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Candlesticks made from Corian 
leftover from construction jobs 
that would otherwise wind up 
in a landfill.

sustainability projects in 
Israel.
For the Goldbergs, 
involvement in JNF has long 
been a family affair. Laura’s 
husband, Andy Goldberg, 
who serves as JNF’s 
Michigan president, said he 
is excited that the emerging 
chapter of JNFuture will 
draw more attention to this 
region in Israel, which hopes 
to attract 300,000 Israelis to 
live up away from the central 
Tel Aviv-Jerusalem corridor. 
“By introducing people 
here to the artists and others 
who are already living in this 
part of Israel, we are helping 
to support and sustain their 
livelihood,” Dana said. 
“We figured that sharing 

aspects of Israel such as its 
art, cultural and natural 
resources is something 
appealing to younger 
generations. We know we 
cannot travel to Israel now 
because of the pandemic, 
but we can virtually be there 
with hopes to visit, hike and 
explore Israel’s northern 
regions in the future.”
According to Andy, JNF-
USA’s Go North initiative 
is designed to strengthen 
and grow the Galilee 
region and JNF Detroit 
is especially invested in 
growing Israel’s new Galilee 
Culinary Institute that 
houses a culinary school. 
JNF is also building a Food 
Technology and Innovation 

Center on the Greenbaum 
campus in Kiryat Shmona 
that will further establish 
Israel’s north as the food and 
technology capital of the 
region, he added. 
“In this region, we are 
investing in technology, 
business management, 
cooking, restaurants, 
agricultural research and 
development, hospitality and 
hotels,” said Andy. “We want 
to see the Galilee become a 
destination place for tourists 
and Israelis alike, and for 
those in search of steady 
employment.” 

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racism that have occurred 
this week are not about one 
particular person or one 
particular incident,” the 
college stated. “We know 
that there is a significant 
history of racial pain and 
trauma on campus, and we 
are taking action to repair 
our community. We will 
change and heal together as 
a community, because we 
are committed to doing the 
work.”
Carolyn Normandin, 
regional director of ADL 
Michigan, says it has taken 
a report about the incident 
and been in contact with 
the Hillel Campus Alliance 
of Michigan (HCAM) along 
with outreach to the new 

president of the college, Dr. 
Mathew Johnson. 
Normandin said ADL 
Michigan is taking this very 
seriously and looks forward 
to working with Albion and 
have already provided some 
resources for them. 
“It’s a little too soon to 
tell what’s going to happen, 
but we’re definitely aware 
of it, and it will be tracked 
the way every incident that’s 
reported to us is tracked,” 
Normandin said. “We’re 
quite concerned.”
Abby Calef, Jewish Student 
Life coordinator for HCAM, 
said similar graffiti was 
seen at Albion last year, 
but the Star of David was 
misidentified as a five-

pointed pentagram, which 
Calef met with the former 
president about.
“It’s been a recurring issue 
for Jewish students to feel 
heard on campus,” Calef 
said. “I’ve been working 
with the administration 
this past week and the new 
president seems a lot better 
with his response. I feel like 
this president is dedicated to 
making things better.” 
On April 5, approximately 
450 people, including Albion 
students, faculty, staff and 
community members, 
marched on campus after 
multiple incidents that have 
taken place on campus in the 
last few weeks, including this 
latest one.

Calef says there have 
been community healing 
sessions, including a day of 
community conversations 
along with the protests, 
where students had 
opportunities to speak.
“One of our Jewish 
students was asked to speak, 
which was really awesome to 
see,” Calef said.
Calef said she’ll be meeting 
with the president to talk 
again about ways to educate 
their administration about 
what Jewish symbols look 
like, how to identify things 
that are antisemitic, possible 
changes and more. “I think 
the community needs time to 
heal,” Calef said. 

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