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Guarantors Of Torah
As the central resource for educa-
tional services in the Metropolitan
Detroit Jewish community, the Jewish
Federation's Alliance for Jewish
Education (AJE) promotes advocates,
develops and supports Jewish educa-
tion at all age levels.
In addition to the professional
development day provided earlier in
the month for all teachers in Jewish
day, congregational and supplemen-
tary schools throughout the state of
Michigan, the AJE, with support from
the Hermelin Davidson Center for
Congregation Excellence Millennium
Fund, sponsored a learning retreat
recently for early childhood directors
from Jewish schools in the Metro
Detroit area as well as the Jewish
Community Center of Washtenaw
County in Ann Arbor.
Conceived by Dale Rubin, associ-
ate director of the Alliance for Jewish
Education, the directors attended
learning sessions and Torah study.
Some of the topics addressed were
"Legal Issues Affecting Religious
Pre-Schools," "Staff Appreciation" and
"Communicating the Value of Jewish
Preschools."
With an increasing awareness that
tuition is an obstacle to many, we
need to remember that educating
young Jewish children in Jewish insti-
tutions that teach and model Jewish
values, Jewish customs and rituals is
a necessity — not a luxury.
Our children are the guarantors of
Torah. We are grateful for the oppor-
tunities the Federation's Alliance has
given our children and families.
It is our sincere hope that the our
early childhood centers can continue
to offer programming that allows our
young Jewish children the opportuni-
ties to learn Jewish values and build
a foundation to Jewish life and Jewish
continuity. Community financial
support is a necessity to achieve this
goal.
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Regarding the article "A Lego
Menorah" (Dec. 10, page 58): The
Shul-Chabad Lubavitch also would
like to acknowledge the generous sup-
port of our Chanukah program by the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit's Alliance for Jewish Education
of the and the DeRoy Testamentary
Foundation.
With this support, The Shul was able
to participate in Federation's Artist in
the School program. We were fortunate
to have Shawn Stearn, our artist-in-
residence, work with Hebrew school
students to create the Lego Menorah.
Rena Cohen, Rena Weintraub
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Historical Society's Role
Thank you for the detailed coverage
about the new documentary airing on
DPTV Detroit Remember When: The
Jewish Community ("Close Up And
Personal:' Dec. 3, page 16).
Because we feel this film by Sue
Marx and Allyson Rockwell is an
important contribution to document-
ing and disseminating the history of
our community, the Jewish Historical
Society of Michigan is proud to be a
major sponsor of the film on public
television. Several of our members are
presented on screen as historical con-
sultants. The film will be rebroadcast 8
p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, on Channel 56.
This film is a vehicle that will
increase interest in our history and
encourage people to document, pre-
serve and pass on that history to future
generations. To meet our mission, the
Jewish Historical Society will continue
to collect and safeguard our history for
families and our community.
As we celebrate our 50th anniver-
sary, we proudly look at our journey
and thank those who have helped us
along the way by sharing and teaching
the history that makes all of us part of
a vibrant community in Michigan.
Correction
"Uniting With Music" (Dec. 3, page
32) should have included Hannah
Waterstone as the pianist of the Young
Israel of Oak Park Women's Choral
Society, which performed Nov. 17
at the eighth annual Tri-Synagogue
Women's Night Out.