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get disappointed. A few years ago, the
merger didn't come to fruition. The
important thing is that he picked him-
self up and started all over again.
That's the sign of a real leader. It's easy
to walk away from something. He's
very tenacious and he's a hard worker."
Those who know Tauber saw the
frustrations below the surface.
'As national chairman of UJA, he
was disappointed in some of the
responses by communities to initiatives
such as Operation Exodus [the fund-
raising campaign for Soviet Jewish
immigration to Israel]," Aronson said.
"He becomes disappointed when he
sees people who are not doing their
utmost. He doesn't show it, he doesn't
scream about it, but you can just tell.
Aronson added that Tauber
"doesn't like it when people make a
lot of speeches, but don't do any-
thing about it — which happens in
our business. As chair of the nation-
al campaign, he saw a lot of it."
Dr. Conrad Giles, UJC chairman of
the task force on federation relations
and services, has known Tauber for 34
years. Dr. Giles, a Bloomfield Hills res-
ident, said Tauber "has a great depth of
understanding, but has a very difficult
time understanding how people who
say they are committed don't behave in
a way that demonstrates that.
"It's the only time I have seen him
unhappy in Jewish communal life."

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EDUCATION:

University of Michigan:
Business administration, 1956
LaW SCI1001, 1959
MBA, 1963

BUSINESS ACTIVITY:

Chairman of the board,
Keywell Corporation, since 1986
Key Plastics Inc., since 1986
Complex Tooling & Molding Inc.,
since 1996

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what importance is the national organi-
zation to a Detroiter whose needs are
met simply by picking up the phone
and calling the local Jewish Federation?
To be sure, the UJC will have
more effect on smaller communities
by bringing services they can't pro-
vide, Tauber acknowledged, but the
UJC still will enhance an already
well-run federation system in Detroit.
"First, it's a sense of belonging to a
people rather than a local group,7 he
said. "Secondly, an opportunity to
affect worldwide Jewish issues that
can't be addressed locally. Third, to
receive services that can't be received
locally, like Israel experiences, eventual
teacher training in Israel, like a
Partnership 2000 [the U.S./Israel sis-
ter community effort]. Those are
things you can only do as part of a
national and international group."
The next "bixest thing" for the UJC
is a retreat for all the federations, with
some 300 to 400 people converging on
Washington in April, Tauber said. "This
meeting will determine once and for all
the federations' collective responsibility

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Leadership, Jewish Federation
of Metropolitan Detroit, 1970
• Fred M. Butzel Distinguished
Community Service, Jewish Federation
of Metropolitan Detroit, 1990
• Entrepreneur of the Year,
Michigan Manufacturing, 1990
• Entrepreneur of the Year,
Finalist, U.S., 1990
• Entrepreneur of the Year,.
Socially Responsible, 1994
• University of Michigan,
Alumni Achievement, 1998

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