by Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor | Jul 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Rabbi Asher Lopatin, Director of Community Relations On Thursday, July 11, I was thrilled to meet over 30 parents of Jewish students in Washtenaw County schools at our relaunch of the “Parents Group.” While this group had met a few times over the past...
by Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor | Jul 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Decky Alexander, Wendy Lawrence, (co-chairs, Jewish Community Relations Committee) and Rabbi Asher Lopatin, Director of Jewish Community Relations, Jewish Federation The initial vision was important: gathering the local Jewish community to meet and hear from local...
by Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor | Jun 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
This week was Yom Yerushalayim – Jerusalem Reunification Day – which recognizes that Jerusalem is now a united city, open for all religions to worship in their holy spaces. This includes hundreds of thousands of Muslims who gather on the Temple Mount every...
by Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor | Jun 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Amichay Findling, Israel and Overseas Program Manager The third week of May was a very meaningful week for Israelis, and Jews in general, here in Ann Arbor. The week commemorated Israel’s Memorial Day (Yom HaZikaron) and Independence Day (Yom HaAtzmaut), which...
by Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor | Jun 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Rabbi Asher Lopatin, Community Relations Director On April 17, I attended a New York conference called “Disrupting Uyghur Genocide” to end Uyghur erasure in China in East Turkistan. The conference was sponsored, among others, by the Elie Wiesel Foundation for...
