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WEST BLOOMFIELD
SOUTHFIELD
Serving the Community for 34 Years
lightbulb in the multi-
colored eternal light.
Bob Davis, clinical
supervisor for Jewish
Family Services, is quick to
point out that Jews in the
inner city don't hold the
sole ownership on poverty.
He said poverty has with it
in 1990 a diversity not seen
in years. That diversity
makes poverty part of the
suburbs just like freeeways
and condos.
Different classifications
of the poor exist, he said.
There are voluntary poor,
those who have chosen
poverty because their prin-
ciples discourage making
large sums of money.
"There are people, Jew-
ish people, who are quite
happy living at a level
below the poverty line, but
their lives are rich lives.
They have good minds," he
said.
Another kind of poor are
the temporarily impover-
ished, those who have lost
a job. Their prospects for
recovery are good, espe-
cially if they can overcome
the depression of being
unemployed, Mr. Davis
said.
"Then there are people
whose poverty arises from
their character," he said.
"These are people who are
poor because they are not
quick enough to under-
stand what is going on in
the world around them.
These are people usually
with low I.Q.s. These are
people who need our help
with programs such as
JARC. There are people
with mental illnesses, a
large population that this
society turned loose
through deinstitutionaliza-
tion.
"Our society is guilty of
criminal acts for allowing
the mentally ill to live on
the streets," Mr. Davis said.
"These are the people you
usually see out there, the
ones with a history of men-
tal illness."
JFS is an agency of last
resource for the poor, Mr.
Davis said. "We help
them get plugged into
resources. We can help
someone who is without a
home by putting him up in
a motel until the Depart-
ment of Social Services can
help him."
Rabbi A. Irving
Schnipper of Beth Abra-
ham Hillel Moses finds
himself in a quiet rage
when he speaks about the
Jewish poor. He is active in
the Jewish anti-hunger
organization MAZON and
in Yad Ezra, the only Jew-
ish kosher pantry in the
Detroit area.
"We know there are more
people out there," Rabbi
Schnipper said. "We've
found that you don't solicit
the help. You don't go after
them. They know where to
find Yad Ezra.
"But the truth is, the rest
of the community has to
know where to find Yad
Ezra as well because I real-
ly don't think the Jewish
community is supporting
it," Rabbi Schnipper said.
"Meanwhile, most Jews
can eat breakfast and
decide that they want to
skip lunch. But there are
others who don't have a
choice. They haven't got a
meal to eat."
"It's hard for a Jew in
need to accept something
"Our society is
guilty of criminal
acts for allowing
the mentally ill to
live on the
streets."
Bob Davis
for nothing," said Jeanette
Eizelman of Yad Ezra. "We
have clients who have had
difficulty walking through
our door."
Through the month of
August, Yad Ezra had
dispensed more than
69,500 pounds of food.
"You listen to the
stories," Ms. Eizelman
said. "They live out here in
the suburbs in Oak Park or
Southfield. They can't get a
job. It's so hard to hear."
Reid Miller finishes the
last gulp of his coffee. With
Willie Schwartz, he heads
out the door into the
Detroit night. Mr.
Schwartz, who has a car, is
taking his friend to his
West Elizabeth Street
apartment.
"Listen, I live here, but
it's a lovely life," he said.
"It can be lovely in the city
for a Jew just like in the
suburbs. You just have to
watch out for yourself,
that's all."
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