board of the Weizmann
as Shabbat” that is combined with
Institute in Rehovot, Israel, and the
Shabbat dinners, visits to different
board of Jerusalem University, and
synagogues and a shopping trip for
is a major supporter of Hadassah
kosher food.
Hospital. Speaking of Mosaic
Mosaic United generated controver- United’s goal of energizing young
sy last year when it posted a proposal
Jewish people throughout the dias-
on its website seeking a company
pora, she said, “We’re all about unit-
to develop a database of Jewish col-
ing all of these groups.”
lege students in the U.S. The stated
Levy says, “It is gratifying to see
goal was to communicate with and
the unity among the providers. We
connect Jewish students with Jewish
want to promote a message of unity
events on campus. However, Hillel
among the Jewish people that will
International and others in the U.S.
help connect them to their Jewish
balked at this, stating it was not in
identity.”
the best interest of students to create
Going forward, he says, “We are
such a database. The proposal request exploring an academic exchange for
was subsequently taken down. Levy
high school students in Israel that
says, “There was never really an idea
is more than short-term and service
behind it.”
opportunities primarily for diaspora
According to Hillel’s Berger, Mosaic
millennials.” •

