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Some Changes To Better
Cover Our Community
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We never like to lose sight of the fact that while
Associate Editor Alan Hitsky will do a
we work each week to cover our community little less writing, but spend more time edit-
from the inside out, telling the story of what you ing and coordinating Business and Health sec-
are doing, it's also important for you to know tions.
what we're doing.
Assistant Editor Gail Zim-
Our goal is to "raise the bar"
merman will edit The Jewish
on the way we cover the De-
News Entertainment and
troit Jewish community. We
Arts sections, enabling Julie
want to include more and
Yolles to be our community's
more stories with collective
"Jewish eyes" on the enter-
Jewish "ownership," such as
tainment world.
community events, profiles
All of this is being done
forgettl.ng
and programming. At the
while, behind the scenes, our
same time, there are issues
art department and editors
that need more investigation
plan a dramatic redesign of
and more attention. We'll be
The Jewish News for 1997.
working on those in our new
Some of you might even be Eldercare
coverage format.
asked to participate in that re- Needs Planning
Julie Edgar, our business
design.
writer, will continue to cover
We will cover better and Permit me to respond to the Ed-
itor's Notebook of Oct. 18 ('We're
the business beat. She'll also
even look better. We will con- Growing Old").
be the "team captain" of local
tinue to reflect the changing
A few months ago, the Jewish
news, working with staff writ-
needs of our community while Federation announced it was cre-
ers Jill Davidson Sklar, Jennifer Finer and oth- validating the traditions that have made De- ating a commission to coordinate
ers to better cover our community on the Up troit's Jewish neighborhood a leader on the na- services to older adults living at
Front and Detroit pages.
tional and international scene.
home, in skilled nursing facilities
and in assisted living residences
throughout the community.
The decision to undertake that
ambitious and multifaceted pro-
gram was arrived at with the
phaseout of the skilled nursing
component of our community's
services to older adults. Creation
of COJES — the Commission on
Jewish Eldercare Services — fol-
lowed an intensive study of the
Tuesday we make choices both locally and na- to save or make money. If we're willing to dri- needs of older adults living in our
tionally. Those who run for and/or hold public
ve across town to save money on community, a majority of whom
office know very well that Jews by
. a car, why aren't we taking time are living in independent set-
and large exercise their
K
to learn which represen- tings.
right to vote.
Our community acknowledges
tative or bond issue will
the importance of serving frail el-
While this editorial is
cost or save money?
not about endorsing any
Many of us also have a derly people and has arranged
with two skilled nursing home
single candidate or
propensity to enter the vot- operators to provide for their
ballot issue, we want to
ing booth and, because we needs. These operators are ex-
[ endorse instead the con-
don't know any better, vote pending every effort to meet those
cept of an open-minded
for the person with a Jewish needs within state and Jewish
vote.
"sounding" last name.
communal guidelines.
Please make sure you pro-
There are men and women
We're a long way from reach-
tect your voting privilege by at .
with Arab backgrounds and sur- ing our goals even though far
least making an effort to be
names, candidates who are more options are available today
knowledgeable. Don't meet
black and gentile, office seek- than three decades ago. Consid-
"face to face" with candidates
ers from a multitude of eth- er five buildings of Jewish Fed-
eration Apartments, as well as
or ballot issues after closing
nic groups who have strong Fleischman Residence for assist-
H the ballot machine curtain.
records and deserve your at- ed living, serving more than 750
That's like studying for an
tention and your vote.
older adults, of whom 80 percent
exam the day of the test.
Don't narrow your scheme of utilize government subsidies or
° Some of us spend hours fol-
choice: broaden it. We owe this whose only income is Social Se-
hi
= lowing the stock market,J,-,L .,t.::.
to ourselves and our children. curity.
r-- shopping around for the best '‘ '' '
Efforts are under way to ex-
We really do. Votes are ex-
interest rate, investigating ways of saving a few
pensive, are our right, and we pand our connections to residen-
tial care and assisted living
dollars on a product or even clipping coupons should value them more than we do.
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facilities throughout the com-
munity. Through COJES, more
Jewish people will be served in
skilled nursing centers in the
metropolitan Detroit area, and
the Jewish Home for Aged will
continue to be among the agen-
cies serving the elderly.
Provision of quality eldercare
services will require the foresight,
creative thinking and cooperation
of people throughout the com-
munity, including the media. We
must think. ahead 50 years — not
just 50 days.
Michael Perlman
Chairman, Commission on
Jewish Eldercare Services
Speaking Up
For The Aged
Mr. Alan Hitsky, thank you for
the beautiful, important, infor-
mative article in The Jewish
News regarding our aged. It's
time someone spoke up.
We are all getting older and
wonder what will happen to us
when our need is there and great.
Let us hope those in our commu-
nity will open their eyes and
hearts and find a solution for our
aged with a little love, protection
and a smile to make old age
worthwhile.
Bessie Chase
Oak Park
Editorial
Did A Service
I want to express my feelings
about your Editor's Notebook
("We're Growing Old, But Not
Gracefully") of Oct. 18. I truly felt
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