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If we have built public
buildings we have done so
with our own funds and
through our own fund-raising
efforts. Ariel and Karnei
Shomron have received
nothing for free.
An ultimate goal of the
Zionist dream is the achieve-
ment of normalcy in the land
of Israel. When the early com-
munities became cities whose
residents were not just
idealistic pioneers, a true
modern state came into being.
Tbday, the towns and cities of
Judea and Samaria — Ariel,
Karnei Shomron, Maale
Adumim to name a few — con-
tain the majority of Jewish
residents of Judea and-
Samaria. These people repre-
sent a cross-section of Israel —
Sephardi and Ashkenazi,
religious and secular, new im-
migrants and native-born
Israelis.
But our residents ask of
their government one simple
thing: to travel the roads to
and from their homes in safe-
ty. My neighbor should not be
shot at on her way home from
work. We turn to our govern-

Shaping the future.

Dorfman Funeral Venture
'Beyond Expectations'

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KIMBERLY LIFTON

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ment to empower the army to
take the necessary measures
to protect us. And we will ex-
ercise the rights to peaceful
protest and petition fun-
damental to every Western
democracy.
We have not asked to be
shot at by living here any
more than the children of
Maalot asked to be shot at by
living in the Galil or any
more than the residents of
Kiryat Yovel, Jerusalem, ask-
ed to be knifed by living in
Jerusalem. In fact, I don't
believe the Arabs of Yrfo were
overjoyed at the prospect of
Jewish Tel Aviv when the
first pioneers settled there.
And Jews were killed. Should
they not have built Tel Aviv?

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n his first year of opera-
tion, Alan H. Dorfman
says his funeral enter-
prise specializing in lower
cost, graveside services has
taken off "beyond expecta-
tions."
Mr. Dorfman, who opened
the community's third fu-
neral venture a year ago,
said he has arranged about
100 funerals. He said the
numbers show a need exists
for lower priced funerals.
Before Dorfman Funeral
Direction opened, Ira Kauf-
man and Hebrew Memorial
chapels were the only Jew-
ish funeral parlors serving
Metropolitan Detroit.
It is estimated that funeral
chapels handle about 1,000
to 1,200 funerals each year
for Detroit's Jewish com-
munity. Typically, Kaufman
has handled 60 percent of
the community's funeral
business; Hebrew Memorial
has arranged 40 percent.
Officials from Hebrew
Memorial said their
numbers were up this past
year, but they declined to
release specifics. Officials
from Ira Kaufman Chapel
also declined to release the

number of funerals handled.
"I wish him (Mr. Dorfman)
well," said Herbert Kauf-
man, funeral director for
Kaufman. "It's only been a
year, and consequently, it's
too early to tell what sort of
a niche he can establish for
himself in the community."
Mr. Dorfman, 53, is a
licensed mortician who has
worked in the field for 30
years. He launched a private
enterprise after leaving
Hebrew Memorial Chapel,
one of the few remaining
non-profit Jewish funeral
chapels in the United States.
Mr. Dorfman promises
families he can keep costs at
a minimum because of years
of experience and low
overhead. His staff com-
prises himself; his son,
Jonathan Dorfman, 22, who
will graduate mortuary
science school this summer;
and a secretary.
Because of his low
operating costs, he said he
can provide the same ser-
vices as a funeral home with
a chapel at a substantial
savings. The average funer-
al in Detroit costs between
$4,000 and $5,000. Mr.
Dorfman said he can cut
those costs by $1,000 to
$2,000. ❑