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plans also came in
the form of contri-
butions from friends Leari
of the school,
Torgow said. He
gave special thanks to the late Steve
Levitz, whose construction company did
the additions and renovations to the
Milton and Lois Shiffiiian Boys
Building and the Yeshiva's Sally Allen
Alexander Beth Jacob School for Girls in
Oak Park, as well as the Meer Building.
In addition, Seymour Mandell of
Southfield, a partner in Mandell,

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very seat was taken at Yeshiva
Beth Yehudah's Bais Midrash
as the Southfield school's
friends and supporters gath-
ered for the Oct. 24 dedication of the
Norma Jean and Edward Meer Early
Childhood Development Center.
It's the third major addition for a
school that, earlier this decade, had
crippling financial and enrollment
problems.
Gary Torgow, school pres-
ident, remembered the skep-
ticism in the community
back in 1994, when the
Yeshiva made more than $1
million in additions and ren-
ovations to its boys building
on Lincoln Road.
"People said, 'Why in the
world did Yeshiva spend so
much money on a building
they'll never be able to fill?"
he recalled. "Now, we've
filled two buildings and are
about to fill a third. This is
Affixing a mezuza to the door of the early child-
truly a joyous occasion."
hood center are Edward Meer and Rabbi Eli
Because of last-minute
Mayerfeld, the school's executive director.
delays by asphalt and electri-
cal contractors, the commu-
Bilovus and Lenderman Associates
nity-wide celebration for the new
of Troy, contributed the architectural
building will have to wait until later
work for all three sites.
this year. The Oct. 24 event honored
"It's a dream come true," said
those whose contributions made the
teacher Feigy Shoenig of Oak Park,
Meer Building possible.
who has been guiding Yeshiva's
Preschool is the foundation of all
youngest students for 21 years.
education, said Rabbi Avrohom
The Meer Building was designed
Fishman, dean of the Yeshiva. He para-
around the teachers' input, Shoenig
phrased the saying of the Talmud: "The
said.
world stands on the words, the air, that
"This is what we've dreamed of,"
comes out of a child's mouth."
she said. The most important thing
With this in mind, those who con-
for little children is good teachers,
tribute to the education of a small child
but next is a good building."
are truly blessed, he said.
Architect Mandell, who is also a
The bulk of the finding for the new .
member
of the Southfield Planning
buildina — about $1 million — came
Commission, said he had done his
from Edward and the late Norma Jean
best to incorporate into the building
Meer, who, with their sons Reuven,
the state-of-the-art thinking in
Ahron and Brian, are benefactors not
preschool design.
only of the Yeshiva but other institutions
"It's frill of your love and care," noted
in the Jewish community.
George
Weiss of Southfield. I I
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