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…U R GENEROSITY IS CHANGING . • Once again, the community has shown its' giving spirit by making our second bi-annual Stay@Home Fundraiser a tremendous success. More than $34,000 was raised for the design and purchase o miniature robotic surgical instruments for Children's Hospital of Michigan's Zeus Robotic Surgical System. This gift is being matched by the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation. T e The Sinai Guild Weisberg Cancer Treatme...…
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…Nefesh B'Nefesh, a group that aims to help North American Jews make aliyah by removing as many logistical and financial hurdles as possible. The Israeli government doesn't track what stream of Judaism an immigrant associates with, but Nefesh B'Nefesh estimates that 70 percent of North American Jews who have made aliyah through the organization are Orthodox. Rabbi Joshua Fass, an Orthodox Jew who made aliyah from Boca Raton, Fla., and is a co-f...…
…▪ Digest I Sympathy For Settlers tk Jerusatem/JTA— The Orthodox Union c-/ Ct leilaLi „Love I/cc% i? • attprY • A twit:sec ' ilawit7VIed • Micropar(. ,4 expressed empathy with settlers facing eviction, but said security issues are best left to Israel's citizens and government. "The current Israeli debate over dis- engagement from Gaza and parts of Shomron has evoked strongly held feel- ings within the Orthodox Union fami- ly," t...…
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