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ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR
w
hile Steve Rochman
was observing Yom
Kippur yesterday, his
fellow workers in
Bloomfield Hills Schools were ob-
serving Employee Appreciation
Day.
After seven years of following
that routine,
Mr. Rochman
complained.
Loudly.
Mr. Roch-
man, a grounds-
keeper in the
department of
plant facilities
and operations,
has been forced
to take vacation
time to observe
Yom Kippur.
Non-Jewish 12-
month employ-
ees in the Steve RochInan
department get
a half-day picnic combined with
golf, volleyball or fishing. Teach-
ers and other 10-month employ-
ees of the district have the day off
because the schools are closed for
Yom Kippur.
This year, Mr. Rochman com-
plained. He talked to his depart-
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ment director, Jack Humble, to
the superintendent of schools, to
the assistant superintendent for
personnel, to the Anti-Defama-
tion League and to Jewish school
board members.
He has been told that the
school district will try to sched-
ule Employee
Appreciation
Day on a differ-
ent date next
year, "but they
couldn't accom-
modate those
who want to
golf if they
changed the
date this year,"
he said.
He was also
offered a half-
day of vacation
to compensate
for missing Ap-
preciation Day.
Christine Barnett, assistant
superintendent for personnel,
said the department "will have a
difficult time finding another
day" when the workers are sched-
uled on a non-school day. `But we
have to be sensitive to all our em-
ployees."
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Rabbi Steinger Dines
With The President
JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER
A
bbi
t a breakfast last week,
Ra Lane Steinger of
Temple Emanu-El en-
joyed many options —
eggs, fruit, bagels — and a
meeting with President Bill
Clinton and Vice President Al
Gore.
On Sept. 8, Rabbi Steinger
was one of 12 rabbis among
50 religious leaders from
around the country invited
to the White House for an
informal meeting with the
both president and vice pres-
ident.
"President Clinton ex-
pressed his appreciation for
the opportunity to meet with
religious leaders," Rabbi
Steinger said. "He talked Rabbi Lane Steinger:
about how such a gathering Breakfast with Clinton.
gives him a chance to remain
connected to what's important in the country is its diversity, which,
he said, imposes a burden on us
people's lives.
"His message was positive and to respect one another."
President Clinton also talked
upbeat. He encouraged us to re-
member this is our country and about current events in the Mid-
one of the greatest strengths of dle East, stressing the impor-