Communal Life
United Jewish Foundation
6735 Telegraph Road
Bloomfield Twp., MI 48301
(248) 203-1461
Fax: (248) 642-4941
Contact Person: Jonathan D. Lowe
Serves alongside the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit in developing our community's
financial resources. It owns, manages and invests
Jewish communal assets, including endowment funds
and real property.
Volunteer Impact
23077 Greenfield Road, Suite LL10
Southfield, MI 48075
(248) 559-4950
Fax: (248) 559-4948
Email: volunteerimpact@ameritech.net
Website: www.volunteerimpact.org
Contact Person: Demetrius E. Anderson, director
of program development
Mobilizes its membership of 12,000 individuals to
service over 300 non-profit agency partners.
Contributes more than 26,000 hours of valuable direct
service each year. During Hands on Detroit Day each
spring, 1,000 volunteers contribute 4,000 hours.
Volunteer Network
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
6735 Telegraph Road
Bloomfield Twp., MI 48301
(248) 642-4260
Fax: (248) 642-4941
Contact Person: Cila Riff
Referrals to hands-on volunteer opportunities are made
and community-wide events are held each year
including the December 25 Volunteer Extravaganza,
when hundreds of volunteers help at sites throughout
metro Detroit.
Women of Maimonides
Medical Society
26733 York
Huntington Woods, MI 48070
(248) 851-3314
(248) 541-1129
Contact Person: Sharon Daitch, Hannah Moss
Provides interest-free loans to Jewish medical and
osteopathic students in Michigan. Helps to fund
medical research and rehabilitation of the handicapped.
Women's American ORT
6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 150
Bloomfield Twp., MI 48301
(248) 723-8860
Fax: (248) 723-8861
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Website: michort@speedlink.net
Contact Person: Dana Burnstein
Supports a worldwide network of 800 schools and
programs in 60 countries, training 250,000 students
annually. Advocates on behalf of quality education,
democratic values, human rights and the security of
Jewish communities
Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring
26341 Coolidge
Oak Park, MI 48237
(248) 545-0985
Fax: (248) 542-2628
Contact Person: Karen Rosenstein, director
Secular/cultural, multi-generational community offering
Sunday school, teen group, Shabbat gatherings,
personalized bar/bat mitzvahs, discussion groups,
group health care plans, cemetery.
CASA/Court Appointed Special
Advocate
National Council of Jewish Women
26400 Lahser Road, Suite 100
Southfield, MI 48034
(248) 355-3300
Fax: (248) 355-9951
Requested by family court judges to be advocates for
children who require legal guardianship within the
family court system. Training is provided by NCJW.
Legal skills are not a prerequisite.
Daniel Sobel Friendship Circle
5558 Haverhill
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
(248) 855-1212
Fax: (248) 855-1367
E-Mail: friend@mitzvahexchange.com
Contact Person: Rabbi Levi Shemtov
Provides respite care and family programming for
families with special needs children. Provides volunteer
education and opportunities for children ages 12-16.
Offers counseling and friendship for Jewish adults
coping with substance abuse, and isolation.
ER.E.E. - Friends of Refugees
of Eastern Europe
15900 W. 10 Mile Road,Suite 105
Southfield, MI 48075
(248) 569-8514
Fax: (248) 569-6770
Contact Person: Rabbi Yosef Mishulovin
Responds to the spiritual needs of New Americans in
metro Detroit. Synagogue services on Shabbat and
holidays, two Hebrew schools and family programs
revolving around the Jewish calendar year.
Grandparents Rights Organization
loo W. Long Lake Road
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
(248) 646-7191
Fax: (248) 646-9722
E-Mail: RSVIaw@aol.com
Contact Person: Richard S. Victor, executive
director
A non-profit international organization that promotes
and supports rights of grandparents and grandchildren
relating to custody and grandparenting time. Helps
develop support groups for grandparents and provides
legal assistance.
Holocaust Survivors Support Group
Jewish Community Center-JPM Bldg.
15110 W.10 Mile Road
Oak Park, MI 48237
(248) 356-6668
Fax: (248) 356-6668
Contact Person: Dr. Charles Silow
Fleischman Residence/
Jewish Home and Aging Services
6710 W. Maple Rd.
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
(248) 356-6668
Fax: (248) 356-6668
Contact Person: Dr. Charles Silow
Dr. Charles Silow facilitates a Holocaust survivors
support group twice a month. Sponsored by
DMC/Sinai-Grace Hospital. Individual therapy sessions
also available.
Institute for Single Jewish Parents
Agency for Jewish Education
6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 370
Bloomfield Twp., MI 48301
(248) 645-7860
Fax: (248) 645-7867
E-Mail: siegmann@ajedetroit.org
Contact Person: Lisa Soble Siegmann, JEFF
director
Outreach, programming, resources and support to
single Jewish parents and their families. Programs and
resources include Shabbat dinners, Chanuka
celebration, family camp weekend, lectures,
newsletter, community resource guide and symposium.
JACS (Jewish Alcoholics,
Chemically Dependent Persons
& Significant Others)
Jewish Family Service