THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

President Citrin Reviews J WF Achievements

vices overseas which bring
aid and hope to needy dis-
tressed Jews, rescue the
imperiled, feed the hun-
heal the sick, care for
T-he year just past was gry,
the aged, strengthen cul-
notable for Jewish people tural, educational and re-
the world over.
In Detroit, 1976 was a ligious institutions and
year of special signifi- encourage our people to
as 'Jews.
cance. We celebrated the live
Year-round concerns of
50th anniversary of the the
Jewish Welfare Fed-
Jewish Welfare Federa- eration
focus sharply on
tion and the 75th year of the social,
educational
Milted Jewish Charities. and cultural needs of the
rior looked back • with Detroit Jewish commun-
gratification at the le-
. gacy of continuous ser- ity.
In 1976 the Community
vice to people bequeathed
by the generations who Services Division re-
ceived a report from its
preceded us.
At the same time, we Sub-Committee on Ser-
were witness to the vices to the Aged which
"changing of the guard" gave emphasis to the
respecting Federation's pressing needs of an
professional leadership. ever-enlarging segment
After a 28-year distin- of our population. Under
guished career in Detroit a new permanent com-
William Avrunin retired mittee, programs for the
as executive vice presi- elderly will be unaer con-
dent. He was succeeded tinuous review and new
by Sol Drachler, himself services designed. In this
in his second decade of planning process almost
Federation service, who every local agency-will be
became executive direc- involved including the
Jewish Family Service,
tor last June.
Center, Jewish
Overseas, an uneasy Jewish
Vocational Service-
calm prevailed in the Community Workshop,
Middle-East between Is- Horne' for the Aged, Sinai
rael and her neighbors but
and Federation
the year 1976 provided Hospital
along with
important lessons for us as Apartments,
senior adults themselves.
Jews. The heinous attack
,The Jewish Home for
on Zionism at the United the Aged, while giving
Nations was a reminder of
how the people of Israel thought to future needs
and directions, is
and Jews everywhere are strengthening
current
linked together and stand operations and can
practically alone against to a greatly enlarged point
vol-
international slander.
The rescue at Entebbe, unteer corps; a new day
on the other hand, will care program; and a suc-
stand for all time as an cessful model program in
example to which other Reality Orientation,
people can aspire, a feat funded through the
by which Israel chal- Jewish Community
lenged policies of Foundation.
Federation
Apart-
blackmail and terrorism
ments continues to serve
so widely prevalent.
For our Detroit Jewish its tenants and also pro-
community, 1976 was vides a haven for the
'again a year in which we Meals-On-Wheels,; an
showed the continued will outreach meals-for-the-
to respond to changing homebound program,,
conditions. We and cooperatively supported
generous donors who by the Jewish Family
made capital pledges, we Service and the Detroit
opened our great Jewish section of the National
Community Center in Council ofJewish Women.
The interest of Sinai
West Bloomfield, now
also the new home of the Hospital in meeting health
Fresh Air Society and needs of the aged was
Tamarack Hills Author- made manifest . this year
ity. We also dedicated the through cooperative ef-
new Jewish Family Ser- forts betWeen the . hOspital
vice and Resettlement and the home for aged on
Services headquarters the one hand and the hos-
building in Southfield, pital and Federation
made possible by the very Apartments on the other.
The Community Ser-
same contributions by
Pi-Immunity donor re- vices Division will be re-
irces along with a capi- viewing the long, estab-
grant by the Capital lished programs of the
Fund of the United Fresh Air Society, soon to
celebrate its 75th year of
Foundation.
In our 1976 Allied service. The Fresh Air
Jewish Campaign our De- Society has also opened a
troit Jewish community major new central corn-
again showed its mettle missary at Ortonville
by responding in magnifi- and, through a grant
cent style. More than from the Jewish Com-
$16,500,000 was realized munity Foundation,
in the campaign, one of added to the educational
the largest in history, a services in its special
total that bespeaks both program for emotionally
the generosity and un- disturbed youngsters.
The Jewish Community
derstanding of our
Center, exceeding all ex-
people.
pectations, experienced
In Detroit we see a an amazing doubling of
strong network of corn- membership from 6,500 at
munity agencies providing Curtis-Meyers to more
the essential programs than 13,000 at Maple-
and services. We can take Drake.
The year 1976 was not
justifiable pride in the re-
cord of humanitarian ser- easy for the Resettlement

BY MARTIN E. CITRIN
President
Jewish Welfare
Federation of Detroit

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Service or the Jewish Voc-
ational Service-
Community Workshop.
The program of absorbing
refugees continued apace
as the Resettlement Ser-
viced devoted itself to help
126 Russian newcomers
settle in Detroit.
Our Jewish Community
Council has continued its
effective work in com-
munity relations and
public information, and
has lent cooperative ef-
forts to organizations
concerned with the fu-
ture of Detroit.
There . is, then, much to
feel grateful about as we
look back at 1976, con-

scious as we are that the
charge of meeting Jewish
communal needs is
never-ending. The record
of accomplishments over
these past months gives
us courage and confi-
dence to face our future in
the tested knowledge
that we have the man-
power, resources, and
leadership commitment
to cope with what the fu-
ture holds in store.

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