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Saving JPM?

Josh Levine celebrates
his U-M graduation
with his grandmother
Lois Harris and his
mother, Julie Buckner.
His life ended last
July from a lethal
combination of alcohol
and Adderall.

Public forum elicits ideas,
grassroots support for JCC.

Keri Guten Cohen

Story Development Editor

F

aced with the prospect of shutter-
ing the Jimmy Prentis Morris Jewish
Community Center in Oak Park, which
has run a deficit of $800,000 to $1 million annu-
ally for several years, as a solution to the JCC's
long-standing debt problem, leaders from the
JCC and Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit held a public forum Jan. 12 to gather
community input and suggestions.
An outpouring of grassroots support for JPM
drew about 600 people, filling the JPM gym to
overflowing. Some people were turned away by
police because of fire safety regulations; another
meeting was set for Tuesday evening.

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Young people are increasingly
at risk from recreational
drugs and alcohol.

Ronelle Grier I Contributing Writer

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A public forum drew a huge crowd to discuss

ways to keep the JCC in Oak Park open.

1942 - 2015

Covering and
Connecting
Jewish Detroit
Eve y Week

osh Levine was not a drug addict, an alcoholic or a
habitual drug user. He grew up in West Bloomfield,
ihill celebrated his bar mitzvah at Temple Israel, com-
peted in varsity athletics at West Bloomfield High School and
graduated from the University of Michigan. At 22, he was
living in Chicago, moving into his first apartment and begin-
ning to pursue his dream of becoming a teacher.
His promising young life ended last July, when Josh col-
lapsed on a sidewalk near his apartment after an evening
with his friends, which included drinking alcohol and snort-
ing Adderall, a stimulant medication frequently prescribed
for ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). He was
taken to a local hospital, where he died the next day.
For his mother, Julie Harris Buckner, Josh's death was an
unforgettable nightmare. After receiving a frantic call from
Josh's older brother, Andrew, she and her husband, Dave,
drove 300 miles to Chicago from their home in Cincinnati. By
the time they arrived at the hospital, Josh was unconscious.

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