THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE ar SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY Super Phonathon Set For Sunday STAFF REPORT T he Allied Jewish Cam- paign's Super Sunday — largest one-day phonathon appeal for the 1990 Campaign — will take place Dec. 10 at the United Hebrew Schools building in Southfield. During five phone calling sessions throughout the day, more than 400 volunteers, organized by event chairmen Sharon Hart and Edie Slotkin, will attempt to reach 10,000 prospective con- triutors. Workers will be ask- ing for support of the Jewish Welfare Federation's 60 local and worldwide beneficiaries. "The needs of the Cam- paign are many, but the story of the Campaign is people," said 1990 Campaign co- chairman Paul Borman. Joseph H. Orley, the Cam- paign's other co-chairman, DECEMBER 8, 1989 / 10 KISLEV 5750 CLOSE-UP emphasized the urgent needs of the community. "There are the Soviet Jews entering Detroit and Israel in record numbers. Youngsters are awakening to their Jewish identity, the elderly are being housed and cared for, and troubled families are getting counseling and job assistance 400 volunteers will call 10,000 contributors. — all with an assist from Campaign supported agen- cies," he said. In the past fiscal year, 160 Soviet Jews immigrated to the Detroit area. It is ex- pected that another 1,000 will arrive before May 31. With the assistance of Federation agencies, the im- migrants receive grants and no-interest loans for rent, food Continued on Page 24 Southfield Buys B'nai David KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer C ongregation B'nai David will move within the next three years when the city of Southfield converts the facility into a community arts resource center. Southfield Mayor Donald Fracassi on Wednesday said the city would purchase the building and its 10 acres on Southfield Road between 10 Mile Road and Mt. Vernon for $1.45 million. Fracassi said the city will move into the building in three years, providing adequate time for the 20-year-old building to be renovated and for the synagogue to relocate. The purchase culminates months of negotiations bet- ween the synagogue and the city, and gives B'nai David the go-ahead to proceed with plans to move to a prospec- tive West Bloomfield site. A limited partnerhip com- prised of B'nai David members purchased a 10- acre tract on Maple Road west of Halstead Road in January 1987. B'nai David officials could not be reached for comment. "This is a tremendous op- portunity," Southfield Parks and Recreation Director William Walenczak said. "It will give Southfield a first- class art resource center. We've been dreaming of an opportunity like this for years and it finally presented itself." Fracassi said the city con- sidered building a new facility, but said costs for such a building were estimated at $8 million. He said B'nai David's 44,000-square-foot building featured all the right elements — a 1,000-seat auditorium, 12 classrooms, a large meeting room with kitchen facilities and offices. When complete, the new center will be used for per- forming arts presentations, recitals, art camps and arts and crafts shows. It will also house a permanent art gallery and the city's cultural arts offices. Rabbi Menachern Mendel Schneerson The Lubavitch Comeback How the Rebbe and his Chasidim rebounded from the Who's A Jew damage. See Contents, Page 9