Securing Our Future

The Joy and Allan Nachman Teen Leadership Trip to Israel
Strengthens the Jewish Future for Our Young People

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s a Past President and Board Member of Tamarack
Camps, Allan Nachman has first-hand knowledge
of the lasting impact of Jewish camping experiences
on our young people. He also understands the life-
changing effect of a journey to Israel, having twice
served as a Federation Israel Teen Trip Chair. With
those insights in mind, Joy and Allan Nachman are
creating a Centennial Fund to send high school
seniors, bi-annually, on a three-and-a-half-week
leadership trip to Israel. “There’s no better place to
develop leadership potential in our teens than in
Israel,” Allan notes, “especially with Israeli youth of
the same age who have experienced Tamarack
Camps.” They recognize the importance of this for
‘rising seniors’ prior to their first year of college, when
it can become a challenge to retain one’s Jewish
identity. “Hopefully, this extra infusion of Jewish
leadership skills will help these teens during a critical
transition in their life.”

The Nachmans share deep roots in the Detroit Jewish
community. Joy’s parents, Suzanne z”l and Joseph Orley
z”l, were benefactors of the Jewish Federation, Jewish
Family Service and many other communal organizations.
The Nachman family also has a long history of connection
to Jewish Detroit, and Allan has been an outstanding
leader—serving as President of the United Jewish
Foundation along with many other Jewish leadership
roles. In 2017, he was awarded the Fred M. Butzel Award,
Federation’s highest honor for its lay leaders. Joy and
Allan’s vision and generosity are exemplified by their
recent Centennial commitment. “It is a privilege to be a
part of the Detroit Jewish community,” Joy says, “and
we have an obligation to ensure that our agencies, as
well as our entire Jewish community, will continue to be
strong and responsive in the future.” Thanks to The Joy
and Allan Nachman Teen Leadership Trip to Israel, future
generations of Jewish young people will be better
prepared to lead our community forward.

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November 29 • 2018

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