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chair of the education allocation divi-
sion. He says Federation has signifi-
candy increased education allocations,
but adds that education must be bal-
anced with other community needs,
such as care for the elderly.
"Education is the No. 1 priority,
but it's not the only priority in the
community," he said.
Dr. Krugel expressed support for
establishing a "continuity endowment"
that would include funding for educa-
tion and scholarships, but said he
knows of no current proposals or seed
money to create such an endowment.
He added that future funding for edu-
cation will depend largely on the
Federation's future fundraising success.
'As long as dollars are available, we
will do what we can to continue to
increase allocations," he said.
Federation's total allocations for
Jewish education have increased
almost one and a half times from
$2,127,409 in 1995-96 to $3,011,316
this school year.
However, much of that increase
reflects additional funding for after-
noon school scholarships, the
Michigan-Israel Connection and the
teen mission to Israel.
Increases in allocations to four of
Detroit's five day schools have been
more modest, going up by roughly 20
percent from 1995-96's $1,124,000 to
the current $1,385,700.
Leaders of Detroit's day schools and
yeshivot expressed support for the
goals of Sunday's conference.
However, all were careful to praise the
Federation for increasing education
allocations and none plan to attend
the conference.
Hillel's headmaster, Dr. Mark
Smiley, says Hillel leaders are follow-
ing the issue closely.
"If something is not done to allevi-
ate the struggle of middle-income
families to have affordable day school
educations and to allow Orthodox day
schools to run in a fiscally sound man-
ner, then some day schools here will
be in serious trouble," he said.
Dr. Smiley wants to ensure that
Hillel does not become "an elitist
school." He supports creating a local
"superfund for Jewish education," an
idea proposed by Federation Executive
Vice President Bob Aronson.
Stuart Teger, president of Akiva
Hebrew Day School, is grateful for
Federation's generosity, but hopes to
see a community-wide scholarship
endowment in Detroit.
Some 2,188 students currently
attend Detroit's day schools and
0 yeshivot.
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