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'IA 7:00 (thru 5/31) THE CONSERVATIVE RABBIS OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT DETROIT FRIENDS OF THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY HILLEL DAY SCHOOL and ITED SYNAGOGUE OF CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM CONGRATULATE RABBI GRETA BERNARD BROWN (1980 Hillel Day School Graduate) daughter of Dr. Henri and Anaruth Bernard and RABBI MICHAEL UNGAR son of Seymour and Sharlene Ungar ON THEIR GRADUATION AND ORDINATION from the JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA May 14, 1992 11 IYAR 5752 "MAY THEY GO FROM STRENGTH 10 STRENGTH" 20 FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1992 Decision • Continued from Page 1 Federation needs to know by June 5 exactly how much money it will have by the end of the year so there is no allocation shortfall. In years past, Federation has seen anywhere from $2 million to $4 million in pledges come in as late as December. It's difficult to allocate when an unknown quantity comes in this late. Jenny is a 27-year-old un- married mother who came to JFS for pregnancy planning and for help in coping with a long-term depression. She needed both clinical treat- ment and financial help. At JFS, she received weeks of counseling and some finan- cial support. She was able to resolve her problems. The Campaign has serious ground to cover in reaching some of its goals. Last year at this time, 15,463 pledge cards had come in. This year that number is 13,983. Last year at this time, $24,273,965 had been pledged. This year, the fig- ure is $23,772,834. There are some 2,300 contributors outstanding at this point. Last year, they pledged $2,633,898. "We are deeply concern- ed," said Campaign Director Allan Gelfond. "We have, though, made significant strides. At one point, we were close to $3 million behind and 6,000 cards behind. We've been able to narrow the difference. The goal here is not to bring us even with last year, but to completely close this Cam- paign some six months earlier." Mr. Gelfond added that besides closing the Cam- paign, Days of Decision have two other goals as well. They include reaching people who have never pledged in prior Campaigns and dramati- cally increasing the Cam- paign's cash flow. "We're strapped for cash," he said. "That's become a challenge for us. These are, however, national phenom- ena. Overall, we're pleas- ed with the way we're holding up. We're doing well, but not well enough." Mr. Gelfond also said that the Days of Decision are still in need of volunteers to man the telephones. "We need them from the time the sun goes up until the sun goes down," he said. "We'll be on duty all day long." Past Campaign chairmen William Davidson, David Hermelin and Joel Tauber (now national chairman of the United Jewish Appeal), and Arnon Mantver, director. general of the Immigration and Absorption Department of the Jewish Agency fox Israel, will address the critical needs in Israel and locally to Campaign vol- unteers. Mr. Davidson will speak at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at the Max M. Fisher Building. Mr., Mantver will speak at 7:45 a.m. and Mr. Tauber at 6 p.m. on Monday. Mark Schlussel, Federation presi- ---- dent, will speak Tuesday at 6 p.m. Mr. Hermelin will speak at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Steve is a 40-year-old un= skilled laborer. He rents a room in a house in the area. In the main, he's been able too= manage, even buying himself a used car so that he could get to work. Three weeks ago, the car broke down and needed $184 worth of repairs. Steve did not have - the money. He's attempted to take the bus to go to work, but he's been late at times, and his boss was threatening to fire him. He came to JFS. The agency was able to verify the need for the car repairs and sent a check to his mechanic. It is estimated that 5 per- cent of the Detroit Jewish community lives at or below the poverty level. That's roughly 4,500 people. Yae Ezra, the area's kosher food pantry, has seen an increase of clients from a couple of hundred to over a thousand. "We're hurting as a com- munity," said Federation planner Larry Ziffer. "These, are serious times. There are people in this community who desperately need our help. There are people who - have never used Jewish Vocational Service before, but now need JVS help. The population at risk is grow-' ing. 1, ❑ Graduation Set For June 5 Beth Abraham Hillel Moses Religious School will conduct graduation and confirmation exercises 6:30 p.m. June 5. The evening will begin with a traditional Friday night family dinner followed by the graduates conducting Friday night Shabbat service. The graduates are Teri Bloomberg, Janet Blumen- feld, Lisa Ehrlich, Cydney Goldberg, Laura Grey, Felicia Kleinberg, Ronald Levin, Dan Levine, Mark Levine, Jen- nifer Lublin, Daniel Monk- c man, Elissa Riger, Daren Shavell, Deborah Solomon, Malkah Spivak-Birndorf, Mi- chael Vosko, Karl Wayne, Leo Weberman, Corey Winer. The confirmand is Scott Nigoff.