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Jewish Women's Foundation
Empowers Female Philanthropy

Founding trustees of the Jewish Women's
Foundation, who each announced a gift
of $10,000, payable over five years, are,
from left, front: Deena Lockman, Helen
Katz, Sandra Schwartz, Terri Farber
Roth; rear: Cheryl Schanes, Gail
Halperin Kahn, Beverly Liss, Margot
Halperin and Susie Pappas. Not shown:
Connie Ross, Rona Rones.

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The first transgenerational gift to the Foundation of
$100,000 — from Dr. Milton Goldrath in memory of his wife
Joan -- was announced at the luncheon. A transgenerational
gift ensures that the women of the donor family will continue
to serve on the Jewish Women's Foundation board of trustees
in perpetuity. With Dr. Goldrath are, from left, guest speaker
Suze Orman; Nancy Glass, vice-president of Business and
Professional Women of the Federation Women's Department;
Margot Halperin, Foundation chair; and Beverly Liss,
president of the Women's Department.

is all about women helping women.

At its inaugural gathering, the Jewish Women's
Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit set forth its challenge:
To empower women as funders, decision makers and agents
for change by supporting projects that will respond to unmet

needs of Jewish women and girls.

The program was spearheaded by the Women's Campaign
and Education Department of the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit. It is independently administered and all
grants awarded by its board of trustees.The program is being

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built by $10,000 and $100,000 contributions to an endowment
fund solely dedicated to the Women's Foundation mission.

In her address, nationally known financial planner Suze
Orman praised the Detroit women for creating one of the first
such foundations in the country. Among the areas of grant
making that the Foundation is considering are problems of
domestic abuse in Jewish families, diseases that strike Jewish
women disproportionately, health concerns such as eating

disorders, and aging.

For information on the Jewish Women's Foundation, call Sandra Jaffa in the Federation Women's Campaign and

Education Department, (248) 203-1462.