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With their gift, the JCC will continue to provide activities for young
and old, programs for a variety of interests and services for people of
all abilities. In appreciation, the former Maple/Drake facility was
renamed in honor of the Kahns in 1998.
"For Betty and me, having
our names on the JCC
building and knowing that
so many others have
joined in the rebuilding
and endowment of the vital
Jewish Community Center
and Eugene and Marcia
Applebaum Jewish Com-
munity Campus is the high
point of our commitment
of helping others as we
were helped."
Betty and D. Dan Kahn ensure
that the JCC remains a warm,
welcoming place for everyone
in the community
A. Alfred Taubman, center, is flanked by sons Robert, left, and William, right, at the
dedication of the A. Alfred Taubman Jewish Community Campus in 1997. The campus
includes the JCC Jimmy Prentis Morris Building.
When it was dedicated in his honor in July 1997, the A. Alfred
Taubman Jewish Community Campus became a living tribute to one
man's lifetime of philanthropy on behalf of the Jewish community
The campus, which includes the JCC Jimmy Prentis Morris Building,
two Jewish Federation Apartments and Services buildings, a mikvah,
two playgrounds, an amphitheater and The Neighborhood Project,
became a place for bringing people from throughout the adjacent
community together-older adults, new Americans, longtime residents
and families. Highlighting the campus is a specially designed plaza
with flowers, trees and benches, providing a place for quiet reflection
and socializing.
The naming of the campus has historical roots for the Taubman fam-
ily. In 1956, Mr. Taubman's firm constructed the Oak Park JCC. For
more than half a century, the Taubman family has helped enhance the
neighborhood and bring generations together
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D. Dan Kahn wanted to repay the kindness bestowed on him when he
was a lonely 19-year-old teen. When he came to Detroit from Benton
Harbor over 60 years ago, Mr. Kahn was welcomed to the communi-
ty by the Jewish Community Center, then located at Woodward Avenue
and Holbrook Street (the Aaron DeRoy Memorial Building). He later
met and married the former Betty Koss. The two started a family, and
Mr. Kahn founded a business which allowed his family to "grow and
prosper" Now it was time to say thank you.
The Kahns made it possible for others to be welcomed into the coin-
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A strong sense of their Jewish heritage and dedication to preserving
the family and cultural life of the community inspired Eugene and
Marcia Applebaum to give a significant gift to the Jewish community.
Announced in 1999, the Applebaum gift will provide for capital
improvements to agencies located on the northwest quadrant at
Maple and Drake Roads in West Bloomfield. In appreciation for their
generosity, the campus has been named the Eugene and Marcia
Applebaum Jewish Community Campus.
The longtime Jewish and civic communal leaders made their gift in
recognition of the service the campus agencies provide to the family
and cultural life of the Jewish community. Their objective was to
ensure that these services continue well into the future.
According to Robert Aronson, CEO of the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit, the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building of the JCC
is a major beneficiary of the Applebaum gift. "The majority of the cap-
ital campaign is dedicated to additions and improvements at the
Jewish Community Center on the campus. This will enable the com-
pletion of the community center's
transition from its roots as a
health and physical education
facility to a complete center
enhancing all aspects of Jewish
family life in every age group."
Preserving the family and cultural
life of the Jewish community is the
aim of Eugene and Marcia
Applebaum, for whom the West
Bloomfield campus is named.