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…Securing The Future The Jewish Community Center hopes millions in endowments will provide program stability. LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer lthough construction pro- jects often draw a lot of attention, Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit leaders are bet- ting that what is offered inside a reno- vated building can draw funds as well. The JCC is raising $18 million for capital improvements to the 23-year- old Kahn Building in West ...…
…410 for only 5.5 percent of the budget. - As part of its campaign literature, ,the center published a two-page list- ing of capital and endowment oppor- tunities. "They are just possibilities," Greenberg said. "We don't expect to get them all." The day camp, for example, listed at $2 million, will go on whether it's endowed or not. Other programs won't be instituted unless they are endowed. Thus far, between $7 and $9 mil- lion has been raise...…
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…O Temple Israel festively celebrates Simchat Torah. • Clockwise from top left: Ariella Yedwab, 7, daughter of Rabbi Paul Yedwab, enjoys her taffi apple after services. Gary Stone of West Bloomfield does an impromptu dance. Michael Gendelman of West Bloomfield _holds onto his daughter, Jennifer, 3, as she waves her flag. The evening proved to be a family affair. Festivities included flag waving and klezmer music by Mack Pitt and friends...…
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…A Beyond Teiru sA 5V ;;;I: Israel, peace, globalization, pluralism and other issues discussed by New York Times columnist Tom Friedman. PHIL JACOBS Contributing Editor (7) Washington e's got a layer of thick skin. That's what New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas L. Friedman, a two- time Pulitzer Prize winner, has got to show for almost 20 years of reporting on national and international affairs. But it's thick skin ... He has ...…
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