State Of The JCC

Construction update, awards
presentation mark 7Ist annual meeting.

LONNY GOLDSMITH
Staff Writer

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bevy of awards, the elec-
tion of one-third of the
board of directors and
fund-raising updates high-
lighted the Jewish Community
Center of Metropolitan Detroit's
71st annual meeting.
Lawrence Wolfe, JCC president,
assured the gathering that the "state of
the JCC" is "wonderful."
"Building community is a hot topic
here," he said, and thanked past
President Douglas Bloom and his wife
Barbara for funding the business plan
study and Hugh Greenberg for chair-
ing the capital campaign. "We have
over $15 million raised with more in
the pipeline," Wolfe said.
Greenberg later said he was confi-
dent that the fund-raising goal of $25
million could be completed by the end
of the year. The figure represents $18
million for capital improvements at the
D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building in
West Bloomfield and the Jimmy Prentis
Morris Building in Oak Park and $7
million for programming endowments.
Wolfe debuted the President's Award,
given for volunteer work at the JCC.
Three members of the Center's board of
directors, Sharon Hart, Irwin Alterman
and Alan Horowitz, were recipients.
Hart, who also chaired the annual meet-
ing, and Alterman received the award
for planning the Seminars for Adult
Jewish Enrichment. More than 500

on the state of the JCC's renovations. y
Executive Director David Sorkin filled` \
in for the chair of the renovation com-
mittee, and reported that construction
on Marion and David Handleman
Hall is on schedule and should be
completed by September.
Renovations at the JPM Building
include re-paving the parking lot, a new
sports field behind Temple Emanu-El
next door that should be ready for use i<
the spring of 2000 and remodeling of
the kitchen. New equipment has been
ordered; for the first time inxecent his-
tory, the kitchen will be kosher super-
vised by the Council of/Orthodox
Rabbis/Vaad Harabonim.
President Lawrence Wolfe gives the State
Center board members re-elected for
of the JCC address.
a second three-year term are: Harold
Etkin, Nancy Glass, Susie Sills, Larry <
adult learners registered for the winter
Wolfe, Alan Yost, Sherri Ketai and Andy
classes in the first offering of the SAJE
Israel. Jerald Kaufman and Howard
program.
Rosenberg were elected to a third three-
Horowitz is president of the
year term, while Richard Cherkasky,
Detroit Maccabi Club and was general
Ken Manko, Manny Charach and Marc
chairman for last summer's JCC
Kahn are filling unexpired terms. Ron
Maccabi Games that Detroit hosted.
Loeb, Lisa Broder, Ben Schwartz, Mindy
The Susan Alterman Jewish
Soble Kaufman, Steven Robinson, Leo
Community Center Leadership Award,
Maxbauer, Fay Stone, Gene Goodman__,
named for the late board member of
and Herman Frankel were all elected to`\
the JCC and presented by her husband
their first three-year terms.
Irwin and son Owen, went to Gerald
Also elected were: Harry Eisenberg,
Wolberg and Terry Nosan, both mem-
chair, executive committee; Irwin
bers of the JCC executive committee.
Alterman, Bruce Frankel, Sharon Hart
Wolberg is treasurer for the second
and Howard Rosenberg, vice presi-
year and Nosan was named this year as
dents; Gerald Wolberg, treasurer;
a member-at-large.
Miriam Bergman, secretary; and Jerald
Herman Frankel was unable to
Kaufman, Ken Marblestone and Terry
attend the meeting to deliver his report
Nosan, members at large.

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New York — Efforts to strengthen the
bond between Diaspora youth and Israel
have taken a step forward as Birthright
Israel, an organization established to help
every young Jewish adult travel to Israel.
Marlene E. Post and Marvin Lender
have been named chair and vice chair
of the board of directors of Israel
Experience Inc., which will become
Birthright Israel of North America.
A brainchild of philanthropist
Charles R. Bronfman and Michael H.
Steinhardt, Birthright Israel is a world-
wide initiative with the goal of provid-

ing the means to offer first-time peer
group trips to Israel for every young
Jewish adult.
Post and Lender will head the North
American effort that plans to offer
Birthright Israel funding for college stu-
dent trips, beginning winter break of
the 1999-2000 academic year.
Post is completing her tenure as
national president of Hadassah, the
Women's Zionist Organization of
America Inc.
Lender, who with his brothers built
Lender's Bagel Bakery, is involved in

many philanthropic efforts in both the
Jewish and secular communities. He
served as national chair to the United
Jewish Appeal and led Operation
Exodus to resettle Soviet and
Ethiopian Jews in Israel.
Funding for Birthright Israel will
come from the people of Israel througl
their government, and Jewish commu-
nities and philanthropists worldwide.
Following the implementation of the
college-age trips, rollout of trips for
high-school-aged youth is anticipated
for the summer of 2001. !