24 June 13 • 2019
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WSU Israel Peace Week’
s 
Goal was to Educate 
Students on Campus

H

illel of Metro Detroit’
s 
Students for Israel (SFI) 
at Wayne State University 
hosted a Peace Week on campus in 
February. By highlighting different 
Israeli nonprofit organizations, 
we hoped to educate students on 
campus about Israel’
s positive 
influence locally and worldwide. 
The first day, Niv Rabino spoke 
to students about IsraAid, an 
amazing humanitarian organization 
that provides relief and support to 
communities all over the world in 
times of crises. 
The next day, SFI members 
tabled on behalf of BKind, a social 
enterprise that uses technology and 
education to increase and spread 
positivity throughout communities 
all over the world. Students gave 
away more than 50 BKind cards 
that get passed from person to 
person each time an act of kindness 
takes place. By scanning the code 
on the card with a smartphone, the 
card is activated and pops up on an 
online map. 
The third day, SFI partnered with 
Mission Possible, another Wayne 

State student organization focused 
on charity work, to participate in a 
nationwide fundraising campaign 
for Save a Child’
s Heart. Based in 
Holon, Israel, this organization 
provides lifesaving heart surgeries 
to children around the world at no 
cost to the patients’
 families.
We ended this great week with 
an Israeli Shabbat dinner Friday 
evening at Hillel of Metro Detroit. 
The theme of the night was Tel 
Aviv. After a delicious meal of 
schnitzel, potatoes, veggies and 
of course, hummus with pita, 
students were presented with a 
couple different puzzles to put 
together. Each one was a picture 
of a unique location in Tel Aviv 
with a description of the place and 
a discussion of how such places 
promote peace and coexistence in 
the community. 
We hope our future events will 
be able to continue educating 
students on campus about all the 
amazing aspects of Israel. @

Stefanie Mihoc of Troy is a student at Wayne 
State University in Detroit and a Hasbara 
Fellow at Hillel of Metro Detroit. 

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Stefanie Mihoc } jewish@edu writer

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