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Flint Jewish Federation--The Smart, Meaningful Way to Give!
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PJ Library Website Is Live!
Photo Exhibit Continues Through Friday
 

FREE JEWISH CHILDRENS'

BOOKS AND CDS!

 

Monitor your mailbox!  In the next week or two expect to receive a mailing from PJ Library with a free Jewish children's book.  It's all part of our attempt to publicize the Federation's participation
in the PJ Library program. Additionally, as part of the roll out of the PJ Library in Mid Michigan the new Mid Michigan PJ Library website is now online. At the site you may enroll your children, age 6 months to 8 years old in the program to receive a free Jewish book or CD each month and to learn about the PJ activities going on in our community.  Those who go online and get enrolled by June 22nd will receive their first book in August.  For more information call PJ Administrator Susan Low at (810) 429-7467 or go directly to our website at www.pjlibrary.org/communities/mid-michigan.

 

Governor Snyder Visits Israel

Governor Rick Snyder is leading a nine day trade mission to Israel seeking to increase trade and academic relations between Michigan and Israel.  Yesterday he met with Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu. In a press release it was revealed that Michigan ranks 19th among the states for exports to Israel and 15th for imports from there. The "investment mission" will visit Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Nazareth, Haifa the the Galilee region and attend an event marking President Shimon Peres' 90th birthday at which Barbara Streisand is expected to perform. 

 

BORSCHT BELT TO BOLLYWOOD FUN!

A great time was has by all!.  Delicious food, great entertainment and a raffle.  Raffle winners included Leo Seide, Sabita Tummala,

 
Bollywood Bountiful Buffet

 
Bollywood Dancealong
 

The Heartland Klezmorim

 

Bollywood Dancers

Call 810 767-5922 or

mail your donation to

619 Wallenberg St.,

Flint Michigan, 48502

Have you included the Federation in your will?

 PHOTO EXHIBIT CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY JUNE 21

Mott Community College Library

 

 

The Flint Jewish Federation, in partnership with the Mott Community College LIbrary (and with generous funding by the Ravitz Foundation) is delighted to present the photo exhibit: It Takes a Village: From Gondar to Jerusalem.  The exhibit will continue at the Library through June 21. The Library is open evenings on Monday and Tuesday for those who cannot attend during regular business hours. 
      The exhibition recounts the resettlement of Ethiopians from Ethiopia to Jerusalem. The photos are striking and depict the traditional lifestyle that they left behind for life in a modern, high-tech, democratic society in Israel. Most of the Ethiopians emigrated from Ethiopia to Israel during two massive waves of immigration mounted by the Israeli government - "Operation Moses" in 1984 and then again during "Operation Solomon" in 1991. Recently, it has been estimated that Israel is now the home of about 140,000 citizens of Ethiopian descent who mostly reside in the smaller urban areas of central Israel.
For more information call the Federation office at (810) 767-5922. 
 
  Photo Exhibit Opening--June 11th
  
More Borscht Belt to Bollywood...
 
The crowd