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JSL Cuts

'Need to change' cited as
exec, COO, PR man let go at
Jewish Apartments & Services.

Alan Hitsky

Associate Editor

ewish Apartments & Services
(JA&S) Executive Director
Marsha Goldsmith Kamin,
who had served in that
position for the five-
building agency for 191/2
years, was released from
her position on Aug. 26
without advance notice.
At the same time,
Jewish Senior Life, the
new agency that has
incorporated the Oak
Park-based JA&S and
the West Bloomfield-
Marsha Gold
based Jewish Home &
Kamin
Aging Services, released
Risa Britten, JA&S chief operat-
ing officer for 15 years, and Pete
Wurdock, JA&S director of communi-
cations for 91/2 years.
When contacted by the Jewish
News, Goldsmith Kamin was reluc-
tant to comment. She confirmed that
she had not been given notice about
her release. "I have no thoughts about
the future she said. "I'll have to give
it some thought and then figure it
out."
Goldsmith Kamin had over-
seen JA&S growth through several
building and remodeling projects
and the 2008 fire that destroyed
the Hechtman I building in West
Bloomfield.
Both Goldsmith Kamin and Carol
Rosenberg, executive director and
30-year employee of Jewish Home &
Aging Services, had applied for the
executive director position of the new
Jewish Senior Life (JSL). The agency
hired Rochelle Upfal for that position,
and Upfal took over in June.
JA&S and Jewish Home employ-
ees contacted about the releases
referred all questions to Upfal. Upfal
asked the Jewish News to contact
Fred Blechman, chairman of the JSL
board.
"We are definitely going forward in
a good way:' Blechman said last week,
"but that doesn't mean that things
were not good before. But there
comes a time for all agencies that a

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change is needed."
He said JSL will ask current staff to
fulfill the duties of Goldsmith Kamin,
Britten and Wurdock, "and then we
will re-evaluate responsibilities to see
what our needs are in the future."
He said there was "no
crisis, no anything" that
led to the change.
In a written state-
ment, Blechman wrote:
"Marsha's guidance and
leadership were instru-
mental in building our
senior communities. She
helped create the founda-
tion that enabled us to
merge Jewish Apartments
& Services and Jewish
Home & Aging Services
and expand the services we offer
moving forward.
"Risa played a significant role in
building our senior communities
and in the development of JCare. She
served our organization with dedica-
tion and vision.
"The Executive Committee, on
behalf of the board, administra-
tors, staff, residents and community
at large, expresses its gratitiude to
Marsha and Risa for their many
contributions to our agency and the
Jewish community of Metropolitan
Detroit ..."
Going forward, Blechman said, "we
will continueto develop the new mis-
sion statement for Jewish Senior Life
— to enhanCe the quality of life for
seniors in our community."
Wurdock said he was given "about
30-seconds' notice" before his release.
He said he loved nonprofit work and
he would like to stay in the com-
munal field. "The Jewish community
has been great to me ... I'm looking
forward to whatever life brings."
He added, "It was an honor to be
given the creative freedom from
Marsha to transform our beloved
Eight Over Eighty from a small com-
munity gathering into a sold-out
event, year after year. It helped define
the commitment JAS had to build-
ing our senior adult community, and
I felt the reciprocation of those it
touched times 18 or 36!"

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