SINGLE LIFE 1 Detroit Singles Leave But Return, Says Study ✓ Integrity ✓ Experience ✓ Leadership ✓ Community Involvement ✓ Dedication ✓ Performance RICHARD PEARL Staff Writer Primary Election - Tuesday, August 7, 1990 Experience: Macomb County Circuit Judge since 1986 Practicing Attorney, Macomb County, 26 years Former Special Ass't. Attorney General, State of Michigan Former State Public Administrator Former Attorney, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Former Municipal Attorney Retired Captain, U.S. Coast Guard Reserve Former Director, Macomb County Bar Association Community Involvement: Member, Past President, Board of Trustees, Beth Tephilath Moses Former Trustee, Macomb Community College Trustee, Mount Clemens General Hospital Board Member, Warren Symphony Society Endorsed By: David Hermelin Graham A. Orley Joseph H. Orley Marvin Berlin Steven Kaplan Mark Schlussel Mickey Shapiro Irving Nussbaum Burt Rosen Jerome L Schostak Hon. Barry Howard Hon. Edward Sosnick Hon. Jessica Cooper Hon. Hilda Gage Hon. Alice Gilbert "A Proven Record of Petforrnance" Paid for by the Committee to Elect Circuit Judge Michael D. Schwartz to Court of Appeals. Robert J. Raunin. Treasurer, 16911 Eastland Roseville, Ml 48066 to all our friends and customers ... our sincerest wishes for a healthy and happy Passover from the family at WIFINIFLAILIE JEWELERS SUNSET STRIP • 295as NORTHWESTERN • SOUTHFIELD, MI 48034 • 357-4000 124 FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1990 here' s no place like home" isn't an empty phrase for a lot of Detroit Jewish singles. That was indicated by the recent Jewish Welfare Fed- eration demographic survey, which said that, while young adults ages 18-26 are less likely to live in the Detroit area, many do return upon completing college. The survey showed only 7 percent of the Jewish population in the Detroit metropolitan area was in the 20-29 age bracket. Twelve percent are 10-19 and 14 percent are age 30 to 39. "There is a trough in the age distribution, from about age 19. It dips, then starts to come up again about age 26," said Patty Becker, the Federation's technical con- sultant on the study. The inference is that many go away to college and then return, she said. "The feel- ing is, most of the kids go to college because their parents went to college. Coinciden- tally, however, most of their parents went to Wayne Uni- versity while the kids go to the University of Michigan and elsewhere." In the survey, Ann Arbor is con- sidered outside the Detroit area. Becker said a deeper analysis of the singles aspect probably will come later. The Federation's survey implementation committee is scheduled to meet at the end of April to decide which areas of the survey will get studied by consultants, she said, with results expected by fall. Becker, a professional demographer who is married and has children, fits in with the study's inference: she graduated from U-M in the 1960s, then studied at the University of Wisconsin- Madison and the University of California-Berkeley. "I was bound and determined to get away from Detroit," she said, but later realized "I felt good here" and didn't like Berkeley. A cousin, Elaine Kaplan, followed a similar route, graduating from U M in 1972. Kaplan planned to live in California with girlfriends, but decided it was "too big and too far" and opted for Arizona. However, over the next four years she - also kept in touch with Mark Blumenfeld, whom she had dated while in Michigan. "Arizona was beautiful, it was sunny, it was fine while I was single," she said. But she missed Michigan's sea- sons and friendly people and "the thought of having my own kids someday but not having their grandparents around bothered me." She and Blumenfeld mar- ried 13 years ago, have a family and operate a clothing business in Southfield. "I never would have thought I would end up liv- ing in Michigan," Blumenfeld said. Knowledge of the territory is what brought Andrew Israel, a bachelor, back to the Detroit area. Israel worked in Denver, Colo., in the early 1980s, "I never would have thought I would end up living in Michigan." Elaine Blumenfeld. then studied at Wharton Business School in Philadelphia before being hired by a major Detroit- based developer. His first position with the company was in San Francisco, but eventually he returned to corporate headquarters. "I have entreprenuerial aspirations," said the 1980 Michigan State University graduate, "and Detroit pro- vides me with a built-in con- tact base through family and friends." "I had no trouble making friends and contacts in the other cities," he said, "but there was no history to the friendships on which to base business relationships. "I'm glad I left Detroit, but I'm glad I came back. Every- one should do it, too, because it broadens your hor- izons." ❑ Singles To See 'Immigrant' Play The Jewish Community Center Singles (all ages) will see The Immigrant at Meadowbrook Theatre, 6:30 p.m. April 22. There is a charge. Reserva- tions deadline is April 19. For information, call Leanie Gunsberg at the JCC, 661-1000, Ext. 347.