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Former Detroiter Rebecca Rosen
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April 29 • 2010
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Federation Getting
Together Communally
We write this letter to the Jewish News
PERHAPS IT IS TIME TO LEARN THE
TRUTH ABOUT BANKRUPTCY.
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and to our community in response to
Robert Sldar's Editor's Letter "Getting
Together Communally" (March 25, page
5).
We agree wholeheartedly that "our
communal model isn't broken, but does
require a tune-up:' as Mr. Sklar states.
We also agree that cooperation is key
to such tune-up in our Detroit Jewish
community. In an effort to maximize
our community's dollars and continually
improve quality of service, the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, in
partnership with its agencies, has formed
a task force to identify ways to save
money by creating greater efficiencies,
leveraging economies of scale as well as
implementing strategic and structural
communal changes.
The Community Collaborations Task
Force is overseeing workgroups to sur-
vey contractual arrangements, staffing,
vendors and other functions among
six common areas in the community.
Workgroups are comprised of Federation
staff and lay professionals who are
experts within these areas: facilities,
office functions/financial services/trans-
portation, information technology, mar-
keting, human resources, programs and
services.
The task force and its workgroups
are working closely with our Federation
agencies to develop recommenda-
tions that make the best use of limited
resources and create the highest-quality
cost-effective and efficient agencies and
services. Based on the recommendations
developed by the workgroups, the task
force will formulate and implement an
overall action plan for community col-
laborations.
Key findings and recommendations
will be shared with our community's
synagogues and other communal organi-
zations to explore further collaborations
and respond to the economic challenges
they face as well.
The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit is proud of our fundraising
efforts and legacy of philanthropy to
support vulnerable members of our local
Jewish community and Jews worldwide.
Given the current and foreseeable eco-
nomic environment, Federation, along
with its agencies, continues to take the
necessary steps to examine operations
and maximize Campaign dollars.
Yes, in the light of a shrinking con-
tribution pool coupled with increased
demands, combining more resources
will relieve some of the pressure on
Federation's Annual Campaign, as
Mr. Sklar indicates. The Community
Collaborations Initiative takes the corn-
munity further by beginning a process of
fiscal responsibility to meet the ongoing
needs of our community without dimin-
ishing the excellent quality of service for
which our Federation system has been
recognized.
Through this community-wide initia-
tive, we will help strengthen and posi-
tion the Detroit Jewish community for
the future.
Irwin Elson and Dr. Richard Krugel, co-chairs,
Community Collaboration Task Force
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
Bloomfield Township
Don't Besmirch Tea Party
How dare you quote WDET-FM General
Manager Mikel Ellcessor's comment,
"The explosive growth of three distinct
groups — the Tea Party Movement, the
Patriot Movement with the militias as
their paramilitary arms, and the nativ-
ist anti-immigration movement — has
been under way for the past year. While
these distinct movements have their own
animus, there is a well-documented and
rising level of extreme rhetoric coming
from all three groups" ("Right-Wing
Extremism," April 8, page 10).
The Tea Party Movement should not
be quoted in that context. It is largely
made up of truly patriotic Americans
who are at odds with the president's
policies. What is conspicuously absent
from that list is mention of left-wing
hate groups.
There is an excellent article (avail-
able on the Internet) titled "Press
Largely Ignored Incendiary Rhetoric At
Bush Protest" by Bill Sammon. In it, he
describes a situation where President
George W. Bush was attending a fund-
raiser in Oregon. There was a sign calling
for his assassination as well as other
indignities. There is more from this arti-
cle if you wish to explore it. In addition,
there have been many protesters in other
locations of the United States who have
held signs calling for Mr. Bush's assas-
sination as well. Your newspaper never
published this. Why not?
Apparently, you just choose to demon-
ize the conservative movement. This is
patently unfair.
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Goldberg
West Bloomfield
Advocacy Tools
Ruthie Lehmann's article on "Israel advo-
cacy" in Teen2Teen (April 15, page TT2)
highlighted a key issue for our commu-
nity, namely, giving Jewish teens the tools
to confront challenges to Israel's defen-
sive actions and even her legitimacy.
The Jewish Community Relations
Council was pleased to work with the
Israeli consulate to bring Israel advo-
cacy trainer Neil Lazarus to Akiva