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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
Thursday, September 7, 1950
Center Records Year
of Expansion, Interest
by HERMAN JACOBS – day-camps (Dexter-Davison, workers about the country—par-
Northwest, 12th Street and ents, like their children, must at-
Executive Director, Jewish
Camp Habonim at the Aaron De- tend institutes which build their
Community Center
Roy Memorial Building) yet reg- identification with Jewish-Amer-
THIS HAS BEEN a year of istration at all the Center day- ican life.
4. expansion, of physical move- camps continued far in excess of
Parents also take part in plan-
ment •for the Jewish Com- capacity. --- ning and in setting the objectives
munity Center. This was the
Through the generosity of of the 31 Center neighborhood
year we opened our Dexter- Israel Davidson, the Center had clubs, in which children six to
Davison branch, the year we the use this summer of a 100- 12 meet weekly at the Center
operated our first country camp acre country site, which our day branches or at members' homes.
site for day campers, our first campers visited weekly, and For these youngsters, their clubs
old age camping program. Our which served our teen agers as are an exciting taste of the
northwest extension office at the scene for overnight cookouts. democratic process, of fun and
18677 Livernois is only a few
Camp Chelsea, near Grass informal education—all with a
months old.
Lake, added camp periods for marked Jewish content.
What is significant, however,
Center teen-agers, too, in a
teen-age girls tand old people.
is not the rate at which the
The Center has grown out not variety of committees at dif-
Center has moved out to the
ferent levels, help plan their
1 community, but the kind of wel- merely in a physical sense, but programs of athletics, social ac
in terms of program as well. We
come the community has given are serving more and more sec- tivity and informal education.
new Center facilities. I am tors of the community.
This group was perhaps the most
thinking, for example, of Open
Cheek by jowl at the 12th enthusiastic in its response to
House Week at the Dexter Street branch with our play- the opening of the Dexter-Davi-
branch, when every event drew school for three and four-year son branch and we anticipate a
at least twice the anticipated olds are our Golden Age Clubs like response in the Northwest
crowd, and we had to admit which help men and women over this fall, when a full-time teen-
youngsters to the dedication par- 55 to find companionship, activity, age worker will take over.
ties by shifts. I am thinking of self-expression and informal edu-
YOUTH LEADERS
the hundreds of parents in the cation.
After a lapse of nearly a year,
northwest who attended meet-
a full-time leader will work with
PARENTS' INSTITUTE
ings to discuss the kinds of pro-
grams and the facilities the Cen-
Nationally recognized is the
ter could supply in their neigh- Center's unique Jewish Parents'
borhoods.
Institute, an experimental pro-
Drive by the Dexter-Davison gram for secular Jewish educa-
branch any evening or Sunday tion. Parents work out the cur-
and you will find it literally riculum and teaching aids—last
FROM
"jumping" with throngs of young year's" Passover Story record,
people. More than 1,300 mem- which had wide local distribu-
bers have joined the branch and tion, was an offshoot of this kind
more than 100 groups are or- of parent participation—and here
ganized under its sponsorship. is a proviso which has drawn at-
Paralleling the spectacular re- tention of educators and Center
sponse in the new neighborhoods,
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there has been a continued,
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steady growth in membership at
the old Center buildings-12th
I IOU DAY GREETINGS
Street Council Center and Wood-
ward avenue. Center member-
ship and the demand for Cen-
ter programs is today the high-
KAY CARNEY
est in history.
FORMAL SERVICE
CAMPING FACILITIES
The story of our camping pro-
4835 Grand River
gram underlines how this agency
has grown in physical scope, how
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the Center, in effect, has become
decentralized. We added a fourth
this year to our chain of city
the Center - sponsored Young . couragethent and education in
Adult Council this fall. Ile will adjusting to a new land. Eng-
help Council members with their lish classes for immigrants have
acceptance of community re- proved immensely practical.
sponsibility, with planning of so-
The Jewish Community Center
cial and cultural events, with is a network of many programs,
the coordination of programs and of widely distributed physical
the infusion of Jewish content facilities which serve every area
and self-education.
and interest in Detroit's Jewish
But the Center is also an edu- community.
cational medium of importance.
The Center-sponsored art, mu-
sic and dance classes have turned
out, distinguished alumni. The
lectures, film showings, concerts
and exhibits under the sponsor-
ship of our adult education pro-
gram have done us honor. In-
formal education is pursued
through a number of adult so-
cial groups sponsored by this de-
Wish All Their Friends
partment.
A VERY
HAPPY NEW YEAR
One of the significant areas of
Center growth has been in serv-
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ice to newcomers. Center-spon-
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sored groups offer self-help, en-
Mrs. Anna_
Karbal and
family
WESTERN LADIES AID SOCIETY
WISHES ALL ITS MEMBERS AND FRIENDS
A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR
MRS. NATHAN HORENSTEIN
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Holiday
Greetings
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GERTRUDE HOBERMAN, President
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PEGGY BRANER, President
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Maurice Rose Auxiliary No. 420
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Sholom Aukiliary No. 537
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