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President's Column
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KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL
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992 marks the 91st year ofJewish National Fund. Although people know that JNF plants trees and distributes blue
boxes, much ofJNF's activities remain unfamiliar to many in the Jewish community. Indeed, JNF has planted mil-
lions of trees, but the responsibilities and accomplishments ofJNF cover a much broader spectrum.
In an effort to tell the entire community who we are and what we do, the JNF regional council has adopted a new
communication format Beginning with this edition of The Jewish News, JNF will publish a News From JNF Page 6 times
each year. We hope these updates will educate and inform readers about JNF's past accomplishments, present activities
and future goals.
We have much to tell. JNF's history is rich in achievement and its future is bright with promises. We hope these updates will serve to
encourage community involvement and education to the strong base of support that JNF is fortunate to have in the Metropolitan De-
troit area. We invite the response of our readers and hope these updates will become the broad-based and cooperative effort of many
caring and involved people.
As I noted above, there are many people who know JNF only as the organization responsible for planting trees in Israel. However, JNF
does much, much more. JNF can count the following among its many accomplishments:
• construction of over 3,800 miles of roads and other infrastructure throughout Israel;
• reclamation of over 650,000 acres of land from the desert;
• creation of more than 100,000 home sites in over 1,000 settlements;
• progress in building 25 major water reservoir projects which will prove vital to the long-term survival of our people in Israel;
• construction of 94 major park and recreation areas needed to provide a better quality of life for Israel's population; and
• of course, planting trees. To date, we have planted over 200 million to help make the desert bloom.
JNF is the guardian of the land of Israel and has the responsibility for preparing, developing and maintaining the land for all the resi-
dents of Israel. Clearly, all this requires large sums of money. At the JNF Annual Leadership Conference held recently in New York, I
joined with JNF leaders from around the country in learning that the worldwide JNF budget for the coming year will exceed $250 Mil-
lion. All of us in attendance agreed that meeting this goal will present both a formidable challenge and a unique satisfaction once
achieved.
As members of the Jewish community, we understand the obligation of Tzedakah, right action through charitable deeds. We support
Israel and our people in Israel because it is the right thing to do. By providing support to develop land, create home sites, provide water,
and plant trees we are all helping to do what is right.
JNF needs the support of the entire Jewish community. It is our hope that News From JNF will encourage readers to call the JNF office
to learn more about JNF. We welcome any comments, questions or suggestions and ask that you direct any such ideas to Ed Rosenthal,
our Regional Director, at 557-6644.
We hope and trust that you will find that support for and involvement with JNF is right for. ❖
Trees Going Up!
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The price of purchasing a tree
to be planted in Israel will be in-
creased from $7 to $10 effective
January 1, 1993. This policy de-
cision was made at a national
meeting of JNF last May. The
price of planting trees in Cana-
da and Israel has been $10 for
several years.
Tree banks of 100 trees can be
purchased until January 1st for
$700 and the 100 tree certificates
can be utilized during 1993. The
cost of Groves (1,000 Trees),
Woodlands (2,000 Trees), Park-
lands (5,000 Trees) and Forests
(10,000 Trees) will remain at
Garden Donors
Enrollment As
Of November 25,
1992
18877 West
10 Mile Road
Suite 100
Southfield, MI
r E.
48075
Phone 557-6644
c FAX (3131557-2412
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by Eli Scherr
WE ACKNOWLEDGE WITH
SINCERE APPRECIATION
THE FOLLOWING GARDEN
DONORS WHO ENROLLED
IN THE MICHIGAN GARDEN
CLUB AS OF NOVEMBER 25,
1992:
In Honor of Aaron Rose By
JOSEPH & ELSIE DEUTCH; In
Memory of Harry Waldman by
FAMILY & FRIENDS; In Hon-
or of Harold Greenspan By RAY-
MOND, SHARI & CHUCK,
GARY, PAM, JASON & ELYSE;
In Honor of Geta Richman By
JAY, WENDY, JEFF & LYNN; In
Honor of Sol & Viola Cohen By
ALL OF YOUR VERY GOOD
FRIENDS; In Memory of Ann
Sterling By BETTY & GRANT
$5,000, $10,000, $25,000 and
$50,000 respectively and pay-
ment plans can easily be
arranged..
Trees Make Ideal
Chanukah Gifts
Having a problem selecting
the right Chanukah gift for a rel-
ative or friend? Simply call JNF
at 557-6644 and we will be de-
lighted to send out tree certifi-
cates that same day. For single
orders of 10 or more trees, larg-
er certificates will be forwarded.
What an ideal gift! +
SILVERFARB; In Honor ofJen-
nie Solomon By MIKE & MARY
MUST; In Honor of Betty &
Robert Forchheimer By MAR-
TIN, NANCY & MONICA; In
Honor of Dr. Susan Adelman By
BLUE CROSS-BLUE SHIELD
OF MICHIGAN, NATIONAL
MANAGEMENT ASSOCIA-
TION; In Honor of Jennie
Solomon By ALLEN & RUTH
ROSENFELD; In Memory of
Jack Cwagenberg By Wife
SARAH, Son ALLEN & FAMI-
LY, Son PHILIP & FAMILY, &
Daughter ANN KOVSKY &
FAMILY; In Memory of Esther
Milstein By JUDITH LOWE
NAFTALY & DANIEL KNOP-
PER; In Honor of D. Dan Kahn
By GOOD FRIENDS; In Memo-
ry of Dr. Arthur Feuer By FAMI-
LY & FRIENDS; In Memory of
Rose & Joseph Axelrod and
Anna & Harry Rundberg By
JACK & BESS AXELROD. ❖
Florence Milan
Reclaims Land For
Two More Sites _
Florence Milan, devoted sup-
porter ofJewish National Fund,
has recently purchased an addi-
tional two home sites — Five
home sites had previously been
purchased — to help prepare the
land for the new Israelis. The
home sites were donated in
memory of her beloved husband,
Charles Milan, a past president
of the Jewish National Fund
Council. Our gratitude to Mrs.
Milan for her continued devo-
tion to our vital cause. ❖
Golden Book
Subscribers As
Of November 25,
1992
GOLDEN BOOK SUB-
SCRIBERS HELP THE JNF
CONTINUE LAND RECLA-
MATION IN ISRAEL. WE
SALUTE THE FOLLOWING
CONTRIBUTORS OF GOLD-
EN BOOKS AS OF NOVEMBER
25, 1992:
In Honor of Ralph & Rosalyn
Stone inscribed by MARY& EL-
LIS SIEFER, FAYE & AL FREED-
LAND , & LIL SPILKIN; In
Honor of Shirley Stone inscribed
by FLORENCE & IRVING HER
MELIN; In Honor of Frances
Kushner inscribed by FLO-
RENCE & IRVING HERMELIN;
In Honor of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Salinsky inscribed by
FLORENCE & IRVING HER
Blessed
Memory"
We mourn a number of our
friends and supporters who
have passed away since Sep-
tember. The Officers, Board of
Directors and Staff of JNF
extend our heartfelt condo-
lences to the families of the late
ROSE CHUDNOW, CELIA
HOUDEK, SADIE KONIGS-
BERGER, RACHEL KURTZ-
MAN, ESTHER MILSTEIN,
EVELYN SHENKMAN, ES-
THER SILVERMAN and
ETTA WERTBER. ❖
MELIN; In Honor of June &
Arthur Snider inscribed by JAY
M. KOGAN & GLORIA KO-
GAN; In Honor of Dorothy Lane
inscribed by JERRY LANE; In
Honor of Douglas Schubot in-
scribed by DAVID & DOREEN
HERMELIN; In Memory of
Sadie Konigsberger inscribed by
PEARL COHEN & FAMILY; In
Memory of Goldie Einhorn in-
scribed by PEARL COHEN &
FAMILY; In Memory of Carrie
Hayden Gerson inscribed by
DAVID & DOREEN HER-
MELIN; In Memory of William
Klafer inscribed by Wife JEAN,
CHILDREN AND GRAND-
CHILDREN; In Memory of Don-
na Jacobs inscribed by PAULINE
ROSE; In Memory of Toba
Smokler inscribed by DAVID &
DOREEN HERMELIN; In Mem-
ory of Rose Schaeffer inscribed
by LARRY& TERESA GAYNOR;
In Memory of Sue Rubenfire in-
scribed by DAVID & DOREEN
HERMELIN. •••