• Task Force Report Urges Reordered Priorities, Enlarged Communal Decision-Making Base American Jewish Commit- ;sources and by the establish- tee Detroit Chapter President ment of regional centers of I Miles Jaffe announces the . Jewish culture: publication of the Task Force • Changing the way the Report on the Future of the Jewish community operates I PAMPERED DRAPERY CLEANING .SERVICE The effect of the interac- lion of American and Israeli Jews on the development of Jewish cultural and religious expression. Yes, we mean pampered — you and your draperies! We porn- per you by asking you to just sit back and relax while we do all the work! Our. professionals will remove and re-install them. Our gentle cleaning process will pamper your draperies with tender, gentle handling that will prolong the life of your draperies. Jewish Community in Amer- by enlarging Its decision- The Task Force recom- ica was launched at a new.; making base to give greater mended that school boards conference at AJC national representation to segments I of all Jewish denominations headquarters in New York of 'he community that have examine the merits of eo• today. heretofore been under-refire- I operative schools, wit h Detroiter.; George Zeltzer, sented — particularly sea- shared facilities especially in chairman of t he educational demicians, the poor and the the area of informal educe- division of the Jewish Wel less affluent middle class— lion; that communal support fare Federation of Detroit, and by setting new criteria be given to the-preparation and William Avrun in , Fed lay of "sound and :imaginative for , professional and oration executive vice presi leadership. - curricular materials on a dent. were among the :14 In addition to recommend- scale far in excess of what leading Jewish sociologists, ing higher standards for the has taken place in the last philosophers, religious and recruitment and education of 30 years." communal leaders who coin professional personnel in prised the Task Force, or Jewish agencies, the Task THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS ganized by the American Force urged that they under- 16—Friday, Oct. 27, 1972 Jewish Committee. take self-examination of the Much of the AJ("s Detroit representativeness of their Chapter programing for the board of directors to make next two years will be built sure that all segments of the around the suggestions out• community and all points of lined in the Task Force Re- view were included in the port. according to Jaffe. composition of these deci- Special emphasis will he sion-making groups. placed on improving Jewish The aim of this recom- education and examining edu• rational material used In American schools concerning Jewish culture. Three major innovations in Jewish communal life will take place in the coming decade according to the Task Force report: • A reordering of priori- ties for Jewish communal organizations, which, while continuing to aid individuals in trouble, will place greater emphasis on education, com- munity involvement in syna- gogue activity, and improve- ment in the quality of Jewish life; • Enlarging the scope of Jewish communal service by pooling of organizational re- , EVERY MAN Should Have His Own TAILOR " 1. ( N;; -.- FREDRICKS WANT TO BE YOURS Come on in and let us fit a new suit for you, or bring us one of your old ones for a custom fit. 29581 Orchard lake Rd. DRAPERIES — BEDSPREADS — (AMP SHADES — Call Us Considerable attention was paid by the Task Force to the ways in which funds raised by the Jewish com- munity had been spent in the past and to the probability of reordered priorities. The trend in the coming decade is expected to be away from more generalized undertakings and toward the allocation of greater funds for more narrowly defined Jewish interests, the Task Force said. Jewish philanthropy, which has played an historic role in the establishment and maintenance of hospitals, wilt probably become less important as government- sponsored health programs develop, Task Force spokes- man Dr. David Sidorsky, Columbia University pro- fessor of philosophy, pre- dicted. The steady migration of Jewish families from the metropolitan centers of the Northeast to smaller com- munities in the West and South; The shift in population be- tween the city, the estab- lished suburbs and the newer suburbs; The gradual d * isintegration of extended families, which included grandparents and other relatives, and the establishment of the nuclear family, composed only of parents and children, as the accepted pattern; The recognition that poor Jews comprise a significant, though as yet undetermined. percentage of the total Venn, and that the aged and retired are a growing seg- ment; The search for new forms of expression for American Judaism in light of the cur- ,vm,i,4m.,,w140.454xiii::i7 DRAPERY CLEANERS WINDOW SHADES — For FREE Estimate "All THAT THE NAME IMPLIES" We WASH or DRYCLEAN City Wide & Suburban Service 891-1818 all your household items Call Collect or Reverse Charges The Year's Most Glamorous Affair The Detroit Businessmen's Group mendation, It stated, is to "guarantee that, in the for- mulation of policy on critical issues, those who would suffer the consequences of the policy, for better or worse, be consulted in the decision - making process." Thta would be in keeping, It added, with a "trend toward greater volunteer participa- tion and democratisation In Jewish organizational life." Underlying the Task Force's deliberations were some basic observations of demo- graphic a n d sociological changes that have affected American Jews: and we at DON'T WORRY — WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB FOR YOU CITY OF HOPE 60th Antittai A rzner- eAnce Sunday, October 29, 1972 Raleigh House siiuthfield Holywood Celebrity Greetings JUNE LOCKHART TV and Screen Star • Television Hostess For The 1972 Miss America Constest Music By Hal Gordon and His Orchestra Entertainment By MARILYN MICHAELS Songstress-Impressionist Star of the National Company of "Funny Girl" and Television's "Kopy Katy"' Black Tie Invitation Only Cocktails 5:30 p.m. Dinner 7:00 p.m. If You Are Late In Replying To Your Invitation. 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