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JNF Honors Orman,
Raises Record Dollars
KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER
ome longtime family
businesses have
gone public. Others
have sold profitable
ventures because no chil-
dren were interested in
following in the family
footsteps.
Yet since 1929, Freeds
of Windsor has capital-
ized on the term "family
honor." Now 4 years old,
the specialty men's shop
still is run by the second
generation of its founder,
JNF Officials
raised nearly
$250,000.
Sam Freed, 88.
The specialty shop,
whose forte is high quali-
ty suits, employs 10 fami-
ly members.
The store's president,
Gerald Freed, and execu-
tive vice president, Alan
Orman (Sam's son-in-
law), are equal partners.
Not far behind are two
young men representing
the third generation, Ari
Freed and Dan Orman,
who run day-to-day oper-
ations for their parents.
Company officials
declined to release sales
figures of the store at
Ottawa and Gladstone
streets in Windsor, just a
few miles past the
Canadian border at the
tunnel. But they said
their client base is as
high as 40,000, including
5,000 regulars.
Equally inspiring as
loyal customers and high
sales volume to Freeds co-
owner Alan Orman is that
he helped raise record
numbers of dollars for the
Jewish National Fund,
which will honor him
Wednesday with a Negev
dinner tribute.
It is the highest honor
of the Jewish community.
of Windsor, with a popu-
lation estimated at 1,800.
Through the leadership of
the Freed-Orman fami-
lies, JNF hopes to bring
in $250,000, said JNF
Executive Coordinator
Sharon Kaplan.
Ms. Kaplan said 520
people are expected to
attend the dinner, where
Israel Ambassador Abba
Eban will deliver the
keynote address. The
annual dinner typically
attracts between 250 and
300 patrons, but friends
and relatives of the
Freed-Orman families are
traveling to Windsor for
the event from Florida,
Toronto, New York and
Racine, Wis.
Since he moved to
Windsor from Detroit 35
years ago, Mr. Orman has
served as chairman of the
Windsor Jewish
Federation's endowment
committee and has been
active in the United
Jewish Appeal. He also is
a past president of the
Jewish Community
Centre.
"Alan has been a dedi-
cated supporter of the
Windsor Jewish commu-
nity since he moved
here," Ms. Kaplan said.
"He is a cheerleader for
the community. At the
heart of it all, he wants
something in place here
for his children to be part
of, and he is pushing to
have a stable environ-
ment for his children."
Freeds has grown con-
sistently since its begin-
nings, when a 1,200-
square-foot building
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JNF honoree Alan Orman
housed Sam's Department
Store. Today, the opera-
tion is Canada's largest
independent men's retail
store, and it carries some
high-fashion casual items
for women.
Many customers live in
the Detroit area. Freeds
asks customers to declare
clothing items at the
Windsor-Detroit border,
and the store reimburses
customers for the duty
and Canada's value-added
taxes.
This month, the busi-
ness is growing again. An
expansion is designed to
accommodate an increas-
ing demand for ladies'
wear. Freeds is adding a
12,000-square-foot addi-
tion to its 35,000-square-
foot store.
Freeds will double the
size of its women's appar-
el section, now mostly
sportswear items, and
hopes to enhance the
selection with some items
for fancy occasions.
"We will literally go
from one street corner to
another," Mr. Orman
said. ri
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