THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, May 28, 1982 1 Gift Endows Jewish Special Ed. Classes Through a $100,000 gift from Detroiter Norman Shulevitz, a number of learning impaired youngsters will be able to continue in a special pro- gram in Jewish education. Shulevitz recently pro- vided the endowment in the name of himself and his late wife that will finance a community-wide special education program ad- ministered by the United Hebrew Schools. The in- come generated by the . 000 reserved in the an and Rose Shulevitz Foundation Fund will be distributed annually to un- derwrite the program. The United Jewish Charities, which manages the assets of the Jewish Welfare Federation, is re- sponsible for the manage- ment Of the Shulevitz Fund e nd other endowments and trust funds set up by mem- bers of the community. Earnings realized from in- vested assets are distrib- uted to a wide range of charities and social pro- grams. The UJC already has reached $27 million in endowment funds toward its goal of $100 minion during the 1980s, UJC President Joseph H. Jackier announced at the Charities' annual m _ eet- ing. that said Jackier endowments include 142 philanthropic funds, with a value of $12,088,472; plus 100 "special purpose" funds, for $2,139,781 and 69 in- surance policies, valued at $1,414,646. He noted that during 1981, a' total of $2,484,018 had been dis- tributed from philanthropic funds. The Shulevitz gift ensures continuation of the community-sponsored spe- cial education program, now renamed the Norman - and Rose Shulevitz Special rducation Program for Learning • Impaired Youngsters. The special - - education program, cur- rently located at the United Hebrew Schools and Temple Beth El, was funded ini- tially through a grant from the Jewish Community Foundation. Annually, the UJC ap- . proves a number of founda- tion grants to fund innova- tive demonstration projects (usually for two or three years) of benefit to the Jewish community. These projects are outside of the regular programming of- fered by agencies affiliated with the Jewish Welfare Federation. Stanley D. Winkelman is chairman of the Jewish Community Foundation. "Gifts to endow special projects, such as that from the Shulevitz Fund, will make it possible for worthwhile programs to continue once their foundation grants can no longer be extended," said Winkelman. Two other projects financed through the foundation will soon seek funding from other sources to as- sure their future. They are the Jewish Family Service Group Resi- dences for Elderly Pro- gram and the Jewish Association for Retarded Citizens' Semi- Independent Apartment Program. The United Hebrew Schools, under the direction of former President Rose Kaye and Superintendent Rabbi Gerald A. Teller, started a pilot special-edu- cation program specifically designed for students with intellectual and emotional impairment or multiple handicaps during the 1978-1979 school year. This was a response to the needs of children in the Detroit area with varying hand- icaps who were receiving no form of Jewish education because they could not be integrated into a regular classroom. Directed by program con- sultant Rochelle Millen, the tio ns with an extraordi- special Jewish education na ry feeling of accom- program at the United He- pli shment," said Har- brew Schools is geared to wo od. meet the individual needs of A dditional information children who have auditory, on the special education visual or speech impair- pro gram is available by Cal- ments, learning disabilities lin g Mrs. Millen at the or physical handicaps. Un ited Hebrew Schools, 354 -1050, or Mrs. Werney Hebrew reading, tefillot at Temple Beth El, 851- (prayers), Bible and music 110 0. all are part of theprogram, P ersdiis interested in led by Arlene Wohl., speech lea rning more about how to pathologist and head esta blish an endorment of teacher; Bayla Landsman, tru st fund should contact certified special education Le onard Milstone at the teacher; Sonny Lipenholtz, Un ited Jewish Charities, music teacher; Rabbi Ab- 965 -3939. raham Zentman, Hebrew •• • • • • • • • • • specialist; and Deena Schramm, teacher aide. Classes are held Sundays at Cong. Bnai David. • • • The special education Judaica program at Temple Beth El became a coordi- nated venture with the United Hebrew Schools dur- ing the 1980-1981 school year, through the leader- ship efforts of Rabbi Dannel Schwartz. Jules Harwood, president of the UHS, said the two schools have joined together for conferences, meetings, trips, development of pro- grams and educational materials and information sharing. The Temple Beth El teachers include Rose Werney, Joyce Friedman, Cindy Rosner and Cheryl Kerwin. The program is supervised by Alan Waldman, education direc tor of Temple Beth El. Highlighting last year's program at the two in- stitutions were the Bar Mitzva - ceremonies of 'three young men, two studying with -the, United Hebrew SchoolS and one from Temple Beth E. The Bar Mitzva ceremonies "provided the classes, the teachers and the institu- • • • • • CENTRAL HEATING Co. 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