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• $11,500, to stage a student leader- .
former Detroit couple,
ship retreat in the fall at Grand Resort
longtime supporters of
on Mullett Lake. This will -bring
Jewish education initiatives,
together students from any statewide
have made a substantial
Hillel for leadership training.
contribution toward reaching Jewish
• $29,600, to cover a third
college students in Michigan. Bethea
Michigan Tri-Trippin' Israel summer
and Irwin Green, Congregation
Shaarey Zedek members now living in
experience for college students, includ-
ing, for the first time, pre- and post-
Boca Raton, Fla., have endowed $1
million to support
mission programming,
outreach efforts and
coordinated by Hillel of
new approaches to
Metro Detroit. The pro-
Jewish programming
gram will include col-
by Hillel: The
-
lege students from the
Foundation for Jewish
central Galilee during
Campus Life on many
the trip and a weeklong
of Michigan's college
fall program in the state.
• $2,500, to go for
campuses.
The Bethea and
subsidies enabling college
Irwin Green College
students to attend state,
Life Fund is part of
regional and national
the Jewish Federation
leadership development
of Metropolitan
conferences.
Detroit's Millennium
Howard Neistein,
Campaign for
Federation's director of
Detroit's Jewish
planning and agency
Irwin and Bethea Green
Future.
relations, says interested
"Irwin and Bethea
Michigan Hillels may
have a deep love of the Jewish com-
present their proposals to Federation's
munity," said Penny Blumenstein,
Green Fund advisory committee,
Federation president.
which includes the Greens' sons, Don
and Richard.
"They believe that every Jewish col-.
lege student should be connected with
Future grants supplied by the
Green Fund are expected to include
Jewish life on campus, and the way to
do it is to provide increased support
projects that enrich the Jewish identity
for Michigan-based Hillel foundations
of young adults and develop the future
Jewish community. These projects-
to develop and sustain the highest-
include support for personnel develop-
quality programs and services."
ment, student leadership development
With $75,000 available for each
school year, grants will be approved
and broad-based cultural initiatives
for one year; renewal is based on
that especially target students who are
achievement of set program goals.
under-involved Jewishly.
The 11 Michigan campuses served
This year's funding is divided
among four programs:
by Hillel are Central Michigan
• $31,450, to create the Green
University, Eastern Michigan
Fellowship at Michigan State
University, Kalamazoo College,
University. This is intended to recruit
Lawrence Technological University,
and train new professionals in the
Oakland Community College,
Jewish communal field, as well as allow
Oakland University, University of
the MSU Hillel to increase outreach
Detroit-Mercy, Wayne State
efforts, particularly among freshmen.
University, Michigan State University,
University of Michigan and Western
Shelli Liebman Dorfman can be reached Michigan. University.
at (248) 354-6060, ext. 246, or by e-mail
A former chairman of the Allied
at sdolfman@th4ewishnews.corn
Jewish Campaign and president of the

