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tolerance-building program, "Hands
Across the Campus," for use in sec-
ondary schools in Germany.
HMC president Alan Zekelman,
who accompanied Rau on a 25-
minute tour of the HMC, said the
German president paused in areas
depicting famous German Jews and
the contributions they made to
Germany, and at exhibits depicting
the richness of the Jewish shtetl (vil-
lage life).
The president's visit had a good
impact for Detroit, Zekelman said.
"He could have picked anywhere to
speak. He's known about the center
for quite some time, and must have
had some other reasons as well, but he
wanted to make sure that on this stop
he would visit the center."
Several years ago, the HMC
received a commitment by the
German government to help fund the
center's expansion, but the offer was
pulled when the United Jewish
Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit,
which owns the land, had unresolved
issues with the Jewish Community
Center expansion and couldn't move
quickly on the HMC request:
Now that the HMC has announced
a move to the former Old Orchard
Theaters site on Orchard Lake Road
in Farmington Hills, the offer may
come up again, but it didn't in con-
versation with Rau, said Rabbi
Charles Rosenzveig, HMC founder
and executive vice president.
"The role of the president in the
German government is influential, but
not in the decision-making process.
When there is a debate on an issue in
the German Parliament, he can add his
weight, but he is not supposed to initi-
ate an issue," Rabbi Rosenzveig said.
The approval we had a few years ago
was from the chancellor."
Groundbreaking for the new $15 mil-
lion center is planned for May, said
Rabbi Rosenzveig. The construction
will take about 14 months. The HMC
has not begun a major fund-raising
campaign, but has received pledges of
$3 million so far.
Zekelman is optimistic of a German
donation.
"Certainly it's meaningful to us
that at the highest level of the
German government there's aware-
ness of our center and, we believe, a
commitment to support the center
at least in principal and in the
future," he said. "We know that we
have that today, a support in spirit.
We plan to find a way to convert
that into more tangible support." ❑