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.