T JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE H E INSIDER MARCH 1996 JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE • NEWSLETTER • EXPANDING OUR HORIZONS TO SERVE YOUR NEEDS • CELEBRATION OF CITIZENSHIP UNITES ENTIRE COMMUNITY The Jewish Community Center Inter-Generational Choir presented a lovely program, followed by a reception honoring our communi- ty's newest citizens. The program was planned under the leadership of Jewish Family Service Vice President Betsy Winkelman and an inter- agency committee comprised of representatives from each of our local Jewish agencies. This project centered around the "HIAS Means Freedom" picto- rial exhibit which was loaned to the Jewish community for three weeks from January 26 through February 16, 1996. The exhibit, which depicts the 115 year history of the efforts of HIAS to rescue and resettle Jews in danger all over the world, was displayed at the Judge Avern Cohn administers the Oath of Allegiance. Jimmy Prentis Morris building of On February 4, 1996, Congregation Beth Achim was the Jewish Community Center. A companion piece high- the site of the culminating event of the 1995-96 lighting the local work of Resettlement Service since its Celebration of Citizenship Program sponsored by the inception in 1937 was also displayed. Jewish community of Metropolitan Detroit. In a moving The pictorial panels provided visitors to the exhibit a ceremony, Federal District Court Judges Avern Cohn and panoramic view of the rescue and immigration of Jews. Paul D. Borman administered the Oath of Allegiance to Over 300 school children accompanied by their teachers 108 individuals from 39 countries. Many of the new citi- took docent-guided tours of the exhibit. zens were former Jewish Family Service - Resettlement On Saturday, February 10, 1996, a "Russian Tea Service clients. Room," closed the exhibit and Celebration of Citizenship Preceding the ceremony, Co-Chairs Margaret Demant events. Eighteen talented and highly-skilled new and Ann Mandelbaum Mann shared their recollections of American musicians, all professionals and previously their own immigration and naturalization experiences resettled by our community, presented a very special with the new Americans, their families and well-wishers musical evening, reminding us of the many accomplish- who filled the sanctuary for this memorable occasion. ments and contributions made by emigres to the Detroit Following the Oath of Allegiance, each new citizen was area. presented with a small American flag and a photograph. SAVE THESE DATES Detroit News columnist, George Cantor, will moderate a medical ethics presentation by Dr. Fred Rosner, M.D., the evening of May 2, 1996. Dr. Rosner is Director of the Department of Medicine of Queens Hospital Center in New York. Listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in World Jewry, Dr. Rosner is a world-recognized authority on Jewish medical ethics. This lecture is part of Jewish Family Service's Education Forum series. Call Margaret Weiner, Associate Director, 559-1500, for more information. Watch for the upcoming Reva Stocker Lecture on Wednesday evening, June 5, 1996, at the Applebaum Parenting Center, 4200 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI. This year Joseph Giordano, noted expert on ethnicity and family life, will be the featured speaker. Mr. Giordano is the Director of the Louis Caplan Center on Group Identity and Mental Health, American Jewish Committee, New York City. His writings have appeared in professional journals, newspapers and magazines nationwide. 2000 BEYOND Jewish Family Service staff and Board of Directors are well into the strategic planning process for the year 2000 and beyond. With the assistance of planning consultant, Dr. Geri Lakin, surveys were developed and mailed to JFS staff, clients and Board members, and focus groups were conducted. Joint committees of staff and Board members will use survey and focus group information to formulate and plan JFS' role in the next century. The finalized strategic planning document will be presented to the Board of Directors on April 25, 1996. ■ 111,,rraenesrCe."7.., STAFF PARTICIPATES IN ISRAELI SEMINAR By Phyllis Schwartz, M.S.W. Left to Right: Jewish Family Service staff members Marina Flomina, Rimma Igolinskaya, and Ludmila Tolkachier became U.S. citizens in 1995. They came to the United states with assistance from the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society and JFS' Resettlement Service. On November 26, 1996, six members of the Jewish Family Service and Resettlement Service staff travelled to Israel to participate in a two week multi-agency seminar led by Harvey Finkelberg of the Fresh Air Society. For most of the participants, this was their first trip to Israel. With colleagues in sister agencies, staff explored the ways in which Back Row (left to right): our programs service the community and looked for opportunities for Marilyn Hertzberg, Judy Shewach-Stevenson, further collaboration and growth. Anna Taradash, Phyllis Schwartz. One of the program highlights was meeting social work counterparts Front Row (left to right): Sandy Hyman, in Nazareth Ilit. Staff recognized the universality of social work issues Mindi Silver-Weiss that connect all of us in our profession. At the adult day care facilities, staff saw a level of caring and sensitivity to personal needs that was truly in spirational. Participants were given the opportunity to dialogue with educators, journalists, government representatives, and the Israeli public on issues of concern, ranging from politics and human services to religion and ethics. Staff returned with a new understanding of Israel and their Jewish heritage and a renewed sense of commitment to the agency and community. 24123 GREENFIELD kik!), So(iTHFIE1A), MI 48075 • 6960 ORCHARD LAKE RO \D. SUITE 202, NVEST BLOOMFIELD. MI 48322