THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
JARC Dedicates the New Gruskin Haverim Home
The newest Jewish Asso-
ciation for Retarded Citi-
zens Haverim Home was
dedicated Sunday afternoon
in the name of Rabbi and
Mrs. Solomon H. Gruskin.
Rabbi Gruskin, who with
his wife Gitel has devoted
more than three decades to
the needs of mental patients
throughout the state, placed
the mezuza on the doorpost
of the residence, at 27030
Devonshire, Southfield.
The JARC open house,
With President Norman
Wachler presiding over the
dedication, drew a crowd of
300 throughout the after-
noon. Cooperative Council
of the League of Jewish
Women's Organizations
hosted the event with
JARC.
Commenting on the
happy faces of the six De-
vonshire home residents,
Rabbi Gruskin said he
was "overshelmed, not
just because of the
beauty of this home but
because of the way these
children look. Six months
ago, I saw them in an in-
stitution, decrepit, old,
forlorn and foresaken .
When I see the beauty our
community is capable of
bringing to life, I say
there's so- much we can
do."
Four women and two
men, ages 38-61, live in the
Gruskin Haverim Home,
which opened in May. For
most of their lives, they
were patients at the Oak-
dale Center for Human De-
velopment in Lapeer. In
some cases, Rabbi and Mrs.
Gruskin were the only con-
tact with the Jewish corn-
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munity and, possibly, their
only visitors.
All of them are now in-
volved in the work activities
program at the Oak Park
office of Jewish Vocational
Service. The residents also
are active in the Jewish
Community Center's social
and recreational program.
This is the first JARC
home developed with
Macomb-Oakland Regional
Center, the agency in this
area representing the
Michigan Department of
Mental Health. Gail
Johnson, home manager,
heads a staff of seven.
Joyce Keller, executive
director of the JARC,
praised the staff, all spe-
cialists in group home
work, and the associa-
tion's board of directors
for their "effort and
energy" in meeting the
needs of the residents.
Wachler noted that the
occasion "didn't come about
by chance. It began 15 years
ago with a handful of par-
ents who recognized their
own mortality and the im-
poratnce of such residences
for their children.
"Despite efforts to
achieve this goal," Wachler
Holocaust Topic
of CHAIM Group
Rabbi Morton Yolkut of
Cong. Bnai David and
Rabbi Ernst Conrad of
Temple Kol Ami will pre-
sent a program on "The
Holocaust and Jewish
Theology: A Traditional
and a Liberal View" 12:30
p.m. Sunday at the Morris
Branch of the Jewish Com-
munity Center.
The rabbis will address a
meeting of CHAIM — Chil-
dren of Holocaust Survivors
in Michigan. Refreshments
will be served at noon.
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WE SELL
Gitel Gruskin, left, and Joyce Keller, center,
watch Rabbi Solomon Gruskin attach the mezuza to
the doorpost of the new Gruskin Haverim Home. One
of the home's residents is at right.
said, "we're just touching Foundation of United
the surface. Our waiting list Jewish Charities. •
has 90 names."
The apartment program
Rabbi Gruskin, who was is designed to prepare, place
introduced by Cooperative and supervise high-
Council chairman Nettie functioning retarded per-
Deutch, noted that the sons in their own apart-
council had enabled him ments throughout the
and his wife to bring a community.
Jewish spirit into the lives
The JARC noted that
of hundreds of mental hos-
after tapping all available
pital patients.
Besides the Gruskin public sources of revenue
home, three Haverim the association will need to
Homes in Southfield and raise more than $100,000 in
Oak park house 18 resi- private contributions from
dents. In addition, 21 per- the community to maintain
sons are involved in the the quality of services cur-
JARC's semi- rently provided.
For information on the
independent apartment
program, currently being Jewish Association for Re-
funded by a grant from tarded Citizens, call the
the Jewish Community JARC office, 557-7650.
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