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Yeshiva

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preschool and boys' classes
from kindergarten to eighth
grades, has become too small
for the school's needs. When
the yeshiva began using the
building in 1966, it was in-
tended to house 200
students. Today, 330
students are enrolled.
About seven years ago
overcrowding became a
problem as enrollment in-
creased, Rabbi Freedman
said.
Today, every available
space in the school and ad-
ministrative building is be-
ing used, he said. The
teachers' lounge and the
Hebrew library have been
turned into classrooms. Half
of a large multipurpose room
holds a shul where the boys
pray twice a day. The re-
maining half houses the
school lunchroom. When the
tables are removed, it
becomes a small gym.
Until recently, expanding
the school was out of the
question, Rabbi Freedman
said.
Then several years ago
Kenneth Fischer, a long-
time yeshiva supporter,
spoke to yeshiva Executive
Vice President Rabbi Nor-
man Kahn about the school's
needs. Shortly after the con-
versation, Fischer died.
In his will, Fischer
dedicated money from
himself and his late brother,
Sydney, allowing the school
to build a wing named after
their parents. Rabbi Moses
Fischer died in May 1957,
after serving for years as the
school's board of education
chairman.
Site plans for the new
wing, which must be ap-
proved by the Southfield
City Council before the addi-
tion is built, show seven

classrooms, administrative
and school offices and a
teachers' lounge. A
7,200-square-foot gym-
nasium and auditorium are
shown at the rear of the ad-
dition, but the yeshiva has
no money to build it yet.
With the new wing, all the
yeshiva's preschool classes
will be housed in the Abner
and Josephine Wolf
Preschool Department in-
stead of being scattered
throughout the school, Rabbi
Freedman said.
The David Oppenheim
Education Resource Center
will be a multimedia room
with audio-visual materials,
computers and books for
preschool children.
The construction project
includes plans to renovate
the building facade and redo
the landscaping.
Because of the expansion
plans, a portion of the
school's outdoor playground
will disappear, Rabbi
Freedman said. The school is
working with Southfield
about using a nearby In-
terstate 696 deck as a
playground.
Lack of money wasn't the
only reason the yeshiva did
not expand sooner.
When overcrowding first
became a problem, parents
suggested the school move to
West Boomfield, where
many Jews had already
gone.
He credits the
Neighborhood Project for
stabilizing the community
and giving the yeshiva the
incentive to stay in
Southfield.
"We are sinking our roots
in deeper in this
neighborhood," Rabbi
Freedman said. "We are not
going to move out." ❑

Shlichim

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shlichim discussed how to
implement programs for
Yom HaZikaron, memorial
day for fallen Israeli
soldiers, in the United
States.
Participants in a talk with
Federation leaders con-
sidered ways of building
awareness about Israel and
increasing aliyah.
One Federation
spokesman said the most
pressing issue for the Jewish
community is to define what
Zionism is today, what role
aliyah has in that definition
and how difficult it can be
for those who want to settle
in Israel.
The shlichim expressed in-
terest in more programs to

attract youth, which they
called their target popula-
tion.
"We want to get all the
kids to visit Israel, too," a
representative of another
federation said. "But our
problem isn't with the kids,
it's with the adults. I've seen
little interest among our
decision-makers in aliyah."
In another session, Jewish
educators Ofra Fisher of
Detroit's Agency for Jewish
Education, Margaret
Eichner of Yavneh Acad-
emy, and Joseph Poisson of
Temple Israel discussed
ways in which to implement
more Israel programming
into school curriculum.
Among the obstacles they

