75¢ THE JEWISH NEWS 23 IYAR 5753/MAY 14, 1993 Decision Deferred Darchei Torah waits for Federation. Masters Of Disaster LESLEY PEARL STAFF WRITER Hurricane Andrew is the 4th major storm for lnrecon. Page 29 ince opening its doors seven years ago, Darchei Torah has added a grade level to its Orthodox day school each year. For three years, it has tried to add the status of Jewish Federation bene- ficiary to its name. Administrators remain unsuccessful in the latter endeavor. Federation's Jewish Education Division re- cently deferred judgment regarding the 152-stu- dent school located in the Agency for Jewish Education building in Southfield — neither ac- cepting nor rejecting Darchei Torah. Sarah Kahn, principal of Darchei Torah, said she will continue to ap- proach Federation for beneficiary status and funding. "If we become a bene- ficiary, Federation will have given us the stamp of approval, of being a part of the greater Jewish community. It also means dollars for the school," Ms. Kahn said. Four local Jewish day schools have beneficiary status — Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, Yeshiva Gedolah, Hillel and Akiva. Beth Yehudah, Hillel and Akiva have been af- filiated with Federation since the late 1960s — a time when day schools were gaining popularity, providing a level of edu- DARCHEI TORAH page 20 DETROIT i Ce fsp leb n.n ratio Spring TEENS Yearbook '93 This years' brightest high school graduates. Page 32 SENIORS Arty Rx Rabbi Spectre celebrates with students and the Miracle Mission. Art therapy at Prentis is boosting self-esteem. Page 94 Bringing A Torah Home To Zion Contents on page 3 Page 42 Starting A Jewish Hospice A joint Hospice of Southeastern Michigan and Federation effort makes special services available to the community. PHIL JACOBS MANAGING EDITOR hen Bernard's mother, Ruth, died in 1985, the Farmington Hills resident heard something for the very first time — his father ' saying Kaddish, the memorial prayer, unaided by a prayerbook. It was also the first time that Bernard, 30, had participat- ed in something so deeply personal and Jewish with his father. During the entire process of his mother's long terminal illness, there was no talk of God, Jewish philosophy on death or anything Jewish. Unaffiliated with any synagogue or Jewish organization since Bernard's bar mitzvah, the family felt embar- rassed that it didn't understand Jewish customs. Carolyn Fitzpatrick Cassin, the president and CEO of the Hospice of Southeastern Michigan, along with Jewish Family Service and others in the Jewish community, did not want something similar to happen again. That is why in the past several months Hospice of Southeastern Michigan, which has always offered its services to area Jewish residents, also now offers a Jewish hospice component. "When you are serving 400 or 500 patients a day, you see groupings of pa- tients, and so you need to consider ways to make the groups more com- fortable with our services," said Mrs. Fitzpatrick Cassin. Those services make a rabbi available if a fam- HOSPICE page 22