SEPTEMBER 30 • 2021 | 27

Mazel Tov, Larry, on being 
honored with the Butzel Award! 

We are so grateful for our experience 

on the 2020 Andi & Larry Wolfe Gen X 

Mission as well as for everything you 

have done for our Jewish community. 
 

Lawrence A. Wolfe 
2021 Fred M. Butzel Award Recipient

2020 Andi & Larry Wolfe Gen X Mission Participants 

Taal Ashmann 
Karen Beneson 
Donna Bolda-Moss 
Mikki Frank 
Brenda Harris 
Robyn Heicklen 
David Heicklen 
Jill Ingber 
Scott Isner 
Justin Jacobs 
Robyn Kay 
Jayme Kirschner, Co-Chair 
Jeff Kirschner, Co-Chair 
Matt Kolb 
Randy LaBelle 
Leigh Moss 
Jeff Moss 

Stephanie Ralph 
Michele Rosenblum 
Scott Rosenblum 
Josh Rubin 
Sarey Ruden 
Brian Satovsky, Co-Chair 
Carly Schulman 
Marla Shefman 
Marc Shefman 
Jonathan Sterling 
Cheryl Stern 
Ron Stern 
Alan Sternfeld 
Mike Sternfeld 
Ken Zendel 
Amy Zeskind

World Jewish 
Population Is Growing

The number of Jews worldwide 
stands at approximately 15.2 mil-
lion compared to 15.1 million in 
5781, according to newly released 
statistics by the Jewish Agency for 
Israel.
Among the global Jewish 
population, the number of Jews 
in Israel is close to 6.9 million 
(compared to 6.8 million in 5781), 
while about 8.3 million live out-
side Israel (including around 6 
million in the United States). 
The numbers include those who 
define themselves as Jews and who 
do not identify with another reli-
gion. When also including those 
who are eligible for Israeli citizen-
ship under the Law of Return, the 
world total rises to 25.3 million 
people, of which 7.3 million are in 
Israel and 18 million live outside 
Israel.
The percentage of Jews living 
in Israel out of all the Jews in the 
world stands at 45.3%, an increase 
of half a percent over the previous 
year. The estimated number of 
Jews in the United States increased 
by 300,000 following a new survey 
by the Pew Research Center. The 
U.S. estimates were corrected for 
previous years as well.

JVS’ Women to Work 
Offers Free Training

 JVS Human Services, is launch-
ing a free eight-week, in-person 
course, “Springboard to Success.
” 
It combines job search assistance 
through the JVS Women to Work 
program, with Microsoft 2016 
Word and Excel basic computer 
training.
 Classes run Oct. 5-Nov. 30. 
Women to Work classes are 
9 a.m.-noon Tuesdays, while 
computer classes are 9-11:30 a.m. 
Mondays and Wednesdays.
 To register, contact Judy 
Richmond, (248) 233-4232, or 
jrichmond@jvshumanservices.org. 
For information, visit the website 
www.jvshumanservices.org.