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…8 | MAY 20 • 2021 PURELY COMMENTARY continued from page 6 letters Call for Calm and Peace The Michigan Muslim Community Council (MMCC) and the Jewish Community Relations Council…

…/American Jewish Committee of Detroit (JCRC/AJC), who work together to help Muslims and Jews of Detroit value each other’s religions and communities, call for calm and peace in the Holy Land. We are saddened…

… their day-to-day lives in peace. Thus, we pray for the safety and security of all who live in the Holy Land — Muslims, Jews and Christians and for all the victims of violence. We call for dialogue…

… to return to a meaningful pursuit of peace and justice for all in Jerusalem and everywhere. — Dr. Muhmud Al-Hadidi, Michigan Muslim Community Council Rabbi Asher Lopatin, Jewish Community…

… and Michigan and to allow broader penetration points into one another’s ecosystems. While he was in Israel, Gov. Snyder’s focus was on cyber and defense technologies. He was the keynote speaker…

… at the Annual Cybertech conference. When Gov. Snyder returned from his visit to Israel, he worked to deepen and strengthen the economic connections between Israel and Michigan. The result has…

… been a successful partnership between the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), the private sector and MIBA (Michigan Israel Business Accelerator). The scope and scale of this…

… Michigan-Israel relationship targets the convergence of technology, industry and research in such sectors as advance manufacturing, mobility, cyber, defense, water, health and life science and…

… agriculture. MICHIGAN STANDOUTS One of the fruitful outcomes of the Michigan-Israel connection occurred in May 2019 when Michigan became the first state in the United States to launch a free web platform…

…. This platform was poised to be a tipping point for the state’s startup ecosystem, the platform — Startup MichiganTech — is based on the successful Israeli platform developed by Start-Up Nation…

…MAY 20 • 2021 | 9 Click. Call. Give Now. www.hfldetroit.org • 248.723.8184 Hebrew Free Loan Detroit 6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 300 • Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48301 @HFLDetroit COVID-19 put…

…, so I can give to Hebrew Free Loan, and help others the way the agency helped me.” Community donations help Hebrew Free Loan give interest-free loans to local Jews for a variety of personal, health…

…, Ping Pong Club, Jew Crew Club. Michigan State University THEA JACOBS Groves High School National Honor Society, Tennis, Friendship Circle volun- teer, DECA Medalist, LLS Student of the Year…

…. University of Michigan KATLIN JACOBY Seaholm High School Cross- Country, Water Polo, National Honor Society, National Science Honor Society, American Sign Language Vice President, Founder of…

… JCC banner and partners with the Michigan Theater, with all film screenings and events taking place via Michigan Theater’s online platform, AgileLink. Selections include films portraying people…

… connection between the two parties. A Film Festival Pass allows access to all online film screenings and programs and costs $180. You can also rent individu- al movies for $12 each, while Michigan…

… Crystal and Tiffany Haddish on comedy, friend- ship and a bat mitzvah, it’s posted on YouTube. It’s just, well, heart-warming to hear how these Jews of different colors and generations hit it off and…

…MAY 20 • 2021 | 93 O ver five weeks, the Michigan-Central Galilee Partnership Region participated in an inspiring pilot program “Café Hafooch” (“Cappuccino”) — an intergenerational program…

… given the opportunity to discuss and deal with topics that dealt with Israel, Jews abroad and the diaspora that I am part of but really hadn’t ever discussed up until now. Jack and Sue from Detroit…

… come together to create your special Bris. For more information visit www.emich.edu/jewish-studies or email jewish.studies@emich.edu T e Eastern Michigan University Center for Jewish Studies of…

… research—including the ground- breaking project, Jewish Life and Language in Southeast Michigan. We are responsible for a lecture series, which, over the years, has brought students and community members…

… together to sample latkes for Hanukkah, taste “kosher soul” food, dance to klezmer music, laugh at “Old Jews Telling Jokes,” and sing with Israeli singer-songwriters. Congrats Graduates! …

… Detroit, where most of the Michigan Jewish community is concentrated. Schnaar acknowledges the survey had its limitations due to challenges connecting to more respondents because of the pan- demic…

…. She added the Federation also would have liked more inclusion. “We had hoped to garner a bigger representation from the Orthodox community as well as Jews in Detroit who are less engaged in…