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Elan Village
rededicates chapel in memory of
Rabbi Abraham Gardin.

Above: Chapel ark and name plate, bearing Rabbi
Gardin's name.

Right: Joining together to honor Rabbi Gardin are Elan
Village's Marcia Mittelman and Jewish Home and
Aging Services' Margot Pan- and Carol Rosenberg

SHELLI DORFMAN

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any were touched by a man who
shared his time and care, and the
benefit of his knowledge. Some
searched for a way to honor his

memory
They decided to dedicate, in his name, a
place of ultimate importance to his life ... and
then do it again.
Elan Village in Southfield dedicated a chapel
on Jan. 17, in the name of Rabbi Abraham
Gardin.
Elan Village is an assisted living facility at the
former Prentis Manor, where Gardin was reli-
gious director for 15 years.
Following his death nearly five years ago, the
initial dedication was made in his memory.
With the sale of Prentis Manor, Elan Village
became a privately owned and operated facility.
When it opened last April, new owners John
Hamburger and Richard Fink became preferred
providers with the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit. This relationship includes

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Elan Village as a Federation referral source
involved with Jewish community agencies. Elan
Village, in turn, furnishes its residents with reli-
gious and cultural support.
The West Bloomfield-based Jewish Home
and Aging Services (JHAS) functions as com-
munity liaison between Elan Village and
Federation.
Margot Parr, JHAS executive director, and
Marcia Mittelman, Elan Village's executive
director, jointly planned the rededication of the

chapel in the remodeled facility which, in addi-
tion to Jewish programming, has a kosher
kitchen and mezuzot on the doors.
Although Elan Village is in the former
Prentis Manor building, its residents are all new.
But some of the Prentis staff have returned,
including Mittelman, who was Prentis adminis-
trator. Jackie Langston, director of residential
services, who worked at Prentis with Rabbi
Gardin, said the rabbi made the facility "feel
like home for its residents."