and compared between faiths, rather
than the bland, exclusive and hardly
nourishing face of homogeneity.
Lucy Gellman
Grosse Pointe
Impact Of Joblessness
Kudos to the JNfor bringing to the
forefront the realities of Michigan's high
unemployment rate, not only in the
community at large but in the Jewish
community as well (Need Work!" Aug.
4, page 19).
With the shrinkage of many relatively
well paying "white collar" jobs, many
people — Jews and non Jews alike —
find themselves in situations where the
only job they can find pays $8 or $10 an
hour and they do not know how they
will put food on the table, let alone
cover life's many other expenses.
For members of our Jewish communi-
ty, where obligations also include syna-
gogue dues and Jewish education for
their children, it does not take long for a
situation to become dire. The David B.
Hermelin ORT Resource Center works
everyday with unemployed and under-
, employed members of our Jewish coin-
munity and, in fact ,anyone in the
Detroit area in need of our services to
help people upgrade their technology
skills to compete in today's market.
There is not a day the phone does not
ring with someone who has lost their
job and is looking for any advantage
they can to get back into the workplace.
A skilled, highly trained and technical-
ly savvy job applicant is critical not only
for the job seeker but also to the invest-
ment of business that we must bring to
this area if we are to turn Michigan's
economy around. We hear this message
over and over again as our governor
tours the globe looking to attract new
businesses to our state.
It will take everyone working together
to really make a difference and bring
Michigan back to its full potential, but
making this story real and relevant is half
the battle and you have already done that.
Shaindle Braunstein, director;
David B. Hermelin ORT Resource
Center,West Bloomfield
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For 11 days at the end of June, the
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Jewish educators from the Detroit com-
munity: religious school teachers, artists,
family educators and directors of educa-
tion from the various synagogues to par-
ticipate in a community mission to Israel.
This trip represented the culmination
of two years of professional development
on behalf of teachers in grades K-5. From
the heights of Safed to the depths of the
Dead Sea, those of us who participated in
this incredible opportunity will be forever
enriched. Moreover, we know that the
synagogue religious school programs to
which we return will be enhanced greatly
because of this experience.
The Metropolitan Detroit Board of
Jewish Educators wishes to thank the
many people involved in bringing this
awesome endeavor to fruition and who
accompanied us on this trip: Rabbi
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absentia), Rebecca Starr, Lisa Soble
Siegmann and Dale Rubin at the
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the AJE lay leadership; and Doreen
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Many thanks to you — and to the
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and energy to securing the future of the
Jewish people — for making sure that
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