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Innas0s, Legends, and
Absfractions

Sunday, September 21 3:00 p.m. Artist Talk and Presentation by Todd Weinstein

Exhibit Opening Event is free with museum admission.

Todd Weinstein explores themes including the reemergence ofJewish life in modern day Germany, the

prophets of the Bible, and the legend of the 36 Righteous Ones whose merit keeps the world from destruction
in times of peril. ON EXHIBIT SEPTEMBER 21 — DECEMBER 22, 2014
FOR MORE INFO: wwwholocaustcenter.org

$2.00 SEPT. 11-17, 2014 /16-22 ELUL 5774

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» Pure Determination Nick Winton tells a rapt
audience how his father saved 669 Jewish Czech children
during the Holocaust. See page 18.

» Reviving B'nai David Organizers launch Phase 2
of the cleanup of the historic cemetery. See page 20.

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» Mad About Humor Paul Reiser appears in Kadima
benefit show at the Detroit Opera House. See page 59.

Bloomfield Hills High School students
helped freshen the cemetery last April.

>> cover story

Next Generation ...

Disproving
Stereotypes

Designer hires homeless women
to make special coats to keep
those on the streets warm.

Sharon Luckerman
Special to the Jewish News

JCRC brings Israel advocacy trainer Neil

Lazarus, right, here each year to provide

training to Jewish adults and teens.

JCRC reveals strategic plan nine months in the making.

Jackie Headapohl I Managing Editor

Veronika Scott models one of her coats that
converts into a sleeping bag for the homeless.

hey say history repeats itself, and that's the case
with the Jewish Community Relations Council.
Back in August 1950, the JN asked if the
Metro Detroit Jewish community needed two commu-
nity organizations, the Jewish Community Council (pre-
cursor to the JCRC) and the Jewish Welfare Federation
(precursor to the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit). "Isn't there a way to combine the two and to
create one overall Kehillah? [Jewish community]" the

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paper asked.
The answer turned out to be no — it was decided the
community did need both. The same conclusion was
reached last year when the JCRC began creating a new
strategic plan.
"We needed to position the JCRC for the future said
Sharon Lipton, JCRC president when the process began.
"Would it exist or not? What would be its role going
forward?
"We needed to address who we are, what we did and
what our priorities were. Nothing was taken off the table
— not even eliminating the JCRC or making it a depart-
ment of Federation:"
A Strategic Planning Committee was formed to
answer those questions and more. Committee chairs
were Dr. Richard Krugel, now JCRC president, and

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