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changing neighborhoods or in
small communities would be
pressured economically to al-
low gentile members.
"With the Jewish communi-
ty centers emphasizing the
Jewish aspect of who they are
over the last decade, this (gen-
tile membership) has been less
of an issue," he said.

JCCs were started, he said,
because Jews were excluded
hum clubs. "People felt the JCCs
must be Jewish, but the notion
of exclusion was abhorrent."
Mr. Greenfield estimated
there are 135-140 JCC corpo-
rate entities throughout the
United States, with 275 inch-
vi dual branches and camps.

Political Activist
Leaves A Rich Record

KIMBERLY LIFTON

M

STAFF WRITER

orris Gleicher was a
gentle man in a
tough political
business, friends
say. "Guys like him are ab-
solutely rare," said long-
time friend and business as-
sociate Victor Hurwitz of
Advance Video of Southfield.
"I've never known anyone
who had more integrity
when dealing with politicos.
He was one of the great local
civil libertarians."
A political consultant who
was a champion of the civil
rights movement, Mr.
Gleicher, of Southfield, died
Oct. 26. He was 75.
"He was liberal but not a
dreamer," said Democratic
Party activist Leon Cohan.
"He was sensitive to the po-
litical realities. He was prac-
tical and pragmatic. He was
a good counselor to have at
your side."
A steadfast defender of
progressive liberal causes,
Mr. Gleicher began working
as an activist as a student at
the University of Michigan
in the 1930s. There, he and
other students worked to in-
tegrate restaurants in Ann
Arbor.
His beliefs never vanished.
Among his numerous ac-
tivities, he demonstrated
against the Vietnam War,
and he fought McCarthyism.
Yet he is best known in lib-
eral circles for his fight for
racial harmony. He began by
raising money for the civil
rights struggle in the south
during the 1960s.
He started political con-
sulting with Jack Casey in
the MG and Casey firm. The
well-known team worked for
those candidates who
adhered to their own beliefs.
They helped Detroit Mayor
Coleman Young win his first
election in 1973.
He worked for many
others, including Senator
Carl Levin, the late (former
Michigan Governor) G.
Mennen Williams, and cur-
rent political candidates, in-

cluding Steve Kaplan, who
is running for Oakland
County prosecutor, and :.
Marilyn Kelly, who is runn-
ing for Michigan Supreme
Court.
"He was a sweet guy with
very strong views, but he
was never strident," said
Allen Zemmol, senior,.
counsel for Comerica Inc.,
who marched in the South
during the Civil Rights
movement. "He was always
respectful of other people's
views."
Before he launched the po-
litical consulting business in
1960, Mr. Gleicher was art
economic analyst for the
Michigan Employment
Security Commission and he

"He was sensitive
to the political
realities. He
was pragmatic.
He was a good
counselor to have
at your side."

Leon Cohan

ran a printing business. He
served in the army during
World War II.
Mr. Gleicher was a past
president of the Detroit
branch of the American Jew-
ish Congress (1946-1949)
and a past president of
Detroit's American Civil
Liberties Union (1982-
1986). He was president of
Metro 'Times inc. and was
active in the now defunct
Progressive Party.
He leaves his wife,
Dorothy; daughters and
sons-in-law, Elizabeth
Gleicher and Mark Gran-
zotto of Pleasant Ridge, Sara
Gleicher and David Fabbri
of Detroit; sister, Sylvia of
Dearborn Heights; brother,
William of N. Hollywood,
Calif.; two grandsons.

