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May the coming

May the coming

year be filled

year be filled

with health and

with health and

happiness for

happiness for

all our family

all our family

and friends

and friends

JAMIE, ANDREA &
JACQUELINE CRAIG

ISAAC GOLD & FAMILY

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Project Outreach Program
Benefits Inner City Needy

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to all

to all
our friends
and relatives

our friends
and relatives

DR. & MRS. LOUIS L.
KAZDAN & FAMILY

MR. & MRS. MARCUS
LAST & JOEL

We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year

SAM & BERNICE WILSON

Rabbi Noah Gamze of the Downtown Synagogue
points out a passage to some of Detroit's Jewish inner
city residents who participated in a pre-Rosh
Hashana gathering.

We wish our fatnily and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year

DORA & HENRY UPFALL

Wishing all our family and
friends a year of
health and happiness

FRED & HELEN, MARTIN,
STEVEN & RODNEY BROWN

Wishing all our family and
- friends a year of
health and happiness

JERRY, ROCHELLE, AMY, WENDY & AARON GACH

Wishing all our family and
friends a year of
health and happiness

MR. & MRS. BEN MASLOWSKY & FAMILY

A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family

THE GOLDBAUMS
VICKI, RAYMOND, REBECCA & YAEL

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It was a special High
Holiday service. Many of
the worshipers had never
seen a Torah nor heard the
soulful call of the shofar.
Yet, they proudly recited
the words of Shema Yisroel
and listened attentively as
Rabbi Noah M. Gamze con-
ducted the service at the
Downtown Synagogue.
They are Jews of the inner
city.
The unique holiday serv-
ice was sponsored by the
Voluriteers for Isolated
People (VIP) group of the
Jewish Vocational Service
(JVS), for the benefit of
their special friends, or
"Haverim."
VIP is part of the JVS
Project Outreach program,
begun three years ago with
a grant from the Jewish
Community Foundation of
United Jewish Charities.
Both the JVS and United
Jewish Charities are
member agencies of the
Jewish Welfare Federation.
Many of the haverim
are elderly and impaired.
Some have been in-
stitutionalized. They live
in boarding houses and
nursing homes in the
inner city. Without their
VIP friends who visit at
least once a month, they
would have little contact
with the outside world,
and none with Judaism.
About 40 volunteers are
involved with the program.
They visit more than 200
inner city Jews regularly,

friendship,
bringing
warmth, something to read
and something to "nosh."
The program is guided by
Project Outreach staff
worker Faye Menczer and
volunteer coordinator Joe
Lapides. Their goal is to re-
cruit additional volunteers
to visit isolated people who
are not necessarily in adult
care facilities, but who live
alone and have minimal or
no contact with friends or
family. According to Mrs.
Menczer, 80 percent of the
haverim have no visitors
other than the volunteers.
A commitment of two to
three hours a month is re-
quested. Volunteers receive
orientation and are intro-
duced to their haverim by
Mrs. Menczer.
As part of the High
Holiday service, Rabbi
Gamze called the
haverim up to the bima,
where each had a chance
to look at the Torah. For
many of them, it was a
new experience.
Robert Singer visits six
haverim who live in various
adult care facilities on East
Grand Boulevard. One of
his special friends hadn't
had any visitors in eight
years until Singer started
calling on him.
Anyone interested in vol-
unteering or providing
names of people who could
benefit from the program
can call Mrs. Meczer at JVS,
833-8100.

Pinsker Aids Home for Aged

Wishing all our family and
friends a year of
health and happiness

Wishing all our family and
friends a year of
health and happiness

A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family

THE ADELSTEINS
RON, FERN & DAVID

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May the coming year be
one filled with health,
happiness and
prosperity for all our
friends and family.

CLAIRE & ART SCHWARTZ

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To All Our
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and Friends,
Our wish for a — ‘-`-' 111-1
year filled with
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happiness,
health and prosperity

PAULA & LEONARD GREENBERG &
THEIR CHILDREN

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Robert Steinberg, center, president of the Jewish
Home for Aged, accepts a check for a resident room at
the senior citizens facility from the Pinsker Progress-
ive Aid Society. Pictured at the check presentation
are, from left: Harry Laker, Irvin Forman, Steinberg,
Harry Paull, Arnold Oleinick and Charles Wolfe,
executive vice president of the Jewish Home for Aged.

To All Our
Relatives
and Friends,
Our wish for a
year filled with
happiness,
health and prosperity

ANNE & RICHARD WILLIAMS
CHERYL LOEWY
JUDY, MARGIE & JANET WILLIAMS

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