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The Giants

"Organizations told me that the gener-
ation now in their 80s and 90s, those
women were giants," Sales says. "They
built the organizations like Hadassah
and ORT. They were the professional
volunteers, totally devoted to their
organizations.
"We don't see a lot of giants today,"
she says, but adds that not all organiza-
tions today are floundering for lack of
volunteers.
"One possibility for some organiza-
tions' success is simply having one
good local organizer who makes an
organization work."
She refers to the example of Young
Judaea (a Zionist youth organization
sponsored by Hadassah), which in
some cities has rising numbers, while it
no longer exists in others.
"People also notice how to make
their organization a priority," she says.
"They have to be relevant to people's
lives and they may have to reinvent
themselves to do that."
Sales refers to Hadassah, the largest
women's organization in the country,
as an example. In the past few years, it
has shifted its emphasis from Zionism
to a more immediate domestic agenda
that includes women and health issues.
"Hadassah gets women to join and
get involved around the domestic
agenda," Sales says, "then they get into
Israel and Zionism."

To The Rescue?

David Gad-Harf, executive director of
the Jewish Community Council of
Metropolitan Detroit, has met with the
members of Brandeis Women's group
to talk about the possibility of taking
over all or part of the book sale.
"It's not a slam dunk yet," says Gad-
Harf. "It's a gigantic undertaking."
But he says his board members will
"participate and monitor" the upcom-
ing book sale and then report back to
the board.
His main concerns are whether
Council can recruit a sufficient num-
ber of volunteers and could undertake
collecting and storing books through-
out the year.
"The reason we expressed interest is
because we are more and more
involved in education issues and proj-
ects. The book sale would be a very
good fit for the Council's Detroit
Jewish Coalition for Literacy, and a
potential source for financial support
for this project.
"But it's a tremendous responsibili-
ty," he says, "and we'd hate to do it
half-heartedly or ineffectively."

Fond Memories

Meanwhile, back at the depot, the
volunteers are eager to share their
book sale stories from over the years.
Bernstein is moved by the difficulty
people have separating from their
books. Once a woman waved and
called out goodbye to the books she
was donating.
Other volunteers are amazed at
what they find unpacking books —
interesting bookmarks like money,
photos, letters, birthday cards and
shopping lists.
Several women reflect on the
changes in our society by the rise
and fall of popular books. Once a
big seller, encyclopedias are almost
obsolete with the advent of comput-
ers, says Bernstein. Certain cate-
gories, such as cookbooks, have
always been popular. And new cate-
gories have been added over the
years, like African American and
Women's Studies, along with travel,
health and fitness.
Harriet Shogan of West
Bloomfield, book sale co-chairman,
remembers her first experience at the
book sale putting books in the hands
of people who couldn't afford new
books.
"That hooked me," she says.
Helen Lipton of Southfield
remembers young lawyers who,
when just beginning their practice,
came to the sale for books to put on
their shelves. A few years later, she
says, the lawyers returned, this time
with a check, thanking the volun-
teers.
"We get back from the communi-
ty," Lipton adds.
Now she worries about people
with books who don't want to throw
them away. "It's heartbreaking," she
says, and suggests people call their
local library to donate books.
"I'm really going to miss this
place, terribly," says May Bussell of
West Bloomfield.
"There's a great camaraderie
here," agrees Berman.

❑

Brandeis University Used Book Sale
hours: Opening Night is
Wednesday, Aug. 15, 9:30-mid-
night, $5. The rest of the sale has no
cover charge-. 10-a.m.-9 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday, Aug. 16-18,
and noon-5 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 19,
at the Tel-12 Mall, 12 Mile and
Telegraph, in Southfield.
To volunteer, call Marcia Scarr at
(248) 855-2485.

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