28 Friday, September 17, 1982

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Ground was broken Sun-
day for a residential com-
plex to house several
hundred senior citizens on
the 160-acre Jewish com-
munal property at Maple
and Drake roads, West
Bloomfield.
Construction was begun
on the Edward I. and Freda
Fleischman Residence and
Louis C. and Edith B.
Blumberg Plaza, both oper-
ated by the Jewish Home
for Aged, and the Lillian
and Samuel Hechtman
Apartments, third phase of
Jewish Federation Apart-
ments.
The first shovelfull of
earth was turned for each of
the three structures by
members of the families for

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To aft our friends andfamiCy,

Rosh Hasaana is a new 6eginnin9,
the coming of the New Year.
Our hopes and prayers for everyone.
Good health, prosperity, and a year of
peace at home and in Israa.
We believe the time has come for aft
of us to re-estaKisa our enthusiasm
and commitment to our community
and the wora Jewish community.
From aft your friends at Tappers,
have a Happy and Heathy New Year.

Howard and Steven Tapper

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Members of the three families who have helped
make possible the construction of facilities for the
elderly took part in ground-breaking ceremonies
Sunday. Shown are, from left, Marvin Fleischman,
Freda Fleischman, Louis Blumberg, Lillian
Hechtman and Samuel Hechtman.

whom the facilities are
named: Marvin and Freda
Fleischman, son and wife of
the late Edward I. Fleis-
chman; Louis Blumberg,
husband of the late Edith
Blumberg; and Lillian and
Samuel Hechtman.
In his greetings from the
Jewish Welfare Federation,
President Avern Cohn ex-
pressed his pride in Federa-
tion's involvement in this
undertaking — through its
budgeting and planning
structure, United Jewish
Charities, and various other
committees, plus "of course,
two of its finest agencies,
Jewish Home for Aged and
Jewish Federation Apart-
ments."
He described the Maple-
Drake complex as a unique
example of two communal
agencies building together,
with combined government
and private funding.
Tillie Brandwine chaired
the ground-breaking pro-
gram, in which participants
included JHA President
Marvin Fleischman, Feder-
ation Apartments Presiden
Sheldon P. Winkelman ana
the agencies' respective
building committee chair-
men, Robert Steinberg and
Michael Perlman.
Rabbis Efry Spectre and
Irwin Groner delivered the
invocation and blessing,
and the Jewish Federation
Apartments choir sang the
national anthems.
The complex, which is lo-
cated adjacent to the Jewish
Community Center, will
provide a range of services
for the independent elderly
(Hechtman Federation
Apartments) and for the
semi-independent aged who
may need minimal services
but no nursing care (Fleis-
chman Residence).
The two structures will be
linked by a social and serv-
ice center (Blumberg Plaza)
which will include a
synagogue, lounge area and
mini shopping mall with a
snack bar and gift shop. A
library, day program room,
activities room and kitchen
also will be located there.
More than 200 persons will
live in the two residences,
but many more will use the
facilities of the plaza and
neighboring Jewish Com-
munity Center.
The Jewish Home for
Aged, which this year is
celebrating its 75th an-

niversary, has embarked
upon a major capital fund
drive for its Maple-Drake
units. Including an operat-
ing endowment, it is ex-
pected to total close to
$6,500,000. The United
Jewish Charities is financ-
ing the building project
based on pledges received in
the drive. UJC also will hold
endowment funds for the
subsequent operation of the
residence.
The Kresge Foundation
awarded a $350,000 chal-
lenge grant toward the proj-
ect. A capital grant from
Federation's Cap'tal Needs
Committee has also been
approved toward the con-
struction of the residence.
The third phase of Jewish
Federation Apartments —
subsidized one-bedroom
units for the elderly — will
be constructed on the site
under the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban De-
velopment program for el-
derly housing.
The mortgage includes a
rental subsidy for the units,
and applicants' rental fees
will be determined by in-
come and assets. The
Jewish Welfare Federation
expects to subsidize the
five-day-a-week kosher
dinners for all residents, as
it does at the present Oak
Park facility, Prentis To-
wers.

Lebanese Plea

"The PLO must leave Be-
irut. It is well and truly
over. The PLO leadership
must face facts.
"This is no longer 1976,
when Arafat was dealing
with Syria and could ma-
neuver among the various
Arab countries. Today he is
again trying to play for
time, hoping for a - miracle
from the Arab world, but I
do not believe in that.
"The Palestinian Resis-
tance must leave Beirut be-
cause remaining there
would amount to suicide for
it. At the same time it would
be suicide for Beirut."
—Interview with Walid
Jumblatt, leader of the
Lebanese Nationalist
Movement, Le Monde, June
26.

The wise man does no
wrong in changing his
habits with the times.
—Dionysius