14 Friday, October 7, 1983

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Max Fisher, Martin - Citrin Cited at Federation Annual Meeting

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Jewish Agency. He is a
past president of the
Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion and remains active
on its Executive Commit-
tee. Citrin is president of
the Council of Jewish
Federations, is a past
Federation president and
member of the Executive
Committee. •
The Jewish Community
Foundation which has now
been named for Fisher has
given $1.6 million since its
founding in 1964 to Federa-

tion beneficiaries to conduct
demonstration and innova-
tive projects. The funds
come from unrestricted
earnings and gifts managed
by United Jewish Charities.
This year, grants have
been given for a University
of Michigan Hillel Founda-
tion project for law and bus-
iness students; a
Federation/U-M Study on
the needs of Detroit's non-
institutionalized Jewish el-
derly; the National Founda-
tion for Jewish Culture
"Preservation Project";

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Jewish videotape library at
the Jewish Community
Council; and continuation
of a grant for the second
year to aid the Hebrew lan-
guage curricula at Akiva
and Hillel day schools.
At the annual meeting,
held at Cong. Shaarey
Zedek, Federation Presi-
dent Avern Cohn gave his
annual report, recounting
Israel's reaction to the
Sabra and Shatila massacre
(the Kahan Commission re-
port), changes in the Jewish
Agency, Detroit's Project
Renewal efforts in Ramla,
the plight of Soviet Jewry
and economic hardship for
Jewry throughout the
world.
Cohn listed the chal-
lenges that will face Fed-
eration in the years
ahead: intermarriage,
disaffiliation, the declin-
ing birth rate. "The social
problems of the future
will not be met by our
traditional resource re-
sponses," he said.
"Jewish education must
be made more attractive.
We must compensate for the
apparent rootlessness
brought on by our mobility
out of 'the old neighbor-
hoods.' New ways of ensur-
ing that our youth and
young adults can meet one
another, grow together and
marry, are essential to our
future as a Jewish commun-
ity."
Cohn's words were echoed
by Federation Executive
Vice Presid ent Wayne

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Feinstein, who said, "we are
strong enough to be a
laboratory to solve these
problems," adding that
"Federation is a force for a
creative Jewish commun-
ity." He said Detroit can re-
spond to the challenges be-
cause of its unparalleled
team of lay leaders, volun-
teers and professional staff.

Cohn made the presenta-
tion of a parchment plaque
to Fisher. He told the audi-
ence that Fisher "always
has a belief in the future, in

Endowment

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tion for many years. He
most recently served as
executive vice president
of Federation during its
administrative phase. He
was Federation presi-
dent from 1978 to 1981.
Mrs. Chapin, who has
been a member of Feder-
ation's finance staff for a
number of years, will
serve as assistant direc-
tor of the endowment
fund.
The Endowment Review
Committee, under the
chairmanship of Cohn and
UJC President Joseph H.
Jackier, studied the chal-
lenges facing the local
Jewish community. They
stressed the importance of
endowment development as
a link to ensuring perma-
nent funds for local and
overseas projeCts.
Funds will be developed
through Federation's agen-
cies, Allied Jewish Cam-
paign perpetual funds and
UJC communal and
general-purpose funds. The
latter provides resources for
new projects, capital de-
velopment and emergency
gnieftes.ds from unrestricted

the city of Detroit, in the
Jewish. people."
"His unique approach
to problem solving, his
forward thinking, has led
to many answers," Cohn
said. "Now his name will
be linked to problem sol-
ving for future genera-
tions."
Fisher responded by stat-
ing that he had been blessed
with the opportunity to
serve, and the reward was
in the service itself.
"Every Jew has a feeling
for his fellow Jew," Fisher
said. "No matter where he
is, there are people who will
help him . . . The Jews have
always worked for a free,
democratic society." He cal-
led Israel and the United
States the world's greatest
democracies.
Fisher was given the
honor of paying tribute to
Citrin as this year's Butzel
Award winner. He paid tri-
bute to Citrin and his family
and complimented Citrin
for his "quiet, self-effacing
way" of accomplishing tasks
for the Jewish people.
Citrin responded by
paying tribute to Fisher,
saying his position of
power has been good for
Fisher, "but the way you
have used that power for
your people has been
crucial for us."
Citrin noted the freedom
of the U.S., pointing to
Cohn, a U.S. judge, and to
Fisher, an important indus-
trialist. He said the oppor-

tunity is great, "but how‘we
use those options and free-
dom of opportunity are most ,
important."
Elected to the Federation
Board of Governors for
three-year terms at the
meeting were James M.
August, Marlene Borman,
Ruth K. Broder and Richard
Sloan. Re-elected for
three-year terms were Stan-
ley D. Frankel, Joel D. Ger-
shenson, Samuel
Hechtman, Emery I. Klein
and Robert G. Slatkin.

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Members of the Endow-
ment Review Committee
are Mandell L. Berman,
Louis Berry, Martin E. Cit-
rin, Alfred L. Deutsch, Max
M. Fisher, Samuel Frankel,
Irwin Green, Miriam Ham-
burger, David Handleman,
Miles Jaffe, Maxwell Jos-
pey, Milton J. Miller, Alan
E. Schwartz, Leonard N.
Simons, Frieda Stollman
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' "get" (Jewish bill of divorce)
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A New York woman,
Susan Avitzur, turned to
the state courts last year
after her husband got a civil
divorce and blocked her
from obtaining a "get" by re-
fusing to go before a rabbin-
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Court of Appeals ruled that
the promise contained in
the "Ketuba, the standard
Jewish marriage contract
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