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Woodward • Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 $30 OFF Complete Pair of Contact Lenses With A Visual Exam Prior Orders and Other Discount Programs Excluded limited time offer • expires May 30, 1992 AMER AN CANCER SOCIETY' Help us keep winning. cerning religion and Israel. He said decades ago, the Orthodox segment of the community did not par- ticipate in Federation or community causes. At Sun- day's event were Jews of all denominations, including Orthodox. Mr. Fisher said it was im- portant for Jews to be good citizens of the city, state and country where they live. An advisor to U.S. presidents and a staunch supporter of the Republican Party, Mr. Fisher has been a frequent worker not only on issues that are Jewish or involve Israel, but on concerns fac- ing the United States. Mr. Fisher was a founding mem- ber of New Detroit, Inc. and other groups that have been working for 25 years to revitalize the city. His third motivation is the preservation of Jewish life. Nowhere has that been more evident than in the recent Soviet Jewish emigration. Mr. Fisher was a front-line player, not only working to secure the freedom of Soviet Jews to emigrate, but also donating and raising funds to get them here and to Israel. For his family, Sunday was the culmination of what they've seen happen over their shared lifetimes. "It was an emotional day," said Mr. Fisher's daughter, Jane Sherman. "It was ex- citing, needless to say. It gave us a chance to do some- thing for our father that we haven't had the opportunity to do. And it's like he said. It's the highest honor any- one can pay an individual. When he is honored, we all are. Only this was our chance to give back a little to a person who has given so much of himself." The building, which was funded privately, cost $1.8 million — under its projected $2.1 million budget. Federation moved its headquarters to the Bloom- field Township location four months ago after 40 years at the Fred M. Butzel Building in downtown Detroit. The new location was chosen be- cause it is central to the Jew- ish community's demo- graphic grid. Graham Orley, president of the United Jewish Foun- dation, noted in his opening remarks that more meetings have been held in the new headquarters in four months than in the previous 20 years at the Butzel Building. "We're getting constant attendance at board meetings and executive meetings," said Mr. Aron- son. "In one room, there's a board meeting going on. In another, a Women's Division phonathon. And that's what is so gratifying about all of this. People feel wonderful about the building, but they don't feel it's excessive or opulent. It's a working Fed- eration Building that happens to look wonderful." Mr. Aronson said that at first he had difficulty envi- sioning the office building as a future headquarters. The Federation was considering building from the ground up on 13 Mire and Nor- thwestern. But with costs prohibitive, Federation looked for an existing facili- ty. Mr. Aronson credited de- veloper and planner Douglas Etkin with helping him envision how the building could look. "Doug is the unsung hero here," he said. "When I first saw the building I thought it was an okay building. It was not love at first sight, and it didn't resemble what it does now. But Doug Etkin helped "To be honored by your own community is the highest tribute anyone could achieve." Max Fisher me see what it could look like. My biggest anxiety was faxing a picture to Max. But he liked it, and he grew to love it. "But now," continued Mr. Aronson, "it's come together, and it's hard to relate the original vision to what we have here now. Also, to realize the difficulty of trying to run this gauntlet, how to move it here, how to do it without raising money and hurting the Campaign." Mr. Aronson said Federa- tion's next major project in- volving a building will be the renovation and expan- sion of the Jimmy Prentis Morris Jewish Community Center in Oak Park. Groundbreaking is schedul- ed for July 12 for the $3 mill- ion project. Federation must still raise $750,000 before the project can go ahead. It will include the construction of a swimming pool, aerobic rooms, a child development center and renovation of the existing facility. ❑