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vantage of learning about
African culture and the
Jewish culture," he-said. "I
knew a mixed culture
would be best.
"This is all about percep-
tion," he said. "Southfield
is the edge of the city of
Detroit. Jews assume, and
it's a good assumption, they
can filter out further. Peo-
ple think Eight Mile will
come here."

DECISION TIME
FOR EMPTY-NESTERS

_ Federation President
Mark Schlussel and his
wife, RoseLynn, have lived
in Southfield for 20 years.
They are Orthodox: Their
daughter, Ellen, is a
teacher at Leonard
Elementary School.
Mr. Schlussel said he
likes Southfield and the
quality of life it affords.
Yet he doesn't know how
long he will stay. He has a
large home on Bell Road
and his children are grown.
He doesn't see many
young Jewish families
moving into Southfield.
But they are moving in,
and many are staying in
Oak Park and Huntington
Woods. Soon, he said, there
will be an expanded Jewish
Community Center in
nearby Oak Park. And
Neighborhood Project
loans, he said, will con-
tinue to attract young
families.
"If I had to make a deci-
sion to move, it would not
be based on the commun-
ity," Mr. Schlussel said.
"My house is big; my kids
are gone; I no longer need
this space. A lot of people
move for that reason.
"Choices are less varied
in Southfield, and I don't
want to be judgmental
about why people are leav-
ing," he said.
"I don't believe at all
that Jews are racist," Mr.
Schlussel said. "Jews have
been financially successful
within the range of ac-
tivities of American life.
Because of that, we avail
ourselves of having oppor-
tunities while things are
new and upscale."
The Rosners, Micky, a
manufacturer's represent-
ative, and Jan, a social
worker, have noticed the
Jewish flight, and it does
concern them.

"I think it is such a
shame that the Jewish
community moves away,"
Mrs. Rosner said. "The
Jews are more scattered. I
do think Southfield's Jew-
ish identity is at risk."
They have a young son,
Jordan, who is not yet in
school.
"Flight is what creates
what we don't want to
happen," Mrs. Rosner said.
"We would like this to be
stable so we don't have to
move."
Larry and Tobi Fox think
it is odd that the Jewish
community moves every 20
years. They moved to
Southfield 18 years ago
from Detroit, and they in-
tended to stay.
They haven't changed
their minds.
"We like where we live,"
Tobi Fox said.
Active at Congregation
Beth Achim, Tobi Fox said
the failed merger talks
with Congregation B'nai
Moshe raised the con-
sciousness of the members.
Now, she said, people
might actively recruit. The
Beth Achim membership is
primarily over age 65.
She wonders whether
enough Jews will stay in
Southfield to sustain the
city's identity.
"I don't know," she said.
"We have an edifice com-
plex. Nothing is good
enough. We leave a lot
behind."
Judee and Robert Stern-
berg raised four children in
Southfield. They have lived
there for 23 years. Their
children are grown; their
needs have changed. They
like Southfield and have no
immediate plans to leave,
but they can't predict the
future.
"Our mortgage is nearly
paid off," she said. "Where
are we going to live for
what we pay now?
"You look at things
where you are in life," Mrs.
Sternberg said. "I don't
know what would do if I
had young kids. I don't
haire to think about edu-
cation."
Professor Cohen thinks
he knows what happened
in Southfield.
"People made choices
about where they want to
live," he said. "People
weren't fleeing Southfield.
They simply were more at-
tracted to other areas."

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