▪ THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 16 Friday, January 14, 1983 Winnipeg Jewry Faces Financial Crunch why WHE, ER ELS • lour Sign of Value for Sales Service &Custom Leasing Lal RCLIS Buick =Honda 2 4 :t 28585 Telegraph Rd. Across From Tel-Twelve Mall Southfield, Mich. (313)353-1300 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .41 • • • • • • • • • • • WEST BLOOMFIELD LANES • • • • • • • • • • • • Daytime Openings Available For '83-'84 Season Monday thru Friday • • • • 9:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. • • Contact Sharon or Larry • • 855-9555 • • • • WEST BLOOMFIELD LANES 6800 Orchard Lake Rd. • • Just south of Maple • • 855-9555 • • Open 7 Days, 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. • Nursery Available . . . Pro Shop • Deli Counter . . . Cocktail Lounge • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 40•41•41 41 0 41 41•41•40 41 41•41 41 41 41 41 41 40 41 41 41 . PET OW WINNIPEG - Key in- stitutions of the Jewish community in this Cana- dian city are facing a $2.5 million deficit. One of the suggested solutions for the problem has been to ask Is- raeli institutions or the United Israel Appeal for fi- nancial help. The Jewish Post of Win- nipeg reported the decreas- ing contributions to Win- nipeg's Combined Jewish Appeal (CJA) in recent years has caused the finan- cial problem. The CJA has failed to meet its campaign goals for the last three years. According to Marjorie Blankstein, president of the Winnipeg Jewish Commu- nity Council, the CJA cam- paign had $1.5 million after expenses in 1980 for local institutions, and $1.6 mil- lion after expenses in 1981. Blankstein said that the 1982 campaign was ex- pected to raise $200,000 less than last year, while com- munity institutions have a 1982-1983 budget of $1.5 million. The 1982 total goal, including funds to be sent overseas, was $4.2 million. The city's - YMHA Jewish Community Centre and several day schools have taken out bank loans in recent years to cover deficits. The $1.9 million in loans outstanding at the end of 1983 are expected to reach $2.5 million next September. The Jewish Post reported that poor showings in the latest CJA campaigns re- flect a general downturn in the Canadian economy, deaths or departures of major CJA contributors from Winnipeg, and other developments. Blankstein said, "Many members of the community are not making a fair share contribution. Perhaps the campaign has failed to at- tract enough people." In addition, the city's Jewish population has shrunk from a high of 20,000 in 1961 to 17,000, she added. Of that total, about 37 percent are over COUPON COUPON $5" OFF 4 I. SA vi 44, DOG SPAY VACCINATION Gy BIG IISTRAPIA, Pm. CAT INSTRAPER, Cogin 3 YR. 0111ES 1 TN. MRS Less Than 5 Yrs. Old 65 Lbs. & Under $" REG. 45 $60.00 - With Coupon - Nog. $10.00 Rm. $14.00 Rog. $12.00 Rog. $ COUPON COUPON CAT CASTRATION $1500 $'2%0 - With Coupon - DOG CASTRATION CAT SPAY 00 REG. $3 J $50 .00 J - With Coupon - COUPON $35°1) s s i to 75 Lbs. and Under - With Coupon 60, more than twice the per- centage of elderly in the Canadian population as a whole, leaving less working individuals to contribute to the CJA. Asked why the com- munity council didn't move earlier to reverse the community's finan- cial crisis, Blankstein said the current financial problems are a recent development. The Y and some Jewish day schools had deficits "for a period of years, but it wasn't until a year-and-a-half ago that it was ac- cumulating faster than we were able to handle it." The community debt at the end of 1981 was: Joseph Wolinsky Collegiate and Talmud Torah, $425,000; Ramah Hebrew School, $20,000; Peretz School, $127,000; Board of Jewish Education, $85,000; YMHA Jewish Community Centre, $1.2 million; Jewish Child and 'Family Service, $37,000. Community council planners are discussing several options for reducing the community debt and in- creasing revenues from fund raising, Blankstein said. Options include, among other things, closing the Y building and transferring its programs somewhere else, closing Joseph Wolinsky Collegiate and eliminating or reducing other community programs. * * * Newspaper Blames Lack of Democracy Meanwhile, the Jewish Post followed the public meeting on the financial situation with an editorial Dec. 9 entitled "Our Crisis Underscores Need for Democracy." It stated in part: "As one critic said at the public meeting on the community's financial crisis, many younger Jews feel alienated because the community council and other key institutions are run as a 'closed shop.' As a result, he added, the council has 'failed at getting the support of the vast majority of the community.' "Whether that is an accu- rate charge or not, we do need greater democracy in the institutions which are making the key spending decisions in our community: the BJE (Board of Jewish - Education) and the commu- nity council. "Rules governing elec- tions for both bodies need to be reformed, so that nominations of their directors come from the community At large, rather than from a small, undemocratically-chosen committee. There should be a choice of candidates in elections for the BJE and the council, and can- didates should make their positions on com- munity issues known. "Such reforms won't change the community's fi- nancial situation overnight, but they'll go a long way DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM VETERINARY CLINK 280 Daines, Birmingham 642-61 .44 e' toward dispelling the feel- ing many have that the community now is being run by a small, undemocratically-chosen group. "It might encourage many who are now standing on the sidelines to get in- volved in Jewish commu- nity activities and contrib- ute to the CJA -. Above all, it will show every Winnipeg Jew that he has more than a token say in how money do- nated to community institu- tions is being spent. He who pays the piper (or the CJA) should have the right to call the tune." Eastern subjects. Department chairman Mose Nahir said that clos- ing the department would end Jewish studies at the university. "I don't think the attrac- tion would be there to take a major or minor (in Judaic studies). They probably would just take individual courses. In effect, it would mean the end of a program because of lack of interest," he said. Getting Married? BRIDAL SHOW & SALE January 15-16 *** EAST 8 MILE ARMORY Judaic Studies Unit May Close .Sat. 12-6 • Sun. 12-6 Another blow to the community may be the clos- ing of the Department of - Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at the University of Manitoba. The university is considering closing several small departments this spring as an economy measure. The department is ap- proximately 20 years old and has 100 students. 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