SECURING OUR FUTURE

Through the Centennial Fund, Rosalie z"/ and Sol Kaufman z"/
Leave A Legacy of Commitment at Tamarack Camps

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osalie and Sol Kaufman worked hard their entire

The Centennial Fund is the central campaign for ensuring

lives, and together provided a yerushe to our

the long-term security of Jewish Detroit, and will support

Detroit Jewish community which will keep their

Jewish educational and identity-building programs for

memories alive for decades to come. Sol, a pharmacist,

our young people, including Jewish camp experiences.

operated a variety store in Royal Oak, working side-

Although they had no children of their own, Sol and

by-side with his loving wife. Later, Rosalie worked as

Rosalie will live on in the hearts of hundreds of Jewish

a bookkeeper at Akiva Hebrew Day School, where she

children whose lives will be changed by their summers

was an integral part of the school for 14 years until her

at camp. They will wear the Kaufman name on their

retirement. Sol died in 2005 and Rosalie in 2013.

t-shirts and will sing about them in their camp songs—

Motivated by a desire to make a difference in our

a fitting tribute to two individuals who cared deeply

community, Rosalie provided a major bequest which,

about their Jewish community and wanted to make a

through the Federation Centennial Fund, will be used

lasting difference in the lives of future generations.

at Tamarack Camps' Camp Maas in Ortonville to

renovate a village and rename it the Sol & Rosalie

Kaufman Village.

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OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT

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