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Visit Israel During Chanukah
Jewish Grandparent Survey
Have you already been to Israel and seen Masada
and the Western Wall?
Are you interested in experiencing sites and see-
ing culture that is rarely encountered during basic
touring in Israel?
Volunteers for Israel (VFI) Plus Advanced is
designed specifically for VFI-Sar El volunteers who
want to see and experience “off-the-beaten-path
Israel.”
This 17-day program from Dec. 7-23 is all-in-
clusive and includes two weeks of volunteering on
an Israeli Defense Forces base and eight days of
touring with a professional Israeli guide. The tour-
ing includes a private bus, high-quality lectures and
discussions, four-star hotels in three cities, entrance
fees, tips and transportation, arrival and departure
transfers, kosher meals and evening programs on
an IDF base. Visit Haifa, Akko, Rosh Hanikra,
Jerusalem, the Negev Desert and Mizpe Ramon.
In addition to signing up through Gil Travel, all
U.S. volunteers must apply through regional VFI
channels for the application and screening process.
For application, details and rates, visit
www.vfi-usa.org or contact VFI Great Lakes
Regional Director Carol Kent at (248) 865-8580
or carolkent@aol.com. ■
Participants are being sought for a ground-
breaking study that will explore the interests
and family demographics of Jewish grandpar-
ents, ages 55-80. Your responses to an online
survey will join those of grandparents through-
out North America to provide vital information
that will help the new Jewish Grandparents
Network better understand how it can best
reach, engage and serve grandparents and their
families.
The survey is being conducted by an outside
third-party research firm (Impact:NPO). To
ensure confidentiality, any information provid-
ed will only be reported in combination with
responses collected from thousands of other
survey participants.
If you are a grandparent age 55-80 who
self-identifies as Jewish, visit https://tinyurl.
com/ybtfk2om to take the survey.
The National Study of Jewish Grandparents
is underwritten by the Jewish Grandparents
Network with support from the Jim Joseph
Foundation, the Covenant Foundation, Lee
Hendler and Mike Leven. ■
Temple Beth Emeth Offers
Concert by Charles Mokotoff
Temple Beth Emeth presents Charles Mokotoff at 7:30
p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1. A dessert reception will follow the
performance.
Mokotoff holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in
guitar performance from Syracuse University and Ithaca
College, respectively. He has served on the faculties of
numerous colleges and universities in New York and
the New England area as a lecturer in classical guitar
and lute. He also initiated and ran the guitar program at
Northeastern University in Boston from 1982 to 1991.
Classical Guitar Magazine (U.K.) has called his playing
“truly monumental” as well as “engaging and rhapsodic.”
ClassicalGuitarMusic.org has written that his playing
shows “a mix of strong tone, pianistic at times, but also
capable of beautiful legato phrasing and a natural feel
for forwardmovement.”
Mokotoff, severely hard of hearing for a good deal
of his life, is an outspoken proponent of making music
with hearing loss.
Tickets for the Dec. 1 performance are available at
www.wtbe.org and at the door the night of the perfor-
mance at 2309 Packard St. in Ann Arbor. Adults, $20/
Students, $15. Order now to reserve seating. ■
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