Special Report

August 5-10, 2007 in Houston, TX
August 5-9, 2007 in Baltimore, MD*
August 12-17, 2007 in Orange County, CA

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Ages: 13-16 as of July 31, 2007
*12-14 as of July 31, 2007 Baltimore ONLY

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August 12-17, 2007 in Dear Park, NJ

Specialties include: Dance, Instrumental Music
(classical, rock/pop or jazz), Theater, Visual Arts,
Computer Graphics, Creative Writing, Vocal
Music, Radio Broadcasting

Mandatory Information Meeting
For Parents and all interested participants

Sunday, January 21, 2007 — 5 p.m. • Jewish Community Center West Bloomfield

Meet the coaches, find out about sites, try-out schedules and other important
information for both the JCC Maccabi Games and JCC Maccabi ArtsFest.

Feb. 8 and Feb. 15
Jan. 28
Jan. 31 and Feb. 1
Jan. 24 and Jan. 30
Jan. 24 and
Jan. 29
12-14 Boys Soccer*
Jan. 23 and Jan. 30
Girls Volleyball
Feb. 7 and Feb. 14
Table Tennis
Jan. 28
12-14 Boys Basketball Jan. 27 and Feb. 3
15-16 Boys Basketball Jan. 27 and Feb. 3
Inline Hockey
Jan. 28
Swimming
TBD
Track
TBD
Bowling
TBD
Golf
TBD
Tennis
TBD

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8:15-10 p.m.
8:15-9:45 p.m.
7-8 p.m.
8:15-9:45 p.m.
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1-3 p.m.
7-9 p.m.
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Dance Studio
Gym
Gym
Inline Hockey Center
Gym
Gym
Gym
107 B & C
Gym
Gym
Inline Hockey Center

*These are the only sports allowing 12 year olds (as of July 31).

All Tryouts take place at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield
unless otherwise noted.

Please go to our Web site www.MaccabiDetroit.org for the most up-to-date
tryout information.

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this — and not just money, people's
lives — to say I'll just learn from mak-
ing mistakes."
At its flagship event, an annual
international convention planned for
Atlanta in March, the JFN will exam-
ine how Jewish giving has changed as
Jewish identity has become more fluid.
Participants will face these ques-
tions, as outlined by JFN:
• Is there a new or emerging concept
of peoplehood that can bind together
the patchwork quilt of contemporary
Jewish identity?
•What effect does that diversity of
identities, and the motivations and
commitments that flow from it, have
on the collective Jewish future?
• In a globally networked and con-
nected world, how is the Jewish whole
affected by the increasing diversity of
its parts?
•Where does that connectivity lead
us?
The questions become even more
complicated when the Jewish commu-
nity looks toward the future.

Transter Of Wealth
Schervish's research suggests that in
the next 50 years dying philanthro-
pists will transfer at least $41 trillion
to their heirs.
That means a lot of Jews will have a
lot of money to distribute.
Kaiman said Marcus is acutely
aware of his pending transfer of
wealth and spends much time giving
the future leaders of his foundation
information about his values, his ide-
als and his commitment to the Jewish
community.
But Kaiman fears that other phi-
lanthropists — even those who
give much to the Jewish community
— will not be so explicit.
"The question is, what's going to
happen as this great wealth of these
philanthropists is transferred to the
next generation, and what type of
identification are they going to have?"
Kaiman said. "I think it's one of the
reasons why Bernie particularly has
been very articulate in making sure
that his foundation and his work in
the community always emphasize the
Jewish community, because he always
talks about Jewish philanthropists
— and there's a lot of examples of
this — who leave their money to their
foundations, and then the next genera-
tion forgets the Jewish community."
Schervish, who spoke at the UJC
General Assembly in November, said
it's a worthy concern.
In America, Jews are engaged
citizens, he said. "They're politically

engaged. They're engaged through
their professions and businesses, and
they're engaged by family tradition
and spiritual heritage!'
Though he is not Jewish, Schervish,
who grew up in Detroit, said it's com-
mon for people to feel a sense of com-
mitment to their community.
For American Jews, the definition of
that community is blurry.
"Judaism — from its history of
diaspora and so on — has its people
really understanding the benefits that
the non-Jewish demography of the
community has added to their lives,"
Schervish said.
Educational institutions and hospi-
tals often receive funding from Jewish
donors who benefited from their ser-
vices. "There is a growing concern that
this trend that is already present in the
existing older generation will become
more exaggerated with the younger
generation," Schervish said.
It's not a trend just in the Jewish
community, he said. Catholic organiza-
tions face similar concerns.
"People are very happy to see their
efforts be accomplished by whoever
is doing that kind of work," he said.
"Catholics are members of a world
religion that recognizes that it's not
just through religious activities but
through all good activities that God's
good work is done. The same parallel
statement can be said of the Jewish
community."
He added that diverse peer groups
and increased access to information
about public needs also affect where
people choose to give.
"Educational, professional and busi-
ness activities put them in contact
with all kinds of forces and possibili-
ties on a daily basis. They are not at
all isolated in the consciousness and
awareness of the needs and charities
to give to," Schervish said. "They wish
to feel themselves, as always, particu-
larly effective, and they look for effec-
tiveness and not just for Jewishness:'
In this changing world of giving,
Jewish leaders, philanthropists and
organizations must adapt to be suc-
cessful in keeping the Jewish commu-
nity strong.
As the central Jewish organizations
across the country, Jewish federations
have a key role to play in whether
the Jewish community will be able to
engage the next generation of philan-
thropists.

Next week: Explore how area federations

are adapting to the new world of giving

and the changes experts say should be on

the agenda.

