Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit

Meet Aaron Gilman, currently living in Tel Aviv and a relatively new Michigan contribution to Israel’s Start Up Nation. Aaron was raised in Dexter MI, studied Finance at MSU, and, after graduating, was living in Royal Oak while working at Chrysler and GM in financial analysis. After 4 years working…

In the past, our grandparents may have lived comfortably without needing to learn how to navigate a rapidly modernizing world. Today, as a global pandemic wreaks havoc across the world, seniors are perhaps the most affected, since they are at the highest risk for coronavirus complications. Even as Israel slowly…

Hilma — tech for impact, is an NGO founded by Israeli hi-tech executives in 2018 to establish Israel as a world leader in social-impact entrepreneurship. Hilma develops social-tech solutions in Israel by recruiting talented young people (high-school graduates) to a volunteer-based program through National Service. These selected youngsters go through…

A message from a JFMD funding recipient Kfar Tikva: The Village of Hope, is a Home for Life and inclusive community for adults with cognitive, developmental and other disabilities located in Northern Israel’s scenic Jezreel Valley. The village provides access to medical and therapeutic services, activities, employment and vocational training,…

A note from our Former ICP Camper, Doron Herman A very well known face and voice on the Israeli news is Doron Herman, the police affairs reporter on Channel 13 news. Doron is also a very popular figure in Nof Hagalil (formerly Nazareth Illit in the Michigan Central Galilee Partnership…

An Interview with Yiftah Leket Yiftah Leket, with his wife Paz and their daughter Ella arrived in Detroit in mid-September as the new community shaliach (emissary) from Israel. They arrive at interesting times, both in Israel and globally with a Jewish community experiencing unchartered territory as a result of the…

Ariella (Lis) Raviv, the oldest child of Hannan and Lisa, active leaders in the Detroit Jewish community, is living in Tel Aviv’s trendy old north neighborhood, near her favorite spot in the country, the meeting of the Yarkon River and the Mediterranean Sea at the TLV Port. Ariella lives with…

Eviatar Baksis is the Director of Partnerships and Resource Development for Lehitiv, an organization that empowers families who are caught in the intergenerational cycle of poverty and accompanies them towards a life of independence. JFMD is proud to be a partner of this most impressive organization.   Eviatar and his wife Liraz have been connected for almost 2 decades to the Jewish…