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SUMMARY:The Collective Annual Retreat 2026: One Community
DESCRIPTION:**Registration for this year’s Collective Annual Retreat is now full. We haveopened a waitlist; to be added\, please email Plotkin@jewishdetroit.org** \nThe Collective Annual Retreat convenes Jewish education\, engagement\, andcommunal professionals from across Metro Detroit for a full day of practicallearning\, conversation\, and cross-agency connection. \nThis year’s theme\, One Community\, focuses on the real work of Jewish communallife today: navigating difference\, sharing priorities across institutions\,supporting our community through complexity\, and sustaining ourselves asprofessionals. \n**Opening Plenary One Community\, Many Commitments with Yossi Klein Halevi** \nThe day will begin with a plenary that grounds our collective work in themoral and peoplehood questions facing Jewish communal life right now. Throughstorytelling and reflection\, Yossi Klein Halevi will explore what it means tobelong to one community amid differing commitments\, perspectives\, andpriorities. \nThis session will invite participants to grapple with how we hold complexitywith integrity—navigating disagreement without fragmentation\, sharedresponsibility without uniformity\, and clarity in moments of tension. Theplenary will provide a shared frame and language that will carry through theworkshops and conversations that follow. \n**Why This Retreat** \nJewish professionals across Detroit are doing meaningful\, values-driven work.This retreat creates space to step back together\, engage with professionalsacross roles and agencies\, and strengthen our collective capacity to lead withclarity\, purpose\, and care. \nOne Community focuses on moving forward together while honoring the distinctroles\, voices\, and responsibilities each of us brings \n**Workshop Highlights Include** \n  * Universal Design: Creating a Culture of Inclusion with Detroit Disability Power  * Making Impact Real: Goal Setting That Actually Sticks with Jessica Katz  * Leadership and Teamwork with Tomer Moked  * Courageous Conversations: Conflict Resolution with Alex Harris from OpenDor Media  * Jewish Joy: Empowered Jewish Journeys with Dr. Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath from The Jewish Education Project  * Development Team Torah with Rabbi Ari Witkin  * Jewish Teens Today and the Jewish Future with Rabbi Jen Lader and Alex Harris  * Program Evaluation and Metrics with Ashley Schnaar Morof  * Finding My Voice with Yoel Levy (The Jewish Batman)  * AI Case-Studies and Experimentation Lab with Kari Alterman and Michelle Turnbull \nAnd a whole lot more… \n**Who Should Attend** \nThis retreat is designed for Jewish communal professionals across MetroDetroit\, including those working in: \n  * Education (early childhood\, day schools\, supplemental education\, adult learning)  * Youth\, teen\, and family engagement  * Israel engagement and Jewish learning  * Community engagement\, programming\, and innovation  * Philanthropy\, development\, and strategy \nBoth emerging and seasoned professionals are encouraged to attend. \n**Kosher Continental Breakfast and lunch provided** \nOrganized by: The Collective
URL:https://jewishdetroitcalendar.org/event/the-collective-annual-retreat-2026-one-community/
LOCATION:The J – Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd\, West Bloomfield
CATEGORIES:Adults
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Collective":MAILTO:plotkin@jewishdetroit.org
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SUMMARY:The Collective Annual Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Annual Retreat
URL:https://jewishdetroitcalendar.org/event/the-collective-annual-retreat/
LOCATION:The J – Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd\,
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Federation of Detroit":MAILTO:tcohen@jfmd.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260428T190000
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SUMMARY:Yossi Klein Halevi Public Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Yossi Klein Halevi will offer a public lecture – The Shalom Hartman Institute
URL:https://jewishdetroitcalendar.org/event/yossi-klein-halevi-public-lecture-2/
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SUMMARY:Among Neighbors\, Opening with documentary short Wallenberg
DESCRIPTION:This award-winning documentary blends exquisite animation with searingeyewitness testimony to uncover the haunting story of a Polish town wherecenturies of coexistence with its Jewish community collapsed in the shadow ofWorld War II. This powerful film plays like a real-life murder mystery\,exposing profound arts of courage and devastating acts of cruelty. 100minutes\, English & Polish. \nOpening with documentary short **_Wallenberg_**(17 minutes\, English)\,recounting how nearly 100\,000 Jews in German-occupied Hungary were saved byRaoul Wallenberg\, University of Michigan ‘35\, during the Holocaust. \nTickets: $12 advanced purchase. $15 at the door. \n**Silver Film Sponsor:** The Zekelman Holocaust Center \n**Bronze Film Sponsor:** CHAIM-Children of Holocaust Survivors Association inMichigan; David Horodoker Organization; The Voice/Vision Holocaust SurvivorOral History Archive \n**Sponsor:** JLearn \nOrganized by: The J\, Lenore Marwil Detroit Jewish Film Festival \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/14978
URL:https://jewishdetroitcalendar.org/event/among-neighbors-opening-with-documentary-short-wallenberg/
LOCATION:The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd\,
CATEGORIES:Adults,Holocaust,Parking (free)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lenore Marwil Detroit Jewish Film Festival":MAILTO:filmfestival@jccdet.org
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SUMMARY:Yoel Levy: From Hiding to Batman
DESCRIPTION:We are inviting parents and middle to high school students to hear Yoel Levy’s powerful story about growing up with dyslexia and a speech challenge\, finding confidence through movement\, and becoming The Jewish Fitness Coach\, (famous for running marathons dressed as Batman.) \nHis goal is to empower young Jews to stand tall and be unapologetically themselves. \nLight refreshments served.
URL:https://jewishdetroitcalendar.org/event/yoel-levy-from-hiding-to-batman/
LOCATION:Hillel Day School 32200 Middlebelt Rd\, Farmington Hills
CATEGORIES:Teens
ORGANIZER;CN="Affinities%2C JFMD":MAILTO:feld@jfmd.org
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SUMMARY:When Heroes Wear Capes: \nAn Inspiring Evening with @TheJewishFitnessCoach
DESCRIPTION:If a marathon runner dressed head-to-toe as Bat Man has showed up on yoursocial feed\, then Yoel Levy has made his way to you. And you are not alone\,Yoel’s handle\, @TheJewishFitnessCoach\, has over 255K followers who engage withhim as he travels the world running races as Bat Man to honor Ariel and KfirBibas and their love of the iconic super hero. But Yoel’s story goes beyondthe mask and cape. As a child\, he struggled with dyslexia and speechchallenges\, ultimately using movement and fitness to gain confidence andovercome obstacles. Followers also know that he is a proud and dotting bigbrother to his sister Hannah who has special needs.   \nYoel will be joining us for an inspiring talk with ample time for Q&A. He’llshare his personal story as well as touch on topics of resilience\, Jewishidentity and visibility\, and what it means to show up proudly as a Jew\, bothon and offline. This honest and inspiring conversation is appropriate andapplicable for teens and adults. We hope you will join us! \n**Donor Ticket:** \n$18 per adult (21+) if your household has made a gift to Federation’s 2026Annual Campaign. **If you are not yet a donor\, you can become one today andselect our donor ticket price option.  ** \n**Non-Donor Ticket:** \n$36 per adult (21+). \n**Student Ticket:  ** \n$10 (5th grade to college\, 20 and under). \nPlease register in advance by April 27. \nThank you to our Leadership: \nLindsay Hords and Jessica Migliore\, Event Co-Chairs \nAffinities Leadership: \nJayme Kirschner and Danny Singer\, Affinities Department Co-Chairs \nOrganized by: Jewish Federation Affinities \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/15300
URL:https://jewishdetroitcalendar.org/event/when-heroes-wear-capes-an-inspiring-evening-with-thejewishfitnesscoac/
LOCATION:Hillel Day School 32200 Middlebelt Rd\, Farmington Hills
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Federation Affinities":MAILTO:kaplan@jfmd.org
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture with Yossi Klein Halevi: “The End of the Post Holocaust Era”
DESCRIPTION:Please save the dates for a special lecture with Yossi Klein Halevi: “The End of the Post Holocaust Era”. Yossi Klein Halevi is a Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.\n\nThe post Holocaust era was a time of historical Jewish revival and renewal defined by the establishment of the state of Israel and success for Jews throughout the world\, especially in America.  It was a time marked by security\, influence\, and optimism about Jewish continuity. October 7 brought an end to that era revealing deep cracks and vulnerabilities. It sparked a need to reassess Jewish safety\, identity\, and peoplehood.   Join Yossi Klein Halevi as he unpacks what characterized the post Holocaust era and what this shift means for today’s Jewish communities locally and beyond.\n\nYossi is the author of the New York Times bestseller\, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor and co-host with Donniel Hartman of the Institute’s award-winning podcast\, For Heaven’s Sake.\nCongregation Shaarey Zedek\n27375 Bell Rd\nSouthfield\, MI\, 48034
URL:https://jewishdetroitcalendar.org/event/public-lecture-with-yossi-klein-halevi-the-end-of-the-post-holocaust-era/
LOCATION:Congreation Shaarey Zedek\, 27375 Bell Road\, Southfield\, MI\, 48034\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Shalom Hartman Institute":MAILTO:info@shalomhartman.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T060000
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SUMMARY:Yad Ezra Volunteer Recognition Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Dinner to honor our amazing volunteers
URL:https://jewishdetroitcalendar.org/event/yad-ezra-volunteer-recognition-dinner/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Volunteer
ORGANIZER;CN="Yad Ezra":MAILTO:info@yadezra.org
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