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of the 2,000 Jewish student population.
On Dec. 8, philanthropist Edgar
Bronfinan, chairman of Hillel's interna-
tional board of governors, will help
launch the campaign at a meeting in the
Detroit area. Commitments of $600,000
already have been received, Bittker said.
• Two senior citizen apartment build-
ings will be constructed on the
Applebaum Jewish Community Campus
in West Bloomfield, scheduled to begin
in March and completed in fall 2001.
Originally, the Phase VI Jewish
Apartments and Services 100-unit
Norma Jean and Edward Meer Jewish
Apartments were to be constructed by
December 2000, followed by Phase
VII, another 100-unit building.
Edwin Meer doubled his gift to $3
million, allowing the simultaneous con-
struction, saving about $750,000. The
project, approved by the board, will be
funded by Meer (both buildings will
carry the name of Meer and his late _
wife, Norma Jean), as well as through
other gifts and bond financing.
The United Jewish Foundation
agreed to join with JAS to guarantee
a letter of credit in the amount of
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Chernobyl
Reopens,
Airlifts Continue

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his week's reopening of the
Chernobyl power plant after five
months of repairs comes as a world-
wide Jewish group dedicated to airlift-
ing children from the radiation-conta-
minated region to Israel redoubles its
relief efforts.
Since 1990, Chabad's Children of
Chernobyl has carried 1,859 children
on 47 flights to Israel for treatment.
The group raises money on behalf
of children needing care as a result of
the - 1986 disaster in a region of the
former Soviet Union. The children
suffer from serious illnesses, including
thyroid cancer and birth defects.
The reactor, declared safe by
Ukrainian authorities but millennium
deficient by the U.S., provides vital
electricity for the region, where radia-
tion levels remain perilously high.
With the latency period of radia-
tion exposure ending now, disease
rates are climbing. This rise, coupled
with a drop in the quality and avail-
ability of local medical care, has
prompted grave complaints from par-
ents about their children's health.
The group's local chapter has raised
$250,000 toward paying for airlifting,
treatment and absorption. "We take
great pride in our Detroit Jewish com-
munity for recognizing the urgency of
the situation to save the children in
the Ukraine," said Phyllis Meer,
Michigan region president.
Most of the children airlifted, up to
25 at a time, settle in Israel after their
parents arrive within two years. The
goal is to rescue 3,000 children at a
total absorption cost of $15,000 per
child, says Meer.
Locally, Chanuka donations may be
sent to: Children of Chernobyl, Bais
Chabad Torah Center, 5595 W. Maple
Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322.
Sonia Borchefsky of Kiev, who
came to Israel to be with her son
Sasha, whose bar mitzvah was May 4
at the Western Wall, caught the spirit
of newly arrived parents from the
Ukraine and Belarus:
"I can't tell you how thrilled I am to
see my boy looking so well cared for
and happy. I would never have
believed it possible that he would grow
to be such a healthy, proud and strong
Jew. Before we sent him to Israel, we
worried only about his health."

— Robert A. Sklar, Editor