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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, March 21, 1981
William Avrunin, at 70, Continues His Services
Marking Uninterrupted Activities in Retirement
In the less than five years
since his retirement in 1976
as executive vice president
of the Jewish Welfare Fed-
eration of Detroit, William
Avrunin has registered
services that match the
labors of one-half his 70
years. The recognition ac-
corded him is evidenced in
the acclaim he has from fel-
low professionals and heads
of federations.
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ing for the Israel Institute
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ment. He has also served as
a consultant for the Council
of Jewish Federation's
two-year self-study pro-
gram and conducted a study
for the United Foundation
of Detroit.
Avrunin has provided
professional consultation to -
a number of Jewish federa-
tions and prepared a series
of reports for the board of
the Jewish Welfare Federa-
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WILLIAM AVRUNIN
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Judith Laikin Elkin's "The
Jews of the Latin American
Republics" (University of
North Carolina Press) has
been nominated in the
Jewish history category for
a 1981 National Jewish
Book Award.
Nominees in four of the
nine categories were an-
nounced by the Jewish Wel-
fare Board Jewish Book
Council. This is the first
year that nominees have
been announced.
Also nominated in the
Jewish history category was
Mark Cohen's "Jewish
Self-Government in
Medieval Egypt" (Princeton
University Press).
Other nominees are:
For a book on the
Holocaust: "The Faith
and Doubt of Holocaust
Survivors" by Reeve
Robert Brenner (Macmil-
lan), "The Politics of
Genocide: The Holocaust
in Hungary" by Ran-
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Fort Wayne, Ind., and
regional director of the east
central states for the Coun-
cil of Jewish Federations
and Welfare Funds.
He joined the Detroit
Jewish Welfare Federation
as associate director in
1948, and was named
executive director in 1967.
Avrunin is a past
president of the national
committee for Big Brothers__
- Big Sisters and has 1-1
several editorial posts
the Journal of Jewish
Communal Service. He is a
board member of the Michi-
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National Jewish Welfare
Board and the Institute for
Jewish Life.
Detroiter's Volume Is Nominated I E CLOTH
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A graduate of Ohio State
University in journalism
and Western Reserve Uni-
versity in social sciences,
Avrunin began his career as
an associate editor of
a monthly Jewish magazine
in Cleveland in 1934.
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The family's matriarch,
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