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 Eileen Freed | Jun 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
As we head into summer, a time when the Federation team takes a little time to breathe and begins planning for the coming programming year, I extend deep gratitude to the 645 donors to the 2024 Annual Community Campaign. Thanks to you, we have raised $1,565,000 to...
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...
by Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor | Jun 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Rabbi Asher Lopatin, Director of Community Relations Early in April, I met with my friend Dr. Mahmoud Al-Hadidi to discuss (and argue about) the Israel-Hamas war on Roop Raj’s Let it Rip (Fox 2, April 4). This was just a week after I was invited to attend Dr....
