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Displaying the grant from the Jewish Fund to Hebrew Free Loan are HFL CEO David Contorer, Deloris Terrell, HFL President Harriet Orley;
and from the Jewish Fund, Chair Karen Sosnick Schoenberg, Executive Director Margo Pernick and Vice Chair Nancy Grosfeld.

Jewish Fund Grants Aid The Community

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t a Nov. 17 board meeting, the
Jewish Fund approved $1,464,197
in grant awards, including
$703,441 for continuation of multi-year
grants and $760,756 in new grants. The
board also re-elected Karen Sosnick
Schoenberg of Birmingham as its chair and
Nancy Grosfeld of Bloomfield Hills as vice
chair.
Newly elected or re-elected board mem-
bers are Leor Barak of Detroit, Michael
Eizelman of Oak Park, Terri Farber of
Farmington Hills, Dan Guyer of Huntington
Woods, Laura Hughes of Detroit, Lawrence
Lax of Bloomfield Hills, Lisa Lis of
Farmington Hills, Joshua Opperer of
Huntington Woods, Marcie Hermelin Orley
of Franklin, Gregg Orley of Bloomfield Hills
and Susie Schechter of Bloomfield Hills.
At the annual meeting held immedi-
ately following the board meeting, this
year’s Robert Sosnick Award of Excellence
was presented to the Hebrew Free Loan
for Project HEAL, an interest-free loan
program designated for health-related
purposes. HFL President Harriet Orley and
Executive Director David Contorer accepted
the award.
The Jewish Fund was established in
1997 from the proceeds of the sale of Sinai
Hospital. The fund continues the tradition
of assuring compassionate care for those in
need through annual grant-making.

NEW GRANTS
Crossroads of Michigan: $6,000 for a
one-year grant to support prescriptions
and medical supplies for underinsured and
uninsured individuals and families.
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit: Up to $150,000 to implement a
community needs assessment to identify
critical health and welfare needs of the local
Jewish community.
Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue:
$100,000 for a one-year grant to support

capital campaign fundraising planning
efforts and to maintain support of the pro-
gram director position.
Kadima: $72,500 for the first year of a
three-year, $205,500 grant to hire a nurse
practitioner to develop an integrated care
model for the agency.
Oakland Integrated Health Care:
$65,000 for the first year of a three-year,
$175,000 grant to expand integrated peri-
natal care by serving underserved and
high-risk women and children.
Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network:
$75,000 for the first year of a three-year,
$225,000 grant to provide clinical support
for Jewish patients with progressive termi-
nal illness.
JVS: $50,000 for a one-year challenge
grant to support programs serving people
with disabilities, as a result of reduced pub-
lic funding.
JVS: $105,706 for a one-year grant to
purchase equipment needed to launch an
electronic recycling program and to build
agency capacity in order to maintain high
mission services.
Moishe Foundation: $11,800 for a one-
year grant to help launch Moishe House in
Detroit.
Starfish Family Services: $40,000 for a
one-year grant to support the organization’s
engagement of a business strategy consul-
tant.
The Guidance Center: $60,000 for the
first year of a three-year, $160,000 grant to
increase capacity to better meet the child
maltreatment and trauma prevention needs
in Detroit/Eastern Wayne County.

CONTINUATION GRANTS
Affirmations: $53,141 for the third year
of a three-year, $158,900 grant to improve
access to quality healthcare for LGBT
people through cultural competency train-
ing targeting nurses and other health care
professionals.

Detroit Central City Community
Mental Health: $60,000 for the third year
of a three-year, $180,000 grant to develop
its expanded health center.
Friendship Circle: $40,000 for the third
year of a three-year, $120,000 grant to
develop an Oak Park satellite location for
activities for children with special needs.
Henry Ford Health System: $50,000
grant for the second year of a three-year,
$150,000 grant to support the Women
Inspired Neighborhood (WIN) Network,
which will lead to improved rates of infant
survival.
Jewish Community Center of
Metropolitan Detroit: $175,000 for the
second year of a three-year, $507,500 grant
to assist with the financial and operational
transition of the organization.
Jewish Family Service: $161,300 for the
second year of a three-year, $486,200 grant
to enhance and grow aging-in-place ser-
vices through assistive technology.
Jewish Family Service: $40,000 for the
second year of a two-year, $94,200 grant to
foster greater cultural competency, accessi-
bility and responsiveness of available social
services targeting the Orthodox Jewish
community.
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit: $23,500 for the third year of a
three-year, $186,000 grant to expand ser-
vices to better serve Jewish day school stu-
dents with special needs.
Mariners Inn: $25,500 for the second
year of a three-year, $87,400 grant to
address issues of young adult homelessness,
along with substance abuse and mental
health.
Wayne County Children’s Access
Program: $25,500 for the second year of
a three-year, $150,000 grant to improve
health outcomes for young children with
asthma.

MICHAEL ALPERT, 88, of
Encino, Calif., died Feb. 8,
2016.
He is survived by his wife,
Vivienne Alpert of Encino;
sisters and brothers-in-law,
Susan and Roberto Rossinove
of Scottsdale, Ariz., Dale and
Jerrold Rubin of Royal Oak;
loving nieces and nephews.
Mr. Alpert was the son of the
late Bettie and the late Robert
Alpert.
Interment was in California.
Contributions may be made
to a charity of one’s choice.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.

JANET
BAKST, 78, of
West
Bloomfield,
died Feb. 9,
2016.
She is
survived by
Bakst
her husband
of 54 years,
Leonard Bakst; son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Marc and Wendy
Bakst of Huntington Woods;
daughters and sons-in-law,
Susan and Jordy Sacksner of
Bloomfield Hills, Cindy and
Mark Weingarten, also of
Bloomfield Hills; grandchil-
dren, Noah, Danny and Chloe
Bakst, Jamie, Evan, Marlee and
Jillian Sacksner, Erin, Merrick
and Tori Weingarten; brother,
Leonard Zucker, and his com-
panion, Shari Dworkis; many
nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Bakst was the dear
sister-in-law of the late Marsha
Zucker, the late Rita and the
late Lawrence Terebelo, and the
late Harriet and the late David
Rogoff.
Interment was at Clover Hill
Park Cemetery. Contributions
may be made to the Multiple
Sclerosis Society of Michigan,
21311 Civic Center Drive,
Southfield, MI 48076; or
to a charity of one’s choice.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.

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