Berman Award for
Outstanding
Professional Service

Sylvia Serwin

The third annual Berman Award for Outstanding Pro-
fessional Service goes to a woman who has devoted her
career to enhancing the quality of life for older citizens.
On January 1, Sylvia Serwin will observe her 25th year of
service to the Jewish Home for Aged.

As associate director of the Home, she assisted in the
opening and administration of Borman Hall, Prentis
Manor and Fleischman Residence. Currently, she is
associate vice president of Comprehensive Aging Ser-
vices, a subsidiary of Jewish Home Aging Services, which
provides home health and elder-care programs.

Responding to the growing need for medical care for
aging persons in semi-independent settings, Serwin
organized programs in conjunction with Sinai Hospital.

"People are living longer and striving to maintain
themselves in the community longer," she says. "For us
to provide community services is far less costly—and far
more humane."

Schochet Family
Outstanding Teacher Award

Samuel Semp

Samuel ("Sammy") Semp is one of those teachers
whose classroom extends beyond the school. Semp,
who joined the staff of Congregation Beth Shalom in
1983, stimulates and challenges his 7th grade religious
school students to broaden their Jewish knowledge.

He spends many hours creating teaching materials on
a variety of Jewish interests and concerns, and he in-
volves parents in the learning experience. For his
development of a curriculum on Jewish morals and
ethics, Semp will receive the 1990 Schochet Family
Outstanding Teacher Award.

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