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…Securing Our Future Through the Centennial Fund, Shelley and Joel Tauber Continue Their Legacy of Support for the Jewish Future y philanthropic career started when I graduated M The legacy this has provided for my family is enormous. from the University of Michigan and immediately Throughout this journey, the assistance, participation became involved in the Detroit Jewish Federation. In the and advice of my wife, Shelley, has been inva...…
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…@ Soldiers Among Us Long before Israel became a state, Detroiters supported and worked for the dream of creating a Jewish homeland. And many among us have put themselves on the line as members of the Israel Defense Forces to protect and preserve the Jewish state. These former and current IDF members are Israelis now living in Metro Detroit and Americans who believed so strongly in serving the Jewish nation that many volunteered as Lone Soldi...…
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…continued from page 14 FIDF Helps Israel’s Soldiers @ Since Israel’s founding in 1948, the soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces have risked, and many times sacrificed, their lives for the Jewish state. And, since the Friends of the IDF was founded in 1981, the organization has stood by and sup- ported Israel’s soldiers. As David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime min- ister, said, “In Israel, in order to be a realist, you must believe in mir...…
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…@ Israel Through The Decades 1948 1958 1978 1988 1968 1998 2008 Since its founding in 1942 by Philip Slomovitz, the Detroit Jewish News has chronicled the birth, growth and global impact of Israel. Take a walk back in time and see how the paper has celebrated previous Israel milestones. You can do your own searches about Israel over the decades at www.djnfoundation.org. 18 May 17 • 2018 jn …
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…@ Lasting Partnership Michigan and Israel economic partnership continues to grow thanks to MIBA. Sandy Selinger JUDY GREENWALD CONTRIBUTING WRITER T Hadas Bernard Beth Gotthelf David Kurzmann Mark Davidoff 20 he Michigan Israel Business Accelerator (MIBA), a bi-national nonprofit chamber of commerce formed in 2017 dedicated to increasing economic ties between Michigan businesses and Israeli companies, is continuing its efforts to st...…
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…essay @ continued from page 22 I am able to stand beside him proudly wearing my IDF uniform, donning the red paratroopers’ beret on my head and representing to him that the dream of Israel still lives on and his son did not die in vain. Later that evening, I sat with some friends on the rooftop of Yeshivat Orayta, where I had stud- ied before I drafted. The yeshivah is located in the Old City of Jerusalem and from the rooftop there is a mag...…
…RABBI IRWIN GRONER MEMORIAL LECTURE THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018 7:30 PM THE HISTORY OF CHUTZPAH AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR THE GRAND VISION OF HUMAN POSSIBILITY WITH RABBI ED FEINSTEIN DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR, PROFESSOR AND AUTHOR Rabbi Ed Feinstein is the author of several books, and is senior rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, California. He serves on the faculty of the Ziegler Rabbinical School of the American Jewish University, the Wexner ...…
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…@ Celebrating Israel! Farber students go all out for the Jewish state’s 70th anniversary. LOUIS FINKELMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER PHOTOS BY PAUL FISCHER M ore than a half-century ago, the founders of Akiva Hebrew Day School (Yeshivat Akiva), an Orthodox Zionist institution, intended to create an educational institution dedi- cated to Jewish and secular studies “while imbuing its students with a love for and a commitment to the land of Israel....…
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…jews d in the Then: A counselor speaks with a young boy. Now: Mentor Alan Simons and his mentee Jacob. Impacting Lives For 90 years, Jewish Family Service responds to the needs of the community. JOYCE WISWELL CONTRIBUTING WRITER Then: Meals on Wheels volunteers prepare meals. Now: A volunteer delivers meals to a thankful senior. Then: Soviet Jews await the arrival of relatives. Now: Members of 2015 citizenship class celebrate. Then:...…
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