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…ISSUE 29 FEBRUARY 2008 MICHIGAN REGION 0 TOGETHER fOR TODAY AND TOMORROW Arnie Weiner Plans Retirement after 39 Years with 1313Y0 For thousands of Michigan Region BBYO alumni, Arnie Weiner is BBYO. During his 39-year BBYO career, he has always been there to guide and champion Jewish teens, helping them develop their Jewish identities and leadership skills. As he moves on to a new chapter of his life on July 1, 2008, Arnie leaves an amazi...…
…To: Our Readers From: Our Leaders "Hello, I must be going. I cannot stay, I came to say, I must be going. I'm glad I came, but just the same, I must be going." I hope that you'll forgive me using one of Groucho Marx's famous songs as I write this last message to you all as Michigan BBYO Director. It seems like only yesterday that an idealistic young man left the School of Social Work at the University of Michigan to come to BBYO as Assistant ...…
…Eric Adelman "Comes Home" to 1313Y0 While Arnie Weiner's retirement from BBYO will be a major change, the Michigan Region BBYO Commission began to plan for the transition by appointing Eric Adelman as Senior Programming Director in December. Following Arnie's departure at the end of June, Eric will become Michigan Region's Executive Director. For Eric, it is a return to an organization that he has been involved with both as a teenager and pr...…
…Fisher AZA Members Learn of Max Fisher's Legacy E ORY During 2006, a new AZA chapter was established and named in memory of philanthropist and business leader Max M. Fisher. Max Fisher's daughter, Jane Sherman, subsequently met with members of Max Fisher AZA to talk with them about her father and his dedication to the Jewish Community. Gerald S. Cook Then and Now Gerald S. Cook, shown at left, when he was Aleph Godol of Sy-Teens AZA in 196...…
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