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Fresh Air Society
6600 W. Maple Rd.
West Bloomfield 48033: 661-0600
Dr. Richard Krugel
President
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he Jewish Welfare Federation is the central
Jewish community organization of Detroit
which, operating as a voluntary body and in
concert with its member agencies, carries out
the functions of financing, budgeting, planning
and coordination, leadership development and
leadership renewal.
In its program of service to the entire Jewish
community and aid to the far-flung Jewish
People, Federation expresses its belief in
Jewish principles of justice and the need for
united action for the common good.
29699 Southfield Rd.
Southfield 48076: 559-5000
This agency provides opportunities
for recreation and education in a
Jewish atmosphere. Operations in-
clude the Tamarack Camps in
Brighton and Ortonville, outpost
sites, a teen trip to Israel, programs
for exceptional children and a He-
brew-speaking village, as well as
adult camping.
Stuart Goldstein
Executive Director
Hebrew Free Loan Assn.
21550 W. Twelve Mile Rd.
Southfield 48076: 356-5292
Emery I. Klein
President
Through HFLA, non-interest loans
are available to persons unable to
secure commercial bank loans.
Funds may go to students needing
tuition money, persons with small
business needs and others who re-
quire personal financial assistance.
6600 W. Maple Rd.
West Bloomfield 48033: 661-1000
Jimmy Prentis Morris Branch
15110 W. Ten Mile Rd.
Oak Park 48237: 967-4030
Sidney Freedland
President
Dr. Morton Plotnick
Executive Director
Images of the year 1926 recall flappers,
the Charleston and high living. But
also refugees of war and the seeds of
economic disaster that would befall the
world three years later. It was a time of
great challenge and change for Ameri-
can—and Detroit—Jewry.
Like others of its size, Detroit's Jew-
ish community had no central body to
coordinate fund raising, budgeting and
planning for the welfare of its citizens.
United Jewish Charities, established in
1899, had met the need for a central
philanthropic organization. But by
autumn of 1926, with the Jewish popu-
lation soaring and charitable groups
competing for funds, public sentiment
would bring about the creation of a
new body: the Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion of Detroit.
Over the past six decades, Federation
has enabled Detroit Jewry to respond
to the victims of war and poverty, to
the establishment of a Jewish State
and the struggle of its people to build a
homeland, to the needs of the corn-
munity's aged and its youth. Detroit's
reputation for commitment is unique
and envied.
Response to change hasn't always
come easily or without debate. But
each era has produced its leaders to
meet the challenge. Starting on Page 2,
three of them recall highlights of those
years, and a fourth looks to the future.
4250 Woodward Ave.
Detroit 48201: 833-8100
Stephen J. Makoff
Jewish Community Center
SIXTY YEARS
OF PARTNERSHIP
Jewish Vocational Service
& Community Workshop
All ages are involved in leisure-time,
cultural, educational and recreation-
al activities. Programs include year-
round child care for pre-schoolers,
summer day camp, courses for all
ages including senior adults, Men's
and Women's Health Clubs and an
annual Book Fair.
Jewish Community Council
163 Madison Avenue
Detroit 48226: 962-1880
Leon S. Cohan
President
Alvin L. Kushner
Executive Director
Council works with 300 member
organizations on community rela-
tions and issues of common con-
cern. It arranges activities with
Jewish and non-Jewish organiza-
tions, produces programs of Jewish
content and provides a mediation
and arbitration service. A Council
committee coordinates Soviet
Jewry programming.
Jewish Family Service
24123 Greenfield Rd.
Southfield 48075: 559-1500
Susan Citrin
President
Samuel Lerner
Executive Director
JFS offers professional counseling
in such areas as family difficulties
and assistance to the aged. Services
include child placement, volunteer
aides, Meals on Wheels (in coopera-
tion with National Council of Jewish
Women) and help for single parents
and families of the physically
impaired.
President
Albert I. Ascher
Executive Director
For those who require assistance in
planning careers, finding suitable
employment and adjusting to jobs,
help is available through JVS. Col-
lege educational and financial plan-
ning and displaced homemaker ser-
vices are available. Workshops pro-
vide vocational rehabilitation ser-
vices to the aged and handicapped.
Resettlement Service
24123 Greenfield Rd.
Southfield 48075: 559-1500
Bernard H. Stollman
President
Samuel Lerner
Executive Director
In conjunction with HIAS, the inter-
national Jewish immigrant aid or-
ganization, Resettlement Service
provides housing and other assis-
tance to new immigrants settling in
the Detroit area. In addition, it co-
ordinates Federation agency pro-
grams designed to help newcomers.
Jewish House of Shelter
24123 Greenfield Rd.
Southfield 48075: 559-1500
Jerry Bielfield
President
Samuel Lerner
Executive Director
Under the supervision of Jewish
Family Service, the Jewish House
of Shelter offers temporary housing
to transients and homeless persons
on a short-term basis.
Jewish Federation Apts.
or in Southfield receive medical
care, therapy and nursing supervi-
sion. Fleischman Residence in West
Bloomfield was created for those
who do not require nursing care.
Fees are based on ability to pay.
Sinai Hospital of Detroit
6767 W. Outer Dr.
Detroit 48235: 493-6824
Shiffman Clinic
14800 W. McNichols Rd.
Detroit 48235: 493-6100
Goldin Health Care Center
6450 Farmington Rd.
West Bloomfield 48033: 493-6824
Samuel & Lillian Hechtman
Health Center
31500 Telegraph Rd.
Bingham Farms 48010: 493-6824
Robert A. Steinberg
President
Irving A. Shapiro
Executive Vice-President
This research and medical complex
offers care to patients from the en-
tire community. At Shiffman Clinic,
outpatients who cannot afford to
pay a private physician receive
medical and dental care. Several
outpatient services are offered at
Sinai's Health Care Center in West
Bloomfield. Sinai's Surgery Center
will open in the summer of 1987.
United Hebrew Schools
21550 W. Twelve Mile Rd.
Southfield 48076: 354-1050
Dr. Barbara Goodman
President
Dr. Gerald A. Teller
Superintendent
UHS offers Jewish educational op-
portunities for all ages, including
nursery school (in partnership with
several area synagogues), after-
noon classes and central Hebrew
High School. Classes for hearing
impaired and handicapped children
are available.
Anna and Meyer L. Prentis Towers
15100 W. Ten Mile Rd.
Oak Park 48237: 967-4240
Lillian and Samuel Hechtman Apts.
6700 W. Maple Rd.
West Bloomfield 48033: 661-5220
21550 W. Twelve Mile Rd.
Southfield 48076: 352-7117
Edwin Shifrin
Michael B. Perlman
Dr. Gerald A. Teller
President
Helen Naimark
Executive Director
Prentis Towers and Hechtman
Apartments accommodate senior
citizens on modest incomes who are
able to function independently and
maintain their own living quarters.
Activities and day programs are
offered on site and at the nearby
Jewish Community Centers.
Jewish Home for Aged
Borman Hall
19100 W. Seven Mile Rd.
Detroit 48219: 532-7112
Meyer L. Prentis Manor
26051 Lahser Rd.
Southfield 48034: 352-2336
Edward!. and Freda
Fleischman Residence
6710 W. Maple Rd.
West Bloomfield 48033: 661-2999
Paul Borman
President
Charles S. Wolfe
Executive Vice-President
The Home provides residential care
for older adults unable to function
independently. Residents at Bor-
man Hall in Detroit and Prentis Man-
Midrasha, College of
Jewish Studies
Chairman
President
The Midrasha offers formal adult
education, including Hebrew lan-
guage and courses in Judaica.
United Jewish Charities
163 Madison Avenue
Detroit 48226: 965-3939
David Handleman
President
Martin Kraar
Secretary
United Jewish Charities manages
communal properties and financial
resources, including endowment
and trust funds. Earnings generat-
ed by invested assets are distribut-
ed for a wide range of charitable
purposes.