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Another generous
contributor bolsters a
trust earmarked for
eldercare services.
JULIE EDGAR
News Editor
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is called the Jewish Community
Trust for the Elderly, and it has
attracted million-dollar contribu-
tions from various philanthropists
in the Jewish community.
The latest gift, which is earmarked
for programming developed by the
Jewish Federation's Commission on
Jewish Eldercare Services (COJES), was
made by Irving A. Rubin, reportedly in
the amount of $2 million.
Marvin and Betty Danto, for whom
the kosher Marvin and Betty Danto
Family Health Care Center is named,
provided the seed money to establish
the trust.
Howard Neistein, director of plan-
ning for the Jewish Federation, said the
Trust already has attracted over $5 mil-
lion in pledges and has about $1 million
in it. The goal is to raise $7 million.
Trust money will support COJES
programs, including in-home care ser-
vices, senior transportation, adult day
care for Alzheimer's patients, and
Elderlink, a telephone referral service.
COJES is a consortium of six
Federation agencies that is charged with
coordinating services for the elderly.
Neistein pointed out that the Trust is
distinct from the Jewish Fund, which
was established with proceeds from the
sale of Sinai Hospital in early 1996. The
Jewish Fund has not yet released grant
money to applying agencies, but next ci
week its board will meet to review its
first round of grants. The Jewish Fund
will support social services and health
care.
Joseph Imberman, the Federation's
director of the federated endowment
fund, said the Jewish Fund ultimately
will be much bigger than the Jewish
Community Trust and will serve as a
"very special grant-making source for
us." However, both funds are still fledg-
ling, he pointed out, and the communi-
ty "has to grapple with how these two
creatures will be used."
Neistein said the Trust likelier will be
an ongoing source of funding for
COJES programs. ❑