by Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor | Nov 17, 2022 | Community, Events
By Jonathan Trobe, MD The annual symposium of the Greater Ann Arbor Maimonides Society is returning in person. It will take place on Sunday morning, December 4, 2022, in the auditorium of the Kellogg Eye Center at 1000 Wall Street in Ann Arbor. The topic is...
by Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor | Nov 17, 2022 | Community
There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for the spring. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature – the assurance that dawn comes after night,...
by Eileen Freed | Oct 19, 2022 | Community
An oft repeated message from Federation is that “Federations were made for times like these.” This most often refers to the significant collective action we employ in cases of national or global crises, such as supporting Jewish communities in the Former Soviet Union...
by Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor | Sep 30, 2022 | Community, Educational, Uncategorized
Update: September 30, 2022 This just in: Governor Whitmer has released a message to all Michigan public school families about MI’s Count Day falling on Yom Kippur this year. In it, she says, “Every student, parent, and education professional deserve...
by Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor | Sep 23, 2022 | Community, Uncategorized
JCOR is a coalition made up of volunteers from Beth Israel Congregation, Temple Beth Emeth, the Jewish Cultural Society, the Ann Arbor Reconstructionist Congregation, Pardes Hannah, and the Ann Arbor Orthodox Minyan. With additional support from Jewish Family Services...
by Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor | Jun 16, 2022 | Community
The Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor, in partnership with the Jewish communal organizations and congregations in Washtenaw County, is pleased to be launching a demographic study of the Jewish community in the greater Ann Arbor area. The goal of this study is to...