1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS MAY 22, 1992 / 19 IYAR 5752 SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS Davidson Grant May Help Israel WIISU Hillel Rabbi Quits After Cuts ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor T he first major fallout of the budget crunch for the Metro Detroit •,,Hillel Foundation occurred last week. Rabbi Louis (Eli) Finkelman, director of Wayne State Hillel for the last 14 years, announced his resignation. His decision to take a pulpit position starting this ✓ summer with Congregation 6 .. Beth Israel, near the Uni- r- versity of California — Berkeley campus, comes I on the heels of a nationwide funding cut by the Interna- tional B'nai B'rith Hillel OF Foundation. In January, • Metro Hillel lost all its International Hillel funding — $40,000 — which is a quarter of its annual budget. - The local Hillel encom- passes Wayne State, Oak- land University, Oakland Community College's Or- chard Ridge campus and Lawrence Technological University. The four cam- puses are served by Rabbi Finkelman and a full-time office administrator at Wayne, and two half-time professionals, Sandy Loeffler at OU and Lisa Sandler at OCC and LTU. Rabbi Finkelman's resig- nation comes just ahead of a May 26 meeting between Metro Detroit Hillel and David Raphael, former Detroiter who is director of field services for the interna- tional. They will discuss a self-evaluation by the local Hillel. International Hillel cut $800,000 from its national budget this year, from $3.2 million to $2.4 million. An- other $800,000 is expected to be cut next year said Rabbi William Rudolph, associate international director. KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer I Rabbi Finkelman: Greener pastures. Metro Detroit Hillel was one of 16 Hillel foundations nationally that lost all international funding, Continued on Page 28 srael could become a beneficiary of Jewish philanthropist Bill Davidson's $30 million commitment to the Univer- sity of Michigan business school. Last month, U-M an- nounced plans for the William Davidson Institute at the business school, which would help develop overseas market economies through a program of instruction, faculty and student devel- opment and research. Targeted countries include Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Republics, India, China and parts of Africa. But U-M's Business School Dean B. Joseph White last week said that although the program still is in the plann- ing phase, "Israel certainly is a possibility." "We intend to have the Davidson Institute become a premier source of instruction and expertise concerning the development of free markets and the role of business and governments in market economies," Mr. White said. Continued on Page 28 CONSUMING OBSESSION ;Council Focuses On Racial Issues I. PHIL JACOBS om Managing Editor R ace relations is a timely topic that we've lately seen turn volatile. l Where the Jewish coin- 0 munity fits in will be the keynote topic when the Jew- ish Community Council hosts a town forum during its annual meeting, 7:30 • p.m. Tuesday, May 26, at P Temple Israel. 0 The town meeting format was conceived long before the Rodney King verdict turned South Central Los Angeles into an exploding pressure cooker. It was put together after Gail Parrish of the Race Relations Coun- cil of Detroit approached the JCCouncil about bringing the two organizations together. On Tuesday, Southfield at- torney and television host Brent Triest will hold a rov- ing microphone, and au- dience members will be in- vited to discuss the issues of race relations with three panelists. They include Blenda Wilson, the chancellor of the University of Michigan-Dearborn; Ed- ward Hustoles, deputy direc- tor for planning for the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, and Temple Israel Rabbi M. Robert Syme. The panelists will give different perspectives on race relations and the Continued on Page 27 1992 YEARBOOK 1992 MITZVAH HEROES ANOREXIA NERVOSA AND BULIMIA ARE NO STRANGERS TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, BOTH YOUNG AND OLD. INSIDE CLOSE-UP Page 22