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Wedding? Graduation? Or Any Occasion? We Offer a Wide Variety of Quality Antiques & Collectibles, Estate 61 Vintage Jewelry Antiques on Main 24 Now owned and operated by Robin & Carl Cohen 115 South Main Street Royal Oak (Just South of Eleven Mile Road) Monday-Saturday: 10:00am-6:00pm Sundays: 12:00pm-5:00pm 248.545.4663 New York n an effort to raise funds, one of North America's oldest Jewish youth groups is loosening ties to its parent organization to become an independent non-profit. B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, following in the footsteps of Hillel : The Foundation for Campus Jewish Life, will continue to receive some funds from B'nai B'rith International but will have its own budget, fund- raising apparatus and board of direc- tors. However, according to B'nai B'rith's international president, Richard Heideman, BBYO will enjoy a closer relationship with B'nai B'rith's nation- al and local offices than Hillel does. B'nai Brith and BBYO's teen leaders will be represented on BBYO's new board, but philanthropists, founda- tions and various Jewish agencies also will be included. The board members have not yet been determined, but B'nai B'rith is not expected to hold the majority of seats. BBYO, which is 75 years old, will continue to be housed free of charge in B'nai B'rith's Washington head- quarters. According to data posted on the BBYO Web site, the group has approximately 11,000 members. B'nai B'rith officials say the number is clos- er to 20,000, and that with new fund- ing they expect it to grow much larg- er. B'nai B'rith's board of governors voted Sunday to approve the change, effective "as soon as practical." Heideman, a former Detroiter and Washington attorney, called the move a "strategic plan for funding BBYO." BBYO, which is B'nai B'rith's largest single budget item, will receive $1 million annually from the group, Heideman said. That figure is approx- imately half of what B'nai B'rith spent on the group in 2001. . AVE...EVERYDAYr‘ (SOUTHWEST CORNER OF I3 MILE & ORCHARD LAKE RD. BETWEEN BUGGY WORKS RESTAURANT & BRUEGGER'S BAGELS I 5/25 Jewish Telegraphic Agency •• • • .,,:A.,e?:*.WA.,,We • V,,,,,k,:k*Ks.A.Nti,• BUY DIRECT & 2001 JULIE WIENER Sofas • Dining Tables • Bedrooms Lamps • Bedding Pictures • Accessories • = ffnai Brith youth group leaving home, will become independent non-profit. 1-E Membership Drop In recent years, B'nai B'rith's North American membership rolls and rev- enues have plummeted and it has steadily cut allocations to BBYO. In March, BBYO's 39 regions learned that due to B'nai B'rith's financial woes, they were likely to lose all fund- ing from the parent organization as of July 1. However, an independent BBYO is expected to be more attractive to major donors, who have been frustrat- ed by the fact that all gifts to BBYO had to be channeled through B'nai B'rith. In addition, under a new revenue distribution plan B'nai B'rith adopted at the Sunday meeting, B'nai B'rith's local groups will be able to more easi- ly raise money for their local BBYO chapters, Heideman said. It is not clear how quickly BBYO will reap the benefits, but sources within B'nai B'rith are optimistic that the more than $1 million it is cutting will be replaced by other sources in time for the July .1 start of the 2002 budget. "This is not a walkaway," Heideman said. "If we didn't have major funders coming to the table, we would be taking a different approach with BBYO, I assure you." B'nai B'rith and BBYO are in the midst of discussions with the Jewish federation umbrella, the United Jewish Communities, the Jewish Community Centers Association of North America and at least one major family foundation. The idea of becoming a separate organization — first announced as a possibility just a few weeks ago — generally has been welcomed by BBYO leaders. Gary Saltzman, chairman of the B'nai B'rith youth commission, said in an official statement released by B'nai B'rith that the change will help "expand BBYO so that it reaches many more of the tens of thousands of Jewish teens who have no current organizational tie to the community or to Jewish life." That statement also quoted one of BBYO's two teen presidents, Jen Kraus, as saying, "We're excited about the new arrangement because it allows more funding to help the program grow." ❑