Darchei Torah explore expansion
ilites of the UHS building.
LESLEY PEARL STAFF WRITER
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Robert Aronson, execu-
tive vice president of
Jewish Federation,
stressed the situation is
in its infancy stage.
"We haven't even
determined if the UHS
building is for sale yet,"
Mr. Aronson said. "We've
had informal meetings
with Hind, only and have
yet to speak with
Darchei Torah. There
has been no discussion
as to the possible move-
ment of the other offices
housed at UHS."
Mr. Aronson said
Federation is not work-
ing on a time schedule
regarding the building.
"Federation has not
put the building up for
sale. All we have had is
14
s day school enrollment
continues to rise, Hillel
Day School and Darchei
Torah are exploring
expanding or acquiring
additional locations.
Hillel, located in
Farmington Hills and
serving students through
the eighth grade, has
two trailer-classrooms
outside the building in
addition to its 35 class-
rooms.
Darchei Torah, with
150 students this year
compared to 130 last
year, leases the United
Hebrew Schools building
in Southfield. The UHS
building has 13 rooms
being used for classes. It
is also the home to
offices for Hebrew Free
Loan and the Agency For
Jewish Education.
Hillel's expansion com-
mittee is exploring the
option of buying the UHS
building as an additional
site for classes.
"The discussions going
on are fuzzy," said
Robert Steinberg, execu-
tive director of Hillel.
"We've talked about
expanding our building.
The option of the UHS
building came to our
attention only a week
ago. We're just beginning
to look at it."
However, adding on to
the present Hillel site in
Farmington Hills re-
mains a strong possibili-
ty.
"Even if the site of
UHS. is available, we
need to see if it meets
our needs," said Marty
Gene, president of Hillel.
"The process of expan-
sion has been going on
for about a year. We've
looked around for avail-
ability and have found
nothing suitable.
"We have 640 stu-
dents. One hundred and
twenty of them are in the
portables (trailers).
We've got to do some-
thing," he added.
an informal inquiry b
Hillel. There will be no
decision without consult
ing our tenants," he said.
Sarah Kahn, principl
of Darchei Torah, sai
the school has been looi
ing at expansion option
since last April but has
yet to find a suitabl"
location.
"Our plan is to find
another building a
separate the girls fro
the boys. If the girls
moved to another loca-
tion we could open up
space for more boys a
UHS," Ms. Kahn said.
"I'm shocked, though. I
thought we were goe,i:'
tenants. We had no
intention of leaving the
building entirely."
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Spring Is Sinai Target
For Suburban Clinic
.
KIM LIPTON STAFF WRITER
S
inai Hospital's
newest venture, a
family care facility
in Oak Park, is set
to open April 1, officials
said last week.
When Sinai launched
its first family practice
unit at the hospital over
a year ago, it quickly
grew. It was more suc-
cessful than officials
anticipated, according to
department chairman
Dr. Sander Kushner.
The department is a
first for Sinai, which
hadn't concentrated on
the concept of family
medicine.
In September, the hos-
pital opened a five-day-a-
week family clinic in the
professional building
adjacent to the hospital.
Previously, a small clinic
was open one day 'a
week.
Dr. Kushner had hoped
the Oak Park facility
would open this winter,
but•these plans were
somewhat optimistic-,
officials said.
Sinai opted to target
Oak Park/Huntington
Woods for its first satel-
lite clinic partly because
it is an area with youn
Jewish families, Dr.
Kushner said.
He said Sinai expects
the department to grow.
Planned are a series of
family practice centers
throughout the commu
nity. Under considera-
tion are sites in West
Bloomfield and Farm-
ington Hills.