NOVEMBER 28 • 2019 | 21

Jews in the D
Joining Forces to 
Make an Impact

Partnership2Gether and FIDF to help
with IMPACT! Scholarships for veterans.
I

srael is central to Detroit 
because since 1994, the 
Jewish Federation of Metro-
politan Detroit has partnered 
with cities in Israel in a region 
known as the Central Gali-
lee. This Partnership2Gether 
(P2G) participation has created 
long-lasting relationships that 
have strengthened both com-
munities. 
Thousands of lives have been 
touched by P2G programs 
like Teen Mission, the Detroit 
Community Taglit-Birthright 
Israel and the Israeli Camper 
Program, which brings the 
largest contingent of Israeli 
campers anywhere in the U.S. 
to Michigan. 

Recently the FIDF IMPACT! 
Scholarship Program and 
the Federation announced a 
new partnership on behalf 
of IDF veterans from Michi-
gan’
s P2G region. 
Now, the donation of an 
IMPACT! Scholarship spon-
sorship can go directly to a stu-
dent from the Central Galilee 
region. 
The IMPACT! Scholarship 
Program grants four-year aca-
demic scholarships to IDF vet-
erans from low socioeconomic 
backgrounds. It also provides 
funds to cover living expenses 
while they study and gives them 
the unique benefit of direct 
contact with their sponsors in 

the United States. 
In return, scholarship recip-
ients must complete 130 hours 
of community service per year. 
This contribution to their com-
munities and completion of a 
higher education degree help to 
advance Israel’
s economy. 

For more information and to make 
an IMPACT! Scholarship gift, contact 
Paula Lebowitz, FIDF MI chapter direc-
tor, at (248) 926-4110 or paula.lebow-
itz@fidf.org. (This story first appeared 
on myjewishdetroit.org.)

DAVID GLASS SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

C. 1920

National Council of 
Jewish Women, Michigan 
Israel Affairs Committee 
presents “An Israeli 
Woman’
s Journey” with 
Nina Yahalomi Klevitsky 
Thursday, Dec. 5, from 
noon-1:30 p.m. at the 
NCJW office. Yahalomi 
Klevitsky, the community 
shlicha, will discuss wom-
en’
s issues in Israel. 
Bring your own lunch 
(dessert and beverage pro-
vided). Cost is $5. RSVP 
with payment by Tuesday, 
Dec. 3.
For more information or 
to register for the program, 
call (248) 355-3300, ext. 0; 
mail check made payable to 
NCJW | MI, 26400 Lahser 
Road, Suite 306, Southfield, 
MI 48033. 
 

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