Your Federation Connection
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Shabbat shalom! Candlelighting begins tonight at 7:33pm. On Saturday, Shabbat ends at 8:34pm.
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 The Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor remains deeply concerned about the judicial review overhaul that Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ruling coalition are trying to pass.
Last week, amid historic protests, 30 Jewish Federation leaders from across North America flew in to Israel for 24 hours to share their concerns directly with Israeli leaders.
You can read more about the fly-in here, and hear Eric Fingerhut, CEO of the Jewish Federation's of North America, talking about the trip on NPR earlier this week.
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Upcoming webinar: Government Policies on Religion and State in Israel
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March 30 | 12:30 PM ET
Learn about how the Israeli government’s policies may impact sensitive issues around religious diversity in the Jewish state.
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The Annual Meeting is Wednesday, May 31, 2023
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At the Annual Meeting, the community is invited to celebrate you for your incredible generosity to enrich Jewish life locally and around the world over the past year.
If you haven't yet given to the 2023 Annual Community Campaign, now is the time. We've already raised $1.2 million from more than 500 community members, but we need your help to surpass last year's total of $1.5 million before the meeting!
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Spotlight: Our Community Partners
Stay up to date with stories from our community partners in Michigan, Israel, and around the world
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It Takes a Jewish Village
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 What does it take to resettle a refugee family?
On Aug. 17, 2022, when Amanda Fahim, co-sponsorship coordinator at Jewish Family Services in Ann Arbor, and Spanish translator Zachary Kaiser drove to Detroit Metropolitan Airport to pick up a refugee family from Colombia, they were cognizant of how overwhelming the experience would be. Fahim, after all, had been through this process countless times....
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Jewish Geography
Interesting and thought-provoking stories from around the Jewish world
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PODCAST: What Matters Now to arrested activist/physicist Shikma Bressler: ‘Saving Israel’
The nation watched Thursday as the world-renowned scientist, a leader in the anti-judicial overhaul protest movement, was dragged to a police car. Hear why she is still optimistic. Times of Israel.
Michigan GOP attempts to tie gun reforms to Holocaust, faces backlash
The Michigan Republican Party's official social media accounts made misleading posts Wednesday to try to connect Democrat-backed gun proposals to the Holocaust, spurring criticism from both sides of the political aisle. Detroit News.
Queer yeshiva to publish first-ever collection of Jewish legal opinions written by and for trans Jews
In the midst of writing a 13-page analysis of a complex area of Jewish law, Rabbi Xava De Cordova found something she wasn’t expecting to see in the medieval-era sources: flexibility. JTA.
For Jewish fans, Duke’s new basketball coach inspires a different version of March Madness
Dylan Geller has taken great pride in his work as a student manager of Duke University’s men’s basketball team since landing the gig as a freshman in 2019. But things felt different this season, and not just because the Blue Devils had a new head coach, Jon Scheyer, after 42 years under the legendary Mike Krzyzewski. JTA.
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It's 2023 and almost Passover, so naturally there are multiple AI-generated haggadot to enhance your seder! Check out a Chat GPT Supplement for entertaining additions to the tradition, or see what serious commentary can be generated by artificial intelligence in Haggad.AI. Click the images above to see for yourself!
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New to the Ann Arbor Area?
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Federation is here to connect you to local Jewish life. Don't be shy - we want to help you feel at home, no matter how long you've been here or how long you plan to stay.
Contact Federation's Community Relations Manager McKenzie Katz to discover all that Jewish Ann Arbor has to offer. Email McKenzie at mckenzie@jewishannarbor.org or call (734) 773-3535.
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Be remembered forever with a gift to the Federation in your will, trust, retirement account or life insurance policy. Please be sure to let us know if you have already done this, so that we can thank you!
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LIFE & LEGACY Explained in 45 Seconds
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