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Elan Village's monthly rate includes:
• 24 hour Personal Care Assistance
• Three Kosher Meals Daily
• Housekeeping and Personal Laundry
Services
• Social, Cultural and Educational
Programs Daily
• On-Site Licensed Nurse and Medical
Services
• Medication Management

Deluxe Suite Available

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A Ladder For Learning

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said. "It's good for the families and
it's good for the Jewish community
as a whole."
Rabbi Daniel Lehmann, head-
master of the New Jewish High
School in Waltham, Mass., called
the Detroit Federation "visionary."
"Most federations are sitting on
multi-million dollar endowments,
saving them for a rainy day," he
said. "Well, it's a rainy day."
"Every month, it seems, I'm dis-
cussing the issue with another start-
up around the country," Kleiman
said. "People in other cities are say-
ing this is just wonderful and they
are going to their own federations to
see what they can do for them."
In Atlanta, Ga., the New Jewish
High School, a community high
school that opened three years ago,
received no financial support from
its local federation for start-up
costs, said former Detroiter
Michael Rosenzweig, who is a
founder and immediate past presi-
dent of the Atlanta school. Now
that it is a federation agency, the
school received $10,000 last year
and anticipates getting about
$34,000 in the coming year, with
increases due each year.
Rosenzweig said his local federa-
tion has been very supportive in
non-financial ways: "They have
been extremely involved in setting
up a partnership with the Jewish
Community Center to locate on
campus."
Another significant show of sup-
port for the JAMD came from the
Partnership for Excellence in
Education, a consortium of philan-
thropic individuals and organizations
based in Cambridge, Mass. The
PEJE matching grant of $250,000.
was one of only two awarded by the
group in 1999. Part of the matching
grant was on a 2-1 basis; the remain-
der on a 1-1 basis, Kleiman said.
PEJE program officer Dr.
Bonnie Hausman said her organi-
zation is "extremely proud to have
been involved in the Detroit
school."
A $1 million Federation/United
Jewish Foundation Millennium
Campaign for Detroit's Jewish
Future gift from the Schostak fami-
ly further enriched the start-up
funds. The Schostak Family Jewish
Academy of Metropolitan Detroit
Millennium Fund goes directly
into an endowment fund, from
which the JAMD receives the earn-

ings. In addition, the Federation
Millennium Fund matches the
earnings every year.
"Our family believes that mak-
ing day school affordable is a No. 1
priority," said 'Robert Schostak of
Franklin. "Being able to extend this
to the high school level is an
opportunity to show our continu-
ing commitment to Jewish educa-
tion.
"We're very impressed with the
leadership and curriculum of the
high school, and we felt we needed
to step out early and show our sup-
port for the school."
Jeffrey Garden, who chaired _the
JAMD's steering committee for the
four years from inception to reality,
also praised the efforts of several
individuals. They are Robert Slatkin,
president of the Jewish Foundation
of Metropolitan Detroit; Penny
Blumenstein, Federation president;
and Robert Naftaly, who is chair of
Federation's executive committee
and, along with Dr. Lynda Giles, co-
chairs Federation's Alliance for
Jewish Education. Garden said in-
kind contributions from the
Charach family were invaluable in
settling the school at the Jewish
Community Center in West
Bloomfield.
"They not only talk the talk,
they walk the walk as far as educa-
tion is concerned," he said.
As much as these grants, major
contributions and many other
donations helped in the school's
initial stages, the board is already
planning fund-raisers for the com-
ing year to supplement tuition and
ongoing grant funding.
For the coming year, actual
tuition at the JAMD will be
$10,000, with a $2,000 subsidy
given to all students, making net
tuition $8,000. In the 2001 - 2002
school year, actual tuition of
$11,500 will be reduced by a sub-
sidy of $2,500, for a net tuition of
$9,000.
Additional financial assistance is
available to qualified students.
However, just as at other private
schools, tuition alone will not pay
the bills.
"We need not just a great start-
up, but to maintain our programs
and build a beautiful building,"
said Steve Schanes, vice president
of the school's board of directors.
"We want to do the best we can for
our kids." ❑

