The Jewish Welfare Federation and
reach real people

I came to Federation Apartments with an open

mind, and nowt think it's delightful. After all my
years of working and being so busy, I feel I came
back to find my roots. You hear a lot of Yiddish
here, and the holiday celebrations and entertain-
ment are nice... but when they end, I have the key
to my apartment and I'm home. I'm very content.

Mollie Moglovkin — an active, independent woman at age 69 — has lived
at the Jewish Federation Apartments for almost a year.

The Jewish Federation Apartments provides subsidized housing and a Jewish

environment for nearly 300 residents at its Oak Park (Prentis Towers) and West
Bloomfield (Hechtman Federation Apartments) locations. It is among several

local agencies — including the Jewish Home for Aged, the Jewish Family
Service and Sinai Hospital — that provide vital services to older adults.

It's' very difficult to start over here after life in the
Soviet Union. I'm afraid that without help from
the Jewish community, it would be impossible.
The strongest impression we have in the six
weeks since we came is that here we can be
Jews... it's not a shame to be a Jew.
We've been given the possibility
to live again.

Natalie and Boris Drigant and their daughter Marina
are adjusting to a new life in our community after
eight years of waiting to emigrate from the
Soviet Union.

The Resettlement Service and the Jewish

Vocational Service — working together with

the Jewish Community Center — help people
like the Drigants with job-finding skills,

language classes and counseling to ensure a
smooth transition to American life and to help
them become self-sufficient.

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