Team up with Jewish Family Service and lend a hand at the 2nd annual Fall Fix Up* Sunday, November 1, 1998 *An annual program serving homebound older adults and others in need of minor home repairs and outdoor cleanup Gerry Kaplan Irvin Kappy Chairpersons Nancy Welber Barr Micki Grossman Joel Young Co-chairpersons Call Nitzana York at 248-559-1500, for information and registration Please complete and return this form to Nitzana York, Jewish Family Service • 24123 Greenfield • Southfield, MI 48075 YES!!! I want- to lend a helping hand at the Fall Fix Up! Name Phone Address Special Fall Fix Up Skills I would like to work with (names and phone numbers) Survivors of the Smallest /ft ■ HERMAN SURVIVORS° Herman Survivors are now available to all age groups with the addition of both children's and adult-petite sizes found in this Genuine Leather Insulated Waterproof 10/9 1998 Family Collection. The Benefit of the many years of experience and workmanship that have gone into making Herman Survivors one of America's favorite work boots may now be shared amongst all generations. Dre g Orchard Lk. - N. of Maple W. Bloomfield - 851-5565 SHOES "Serving the community for over 40 years" 22 Detroit Jewish News Orchard Mall to. ,:v1., - 912.* dr.]; • . •.•-•.• "or-, to 124 last year and is 133 this year. Ann Arbor's Temple Beth Emeth, Bet Chaverim, which opened its which has grown by a whopping 54 school in Canton four years ago, has percent since 1993-94, added a post doubled from 11 students to 25 stu- b'nai mitzvah program two years dents. The temple hopes to attract ago. Also in Ann Arbor, the 200-stu- more members, but with enrollment dent Beth Israel Congregation up by only one student since last reports growth, although numbers year, its growth appears to be stabiliz- from five years ago were not avail- ing. In its sixth year — the first in its able. own building — Congregation Shir Enrollment at the 80-student Tikvah of Troy has grown from 80 Birmingham Temple is up by 10 per- students to 142. Last year's enroll- cent since 1993-94; it had 75 stu- ment was 120. dents last year. Another secular • • Another relatively young school, Jewish school, Workmen's Circle the 10-year-old Temple Shir Shalom, Center in Oak Park, under Education has grown by 40 percent since 1993- Director Jan Adler, has maintained an 94 and now has more. than 400 stu- enrollment of approximately 40 for dents. The West Bloomfield temple the past five years. had 385 students last year and Under the direction of Cantor recently has witnessed its most dra- Ben-Zion Lanxner, Congregation matic growth in kindergarten B'nai David in West Bloomfield just through second grade, said Education opened a religious school this fall Director Mindy Nathan. with 25 students. Many of them for- Fran Pearlman of Temple Israel, merly attended Beth Abraham Hillel Detroit's largest congregational Moses school, which Lanxner directed school, noticed a similar trend. until last June. With 82 students, "Families are affiliating when their BAHM's enrollment is down by 29 children are younger," she said. The West Bloomfield school's enrollment — at • 1,595 — is up by 22 percent since 1993-94 and by 2 percent since last year. Schools with new facilities are enjoying significant enrollment.jumps. In West Bloomfield, the 676-student David Soloman gets special attention from teacher Shula Hazan. Congregation Shaarey Zedek, which has increased percent from last year's 115. Five by 27 percent in the past five years years ago, 120 students attended the and by 8 percent since 1997-98, school. opened a brand-new school building Like BAHM, the schools at with extensive athletic and computer Temple Emanu-El, Jewish Parents facilities last year. Institute and Congregation Beit The 220-student Congregation . Kodesh in Livonia have fewer chil- Beth Shalom in Oak Park, which has dremenrolled this year. With 382 increased by 82 percent in the past students, Emanu-El has dropped by six years and by 4 percent since 13 percent since 1993-94, but has 1997-98, is completing construction the same number of students as last on its first-ever school wing. year. The 70-student JPI has lost 18 Many growing schools attribute pupils since last year, but expects to their enrollment jump to the success regain late-enrolling students in the of their high school programs. coming months. It did not provide Elissa Berg of the 552-student Adat enrollment information from five Shalom Synagogue in Farmington years ago. Hills noted that most of her school's Beit Kodesh, with 30 students; has growth (8 percent since 1993-94) is in five fewer children than last year. the high school. Much of it occurred Educators at Congregation this year, following the synagogue's T'Chiyah did not return phone calls recent merger with Beth Achim. requesting enrollment information. ❑