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A `Homecoming'
David Sorkin accepts position at Staten Island JCC.
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A
s the search continues at the
Jewish Community Center of
Metropolitan Detroit for a
new top professional, outgoing
Executive Director David Sorkin has
accepted an assistant executive direc-
tor position at the Staten Island
Jewish Community Center in
New York.
Sorkin's Jewish communal career
began in New Orleans. He then
worked in Pittsburgh, New York City
and Delaware before coming to
Detroit eight years ago.
His new position, which begins in
April, will be a homecoming of sorts.
"We have a daugh-
ter in Brooklyn,
and our extended
families live in
the Philadelphia-
New York area; so
it really is going
home," Sorkin said.
And he's going to
AL
'lira a JCC that shares
Sorkin
many similarities
with Detroit's.
The Detroit JCC has two buildings,
a $10 million budget and 9,200 mem-
bers. The Staten Island JCC has a
buildina b on each side of the island, an
operating budget of $11 million and
6,000 members.
Locally, Sorkin oversaw renovations
of the D. Dan and Betty Kahn
Building in West Bloomfield and the
Jimmy Prentis Morris Building in Oak
Park, part of the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit's $35-million
Millennium Campaign for Detroit's
Jewish Future.
In New York, construction for a new
$35 million JCC building in the mid-
dle of Staten Island, which replaces the
North Shore facility, will begin within
the next two months.
"It's exciting because it's a brand
new building,"
b, said Sorkin. "This is
their first full-service building."
Lewis Stolzenberg, Staten Island
executive director, said, "We're look-
ing forward to David coming on our
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staff in April."
Sorkin also said he has become pres-
ident-elect of the Association of Jewish
Professionals, the national association
for staff in Jewish Community Centers
in North America.
Hannan Lis, Detroit JCC president,
said the search for Sorkin's successor is
going very well.
"There's a lot of interest in the posi-
tion and the community from a lot of
very qualified applicants," he said.
But because we're in the middle of
the search, I can't say more."1
Speaker Theme: Politics
Three Michigan members of Women's
Action for New Directions attended
WAND training last week on
public speaking.
Fern Katz of Southfield, Barbara
Stevenson of Detroit and Maria
Mannerino-Thompson of Lathrup
Village are now prepared to speak about
the military budget, homeland security
or the proliferation of nuclear weapons,
with an emphasis on how the federal
discretionary budget is apportioned.
On Dec. 7, Katz and Mannerino-
Thompson lobbied in the offices of
Rep. Sander Levin, D-Royal Oak, and
Senators Carl Levin, D-Mich., and
Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., about
three issues:
• The $21 billion added to the
defense budget this fall. WAND wants
the dollars used for homeland security;
in Michigan, they should be used to
strengthen the ability of first respon-
ders, fire and police departments and
hospitals, and to inspect materials
imported from Canada in containers
and in garbage trucks.
• The SMART (Sensible Multi-
Lateral Response to Terrorism)
Resolution was introduced in the
House. WAND wants Rep. Levin to
join the 50 co-sponsors and asked the
senators to introduce a similar resolu-
tion in the Senate.
• WAND supports elimination of
funding for the Robust Nuclear Earth
Penetrator (bunker buster). WAND
opposes research and development of
new nuclear weapons.