“Life-changing” is an understatement when it comes to describing Brooke Dunn and Jonathan Arens’ experiences participating in Jewish Federation’s Motor City Mission trip to Israel.
The doctors were in! Federation’s Maimonides Society leadership cohort visits Israel.
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)
I’ve been to Iceland, Italy, Temple Israel (in both Detroit and West Bloomfield). But never Israel.
We’re going back to Israel as a community for the first time in over a decade.
A mission for Gen Xers? Geared for first-time visitors to Israel? Why not! Launched in January 2020 – with the generous support of longtime community leaders, Andi and Larry Wolfe – Federation’s inaugural Gen X Mission brought 33 first timers to tour, discover and experience all that Israel has to offer through the lens of Jewish Detroit’s vibrant connections there.
Amidst the flurry of congratulatory calls and casual drop-by visitors to his office, it’s clear everyone still wants a moment of Scott Kaufman’s time. Those who have come to know him best — those who have been energized, motivated and inspired by his friendship, partnership and leadership — certainly will miss him as he steps away from his day-to-day role as Federation’s CEO.
Fourth generation Detroiters, married 37 years, Sue Ellen and Alan Jay Kaufman have been active and ardent supporters of educational, civic and Jewish communal causes since their days as young lawyers in Federation’s “Junior Division” and “Women’s Department.” Steadily and quietly through the years, they have dedicated their energies and resources where their hearts have led them.
Pooling Resources and Creating Partnerships to Send Teens to Israel
