January 10, 2023
How Detroit is Helping Israeli Businesses Grow
David Glass
Peer-to-peer lending platform receives $700k in support from Detroit.
Topic
Israel
July 13, 2022
Update: Additional Subsidies for Community Mission Available
David Glass
Now you can’t afford not to go. For the first time in over a decade, the Detroit Jewish community will be traveling to Israel together. Thanks to an anonymous donor,… Continue reading Update: Additional Subsidies for Community Mission Available
June 8, 2022
Here’s Your Mission. If You Choose to Accept It. (video)
David Glass
We’re on a mission. Well, not yet, but we will be and want you to join us. With Federation’s Motor City Mission, March 12-21, 2023, we’re going back to Israel… Continue reading Here’s Your Mission. If You Choose to Accept It. (video)
April 26, 2022
I’ve Never Been to Israel
David Glass
I’ve been to Iceland, Italy, Temple Israel (in both Detroit and West Bloomfield). But never Israel.
February 21, 2022
Camping with Kevanah
David Glass
Zach Goldberger, head of the Sue and Alan J. Kaufman Family Teen Mission, takes fun very seriously.
January 13, 2022
Rescuing the Past in Israel
David Glass
In Israel, it’s often said that archaeology is the enemy of the building contractor.
October 13, 2021
Israel Year in Review
David Glass
(Photo: Artem Dolgopyat (L) President Isaac Herzog (C) and Linoy Ashram (R) with their Olympic gold medals at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, August 16, 2021. Photo credit: Itay Beit-On/GPO)… Continue reading Israel Year in Review
December 5, 2020
Want to go to Israel? Then Get There!
David Glass
For Alex Wineman, deciding to go back to Israel was never a question of yes or no. It was a question of when.
October 5, 2020
An Organization that Empowers Families
Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit
During the difficult crisis of COVID-19, about a million Israelis became unemployed and were thrust into a time of uncertainty.
September 2, 2020
Inspiring Leadership
Vivian Henoch, Editor myJewishDetroit
If ever you wonder what inspires leadership at Jewish Federation, ask Randi Sakwa. An energetic and highly motivated volunteer, Randi now serves on the Boards of Federation and its Women’s Philanthropy. Her heart in Israel — and a frequent visitor to Michigan’s Partnership Region of the Central Galilee — Randi is fully committed to her work as Co-chair of the Partnership2Gether Steering Committee, now celebrating 25 years of fellowship and accomplishment.