A Year of Progressive Achievements YOUR PERSONAL Shirtmakers and Staff Communal Spirit: A Pledge for Renewal, Reinforcement Communal Spirit: -A Pledge for Renewal and Reinforcement By MANDELL L. BERMAN President, Jewish Welfare Federation This season of Rosh Has- ments and our lack of them. hana is the traditional time We find, in the gratifications to review our past year's ac- of the past year's service and tivities — our accomplish- in our yet-unfulfilled ambi- tions, incentive to pledge our- 26001 COOLIDGE HWY . OAK PARK 543-3343 MANDELL L. BERMAN are reminded of our own ori- gins. We identify with their difficult lingual, cultural and economic adjustments, and are glad that Federation's co- operative structure gives them support during this dif- ficult transition. and with groups of senior citizens. We expect that, in its re- port to the division, the sub- committee will give direction to the long-range planning of services which will be needed by this increasingly large segment of our population. It sometimes seems a slow, careful, and deliberate plan- ning process, this Federation examination of current ser- vices, future needs. and soc- iological and demographic trends. But as proven by the special poverty allocations made to JFCS this spring, Federation showed that it can also act quickly when urgent community needs so require. Detroit's response to the infamous attack upon Israel on last Yom Kippur was a proud example of the quick action possible to us in time of emergency. Within a short time, our community trans- mitted millions of dollars to sustain Israel's humanitarian services, which themselves parallel those of Federation agencies within our own neighborhoods. A special (Continued on. Page 29) During this past year, too, our Health and Welfare Bud- get and Planning Division worked with citizens con- cerned with the needs of im- poverished Jews and with the Jewish Family and Children's Service, the agency which gives service to the needy. The result of that study de- termining the extent of that need, (a study which investi- gated in great detail 200 case histories), was an addi- tional allocation of Federa- tion monies for immediate use in direct financial aid through the Jewish Family and Children's Service. While Federation agencies supplied the mechanisms to care for immediate needs and on-going p r o g r am s, the Health and Welfare Division's specially-appointed Subcom- mittees on Aging was meet- ing with those agencies which give service to elderly to as- THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS sess current programs and 28—Friday, Sept. 13, 1974 services, The Jewish Home for Aged, Federation Apart- ments, the Jewish Center, Colored Movies JFCS, and the Jewish Voca- tional Service and Communi- by Frank's Studio Weddin gs, Bar Mitzvas & ty Workshop are addressing Other Occasions themselves to this problem along with professionals in 474-7768 gerontology and geriatrics, selves to a greater effort in the year ahead. Coolidge-9 Mile Our desire to improve the Oak Park Center quality of Jewish life is the corner post of our work. With that same goal as the basis for their early endeavors, our predecessors in the organ- ized Jewish community began communal efforts to help in did needy almost 75 years ago, just before the turn of the century, with the found- ing of United Jewish Chari- ties in 1899. UPholstertnq & Furniture Galleries During the past 74 years, dedicated leadership h a s 2801 Woodward at 121/2 Mile brought the Detroit Jewish Phone 576-1900 community to the forefront of organized American Jewish community life. We have only 11.1111I ■ to look around our city to see the happy results of their planning. The major factor in these communal achievements is what we have come to call the "Federation idea" — a combination of response to PEST CONTROL the interests of the contribu- tors and response to Federa- SERVICE, INC. tion's basic interest in keep- ing the communal body uni- 862-3200 fied. Only a -central organi- E. John Klein and Family zation such as ours and over 200 such others around the country can make the most efficient and effective use of community monies and re- sources in service and agency programs. During the past year, we have once again confirmed the vitality and viability of that Federation idea. The as- similation of citizens new to Detroit, the Soviet Jews who are making our community their home, is a prime ex- ample of the Federation idea in operation. Our agencies provide these new members of our community with oppor- RUSSELL SCHREIBER ASSOCIATES tunities for job placement, AGENCY OF THE SHOW WORLD - family counseling, medical service, education, recrea- • Orchestras • Entertainment tion, and friendship. 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