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YAD EZRA
reeding the lew/k Hoigiy
Bob Davis, JFS case
worker supervisor, said an
income which might ade-
quately feed a family of four
will not feed a family of 13.
So although a few JFS
clients earn more than
$30,000 a year, they cannot
feed a family of 11 or more.
Dembs said most Jews and
non-Jews believe hunger is
not a problem in the Jewish
community. But within the
past five years, more people
have noticed non-Jews are
not the only ones suffering
from hunger.
"When I begin to talk
about this, people are not
shocked at the numbers, but
are shocked that Jews are
hungry," Dembs said, who
calls hunger a "continuing
crisis" within the Jewish
community. "The numbers
are so great. We can't ignore
it anymore."
Yad Ezra was born
because two Jewish groups
concerned about hunger
have merged.
For many years, Moies
Chitim has distributed
pesachdik food during
Passover to low-income
Detroit families. Another
group of concerned Orthodox
Jews, who do not want to be
named, have been using
their own money to help feed
needy neighbors.
But nothing was being
done for the Jewish hungry
on a year-round basis,
Dembs said.
In early October, Moies
Chitim president Levi
Smith, Dembs, Davis, JFS
Executive Director Alan
Goodman and Beth
Abraham Hillel Moses
Rabbi A. Irving Schnipper
met to discuss their con-
cerns.
At the same time, two Or-
thodox men met with at-
torney Howard Zoller about
organizing their group into a
formal organization. Zoller
told Dembs about the de-
velopment and in another
meeting the group decided to
merge. And so Yad Ezra,
Feeding the Jewish Hungry,
was created.
Organizers have leased an
office at 10 Mile and Green-
field roads in Southfield and
named Janette Eizelman as
executive director.
By the first week in
February, Dembs hopes to
have the pantry open so that
Jews who are hungry can
come to the pantry and pick
up kosher food between 11
a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday. Volunteers
will serve the pantry five
days a week between 9 a.m.
and 2:30 p.m.
Eventually Dembs would
like Yad Ezra to deliver
kosher food to those who can
not get to the food pantry as
well as provide information
about food stamps and other
community services the
hungry can use.
Mike Eizelman and Eli
Kaplan, representing the
Orthodox community, and
Dembs, Macy and Zoller are
the pantry's board of direc-
tors. The Jewish Welfare
Federation, JFS, National
Council of Jewish Women
and the Jewish Community
Council support the pantry.
Dembs believes start up
costs for the pantry will be
under $10,000 although the
money has yet to be raised.
He is also seeking
nonperishable kosher foods
to stock the pantry.
He is not worried about
getting the necessary dona-
tions and grants.
"We're sitting on an issue
that has me convinced peo-
ple will respond in a ge-
nerous way," Dembs said.
"We want to make hunger
as much of an issue as Soviet
Jews are. It is just as impor-
tant as any cause out
there."
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