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Bracha Katz, Israel and Overseas Administrative Assistant The Ride for the Living Detroit 2023 was a meaningful experience that touched the hearts of everyone involved. It served as a reminder […]

By Jennifer Levine, Senior Director, Israel & Overseas Department  In 1995, out of the blue, JFMD received a knock on its door from an attorney who informed them that Abraham […]

Olivia Berlin and Allison Gutman Early this month, we welcomed 24 members of the National Young Leadership Cabinet to Tamarack Camps to educate them about the I&O department. The National […]

Shai Chayoth, Israeli Camper Program Coordinator My name is Shai Chayoth and I am the Israeli Camper Program Coordinator, working out of our Israel office. In the past few months, […]

June 2023  By Jerry Chapman – P2G Co-Chair  In the second week of June, ten JFMD Partnership2Gether Committee members and staff left for Israel to meet with our Israeli committee […]

Each year a group of 75 teens, Jews and Arabs, come to the Youth Theatre up to five afternoons a week where they receive a hot meal and learn writing, […]

It’s not true what they say, that it’s hard to sum up three years of Shlichut –  It’s actually impossible.    I have written numerous pieces for the Israel & […]

By Naomi Miller In early November, Israel opened its borders to vaccinated tourists to come back and visit this wonderful country. Here is a link , updated as of mid […]

By Yiftach Leket, Community Shaliach I am sitting next to Tomer Moked, NEXTGen Detroit’s Director, on a beautiful evening flight from Washington D.C. back home to Detroit. We had just […]

By Naomi Miller Tell us a few things about Einat I grew up in a small communal village called Givat Ella, located in the Jezreel Valley, one of the three […]