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he Jewish Home For
Aged's plan to move
its Southfield and
Detroit facilities to West
Bloomfield has been put aside
as officials enter the legal
arena with private
competitors.
Jewish Welfare Federation
and Home officials for years
have been studying ways to
build a new, state-of-the-art
facility for the elderly to
replace Borman Hall in
Detroit and Prentis Manor in
Southfield.
Yet just a week after the
Home received a long-awaited
nod of approval in the form of
a certificate of need from the
Michigan Department of
Public Health, a co-owner of
the West Bloomfield Con-
valescent and Nursing
Center filed a lawsuit in In-
gham County Circuit Court
challenging the state's
authority in issuing the cer-
tificate to the Home.
Attorneys for the Home call
the lawsuit a "thinly veiled
attempt to mislead this
court." Robert Gurwin, a co-
owner of the West Bloomfield
Convalescent Center, could
not be reached for comment.
Issued in February, the cer-
tificate of need would allow
the Home to build a 100-bed
facility in West Bloomfield.
The Maple/Drake Jewish
Community Center would be
the site for a new Home.
Alan Funk, the Home's ex-
ecutive vice president, said of-
ficials hadn't moved forward
with plans because they were
waiting for a second cer-
tificate of need for more beds
so Borman and Prentis could
be relocated at the same time
into one new building. Four
hundred and eighteen
residents live at the Home's
three facilities — Borman
Hall, Prentis Manor and
Fleischman Residence.
Ingham County Circuit
Court Judge Carolyn Stell is
scheduled to hear the case at
2:30 p.m. on April 12 in
Lansing.
The plaintiff, Oakland Hills
Manor, which operates the
West Bloomfield Convales-
cent and Nursing Center,
names in the suit Rajkumari
Wiener, acting director for the
Michigan • Department of
Public Health, the Health
Department and the Jewish
Home For Aged.
Joining the suit for the
plaintiffs are Beaumont
Hospital of Royal Oak and
Harper-Grace Hospital, part
of the Detroit Medical Center
group. ❑
Congregation To Honor
Rabbi Reuven Drucker
The officers and board of
directors of Young Israel of
Greenfield will mark the five-
year tenure of Rabbi Reuven-
Drucker Saturday morning.
Rabbi Dov Loketch of Con-
gregation Mogain Avraham
will be the guest speaker.
Rabbi Drucker came to
Detroit in December 1983
from Baltimore, where he
studied for 12 years at
Yeshiva Ner Yisroel. While in
Baltimore, Rabbi Drucker
and his wife, Hilary, founded
the outreach program, Etz
Chaim. Rabbi Drucker also
wrote the ArtScroll edition of
the Book of Joshua.
Since coming to Oak Park,
Rabbi Drucker has establish-
ed a number of new programs
and classes within the shul,
and spearheaded a campaign
to purchase two Sifrei Torah
for the synagogue. In addi-
tion, he has initiated pro-
grams in the community in-
cluding Ibrah study over the
telephone through Dial-a-
Daf/Shiur; a bikur cholim
Rabbi Reuven Drucker
society called Ahavas Chesed;
the Detroit Shatriez Labora-
tory; an eruv in the Oak
Park/Southfield community
to allow carrying on Shabbat;
Tzidkath Yosef Naphtali,
which sends money to needy
families in Israel.
Following services, Rabbi
Drucker's friends will host a
kiddush in his honor. The
public is welcome.