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Friday, April 5, 1985
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
LOCAL NEWS
Wishing The Jewish Community
A HAPPY PASSOVER
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Balloons, flowers, Israeli songs
and Middle Eastern dancing,
falafel and other Israeli foods.
All that was missing Tuesday
night were fireworks exploding
overhead, and the Allied Jewish
Campaign provideda limited ver-
sion of that with a record projec-
tion of $23 million for its 1985 ef-
forts.
In a major departure from past
Campaign closing events, Jewish
Welfare Federation staff and
Campaign volunteers celebrated
their record efforts with a fun-
filled Israeli cabaret. Speeches
were kept to a minimum, and
Federation President Joel Tauber
set the irreverent tone for the
evening, identifying himself in
Spanish as Jose Tobleroni of the
"Jewish Taxing Association." A
four-page, tongue-in-cheek news-
letter, "Community Undercur-
rents," was given each Campaign
volunteer. It was filled with
lighthearted jabs at Campaign
leaders and recipient agencies.
The most serious note of the
evening at Adat Shalom
Synagogue was struck by Federa-
tion Executive Vice President
Wayne L. Feinstein and the
chairmen who reported their
Campaign division totals. Al-
though the 1985 Allied Jewish
Campaign has officially closed,
Feinstein said that 4,900 previous
contributors — "the fewest people
at this point ever" — remain to be
contacted.
Those 4,900 represented
$2,750,000 in 1984. If they give
the same contribution as last
year, Feinstein explained, the
Campaign will reach its 1985 goal
of $22.5 million. If they increase
their pledges, the total will reach
$23 million.
Campaign director Michael
Berke followed Feinstein and
narrated a hilarious slide pre-
sentaton featuring Campaign
Chairmen Stanley Frankel and
Robert Naftaly in "historic"
photographs: signing the Camp
David agreements, with Golda
Meir, in bowling alleys, backyard
scenes and "tactfully" soliciting
Campaign prospects.
The two chairmen took turns
lauding each other, the Federa-
.
tion staff and the Campaign vol-
unteers, and took a jibe from
Tauber for the "lousy job" they
had done. Halting the levity for a
moment, they said representing
Detroit had been "an honor and a
privilege," with Naftaly telling c )
"how fortunate I feel to be here, to
be an American, to be a Zionist .. .
"I carry two stones from Bir-
kenau in my pocket to remind me
every day how lucky we are to be
here. We get back 100-fold every-
thing we give to this community."
Feinstein called the 1985 effort c =
"the best Campaign in North
America." Detroiters also made cj
separate contributions totaling
$800,000 to Operation Moses to
resettle Ethiopian Jews in Israel,
and the six-year Detroit total for
Project Renewal in Israel has now
reached $6.8 million.
A record total necessarily c,
means record numbers for the in-
dividual Campaign divisions, and
the reporting chairmen did not
disappoint the crowd. The proj-
ected totals include $5 million for
the Industrial & Automotive Di-
vision, $4.5 million for Profes-
sional Service, $4 million for Real
Estate & Building Trades; $3 mil-
lion each for the Women's Di-
vision and the Professional
Health Division, $2.5 million for
Mercantile & Food, and a record
$350,000 for Young Adult. The.<
Metropolitan Division has col-
lected $122,000.
When the numbers ended, the
celebrating resumed with singing
and dancing. The Abraham Ben-
Zeev Trio and singer Norma Har-
paz performed a number of Israeli j
melodies, including upbeat ver-c-,
sions of the "Adon Olam" prayer
and the international hit, "Hal-
lelujah."
The Hora Aviv Dancers per-
formed several horas, and then re-
turned in new costumes to per-
form a debka with kefiyeh head-
dresses, the Russian
"Korobushka" and a Yemenite
dance, representing some of the
roots of Israeli folkdancing today.
The dancers included Fran
Levine, Uri Segal, Barbara Sil-
berscheim, Rami Udi, Belle
Greenbaum, Fay Knoll and
Shelly Komer Jackier.