24 Friday, September 5, 1975
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
5736: A Year of Celebration of Detroit's
Charities and Federation Anniversaries
By MANDELL T. BERMAN
ience and wisdom of the
past is linked with the needs
of the present and the chal-
Plane, Bus, Car and Hotel
ISRAEL, U.S.A.,
Traditionally a season for lenges of the future, Rosh
Re'servations
and EVERYWHERE
reflection on how the exper- Hashana this year has spe-
cial significance for the Jew-
ish Welfare Federation and
the Detroit Jewish commu-
nity.
1975 and 1976 are mile-
stone years in which we will
be celebrating the 75th an-
niversary of the United Jew-
ish Charities and the 50th
birthday of the Jewish Wel-
fafe Federation. It is highly
appropriate, therefore, as
we prepare to observe the
Jewish New Year, to ask
ourselves how far have we
come and what have we ac-
complished.
How well our founding
Jewish fathers built! In
their accomplishments and
in the institutions they de-
veloped, we see the seeds of
RICHARD H. LOVE, C.L.U.
today's professionalized and
Manager
sophisticated communal
service agencies and the
generous response to private
The New Year is a time to give thanks for past blessings, and to look
philanthropic appeals that
forward to the future with hope. As we face the challenges of the year
characterize
the boldness
to come we do so strengthened by the cultural and religious heritage of
and successes of our Allied
our Judaic tradition.
Jewish Campaigns.
President, Jewish Welfare
Federation
-
New Year's Greetings
To all our friends
It has been our privilege as insurance people to help plan a secure and
happy future for you and your families. As we re-examine our role in life
during these most holy days we pledge anew our determination to main-
tain the highest standards in serving you, our valued friends and clients.
I join my associates in extending to you our best wishes for a happy,
healthy and productive New Year.
Richard H. Love, C.L.U., Manager
Detroit Centre Branch
1 766 Penobscot Bldg. 965-3 1 34
The Dominion Life
Assurance Company
Our Success Is Built on a Firm Foundation of Sincere Service
It was the vision and
complete dedication to
Jewish values of our early
leaders that helped estab-
lish Detroit as one of
America's leading Jewish
communities.
As we look backward at
our Detroit Jewish history,
we are struck at the contin-
uous process through which
the Jewish community re-
sponded to challenges in the
world about them and to the
Jewish condition in that
world.
In 1975 our main Jewish
Community Center building
was purchased by the City
of Detroit, bringing us a
step closer to the 1976 open-
ing of the doors of our new
Center in West Bloomfield,
largest single communal
enterprise in our history.
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A consequence of this de-
velopment was the need to
relocate the Jewish Family
and Children's Service
which will have a new home
in a recently purchased
building on Greenfield in
Oak Park.
Providing assistance to
Jews in distress throughout
the world is central to our
communal history.
I take pride in noting that
in 1975 we "Kept the Prom-
ise" to our brethren in Israel
through the success of the
Allied Jewish Campaign,
which in the teeth of an eco-
nomic recession with special
impact on Detroit, realized
its second highest achieve-
ment in history.
It is interesting to ob-
serve that Detroit's first
campaign under the aus-
pices of the United Jewish
Charities raised $4,200
from 245 subscribers while
the 1975 Allied Jewish
Campaign raised nearly
818 million from more than
23,000 contributors.
Meeting human needs
continued to be the concern
of our communal agencies
in 1975. Because of the im-
pact of economic circumst-
ances on the lives of people,
we encouraged the Jewish
Family and Children's Serv-
ice to expand its program to
provide direct financial as-
sistance to Jewish families.
The tradition of helping
to integrate the newcomer
was maintained as more
Russian Jews arrived to
make their homes in De-
troit, a program calling for
special efforts from our lo-
cal agencies, the Resettle-
ment Service, Jewish Com-
munity Center and Jewish
Vocational Service-Commu-
nity Workshop in particu-
lar.
At the same time, recog-
nizing broader humanitar-
ian responsibilities, the
Jewish 'Welfare Federation
joined in support_ of efforts
of the United HIAS to aid in
the resettlement of refugees
from Vietnam brought to
the U.S. in the wake of the
tragic war in Indo-China.
Responding to its own
readiness for change, the
Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion is revising some of its
internal procedures. The
new plan, to be in effect in
the fall of 1975, calls for
reorganization of Federa-
tion's budget and planning
divisions to provide for
greater balance in the de-
tailed work of reviewing
the program and budget-
ary needs of beneficiary
agencies.
For the first time we will
have a new National Agen-
cies Division responsible for
recommending allocations
to non-local agencies.
The existing Community
Relations and Education
Divisions will be realigned
into the Culture and Educa-
tion Division, while the for-
mer Health and Welfare
Division assumes a changed
title and role as the Commu-
nity Services Division.
Federation's fourth plan-
ning group, the Capital
Needs Committee, will
MANDELL BERMAN
carry on its important func-
tion of evaluating agency
building needs as before.
It is my hope that this
revised structure will add
both to Federation's un-
derstanding of agency
programs as well as its
efficiency.
It is with admiration,
therefore, at this Rosh Has-
hana season, that we look
back on the accomplish-
ments of those who founded
and built our Jewish com-
munity.
It is with satisfaction that
we view our accomplish-
ments in 1975.
It is with excitement that
we look ahead confident
that the foundations of the
past will make possible a
deepening of Jewish life and
values in Detroit of the fu-
ture.
Sharon to Speak
at ZOA Parley
CHICAGO — Gen. Ariel
Sharon, military adviser to
Prime Minister Yitzhak
Rabin, will address the
opening session of the 78th
Zionist Organization of
America national conven-
tion Oct. 2 in the Sheraton-
Chicago Hotel.
ZOA President Dr. Joseph-
P. Sternstein, will deliver
the convention keynote ad-
dress at the same session.
Gen. Sharon commanded
the armored divisions which
crossed the Suez Canal in
the Yom Kippur War, a
move which later resulted in
the encirclement of the
Egyptian Third Army. He
will present a report on the
latest developments result-
ing from the Israel-Egy -
tian disengagement
Sinai.
Betty Ford Attends
Mizrachi Banquet
NEW YORK — First
Lady Betty Ford Wednes-
day flew here to present
awards at the Mizrachi-
Religious Zionists of Amer-
ica banquet.
Mrs. Ford presented the
1975 Religious Zionist
Award to Stanley Dubrow,
vice president of Pathmark,
and the organization's 27th
Independence Anniversary
award to Milton H. Hoff-
man, a retired kosher food
industrialist who met the
Fords 15 years agd in Wash-
ington.