DIGEST

Jewish Fund Grants

Nearly $2 million is awarded to improve
health in Metro Detroit.

t its Dec. 8 board meeting, the
Jewish Fund approved
$1,991,796 in grant payments
for 16 primarily health-related pro-
grams, with some grants payable over
two or three years.
A three-year, $285,000 grant to City
Year Detroit will support a pilot program
in partnership with Henry Ford Health
System to improve the nutrition and
physical fitness of elementary school
children in the Detroit Public Schools.
"Obesity is considered to be a public
health threat on par with tobacco use
and rates have almost doubled among
young children in the past few decades:'
said newly elected Jewish Fund Chair
Robert Naftaly. "City Year is the ideal
organization to pilot this program as
they have been volunteering in the
Detroit schools for the past six years and
have earned the respect and trust of the
school administrators, students and -
families."
Some $339,900 in grants will benefit
the Detroit Medical Center, including
$289,900 for Sinai-Grace Hospital to
purchase state-of-the-art equipment and
$50,000 to Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital
from the Alfred L. and Bernice R.
Deutsch Fund for a new, annual confer-
ence on perinatal loss.
Following is a complete listing of the
dollars allocated and purposes of the lat-
est awards:

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• City Year (Detroit): $285,000 over three
years to develop an obesity prevention
program in the Detroit Public Schools.

• Jewish Apartments and Services (JAS),
Jewish Family Service (JFS), Kadima
(West Bloomfield, Oak Park and
Southfield): $674,000 in continued sup-
port to provide in-home support servic-
es to more than 700 frail older adults so
that they may continue to live as inde-
pendently as possible in their own
homes.
• Jewish Community Center-JVS (West
Bloomfield and Southfield): $53,000 over •
three years to develop a summer recre-
ational and vocational program for older
teens with special needs.

• Jewish Community Council-Kids
Kicking Cancer (Detroit): $100,000 to
continue a new program that uses mar-

tial arts to empower Detroit Public
Schools students who may be at risk of
substance abuse and violent behavior.

• Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit (Bloomfield Hills): $10,000 to
continue an intergenerational program"
in the supplemental religious schools.

• Jewish Home and Aging Services-JVS
(West Bloomfield and Southfield):
$274,896 in continued support for the
Brown Adult Day Care Program.

• Michigan AIDS Fund (Southfield):
$25,000 for one year to develop a new
public engagement initiative.

• New Detroit (Detroit): $90,000 over two
years to develop a program to enhance
relationships among emerging leaders in
the Jewish and African-American com-
munities and other communities of
color in partnership with the Jewish
Community Council.
• Rose Hill Center (Holly): $60,000 over
two years to develop a health and fitness
program for adults with mental illness.

• St. Joseph Mercy Hospital-JFS (Pontiac,
West Bloomfield and Oak Park): $30,000
to continue the Healthy Start program.

• United Way for Southeastern Michigan
(Detroit): $50,000 for one year to sup-
port the new 211 resource line.

• DMC/Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital
(Commerce): $50,000 from the Alfred L.
and Bernice R. Deutsch Fund for the first
annual HUGS conference for bereaved
parents.
• DMC/Sinai-Grace Hospital (Detroit):
$100,000 to purchase beds and monitors
for the Nephrology Department.

• DMC/Sinai-Grace Hospital: $22,500
over 3 years from the Bernard L. Maas
Fund for the annual Maas Lecture.

• DMC/Sinai-Grace Hospital: $100,000 to
purchase a digital mobile imaging sys-
tem for use in vascular surgery.

• DMC/Sinai-Grace Hospital: $67,400 to
purchase three infant ventilators.
The Jewish Fund was created in 1996
from proceeds of the sale of Sinai
Hospital to the Detroit Medical Center
and has since awarded $30 million in
grants to expand health and services to
residents of Metropolitan Detroit. ❑

Rabbi Addresses
Domestic Abuse

Domestic abuse is a serious problem
in the Jewish community. An esti-
mated one in five women lives a life
of fear.
To break the silence and end the
violence, Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski,
a nationally
recognized
expert in
the fields of
chemical
dependen-
cy and
domestic
abuse, will
lead a dis-
cussion on
"Abusive
Behaviors
Rabbi Twerski
in Jewish
Families," 7
p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 11, at the Jewish
Community Center in West
Bloomfield.
The following morning, Thursday,
Jan. 12, Rabbi Twerski will conduct a
special.training for clergy and direct-
care providers of people in abusive
relationships. The 9 a.m. workshop
will take place at the Jewish Family
Service Orley Family Building in
West Bloomfield. Reservations are
required.

An estimated

one in five

women lives a

life of fear.

.Rabbi Twerski is the founder and
medical director emeritus of Gateway
Rehabilitation Center, a not-for-profit
drug and alcohol treatment system in
western Pennsylvania. .A frequent lec-
turer on a broad range of topics,
including stress, self-esteem and
spiritualit, as well as chemical
dependency, Rabbi Twerski is author
of 40 books, including "Shame
Bourne In Silence— Spouse Abuse in
the Jewish Community."
His talks, co-sponsored by Jewish
Family Service, the Daniel B. Sobel
Friendship House, and National

Council of Jewish Women, are support-
ed by a grant from the Jewish Women's
Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit. ❑

For information, contact
Ellen Yashinsky-Chute at
Jewish Family Service,
(248) 592-2666 or
eyashinsky@jfsdetroit.org .

Yad Ezra Board

Yad Ezra, Michigan's only kosher food
pantry, recently held elections for the
executive committee and board of
directors for 2006. Elected were Paul
Finkel, president; Allan Sefton, Richard
Simtob and Seymour Greenstein, vice
presidents; Nancy Kleinfeldt, secretary;
Ken Bernard, treasurer; and Ruth
Kahn, immediate past president.
Serving on the board of directors for
2006 will be Nancy Baron, Jim
Bellinson, William Berlin, Warren
Brasch. Rosalind Fink, Jennifer Z.
Goodbinder, Elizabeth Guz, Jeff Katz,
Brenda Kepes, Judy Kepes, Jim Ketai,
Leslie Kleiman, Ellen Labes, Susie
Pappas, Lisa Kirsch Satawa, Amy
Schlussel, Shayna Silverman, Bert
Stein, June Stillman, Ben Waxenberg,
Gwen Weiner, Jane Weiner, Arthur
Weinfeld, Sanford Wexler and Steve
Wolk. YAD liaison is Alan Reiter.
Advisory board appointees include
Susie Citrin, Sharon Hart, James
Hooks, Joel Jacob, Emery Klein, Sally
Krugel, Robert Schechter, Rabbi A.
Irving Schnipper, Howard Tapper and
Sylvia Walker.

'Secrets Unveiled'

Adat Shalom Synagogue will offer a
lunch and learn series on Thursdays,
Jan. 12, 19 and 26. Rabbi Herbert
Yoskowitz will speak about "Secrets
Unveiled: Miqua'ot Gedolot."
Classes will run noon-1:15 p.m.
There is a $10 per session fee, which
includes lunch. The community is wel-
come.
Lunch and learn is sponsored by the
Adat Shalom Adult Study Commission.
To attend, call Charlotte Fiszbein,
(248) 851-5100, by the Thursday prior
to each program.

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