ZVE CIAMV3 Lid SM3N HSIm3r 000001 jr.V . THIS ISSUE 60P SH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY OCTOBER 27, 1989 / 28 TISHREI 5750 Youth Games Finding Funding RICHARD PEARL Staff Writer Kmart Corp. and the Coca Cola Bottling Co. will join Chrysler Corp. as corporate sponsors of next year's Detroit North American Maccabi Youth Games. Organizers of the games hope that the three com- panies will be the vanguard of ongoing sponsorship of the North American Games every two years. In August, Chrysler agreed to be a $250,000 sponsor of the Maccabi Youth Games, guaranteeing Chrysler would be the only automobile maker sponsor. K mart and Coke followed shortly thereafter. Officials would not reveal the K mart and Coca Cola financial con- tributions. The 1990 Games are scheduled for next August at the Maple/Drake Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield and nearby facilities. Opening ceremonies are slated for the Palace of Auburn Hills. The Games are expected to draw 2,700 teenage athletes and coaches from the United States, Canada, Latin America, Great Britain, Israel and Australia. In 1984, Detroit hosted the se- cond North American Games with 800 athletes. Chrysler, at a reported $250,000, is the biggest 1990 Games sponsor. The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit has been making a concerted effort to secure sponsorship from 15 national corpora- tions. JCC Executive Direc- tor Mort Plotnick said three firms solicited for sponsor- ship have declined. Although such sponsors are for 1990, Games Continued on Page 14 JWF Cuts Emigre Grants KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer The Jewish Welfare Federa- tion this week reduced grants to Soviet emigres by $500, providing $800 to each refugee joining family or friends in Detroit for the first four months of resettlement. Instead of outright $1,300 grants, the Federation will assist immigrants with an $800 grant and a $500 loan through the Hebrew Free Loan Association. The loans, made available through a Federation line of credit with Hebrew Free Loan for $170,000, will go to the an- chor family Federation offi- cials said repayment plans will be flexible and will not prevent the newcomers from securing other loans, such as car financing. Detroit's Jewish communi- ty is expecting as many as 750 Soviet immigrants through June 1990 — three times the initial estimates. Of those, at least 125 newcomers have no friends or family living in Detroit. These "free cases" will receive $1,600 grants from the Federation. "We felt we needed to recycle the grant program to loans to accommodate all of the new arrivals," said Ben Rosenthal, who chaired the Federation Resettlement Review Committee that rec- ommended changes in various refugee resettlement programs. A shift in financial support policies follows a six-month review of resettlement ser- vices by Rosenthal's com- mittee, presented to the Federation board of gover- nors on Tuesday. Also at the meeting, the board selected Jewish Experiences For Families as the lead agency to coordinate programs for acculturation of the new immigrants. "We went out into the community and spoke with all of the agencies involved, with Russians who came Continued on Page 16 ting and Shabbat is approac gregants have come to Kol Hanesham synagogue in Jerusalem's Baka'ah neighborh welcome the Sabbath. Men NTINUED ON PAGE 28