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CONGREGATION T'CHIYAH

A warm, welcoming, Reconstructionist synagogue
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Rabbi David A. Teutsch

Hopes Are High
As Campaign Ends

RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER

beginning of the end
started Sunday at 9 a.m.
— 8 a.m. if you figure in
last week's time change.
A band of early-risers manned
phones at the Max M. Fisher
Building in Bloomfield Hills. By
early afternoon, they had raised
more than $200,000 for the Al-
lied Jewish Campaign.
Sunday marked the first
round of phone calls for Days of
Decision, Federation's annual
Campaign wrap-up. "The Cam-

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"Continuity, Challenge and Change:
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1994. Cleveland's campaign ends
in mid-May, and pledges so far
are up an average of 5.8 percent.
Campaigns across the country
are on the upswing, reports the
United Jewish Appeal, the um-
brella organization that funnels
American charitable dollars to
Israel and other Jewish overseas
causes.
Between 1985 and 1989, UJA
campaigns brought in a total of
$3.8 billion. During the follow-
ing five years, that number shot

2:00 p.m., Sunday, April 9, 1995,
at the Agency for Jewish Education Building
21550 W. 12 Mile Road.

Rabbi Teutsch is President of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
and editor of the Kol Haneshamah prayerbook series. He has a Ph.D. from the
Wharton School of Business.
Congregation T'chiyah is the only Detroit area synagogue affiliated
with the national Reconstructionist movement. Reconstructionists define
Judaism as the evolving religious civilization of the Jewish people.
For more information call (313) 366-0292

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paign is sparkling," said co-chair
Kenneth Eisenberg. "We've
made more progress this year
than we have in the past 10
years."
The Campaign officially closed
on the evening of Wednesday,
April 5. As of Wednesday morn-
ing, Federation had raised a to-
tal of $24.1 million from more
than 14,000 people who in-
creased their pledges by an av-
erage 6 percent over last year.
Earlier in the week, Federa-
tion leaders expressed optimism
about reaching the goal of $27
million, $1 million more than
1994's Campaign. They are hop-
ing the last $2.9 million will come
from contributors who gave a to-
tal of that amount last year, but
have not yet pledged this year.
"We've learned from experi-
ence that it's not over until it's
over," said Campaign Director
Allan Gelfond on Tuesday. "Our
goal is achievable. We have a
good chance. We're all feeling
pretty good about where we are
now, but we're not there yet."
Other Jewish communities
throughout America report sim-
ilar high hopes. Cleveland, Ohio,
a community of 65,000 Jews, is
shooting for $1 million more than
the $24.5 million it raised in

up to $4.6 billion. A large per-
centage of the increase came
from donations to the emergency
Operation Exodus Campaign,
which helped Jews in the former
Soviet Union resettle in Israel
and the United States.
In Detroit, Robert Slatkin
serves as Campaign co-chair
with Mr. Eisenberg, Florine
Mark Ross and Norman Katz. c-\
Mr. Slatkin attributes a suc-
cessful 1995 Campaign to sever-
al factors, including the country's
general economic health and new
fund-raising strategies.
By Tuesday, 2,583 more
pledges had been secured than
at the same point in 1994. This,
despite the fact that a new fund-
raising process has shortened the c -\
Campaign from 18 to nine
months.
"The whole Campaign is at a
faster pace. That was one of our
goals from the outset," Mr.
Slatkin said.
Abbreviated, the Campaign
has prevented volunteer burn-
out, leaders believe. More ener-
gies have been focused on
person-to-person solicitations.
Phonathons were plugged as so-
cial, as well as social-action
events.
Days of Decision co-chairs Dr.