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“Carol Rosenberg is an icon,” says
Matt Lester, immediate past president
of Jewish Senior Life of Metropolitan
Detroit. “She epitomizes everything
good in a Jewish communal profes-
sional and, yet, she is so unique. There
is no one like her — not even close.
What an honor it has been for me to
work with her and to learn from her.”
Son Paul Rosenberg, a music man-
ager for rap superstar Eminem and
other artists, says it was his early days
with his mom that provided his first
brush with fame.
“Since I was a child, going out in
public in Detroit and its surrounding
suburbs was like having a celebrity
mother,” he says. “She is known by all,
and everyone always has a kind word
to say about how much she means to
our Jewish community in Detroit and
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CHANGING ROLES
Through the years, Carol Rosenberg has
grown with Jewish Senior Life and held
a number of increasingly prominent
roles. In 1983, she added administra-
tor of the Fleischman Residence to her
program director duties. The following
year, she was appointed associate direc-
tor of Jewish Home for Aged.
In 2005, Carol was named execu-
tive director of Jewish Home & Aging
Services. Four years later, she led a
merger between Jewish Home & Aging
Services and Jewish Apartments &
Services and became co-executive
director of Jewish Senior Life. Over the
last six years, Rosenberg has served
as director of the JSL Foundation,
while continuing to oversee and man-
age aging services programs, support
services, marketing and communica-
tions, community outreach and special
events. She has received numerous local
and national awards.
“Carol is a jewel and she has set the
bar very high for all of us,” Lester says.
“There is tremendous pressure on many
of us as she retires to
maintain the stan-
dard she has set. She
may be retiring soon,
but she will continue
to be a force for good
in our Jewish com-
munity. I personally
intend to call on her
Matt Lester
regularly and col-
laborate wherever
possible to continue to benefit from her
wisdom and love for Jewish seniors.”
Fran Victor, who has spent the last
three years as chief development officer
at JVS, will assume Rosenberg’s role in
the coming months. For many years,
Victor’s video production company
Evolution Media, formerly known as

Victor/Harder Productions, produced
videos for a wide variety of Jewish
nonprofits includ-
ing JARC, Jewish
Family Service,
JVS, Federation and
Jewish Senior Life.
“I am deeply hon-
ored to be following
in the footsteps of the
larger-than-life Carol
Fran Victor
Rosenberg,” Victor
says. “I have long
admired her profes-
sionalism, kindness and brilliant spirit.
There is only one Carol Rosenberg, and
I am humbled to succeed her in help-
ing to evolve Jewish Senior Life and the
services it provides to seniors in our
community.”
Rosenberg will work with Victor for
the next few months during the transi-
tion. After that, she’ll be spending more
time with her husband, David Elliston,
and their blended family of four chil-
dren, Amy, Matthew, Paul and Douglas,
their spouses, and seven grandchil-
dren. A fifth child, David’s son Charlie,
passed away several years ago.
“It’s really hard to believe she’s actu-
ally finally retiring,” says Rosenberg’s
daughter, Amy Rosenberg, an adminis-
trative law judge for the Social Security
Administration in East Lansing. “When
my son was born 13 years ago, she told
me she was going to retire soon to help
me take care of the baby.
“I think [this role] has been very
important to her because her nature
is to be a caregiver, and she loves the
people there so much, and I know that
she knows they love her — they recip-
rocate that love.”
During a recent walk through
the Fleischman Residence in West
Bloomfield, Carol stopped to hug,
talk to and greet everyone she passed,
including a 100-year-old woman who
was walking down the hall.
“Isn’t she gorgeous?” Rosenberg
says. “Oh, goodness. I’ve known her
for such a long time.”
Carol’s son Matthew Rosenberg says,
“Our mother has the amazing ability to
focus right in when talking to someone
and making them feel like he or she is
the most special person in the world.
“She has such a tremendous heart
and her caring for other people is
a genuine trait. She has passed this
down to my sister, brother and me and
we have begun passing it down to our
children.”

STARSTUDDED SENDOFF
A star-studded send-off to celebrate
Carol’s nearly four decades of service
will take place Oct. 13 at Royal Oak
Music Theater starring actress, come-

