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ment to our Jewish community high
school.
"We are enormously proud and
thrilled with this commitment,
which will challenge others in the
community to add their support to
secure future scholarship assistance
and, ultimately, to build new facili-
ties for the Jewish Academy."

he Jewish Academy of
Metropolitan Detroit
made history two years
ago when it racked up the
largest opening-day enrollment ever
for a multi-stream Jewish day high
school, along with the
largest-ever grant from a
No Strings Attached
Jewish federation for a
JAMD President Steven
start-up school.
Schanes said the gift is
Now, the JAMD has
effective immediately,
broken another record
although the terms of
as the beneficiary of an
the distribution are con-
anonymous $20 million
fidential.
endowment. It is the
"An endowment of
largest endowment ever
this proportion ensures
received by a Jewish day
the Academy's contin-
high school, according
ued ability to fulfill its
to the Boston-based
goals in our quest for
Partnership for
excellence in both gen-
Excellence in Jewish
Rabbi Lee B uckman
eral and Judaic studies,"
Education (PEJE).
he said.
The endowment,
The donor, who
granted to the Jewish
requested anonymity,
Federation of
set only one stipulation,
Metropolitan Detroit
Schanes said — that the
for the purpose of sup.-
funds not be used for
porting the JAMD, is
construction.
also the largest single
"There are details to
contribution ever made
be worked out, but no
to the Detroit Jewish
strings attached," he
community, said Robert
said.
Aronson, Federation
The JAMD has been
CEO.
housed at the Jewish
"It's clearly one of the
Community Center in
most significant gifts
West Bloomfield since
ever made to Jewish
the school opened in
education — not just
August 2000. Schanes
locally, but nationally,"
said he anticipated
Aronson said. "It's a
remaining at the JCC
transformational gift, a
for the foreseeable
gift for the generations."
future.
The JAMD is a co-
"I don't see us any
educational, independ-
place but the Center," he said. "It's
ent Jewish high school that aims to
been a terrific relationship that's
integrate a rigorous college prepara-
benefited not only the school, but
tory curriculum with intensive
the JCC as well."
Jewish studies. The school popula-
Rabbi Lee Buckman, JAMD head
tion, which totaled 90 students last
of school, called the endowment "a
year, includes students of all Jewish
terrific opportunity the Federation
streams, from public schools as well .
had made available to us.
as day schools.
"It has helped solidify the financial
Lawrence Jackier, Federation presi-
position of the Academy, and we, as
dent, said that "with this landmark
a school, will make sure it is spent
gift, our community has taken a
wisely," he said.
major step forward in its commit-