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Herman said an unexpected $12,100
came recently from movie companies
that "blow up the vacant building
across the street from the synagogue,'
and compensate them for the incon-
venience.
In January, the congregation was
awarded $25,000 in a matching chal-
lenge grant from WARM Training
Center and DTE after they exceeded
their goal and raised $30,000. The
funds were used to weatherize win-
dows on the bottom two levels of the
synagogue.
A May gathering will be the new
board's first fundraising event.
"It will be an 'ask event,"
Goldenberg said, "just a straight-
forward asking for funds from indi-
viduals."
The hope is to raise $135,000 by
September so a part-time rabbi and
full-time executive director can be
hired.
A 10-year goal that will culminate
with the synagogue's 100th anniver-
sary is to raise $3 million to expand
programming, open a youth center,
hire additional clergy and renovate the
building into an all-inclusive hub for
Jewish Detroit, while remaining fore-
most a house of worship.

Detroit Bond
Efforts to revitalize the congregation
go hand in hand with connections to
both the Jewish and general Detroit
community. Collaborations already are
in place with Hillel of Metro Detroit
and CommunityNEXT.
"I would like to see many more joint
projects with other synagogues and
Jewish organizations for both fun and
doing the mitzvah of tikkun olam,
starting right here in the heart of our
city," Edut said.

Goldenberg said, "As a Jew, for
Detroit to be a place to live, it needs
to have a synagogue. I also see the
synagogue as a place that defines
contemporary urban Judaism
that doesn't exist anywhere else in
Michigan."
Attorney Leor Barak reacted to the
Jan. 24 Quicken Loans-hosted town
hall meeting that gathered hundreds
of Jewish professionals focusing on
creating Jewish life in the city.
"It is wonderful to see the renewed
interest in Detroit by the Jewish com-
munity," said Barak, 30, who lives in
Detroit's West Village. "I trust and
hope the leadership behind the town
hall will form a strong partnership
with the existing community here,
including the Downtown Synagogue.
"The Jewish community of Metro
Detroit may have a tendency to forget
there are quite a few Jews already
living here. Now we need people to
put their money where their mouth
is and take action: Move downtown,
promote the city, make it your home."
To Goldenberg, the proposed plans
warrant taking a second look at what
the synagogue is doing.
"Our role here can be as a guiding
force to those coming to the city:' he
said. "Detroit is not a blank canvas.
The synagogue was here the whole
time' I

To learn more, call (313) 962-4047,
e-mail downtownsynagogue®gmail.
corn or access the website at
www.downtownsynagogue.org .
RSVP to the March 27 anniversary
celebration by March 24. Cost: $10 in
advance; $15 at the door.

