ent's Report

This year's exodus of the Jewish people from bondage in Russia to
freedom in Israel and the United States marks one of the greatest
episodes in our history. Your commitment to this effort, most recently
highlighted by Council's 500-strong solidarity rally on behalf of Soviet
Jewry, is proof positive that the Jewish people have declared that
never again" means "never again," whether in Russia, Ethiopia or
anywhere Jewish lives are in peril.

Your Council has also embarked on a more aggressive, pro-active
program to combat local anti-Israel propaganda in the media and on
college campuses. Council's continuing commitment to Israel was
highlighted this year by Council's leadership mission to Israel for
twelve Michigan state legislators and a second annual Israel
Travel Fair.

Council's continuing commitment to the Detroit community was
reaffirmed as we joined the Detroit Compact and acted to combat
hunger through the 7% Solution and Project Chametz.

Again, Council's good works were due to the commitment of our
officers, board, committee members and delegates, and most of all, to
the outstanding talents of its dedicated staff.

I look forward to working with you—our community—as we turn the
new challenges into new successes in the coming year.

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Paul D. Borman
President

ye Director's Report

As the Jewish community enters the final decade of the 20th century,
we face new challenges and opportunities here and abroad. The task
of the Jewish Community Council through its more than five decades
of history has always been to adapt and respond to emerging issues.
This task continues to this day.

Nineteen-ninety will be remembered as the year we learned that our
ranks had grown to 96,000 Jews in the Detroit metropolitan area. Once
again, Council must reorient its activities to respond to this fact, and to
the fact that the general community is widely diverse in terms of race
and ethnic background.

I am committed to expanding Council's role in building bridges of
understanding to the wider community on matters of common interest,
and to addressing the day-to-day community relations needs of our
local Jewish population. We've already begun to focus more attention
to such issues as cultural and religious sensitivity in public schools
and relations between Jews and other ethnic groups in greater
Detroit.

I look forward to working along with Council's member agencies and
organizations to help make the Detroit Jewish community ever
stronger and more united.

David Gad-Harf
Executive Director

