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Aronson called for help for finan-
cially strapped Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah. He said the Southfield-
based school has a chronic short-
age of about $500,000 a year on
operating expenses. "The Yeshiva
... has never recovered from the
loss of virtually all its major sup-
porters:' he said. "They need our
help and we must respond."
The school's enrollment is
holding steady at 753 this year,
said Rabbi Eli Mayerfeld, the
Yeshiva's executive director. The
shortfall is causing a deficit "that
is growing more and more
unmanageable. The net effect is
that if we do not find a solution
in the near term, it will begin to
affect the day-to-day operations
of our school.
"The common thinking
amongst the leadership of the
school and Federation is that we
need new supporters and a cam-
paign, which stresses a signifi-
cant pool of permanent endow-
ment funding," the rabbi said.
"The tragic loss of so many of
our significant supporters has
made this crisis more acute and
immediate

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The fourth prong of Federation's
educational assistance plan will
help Hillel Day School of
Metropolitan Detroit increase its
enrollment through physical
expansion and scholarships,
Aronson said.
The Farmington Hills school of
587 students in grades K-8 is in
the midst of a $4 million expan-
sion that will include adding a
regulation-sized gym, theater,
conference room, offices and a
new lobby. The expansion funds
have been secured through pri-
vate donations.
"Federation is a huge partner
of the school, but not to this
building project:' said Steve
Freedman, head of school, who
emphasized that many private
donors gave toward the expan-
sion project.
"We've raised more than $4
million and are still working to
raise a minimum of $5 million,
which will cover any costs to run
this facility," said Terri Farber

Roth, immediate past president
Of Hillel who spearheaded the
expansion with Project Chairman
Ricky Blumenstein.
"The building also is kicking
off our effort to build an endow-
ment at the school to hold down
the cost of education in the
future:' she said.

Big Picture

Aronson equated these fund-
raising efforts to those expended
during the Millennium
Campaign for Detroit's Jewish
Future in 2000, the Federation
campaign that raised $30 million
for expansion of the two-campus
Jewish Community Center, and
$20 million to start a Jewish Life
Fund that focuses on a variety of
Jewish community interests and
needs through named endow-
ments.
"The big picture is we have to
have a $10 million endowment
on the Yeshiva, got to have at
least $10-15 million on the trust,
$8.5 million on the Academy and
$1 million on Hillel," he said.
"What you're really talking about
is an effort in endowment and
capital of between $30 and $40
million — it's like the
Millennium Fund."
Although the Millennium
Fund was created during a time
of prosperity, Aronson said he is
still confident in raising the
money during an economic
downturn.
"This is not a boom economy,
but I've never been very good at
figuring out what the economic
prevailing winds are he said.
"What I do know is there's still
plenty of potential in this com-
munity. The Jews of Detroit, if
they set their minds on some-
thing, can make it happen."
Peter Alter, Federation presi-
dent, said promoting Jewish edu-
cation is the No. 1 goal, and he is
confident of overcoming any
challenge.
"I think we have the commit-
ment from leadership that we
now have to translate into actual
dollars, but it is something that
the community, I believe, is quite
united on," he said. "Bob's vision
has led us before and Bob's
vision will lead us again."

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