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Special to the Jewish News

A

m I allowed to cry?"
Carol Rosenberg could
have been talking about a
family event, but she was
really talking about a quilt.
The director of Fleischman
Residence, Rosenberg had the idea for
a national quilt that would commem-
orate other Jewish homes for the
aging around the country "It gets to
my soul," Rosenberg says of the quilt.
In many ways, the project has
brought an entice family together.
Even the origins of the quilt are
rooted in family traditions. Rosenberg's
daughter gave her mother a children's
book on her wedding day MO years
ago. The book, Keeping Quilt, is about
a quilt that becomes a symbol of an
Eastern European Jewish family's love.
Rosenberg was so moved by the story
that she used the fictional quilt as an
inspirational project for the Associates
of the Jewish Homes and Services for
the Aging, a national group.
Rosenberg approached Huntington
Wood's Mona Cohen, an active volun-
teer at Fleischman Residence, for help.
Cohen has been quilting since she was a
teenager, and is a member of Michigan's
Quilting Guild. Rosenberg said she
"wouldn't take no for an answer. I knew
(Cohen) would put love into the quilt."
Cohen sent 12-by-I2-inch NV11 ire
squares to 34 nursing homes. Each N.vas
asked to place its name and crest on
the square along with any words or -

Above left: Carol RoSenbera Geri
Margolis and Mona Cohen display
the quilt. Above: Detail from the quilt.
Opposite page: Section by Detroit's
Jewish Home and Aging. Services.

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symbols emblematic of its mission.
Squares trickled back to Cohen, and \-\
shestitched together and ripped apart
the quilt three times before settling on
the current form. The 18-month col-
lection process brought in 28 squares,
with six more on the way. Cohen par-
ticularly enjoyed choosing the fabric for
the quilt's border and seeing each "little
beauty" contributed by the homes.
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One patch stands out from the
others. The cross-stitched design, sub-
mitted by a home in Cherry Hill,
N.J., was made by a 98-year-old resi-
dent. Auxiliary members generally
created the other squares.
Geri Margolis, president of
Detroit's Auxiliary of Jewish Home
and Aging Services, refers to the aux-
iliaries as "support systems." She said
she believes the quilt reflects the
warmth of the volunteers.
Traditionally, quilts were made of
scraps and used for practical purposes
in rural areas. They later became val-
ued for their intricate designs and
beauty. Because Jews generally settled
in cities, quilting remained a non-
Jewish pursuit. The only Jewish mem-