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The Financial Status Of Jewish Detroit
Robert Sklar
Editor
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ssets of the Detroit Jewish community — includ-
ing the value of endowments, land and buildings
— total $560 million.
Building improvements this year include:
• The October opening of the new teen center in the old
Norman
Holocaust center at the Jewish Community Center in West
Pappas
Bloomfield.
• Renovations to Yeshiva Gedolah, Yeshiva Beth Yehudah
and Yeshivas Darchei Torah.
• Renovations to the dining hall and Butzel Family Camp at Camp
Mass in Ortonville.
• Rebuilding of the fire-damaged Lillian and Samuel Hechtman II
Jewish Apartments on the Applebaum Jewish Community Campus in
West Bloomfield — via the insurance settlement.
Combined revenue for the year was almost $90 million, reported
Norman Pappas, president of the United Jewish Foundation, the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's investment/land manage-
ment arm. Pappas gave the State of UJF at the Oct. 11 joint annual
meeting of Federation and the UJF.
JET Propelled Funding
The Jewish Ensemble Theatre has received a $30,000 grant from
the Kresge Foundation for the 2008-2009 playgoer season. West-
Bloomfield based JET produces professional, off-Broadway theater.
"The Kresge Foundation's support of the arts, particularly in
southeastern Michigan, exemplifies their commitment to making our
communities better for our citizens," said Evelyn Orbach, JET artistic
director and a newly elected member of the Association for Jewish
Theatre's executive board.
JET will present five stage productions this season. It also reaches
40,000 kids annually with its touring productions, which address bul-
lying and tolerance issues. Christopher Bremer is managing director.
- Robert Sklar, editor
One of Temple Shir
Shalom's Rosenstein
windows
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Artist At Shir Shalom
Internationally known artist Mordechai
Rosenstein will be artist-in-residence at
Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield
this weekend. A special art show and
presentation by Rosenstein will be held at
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25. The event, open
to the community at no charge, includes a
wine, cheese and dessert reception and an
opportunity to meet the artist who created
the vibrant stained glass windows in the
temple's lobby.
The windows will be the backdrop for
artwork Rosenstein will bring with him.
His presentation includes images of some
of his most well-known work, which is
based on the Hebrew alphabet. "The flow-
ing forms of the letters have been an inspi-
ration to me since my youth:' the artist
said. Rosenstein's love of these forms and
of vibrant color is evident in his synagogue
interiors, tapestries, paintings, murals and
silkscreen prints.
A portion of the proceeds from art sales
will benefit Temple Shir Shalom. For more
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In addition to Federation's Annual Campaign, which netted
$34 million plus another $8.25 million through the supple-
mental Rebecca and Gary Sakwa Challenge Fund, revenue
derived from various capital and endowment campaigns. The
Campaign attracted 11,000 donors.
Of our total communal assets, about $400 million is held in
the Jewish Community Endowment Fund. Within that umbrel-
la fund are more than 1,600 separate restricted accounts.
The General Fund of almost $30 million provides our emer-
gency fund. At one time, that fund was $70 million. "It's impor-
tant that we build back this safety net:' said Pappas. "Each year,
we have significant problems we face, which I call our brush fires. But
. we also have to look at our forest fire, which is the loss of our givers
through death ore moving away."
Pappas outlined the advantages of Federation's Legacy Fund through
which "there are clear tax savings both at death and during lifetime'
"So all of us, in an easy way, can be an investor and steward for our
future he said.
Pappas added, "If we are to provide education for our children, care
for our older adults and respond to emergency needs in our commu-
nity in these challenging economic times, we need to grow this stable
source of endowment income."
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information about the Saturday evening event, call Carol Ogusky at
(248) 481-7512.
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Jewish Thought On The Environment
"This is the token of the covenant which I make between me
and you and every living creature that is with you, for per-
petual generations."
Last week's question:
Do you believe stem cell
research could evolve
into radical interspecies
research?
Last week's poll results:
Yes: 25%
No: 75%
— Genesis (9:12)
Please contact Michigan Coalition on the Environment &
Jewish Life for global warming presentations: (248) 642-
5393, ext. 7, or mi-coejl@jfmd.org .
Source: Michigan Coalition on the Environment & Jewish Life
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