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lyi ark Schlussel remembers
the early days, when he
was volunteering for the
Detroit area day
schools. He was part of a group asking
the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit to make a first-ever allocation
to the schools. The amount he helped
broker: $10,000.
Today, the Federation contribution
to area day schools is about $1 mil-
lion.
From 1989 92, Schlussel was the
president of the Federation, three
years that saw tremendous change in
the nature of the organization's opera-
tions. Federation moved its address
from 163 Madison in Detroit to the
Fisher Building in Bloomfield Hills.
Federation became an agency that
would better facilitate the future of
Jewish education in Detroit. It helped
turn the former B'nai Moshe in Oak
Park into the Sally Allen Alexander
Beth Jacob School for Girls, a move
that ostensibly secured a Jewish neigh-
borhood. Under Schlussel's watch, the
Neighborhood Project grew, Borman
Hall Jewish Home for Aged was
closed, and a strategic plan for the
future of Federation was created.
Then, this past spring, some five
years following his presidency,
Schlussel help piece together the
merger of Sinai Hospital with the
Detroit Medical Center, a move that
was worth more than $50 million to
the Federation and created the Jewish
Fund, an umbrella foundation that
will create a variety of programs to
further help the community.
It is no wonder then that on Oct.
7, Schlussel, who was this communi-
ty's first Orthodox Jewish president,
will receive Federation's highest honor,
the Fred M. Butzel Memorial Award.
The Jewish Federation will honor
Schlussel at its 71st annual meeting,
7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 at Congregation
Beth Abraham Hillel Moses.
Past chairman of Federation's exec-
utive committee, Schlussel is chairman
of the board of Med-i-Bank, Inc., and
a board member of the United Jewish

Foundation. He co-chairs the Jewish
Fund and sits on the executive com-
mittee of the Detroit Medical Center.
"I'm deeply honored," said
Schlussel. "This is an important
moment in my life. To be recognized
by one's peers who have made signifi-
cant contributions gives one a sense of
fulfillment. This Federation is filled
with unsung heroes who don't receive
much recognition. That helps make it
one of the outstanding Jewish com-

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Mark Schlussel: Cited by his peers.

munities in America. This Federation
has visionary leadership."
Schlussel sees the Detroit Jewish
community remaking itself as it devel-
ops younger leadership, and also man-
ages itself better financially.
During Schlussel's presidency, pri-
ority-based spending was put into
place for all Federation agencies. Prior
to that, some agencies would run in
the red, only to be bailed out by
Federation. This, Schlussel helped
change.
Schlussel said the injection of reli-
gion and spiritualism into Federation's
mandate helped volunteers better
understand the critical survival needs
of the Jewish people.
"Federation is now the community
address, the center of activity for this
community," he said. "It is a thriving,
vital, instrumental part of the lives of
Jewish Detroit. This Jewish communi-
ty has set a standard for other commu-
nities and future generations to
embrace."

