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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1988
rom schoolchildren to
adults, members of the
Detroit Jewish corn-
munity are responding to ap-
peals for aid to those stricken
in the recent Armenian
earthquake.
A survey of communal
organizations and congrega-
tions showed more than
$6,000 had been raised by
Tuesday, including contribu-
tions to the Joint Distribution
Committee/Armenian Earth-
quake Relief.
According to David Gad-
Harf, Jewish Community
Council executive director,
about $2,500 in private con-
tributions was made to the
JDC fund, while another
$1,000 was contributed by
communal professionals at
the Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion and the Council.
Contributions totalling
several thousand dollars were
reported by Eva Shapiro, ad-
ministrator of Temple Israel,
which, like several other area
temples and synagogues, sent
a letter to congregants re-
questing aid for the earth-
quake victims.
"While we were preparing
our letter, our congregation
was calling our office asking,
`Are you doing anything
about the earthquake?'
Shapiro said.
Even the youngsters got in-
to the act, with about 12
members of the Temple Kol
Ami third-grade religious
school class delivering their
donation to St. John's Arme-
nian -Apostolic Church of
Greater Detroit, according to
Rabbi Norman T. Roman.
In addition, he said, the
congregation's ongoing cann-
ed food drive collection last
weekend was donated to the
disaster victims and delivered
to St. John's for distribution.
"We've gotten a lot of phone
calls (about the quake relief),"
said the Community Coun-
cil's Gad-Harf. "There's been
an outpouring of concern.
We're very pleased with the
response. With about half a
million people homeless in
Armenia, they will be
needing a lot of help!'
Gad-Harf said the Federa-
tion had also offered technical
assistance and facilities for a
Super Sunday-style
phonathon, should the Arme-
nian community here decide
to hold such a fundraiser.
A number of congregations,
including Temple Israel, Adat
Shalom. Synagogue and Con-
gregation Beth Israel in Ann
Arbor, made contributions
from their discretionary
funds to aid the disaster
relief. Other congregation
spokesmen said their respec-
tive boards were discussing
the matter this week.
Meanwhile, the Flint
Jewish Federation will
donate up to $5,000 from its
reserve fund to earthquake
relief and board members
have made $3,500 in personal
`Our congregation
was calling our
office asking, "Are
you doing anything
about the
earthquake?" '
contributions, according to
Federation Executive Direc-
tor David Nussbaum.
Nussbaum said he expects
the $8,500 total to increase
from fund-raising efforts of
the two Flint congregations,
Congregation Beth Israel and
Temple Beth El.
Twelve-year-old Cara Wenig
is fulfilling her requirement
as a bat mitzvah at Temple
Shir Tikvah in Troy by collec-
ting money from congregants
for the Armenian Earth-
quake Disaster Relief.
"She decided she would col-
lect money from her
classmates as her act of
humanity requirement, so we
put her in charge of collec-
tions from all the temple
members," said temple presi-
dent Iry Wengrow.
JHA Benefactors
Pick Officers
A board of directors was ap-
pointed and a statement of
purpose was adopted at the
first official organizational
meeting of the Benefactors of
the Jewish Home for Aged
(JHA).
Serving on the board of
directors for a three-year term
are: Steve Weiss, Gary Shiff-
man, George Glassman, Doug
Kahn, Lawrence Tower, Jer-
rald Shatzman, Marc
Chicorel, Geoffrey Silverman
and Jamie Craig. Appointed
to a two-year term were:
Sheldon Sandweiss, Jerrold
Bieglman, Larry Brown,
Robert Orley, Arthur - Hor-
witz, Lenny Hutton, Byron
Canvasser, Gilbert Borman
and Ken Allen. One-year
terms are held by Joel Jacob,
Doug Etkin, Bruce Migdal,
Steve Friedman, Robert
Schostak, Robert Bayer, Joe
Inwald, Joel Smith and
Michael Pivoz.