DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 19

LEFT: Jared Kushner,
fourth from right, poses
for a group photo
with the ambassadors
from Israel and the
UAE and others at the
Four Seasons Hotel in
Washington, Sept. 14,
2021.

BELOW: The Israeli
staff at Tamrack were
welcomed with a buffet.

SEPT. 14 – ANNIVERSARY OF
ABRAHAM ACCORDS
One year has passed since the
United States, United Arab
Emirates and Bahrain signed the
historic Abraham Accords, later
to be joined by Morocco and
Sudan. This last year has seen a
blossoming of bilateral initiatives
within the private sector and civil
society. The geopolitical and eco-
nomic benefits will have spillover
effects across the region and pos-
sibly the world.

SEPT. 16 – 35 ISRAELI
STAFF MEMBERS AT CAMP
TAMARACK
After Tamarack’s summer 2020
programming was canceled due
to COVID-19, Tamarack returned
this summer with calculated safe-
ty measures in place. While Israeli
campers were not able to make it
to camp, 35 Israeli staff members,
the most ever, brought Israel to
life this summer.

SEPT. 16 – JEWISH FAMILY
SERVICES OF WASHTENAW
CO. PREPARES TO SUPPORT
AFGHAN REFUGEES
As chaos and violence washed
over Taliban-controlled
Afghanistan after the U.S. with-
drawal, Jewish Family Services
of Washtenaw County was get-
ting ready to resettle their first
Afghan refugees.

SEPT. 16 – LOCAL PILOT
FLIES EVACUEES OUT OF
AFGHANISTAN
Captain Alexander Kahn of
Southfied, son of Holocaust sur-
vivors, flew a plane full of Afghan
refugees escaping the violence
and chaos of Taliban-controlled
Afghanistan to the U.S. for free-
dom.

WAISTOCK

VIA RON KAMPEAS/JTA

TAMARACK

TAMARACK

Israeli staff at Camp Tamarack

SCREEN SHOT FROM TWITTER VIA JTA

DELTA

Alexander Kahn on CNN, Aug. 27, 2021.
Touching down in the U.S.

Washtenaw JFS to aid refugees.