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Plus many more exciting items at the

CONGREGATION B'NAI MOSHE
THIRD ANNUAL AUCTION

Featuring Sportscaster Don Shane as Guest Auctioneer

Sunday, November 19, 1989

6:30 RM.

At Congregation B'nai Moshe
14390 W. Ten Mile road, Oak Park, MI 48237

Admisison: $6.00 (Tickets available at the Synagogue Office, 548-9000 or at the door)

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WERE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE

Albina Pinkhasov is helped by teacher Pnina Levi at the computer.

received Yeshiva educations.
In comparing the education
he received with the cur-
riculum now being taught,
Klainberg said that the
Yeshiva always offered strong
English and secular studies.
Today, he said, the level of
education in the Judaic
studies program meets the
standards of yeshivot in New
York.
According to Rabbi Freed-
man, the Orthodox lifestyle
dictates that children must
get a lbrah education. "You
can't say: 'I don't want it.' It's
like saying 'Well, we don't
really need a refrigerator, or
we don't really need heat in
the wintertime? It's a given
that you've got to send your
kids to this school, and it's a
given that I've got to take
them in. I have an obligation
to take your kids in . . . That's
my mandate."
That mandate includes
children whose parents have
a limited ability to pay. Accor-
ding to Rabbi Freedman,
nearly two-thirds of Yeshiva
families receive tuition
assistance. A scholarship
committee determines tuition
assessments. Basic tuition is
$3,200.
Because tuition accounts
for less than half of the
school's $2.5 million annual
budget, fundraising is always
one of the top administrative
priorities. Rabbi Freedman
said continuous fundraising
efforts have helped the
Yeshiva recover from a deficit
that threatened to close its
doors two years ago.
In addition to payroll,
building maintenance and
other administrative costs,
Rabbi Freedman said main-
taining and improving the
curriculum is difficult, given
financial limitations. "lb do
all the things that we want to
do to give a kid a well-
rounded education with the
income limitations we have is
a tough struggle, a murderous
struggle. We're aggressive

fundraisers because we have
to be."
Most contributions to the
school come from Yeshiva
alumni. In addition the rab-
bi described communal sup-
port as "heartening." This in-
cluded a $230,000 allocation
this year from the Jewish
Welfare Federation.
Rabbi Freedman believes
the school serves as an "an-
chor" to all Jews. "A Jewish
community needs ' a Sinai
Hospital, it needs to take care

Because tuition
accounts for less
than half of the
budget,
fundraising is
always one of the
top priorities.

of its aged, it needs a Jewish
Community Center. But I
think even more so it needs a
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah. Even
for non-Orthodox people,
what does the Yeshiva mean
to them? It means that a seg-
ment of the community is
keeping the roots, keeping
the tradition . . . even if it's a
lifestyle that doesn't appeal to
them or doesn't work for
them. The fact that a seg-
ment of our community is re-
taining that tradition is very
important to the community."
Ten years from now, Rabbi
Freedman believes enroll-
ment will exceed 1,000
students. "I hope there's that
much demand. It would be
the best thing that could hap-
pen for Judaism, Yiddishkite
and our community. How will
I fund it? I'll need more and
more community support. Is
it out there? Who knows?"
A dinner celebrating the
Yeshiva's 75 years will be held
Sunday, Nov. 19, at the
Westin Hotel in Detroit.
Funds raised through the
event will help the Yeshiva
perpetuate its tradition of
lbrah education.

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