Howard Wallach is happy to lead the Jewish
Community Council into the 21st century.

JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER

s incoming president of the
Jewish Community Coun-
cil of Metropolitan Detroit,
attorney Howard Wallach
plans to reinforce the good things
the Council has achieved in the
last few years.
"I don't foresee major changes
because I think what the Coun-
cil does, it does very well. I will
continue to push those things to
new heights," he said.
Reaching out to the general
community by building relation-
ships with other ethnic and reli-
gious organizations is high on his
agenda, of course, but so is
strengthening the relationships
that already exist with some 200
affiliated organizations that
range from synagogues and their
auxiliaries to the Zionist Orga-
nization of America to Jewish
_ War Veterans.
We recognize there is an ever-
increasing demand on volunteers
and volunteerism in the commu-
nity, and in order to be one of

those organizations people choose
to participate in, you have to have
those kinds of relationships with
those member organizations.
It's important we provide qual-
ity programming for them and be
responsible for their needs," said
Mr. Wallach, who joined the
Council's Domestic Concerns
Committee 16 years ago at the
behest of 46th District Court
Judge Susan Moiseev.
He has since served as a board
member, vice president, and most
recently as treasurer.
Maintaining and strengthen-
ing ties with Lansing lawmakers
is also the province of the Coun-
cil, which next year celebrates its
60th birthday.
Mr. Wallach, husband of Sta-
cy and father ofJillian and Shel-
by, noted that term limits will
keep organizations like the Coun-
cil on its toes. Legislative
turnover means keeping law-
makers and their staffs attuned
to the concerns of the Jewish

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Taking The Helm

community — over and over Jewish community. That's simply
again.
wrong, he said.
"Ifs critical you get to know rep-
"Our mission is to conserve and
resentatives and their staffs quick- protect Jewish values and Jew-
ly, and not stop there, because ish ideals," he explained. 'We do
they will be gone soon. It'll be the that by developing relationships
local government
with multi-ethnic
leaders, the people
civic and political
on school boards,
groups and with
Council represen-
the media. When
tatives who might
somebody misrep-
seek higher office.
resents Israel in
"We'll have
the press, we
more opportunity
right the misper-
because of
ception.
turnover to take
"You're trying
on a bigger re-
to establish a re-
sponsibility," he
lationship, so if
said.
there's a problem
Mr. Wallach,
in the future, you
like his predeces-
can pick up the
sor Allen Zemmol,
phone and talk to
is mindful of the
that person and
Council's role as New Jewish Community Council try to work it out.
public relations President Howard Wallach.
When the Jewish
arm of the Jewish
Community Coun-
community, and intends to keep cil goes to Lansing and restores
it that way.
$5 million to a budget for
`The general community views refugees, and we go there by our-
the Jewish Community Council selves, we are competent, strong
as its door to [the Jewish commu- and cohesive, but when we go
nity]," he said.
there with representatives of the
But, Mr. Wallach, the first vice Hispanic, Asian and Arab com-
president of Congregation Beth munities and we are in coalition
Abraham Hillel Moses, is also with them, we are a much more
aware that the Council has, at dynamic and forceful service to
times, been perceived as better the community because of what
known outside than within the we're able to do." ❑

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