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Project Build!
Is Obama charting a new course
on Israeli-Palestinian issues?
JFS and Building Industry Association partner
to help those in need of home repair.
Washington
Susan Adler Shanteau
Special to the Jewish News
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Huntington Woods gives a grateful
t's a brutal winter and the furnace goes out in
a home in Southfield. There's no working toilet
in a Detroit home with an elderly resident. The
roof is leaking in West Bloomfield and the family
inside is in danger. A Huntington Woods woman
with multiple sclerosis may have to move to a nurs-
ing home because she cannot maneuver her wheel-
chair in her small bathroom.
These moving stories are encountered every day
by the staff of Jewish Family Service (JFS), a non-
sectarian social service organization that provides
out-patient mental health counseling and commu-
nity support services to more than 12,000 people
each year.
JFS' client base, including Jewish and non-Jewish
families throughout Southeastern Michigan, has
grown dramatically since 2007, and the agency
does not have nearly enough funding to help all the
people in need.
A solution? Match up people in desperate need of
home repairs with professional builders, remodelers
and suppliers. Despite being financially strapped,
the families gain a chance to live in safety and
comfort in their homes. And though enduring a
crippling economic downturn in their businesses,
the professionals can offer much needed support by
donating their expertise and the materials they may
have on hand.
hug to builder Gordy Oliva.
Project Build on page 10
Wheelchair-bound Diane Traurig of
1967 Borders
Uriel Heilman
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
resident Barack Obama
knew he had some
damage control to do
when he took the podium before
thousands of Israel supporters
on Sunday morning at the open-
ing plenary of the annual AIPAC
conference.
But he wasn't offering any
apologies for his speech three
days earlier that called for the "1967 lines with mutually agreed
swaps" to serve as the basis for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
Rather, Obama offered mostly reassurances and clarifications.
He also issued a blunt warning that doing nothing undermines
U.S. efforts to fend off Israel's diplomatic isolation and
1967 Borders on page 23
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Retired . For Real
Beloved teacher Jerry Gutman starts second
retirement with FJA farewell. STORY ON PAGE 14
1942 - 2011
Covering and
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Jewish Detroit
Every Week
Jerry Gutman congratulates senior Jesse Medina
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for an academic award he won.