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"The second thing was put-
ting together a challenge to
develop 60 founders, who
would contribute $5,000 a
year for five years and would
have their name inscribed on
a wall at Hebrew University.
We got 17_ or 18 and are now
up to 54. Each year the goal
is increased in conjunction
with the anniversary of
Hebrew University, and we
are now raising the goal to
63."
Grace also does face to face
solicitations and, with his
wife, Brooke, will lead a group
on an archaelogical explora-
tion in Israel on behalf of the
university. Over the past four
years the Graces have taken
over 100 people on these trips.
Additionally the group holds
parlor and educational
meetings, reaching out as far
as the Grand Rapids area, ac-
cording to executive director
Shayna Silverman.
Lawrence Jackier and
Sharon Hart currently head
up local fund raising for Bar-
Ilan University. This year's
dinner honoring Sen. Carl
Levin and Emery Klein was
attended by 913 people. "We
had to close the reservations
a week early, which is
unheard of," Hart said.
"Monies were up 27 percent
over last year, and 200 new
people attended, young
leadership in their 30s and
40s. There was a spirit, a
ruach, that night. People
were hugging and kissing
each other at the dinner."
Hart said that she and
Jackier believe one can still
fund raise in a meaningful
way and have fun as well.
"We wanted to do something
different, to make the
workers' meeting neat," she
said. "We used the theme
I went to bat for Bar-Ilan; had
box dinners packed with
stickers with that slogan, T-
shirts made up, hired United
Hebrew School buses, and
right after the work meeting
we all went to a game at
Tiger Stadium.
For years activities to raise
funds for Bar-Ilan have
centered around the Stollman
family, among the founders of
the university. (Sharon Hart
is Max and Frieda Stollman's
niece. Barbara Stollman,
their daughter-in-law, is
president of the Detroit
Chapter of American Women
for Bar-Ilan.) "As the
Stollman family gets older
and energies diminish, we
need to get more younger peo-
ple involved," said Jackier.
lb that end the group
hosted a barbeque this sum-
mer. This new prospects even-
ing drew about 70 new people
who had been previously
uninvolved. "We had music, a
kosher barbeque in an infor-
mal setting and gave a 15
minute or 20 presentation,"
said Hart.
Next spring Hart and
Jackier and their spouses will
lead a "Bar-Ilan on Wheels'
mission to Israel, utilizing the
expertise of the university's
faculty on the tour. "We
already have 42 paid reserva-
tions," Hart said.
Jackier said the group has
about 20 very active
members, with another 50 to
60 helping with the dinner.
The group receives bequests
from wills and the women's
group sells tributes in addi-
tion to holding a spring donor
event.
According to Leslie M.
Goldstein, Bar-Ilan's
Midwedst executive director,
families of the founders of
Bar-Ilan remain very active
in raising funds for its sup-
port, including the Jackier,
Nusbaum, Stollman and
Schlussel families.
Max Gill, director of the
east-central region of the
American Society for Tech-
nion, came here from Israel
"Monies were up
27 percent over
last year, and 200
new people
attended, young
leadership in their
30s and 40sP
seven years ago. He said that
funds generated here are us-
ed primarily to support young
academicians and researchers
on the verge of developing
products for the export
industry.
Martin Bader co-chairs the
group's latest project, the
STAR Society of the Michigan
Applied Research Fund.
"STAR stands for Support
Technion Applied Research,"
he said. "Our goal is to find
40 individuals to contribute
$25,000 each to create a $1
million endowment fund, the
interest on which will con-
stantly fund applied research.
This group would monitor the
conversion from theory to
practical application."
Bader said the STAR, project
is not interested in military
applications at all, only in
economic applications.
Dr. Joseph Epel, president
of the Detroit Technion
chapter, said that major
monies are not raised at its
dinners. The group began n
1947 with about nine open,
educational meetings. "We
don't say 'Support the Tech-
nion; but rather, 'Support
Israel through supporting the
Technion; he said.
"It is easy to get people to
contribute to a building, but
they are less inclined when