COMMUNITY

Federation Appoints
Education Monitors

Jewish Welfare Federation
President Mark E. Schlussel
has announced the appoint-
ment of a committee - chair-
man and a director to imple-
ment and monitor an
18-month process to carry for-
ward the recommendations of
the Study Commission on
Jewish education.
Dr. Conrad Giles, chairman
of the Federation Executive
Committee, has been named
to head the JWF's Monitoring
Committee for Jewish Educa-
tional Planning and Develop-
ment. He was Federation
president when the Study
Commission began its work
nearly three years ago.
Harlene Appelman, direc-
tor of Jewish Experiences For
Families, will assume the
directorship of Jewish educa-
tional planning and develop-
ment on Jan. 1.
Mrs. Appelman's appoint-
ment followed the recent ap-

Harlene Appelman

proval of the Study Commis-
sion report by the Federation
board of governors. The com-
mission, chaired by Joel
Tauber, was charged to devise
a "road map" for Jewish
education. The monitoring
committee's concern will be to
find the most effective chan-
nel for the Jewish educational
dollar.

Conrad Giles

The director will convene
meetings with lay and profes-
sional representatives of
educational institutions, con-
gregations and agencies to
discuss the report's conclu-
sions and recommendations.
Working with the Federation
Planning Department, she
will also begin to develop ex-
perimental programs to-
gether with synagogues and
schools.

Programs developed by the
consultant, working with the
monitoring committee, may
be implemented independ-
ently, in conjunction with the
Agency for Jewish Education,
or through a newly developed
agency.
Because no other communi-
ty in the country is taking
this approach, the Jewish
Education Service of North
America has asked to serve as
a national participant in
the developmental process.
Mrs. Appelman, who has
directed the Jewish Ex-
periences For Families pro-
gram since its formation in
1986, has been in the educa-
tion field for 20 years.
The JEFF program will
continue to be under her
supervision.

Hebrew Free Loan
Slates Anniversary

The Hebrew Free Loan
Association will celebrate its
95th anniversary at a
community-wide program at
7:30 p.m. Dec. 9, at the United
Hebrew Schools building.

The evening will include
classical, Russian and Jewish
music performed by Nikolai
Lemberg, flute; Ludmila
Lemberg, piano; Yury
Khalitov, clarinet; and Ilya
Kozadayev, piano.

Greetings will be offered by
State Representative Maxine
Berman, State Senator Jack
Faxon, representatives of
Congressman Sander Levin
and Senator Carl Levin and
Mayor Donald Fracassi of
Southfield. Also attending
will be Dr. Conrad Giles and
Michael Berke for the Jewish
Welfare Federation.
Admission is free. For infor-
mation, call the HFLA,
356-5292.

Albert Kalman of Royal Oak shifts through some used clothes at a City Wide Garage Sale Dec. 2 at
Southfield-Lathrup High School. The garage sale raised $2,000 to benefit Jonathan Cohen, a Southfield
resident who suffers from leukemia.

Wayne State University Students
To Begin Food Drive For Hungry

SUSAN GRANT

Staff Writer

L

arry Kirshner has
never known the pain
of being hungry. But
seeing the growing numbers
of people who often go
without meals in Detroit has
spurred him to action.
Mr. Kirshner and Steve
Chudnow, co-chairmen of
the United Jewish Appeal
Young Adults College Divi-
sion, are spearheading a
canned food drive for the
hungry at Wayne State Uni-
versity which will continue
through the school year.
At most UJA events on
campus, students will be
asked to bring a can of food,
preferably something
kosher, Mr. Kirshner said.
Those who do so will either
get free or reduced admis-
sion. Mr. Kirshner plans to
kick off the food drive in
January when Jewish pro-
fessionals begin their an-
nual speakers tour at the
campus.
B'nai B'rith Hillel Foun-
dation at Wayne State Uni-
versity and fraternity Alpha
Epsilon Pi will also par-
ticipate in the canned food
drive. It marks the first time
these groups joined together
to feed the hungry.
All kosher food collected
will be donated to Yad Ezra.
The rest will be given to
WLLZ personality Bob

Bauer who will split the do-
nations between the Food
Bank of Oakland County
and the Gleaners, an organ-
ization in Wayne County
which distributes food to the
needy. For the past six years
every December, Mr. Bauer
has camped out at a shopp-
ing center on the corner of
Woodward Avenue and 13
Mile Road collecting non-
perishable food for the
hungry in a project called

All kosher food
collected will be
donated to Yad
Ezra. The rest will
be given to WLLZ
personality Bob
Bauer who will
split the donations
between the Food
Bank of Oakland
County and the
Gleaners.

Wheels for Meals. This year
he hopes to collect 100 tons
of food by Christmas.
"I have homeless people
who will come here and we
will feed them right off the
back of the truck," said Mr.
Bauer, referring to the _huge
trailer, sitting in the shopping
center's parking lot, par-
tially filled with non-
perishable food. "They take
as much as they can carry."
"The homeless are every-

where. Their numbers are
growing by leaps and
bounds. To me any one of us
could be homeless. That's
why we are here, to tell peo-
ple who the homeless are,
where they are and how peo-
ple can help," Mr. Bauer
said.
It was Mr. Bauer and April
Martin, assistant promo-
tions director at WLLZ, who
got him involved in the fight
to feed the hungry, Mr. Kir-
shner said. After seeing Mr.
Bauer's commitment, he
hopes students will stop by
the Woodward intersection
in December and donate
cans of food for Wheels for
Meals.
Not wanting the students'
enthusiasm to fade after the
holidays, Mr. Kirshner
decided a year-long food
drive would be an easy way
for Wayne State University
students to feed the hungry.
It doesn't take a lot of
effort to bring a can to an
event, said Mr. Kirshner,
who has taken food out of his
mother's pantry and brought
it to food drives. "I think
many of these students are
more concerned about hav-
ing a good time," he said.
"We want to get these kids
concerned about the com-
munity," Mr. Kirshner said.
"We have to educate these
students. We thought this
would be a good way to get
these kids interested in
those less fortunate." El

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