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ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE
I think Israeli women have been
treated very unfairly, even with-
in Orthodoxy. There are lost of as-
pects of divorce law that could be
handled differently if the rab-
binate would approach them dif-
ferently."
Many end up in the feminist
counselling centers. "I've dealt
with hundreds of problem di-
vorces," Brenner says. "But the re-
ally tragic cases we've come across
are incest within the ultra-Or-
thodox world. Young women come
to us who are very scared of being
ostracized within their communi-
ties. They come for counselling,
but they ask the therapist not to
go to their communities and not
to prosecute the fathers, uncles or
brothers responsible.
"This is not the task of the reli-
gious council, but it's part of my
commitment to change things."
On her way to what should
have been her first meeting as a
member of the Netanya religious
council — from which she was po-
litely, but firmly, ejected by her
downstairs neighbor — Brenner
was approached by a Russian im-
migrant. He told her the town's
large immigrant community was
excited "that you're going to be on
the council, that we'll have some-
one who will listen to us."
Not yet, it seems.
The Federation Annual Meeting will take place on Tuesday, October 7, 1997,
7:30 p.m. at Congregation Beth Abraham Hillel Moses.
The following business will be conducted at the meeting:
1)
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NOMINATED FOR A 2-YEAR TERM ENDING 1999
Jerome L. Schostak
Marvin I. Danto
Irwin Alterman
Arthur A. Weiss
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Barbara Nusbaum
Robert Gordon
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Ronald A. Klein
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In accordance with the bylaws of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit, the Nominating Committee has met and designated the following
list of nominees for election by the members of the Federation to the Board
of Governors:
2)
In accordance with the bylaws of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit, the Nominating Committee has met and designated the following
list of nominees for election by the Board of Governors as officers of the
Federation:
Robert H. Naftaly
President
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Peter M. Alter
Penny B. Blumenstein
Mixed
Response
Doreen Hermelin
Lawrence S. Jackier
Diane Klein
Jerome' L. Schostak
Vice Presidents
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NECHEMIA MEYERS
SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
Allan Nachman
Linda Z. Klein
Robert P. Aronson
Treasurer
Secretary
Executive Secretary
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Dr. Egon Mayer is founder and
head of the New-York-based Jew-
ish Outreach Institute (JOI), a
body dedicated to helping the in-
termarried find their place with-
in the Jewish community. And
with more than 50 percent of
American Jews believed to be
marrying non-Jews, the success
of such efforts, Mayer points out,
will determine the future of the
American-Jewish community.
The same 1990 National Jew-
ish Population Survey that
showed an intermarriage rate of
52 percent among American
Jews also reported that 40 per-
cent of the intermarried go to
High Holiday services in a syna-
gogue and 35 percent contribute
to one or more Jewish charities.
As Mayer sees it, these figures
indicate an interest in Jewish af-
fairs that can be built upon. "And
in any case," he asks rhetorical-
ly, "what is the alternative?"
While Mayer believes that the
welcome mat should be put out for
all intermarried couples, he knows
that some are more likely than
others to "make Jewish choices."
Particularly responsive, he says,
are couples with young children
who want their offspring to feel
that they are members of a com-
munity, that they belong.
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