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Letters
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Hillel's Community Role
As the president of the Board of
Trustees of Hillel Day School, I want
to commend Editor Robert Sklar
("Hillel's Golden Year:' Nov. 22, page 5)
for his accurate portrayal of Hillel as
we approach our 50th anniversary. The
Hillel Day School community is proud
of its thousands of alumni and of the
academic excellence it provides in
both secular and Jewish education.
I would like to reinforce that both
the professional leadership and the
Board of Trustees recognize the criti-
cal role Hillel plays — and will con-
tinue to play — for the Conservative
Jewish community as well as for Jews
affiliated within the Reform and
Orthodox movements.
While part of our golden anniver-
sary is to celebrate our past, more
importantly, we are strategically plan-
ning for the next decades. The school
leadership wants the community to
know that we are prepared to face the
challenges and seize the opportunities
about which Robert Sklar wrote in
his piece last week. From a position of
strength, Hillel will continue to pro-
vide the best education possible, and
we will ensure that our professionals
continue to have the latest educational
tools and training in order to do so.
Over the years, Hillel has been for-
tunate to receive strong support from
the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit and from many individual
members of the Detroit Jewish com-
munity. This support has allowed us to
provide the financial assistance neces-
sary in order to enable the broadest
possible cross section of our commu-
nity to send their children to Hillel.
As we celebrate 50 incredible years
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Hillel's Middle Ground
Editor Robert Sklar correctly noted
Hillel Day School's growing appeal
among members of Reform congrega-
tions ("Hillel's Golden Year:' Nov. 22,
page 5). Yet he mistakenly implied that
this growing appeal may in the future
require Hillel to re-orient itself in the
direction of Reform Judaism.
In fact, it is Reform Judaism that, to
its credit, has already re-oriented itself
toward Hillel by re-embracing many of
the "tachlis" elements of Judaism that
the proponents of Classical Reform
discarded as "Kitchen Judaism" nearly
a century and a half ago.
Hillel has always championed a
comfortable middle ground, radiating
a powerful appeal in multiple direc-
tions. That appeal now extends into
the world of Reform Judaism.
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Jewish Studies
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Jewish community, Hillel remains
steadfast in its mission to provide
and maintain a Jewish environment
that welcomes not only Conservative
Jewish families, but also families
from both the Reform and Orthodox
movements looking for a great secular
education and a serious Jewish educa-
tion in an environment that respects
pluralism.
For those who have not thought to
look at Hillel Day School, I invite you
to make this the year that you do!
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