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Dr. Plotnick and his prede-
cessor, Irwin Shaw, say no one
has ever filed a lawsuit on the
issue against the Detroit JCC.
But if economics or philosophies
change, Mr. Shaw said, the pol-
icy could change.
The JCC has a $6 million
annual budget, with one-
third of the funds coming from
the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit ($1.3
million) and United Way
of Southeastern Michigan
($600,000).
While neither agency has in-
creased its contributions to the
10,600-member JCC in recent
years, Dr. Plotnick sees no pres-
sure from either group on the
membership issue.
"United Way understands
our policy," he said. "They rec-
Jgnize the need and fund sec-
tarian agencies — we actually
were one of their original part-
nership agencies."
Dr. Plotnick defends the JCC
policy because "we are open to
all Jewish families, by whatev-
:-.T definition." He says the JCC
welcomes intelmarried families
in its membership policy, and in
its programming. "The way
we've been functioning has
served the Jewish Community
Center and the Jewish commu-
nity in a positive manner."
In addition, the JCC allows
_Ion-members — Jews or gen-
tiles — to participate in its pro-
grams for a higher charge than
members pay. The Baltimore
JCC, Dr. Plotnick said, has a
members-only policy for its pro-
grams.
Mr. Shaw said the non-
Jewish membership issue was
most often raised by Jews dur-
ing his tenure at the JCC (1951-
1977). "It was raised every six
or seven years," he said, and
each time a JCC board com-
mittee would evaluate and reaf-
firm the policy.
Most of the complaints came
from Jews who questioned why
the JCC was not open to all like
the YMCA. "Our answer was,
`Of course the YMCA is open; it's
a proselytizing institution,' " Mr.
Shaw said.
The agency was pressured
more frequently when it oper-
ated the Meyers-Curtis facility
in Detroit. "When we were on
Woodward and Holbrook, it was
not a very appealing building.
Meyers and Curtis had much
better facilities," Mr. Shaw said.
Sol Greenfield, associate ex-
ecutive vice president of the
Jewish Community Centers
Association, the national JCC
umbrella group in New York,
does not see the policy change
in Baltimore as having a ma-
jor impact.
"My sense is the number of
non-Jews actually taking out
membership will be insignifi-
cant." He said JCCs located in
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