‘44Vr N DS HURRICANE KATRI NA TO Helping Hand The Jewish Fund supports three new programs. HARRY MRS BAUM Staff Writer T - he Jewish Fund, created in 1996 from the proceeds of the sale of Sinai Hospital to the Detroit Medical Center, announced $970,000 in grants this year that will benefit 16 health and human service agencies in metropolitan Detroit. Included in the grants are programs to reach across cultural lines, give sup- port to Holocaust survivors and pro- vide programs for Orthodox seniors. • Grants totaling $20,000 will go to the National Conference for Community and Justice for a program that will send middle school students in the Detroit metropolitan area to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Shalom Street at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield, the Museum of African American History in Detroit and the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn. The program "provides a way for youngsters to learn about other cul- tures by going to these museums," said Daniel Krichbaum, NCCJ executive director. The first-year goal is to take students from about 40 middle schools on tours of all four museums, followed by classroom discussions. "The Jewish Fund money will help us hire a coordinator who will work with middle schools in Oakland, Wayne and Macomb counties," said Krichbaum. "Middle school is a time when biases and prejudices haven't yet been formed. It's a good time for a human relations organization like the NCCJ to help them understand and respect people who are different from them." • Over three years, $60,000 in grants will provide in-home services for Holocaust survivors, including Yad V'yad (Hand-in-Hand), which gives psycho-social support to survivors at home, said Dr. Charles Silow, director of the Jewish Home and Aging Services Program for Holocaust Survivors and Families. The plan is to train a core of volun- teer paraprofessionals to visit Holocaust survivors who are shut-ins or ill, who are feeling lonely or depressed and need companionship or friendship, he said. "We'll be writing a training manual and conducting training sessions for volunteers to become paraprofession- als," he said. "We'll be identifying sur- vivors in need and arrange matches with volunteers." • A three-year $52,000 grant will assist a program that provides healthy Orthodox seniors the opportunity to attend classes, work out and enroll in volunteer projects. A new program called the Council of Orthodox Jewish Active Retirees (COJAR) will work together with the Jewish Community Center in Oak Park to provide physical fitness and craft classes, Jewish and cultural classes and a volunteer component beginning Nov. 1, said Esther Posner, COJAR chairperson. A sample daily schedule will offer crafts and separate workouts for men and women in the morning, a kosher lunch followed by two cultural or Jewish lectures by Orthodox teachers, followed by Minchah prayers, and ending with a volunteer activity. The schedule will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the cost will be $100 a year. It also requires at least a $72 annual cultural member- ship at the JCC, said Posner. "The Jewish Fund is allowing us to keep the cost really manageable for most people." "A Taste of COJAR," a one-day kick off event, will be held 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 20 at the JCC in Oak Park. Contact Sarah Berkowitz, (248) 967- 4030. an evening to support the UJC Humanitarian Relief Fund Thursday ■ September 22 is 7p at 139 S. Old Woodward ■ Birmingham nEntorr =WISE NEWS JN FEDERATION'S YAD YOUNG ADULT DIVISION ADONAI DiAD One Lora THANK GOD FOR ISRAEL LUNCHEON DATE: Sunday, November 6, 2005 TIME: 1:00 P.M.— 3:00 PM. PLACE: Novi Sheraton, 21111 Haggerty Road (north of Eight Mile) TOPIC: WHY ITHANK GOD FOR ISRAEL Speakers will be Rev.Terry Rudd, Rev. Bob Shirock, and Rev. Peter Carlson. This complimentary luncheon is sponsored by area evangelical churches, including Highland Park Baptist Church, Southfield; Oakpointe Church, Novi; and First Baptist Church,White Lake. For reservations, contact Tim Munger at 248-661-7533 or 248-730-2566. CwQ Kosher meals are available if requested by Monday, October 31. 1015610 9/15 2005 33