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…WithUs (SWU) Emerson Fellow at Michigan State University, I was privi- leged to bring to campus two Israeli soldiers who are on tour as part of SWU's "Israeli Soldiers Stories" tour. The soldiers also spoke at…

… the University of Michigan later that day. Today, there is an attempt to defame the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) with falsehoods and misinformation. There are many IDF soldiers who feel a deep sense of…

…WithUs and MSU Hillel. The event was open to ROTC cadets only because last year the SAFE (Students Allied for Freedom and Equality) group on campus staged a pro- test that disrupted the speeches. Critics…

… soon as he was drafted into the IDF. pital, but she knew that terrorists routinely He told participants about one particular tried using emergency vehicles to smuggle raid he was part of in a West Bank…

… town explosives into Israel. Lital's commitment near the Arab town of Jenin. to following protocol paid off, as His company surrounded she discovered explosive materi- a building and successfully als…

… under one of the benches. drove out the terrorists inside. At this moment, she said, she Meanwhile, in the back of realized just how important her the building, the other half work is. She wasn't even…

… sure of the company saw a group if the patient in the ambulance of unidentified Palestinian knew the explosives were there, residents. The commander, but she knew that if she had let Yonatan, announced…

…. "Nothing in your training can prepare After the escalation of rocket attacks in spring of 2011, the children began partici- you for the real thing:' he said. Yonatan pating in rocket drills similar to the…

… tor- was evacuated to a military hospital, where he later died of his wounds. The nado drills we had practiced in elementary Palestinian gunmen initially got away, but school. The Israeli children had…

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… was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to a A graduate of Detroit's Central High women's organizations, but also in speak- School (1944) and Wayne State University ing to a wide…

…obituaries A Modern Pioneer In Community Activism he Detroit-area Jewish com- munity lost one of its pre- eminent volunteer leaders on Feb. 24, 2013, with the passing of Marian Shifman at age 87…

… area. As a United Foundation "Heart of Gold" Award winner in 1977 and the first woman to be president of the Detroit Jewish Community Council, 1979-81, (predecessor to the Jewish Community Relations…

… Council), she set a rarely matched standard for volun- teerism. In letters of nomination for Ms. Shifman's Heart of Gold Award, her rabbi, Hayim Donin of Congregation B'nai David, wrote, "No assignment was…

… too much for her abundant talent." Rabbi Joshua Sperka of Young Israel of Greenfield described her as "a person with rare human qualities ... empathy and understanding with a sense of direc- tion and…

… determination" VIVIAN ABLECOP, 93, of Farmington Hills, died March 4, 2013. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Stephen and Marlene Kaufman of Farmington Hills; daughter and son- Ablecop in…

…-law, Kerri and Sandy Litinsky of West Bloomfield; grandchil- dren, Jeffrey Kaufman, Elaine and Paul Cohen, Tony and Layne Averbuch, Sammy and Amy Averbuch; great-grandchildren, Jaclyn and Samantha Cohen, Julia…

…, Aiden, Isaac and Judah Averbuch. Mrs. Ablecop was the beloved wife of the late Saul Ablecop; the cherished sister of the late Lillian Thurswell, the late Clara Baker and the late Hanna Rogers. Interment…

… variety of church groups and (1948), Ms. Shifman began a volunteer public high school classes, explaining, enlightening and demonstrating Judaism career as a USO hostess during World War II, continued by…