The Detroit Allied Jewish Campaign of 1964 raised $100,000 more than in the previous year for a total of $4,650, 000, it was announced here by Hyman Safran, president of the Jewish Welfare Federation. “Equally significant, ” he added, “is the fact that the number of contributors continues to increase and this year will pass 24, 000.”
Mr. Safran noted that Isidore Sobeloff, who served as the Federation executive director for 27 years before assuming a similar post this year with the Los Angeles Jewish Federation-Council, had been succeeded by William Avrunin, who had been associate director since 1948.
He reported that the Detroit Jewish community “continues to build on a solid foundation of achievement and a long record of having served our people at home, in Israel and in all parts of the world” He described the services of 55 federation agencies and beneficiaries and the federation functions of fund-raising and budgeting as more than mechanical services for efficient performance. “They are, ” he said, “also instruments for enriching Jewish life in all the fields in which we support: health and welfare, community relations and particularly, in the areas of education and the advancement of Jewish cultural endeavor. “
Declaring that progress had been notable, he cited the launching by the Sinai Hospital of a $6,000, 000 development program to enlarge its central facilities, expand its research and teaching functions and add 130 beds for patient care. He mentioned also construction of a new facility for the Jewish Home for the aged, the expansion of the United Hebrew Schools Library, and the initiation of a Hebrew-speaking unit at Camp Tamarack.
Mr. Avrunin said that federation officers were “facing their responsibilities with sincerity and vigor” in a changing philosophy of Jewish communal services. He said that “to the simple concepts of welfare, recreation, character building and personal adjustment, we added a new dimension of Jewish content and Jewish association.” He emphasized the Federation view that “the organized Jewish community and the agencies and services under its auspices are major instruments of Jewish identification and survival. “
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