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…Special Report ON THE COVER Future from page A17 The Aronson Years 1989* • Robert Aronson leaves Milwaukee to take helm of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. 1992 • • Federation moves from down- town Detroit to the Max M. Fisher Federation Building, Bloomfield Township. • Strategic plan instituted to run Federation like a business, set priorities, move the community forward and redefine the relation- ship between the Federa...…
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