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unlikely, that Campaign cof-
fers will reach $27.5 million
by June 17.
"At this point it would be a
real, real stretch," said Alan
Gelfond, Campaign director.
More money is badly need-
ed, said Michael Brooks, di-
rector of the B'nai B'rith Hillel
Foundation at the University
of Michigan. Last year, U-M
Hillel received a $156,450 al-
location from Federation. Its
total budget was $550,000.
Even after phasing out a full-
time staff position, the agen-
cy is grappling with a deficit.
Mr. Brooks says there is
neither enough money to re-
cruit new members nor to pro-
gram for the 6,000 Jewish
students at U-M and 1,000 at
Eastern Michigan University.
He will request more money
when he meets with
Federation's budget commit-
tee on June 3.
He knows there is no guar-
antee. If U-M Hillel receives
more money, part of it will go
toward recruitment. If the
Campaign is flat, Hillel will
likely suffer, he said.
"Many of the students
whom we see now are those
least at risk in terms of the
Jewish community's concern
about continuity. We know
how to reach many of the rest
of the people, but we don't
have the resources to do it," he
said.
Howard Gelberd, director
of the Agency for Jewish
Education, said the revamp-
ing of AJE will require more
money, too. Mr. Gelberd, who
was hired last year to bring lo-
cal Jewish education up to
pace with the '90s, says mod-
ernization will be expensive.
"Working with teen-agers
is very costly," he said. "Teen-
agers are very sophisticated.
Their time is very full in terms
of their homework, social lives
and part-time jobs. And they
have very short attention
spans. If we want to reach
their minds and souls, we
need to make sure that we
have the right messages —
and the right messengers."
That means hiring high-
quality staff, he said. He is
hopeful about receiving an al-
location large enough to do so.
'We're transitioning out of
the United Hebrew School
system, so there should be a
substantial amount of funds
available to us," he said. "If
we don't get that money, well
have to cut services from ele-
mentary schools, teen-agers,
adults or families. It's very
hard to prioritize where we'd
cut because all of these are key
components of the survival
agenda of this community."
Arnold Weiner, senior ex-
ecutive director of Michigan
B'nai B'rith Youth Organiza-
tion (BBYO),. will ask for a
$35,000 allocation, represent-
ing $10,000 more than BBYO
received last year. But the in-
crease would not compensate
for the salary of a staff mem
ber it lost when B'nai B'rith
International, the umbrella
organization, withdrew local
funding in 1992.
"If we don't get the extra
$10,000 from Federation, we
will not be able to provide the
direct service to local BBYO
chapters that we need," Mr.
Weiner said. "We feel that
teen-agers, by definition, are
a population at risk. If our
young Jewish people are not
tied into the Jewish commu- ,
nity prior to leaving for col-I
lege, it's going to be a lot
harder to bring them back to
the community later." I=1
Red Cross
Examines Bodies
Tel Aviv (JTA) — At Israel's j
request, the International
Red Cross is to examine the
bodies of two men held by
the Shi'ite Amal militia in
Lebanon that the group
claims are those of Israeli
soldiers long missing in ac-
tion.
Amal leader Nabi Berri
offered to return the bodies
some two years ago, but the
Israel Defense Force doubted
the truth of the Amal claim.
The offer fell through since
Israel was not prepared to'
release Amal prisoners in
exchange.
Two months ago, after
several Shi'ite prisoners
held by Israel and its allied
South Lebanon Army were
released, Mr. Berri an-
nounced he would permit
Red Cross inspection of the
bodies if 14 women prisoners
were freed from the SLA's
El-Khiam prison.
The demand was first re-
jected by Israel, but follow-
ing further negotiations, five
Shi'ite women were released
last week from El-Khiam.
Amal issued a statement
in Beirut saying that repre-
sentatives of the Interna-
tional Red Cross would be
permitted to examine the
bodies.