Securing Our Future

Jack A. (z”l) and Aviva Robinson’s Centennial Gift
Supports Those in Need, Young and Old

ack A. (z”l) and Aviva Robinson are known as two of our

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a dignified, comfortable place for the community’s older

community’s most committed leaders and supporters.

members was something that both Jack and Aviva felt was

Throughout their lives, the Robinsons cared deeply about

important as a way to pay back what that generation had done

Jewish Detroit as well as the greater Detroit community. In

for the ones that came after them.” They also had a deep history

addition to being major benefactors of many of our local

with Tamarack Camps, having funded the renovation of what

cultural institutions—including the Detroit Institute of Arts

is now Robinson Pioneer Village, which has a unique emphasis

and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra—Jack and Aviva have

on camping and outdoor living. “That commitment was a

been leading philanthropists in the local Jewish community.

recognition of the huge role that the camp plays in developing

Together, their vision and generosity have made a profound

local Jewish leaders, in fostering Jewish identity and in bringing

difference in the lives of countless individuals, but especially

young people together in a setting that creates lifelong

the old and the young, our Jewish seniors and children.

connections, friendships and even marriages. All three of Jack

Now, with the establishment of the Robinson Centennial

and Aviva’s daughters were Tamarack kids and so were many

Fund, the couple’s legacy will continue long into the future.

of their grandchildren.” The gift is specifically designated for

Guided by the Robinsons’ children, the Fund will support

capital needs, recognizing that these critical projects are often

capital needs at Jewish Senior Life (JSL) as well as at the

the most difficult to fund. In every way, the Robinson Centennial

Robinson Pioneer Village at Tamarack Camps.

Fund will continue Jack and Aviva’s remarkable legacy of both

vision and generosity in our community.

“Jack's mother and brother both were long-time residents

at JSL facilities,” recall the Robinsons’ children. “Providing

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