My first anti-BDS battle took place at the 2007 annual meeting of the Modern Language Association, the 35,000-member organization for literature and foreign language teachers. There already had been anti-Israel… Continue reading Battling the Hydra-Headed BDS Beast
Never doubt the power of a good eggplant. “In Search of Israeli Cuisine” is one of 30 films in the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit’s Annual Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival, May 8-19.
Q & A with Sharon Tal, making her mark today in the world of fashion at the helm of the legendary Israeli brand Maskit.
Meet Shimon Gal Levy, 30, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Naval Captain and Harvard grad with a Master’s in Public Policy. Self-starter, team builder, entrepreneur and connoisseur of Detroit Happy Hours. Currently on tour of duty in service to the community as Federation’s Senior Strategic Advisor and a Principal “ingredient” of Detroit’s venture group, Secret Sauce Capital.
Billed as “the ride of a lifetime,” the Israel Ride delivers as promised. According to Andrea (Andy) Roisman, a veteran traveler to Israel and the sole Detroit rider on the 7-day cycling tour this past October, pedaling 250 miles through the desert from Jerusalem to Eilat was a transformative Israel experience.
His teachers describe him as an exemplary student, a natural leader, a consensus builder and a role model. His favorite subjects in school? Biology, Calculus and Talmud. This is Nathaniel Faber – “Nati” as his friends and family call him – a senior at Akiva and the recipient of the 2015 David Hermelin Scholarship Award.
Meet Nancy Grosfeld, past President of Federation, current Chair of the Centennial Fund to secure Jewish Detroit’s future; recipient of Federation’s foremost honor, the 2015 Fred M. Butzel Award in recognition of her exceptional contribution to the health, education and well-being of the community through volunteer leadership and philanthropy.
Meet Renee Erlich, Co-Founder Star Trax and pulse220; Exec Coach, President, Founder, Prosperi Leadership Coaching; Board Member, Jewish Federation. Most inspired roles: Mom of three, wife and partner in life to Craig.
Meet Doctors Esther and Rich Zekman; married 15 years, parents of three; always on call: Rich in Oncology; Esther in OB-GYN; a power team, working hard, playing hard, loving life in the D.
Do you believe in miracles on ice? Follow Olympic hopeful, Jeff Lutz, on the Israeli curling team.
