Securing Our Future

Through the Centennial Fund, Shelley and Joel Tauber
Continue Their Legacy of Support for the Jewish Future

y philanthropic career started when I graduated

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The legacy this has provided for my family is enormous.

from the University of Michigan and immediately

Throughout this journey, the assistance, participation

became involved in the Detroit Jewish Federation. In the

and advice of my wife, Shelley, has been invaluable.

beginning, it was the Junior Division followed by Jewish

My children, who are active in their philanthropic work in

Family Service (JFS), the JCC, the Allied Jewish Campaign

New York, San Diego, Miami and Israel, are an unending

and Federation leadership. With the background and

source of pride. My 10 grandchildren are in the process of

nurturing that I received from our community, I was

learning the true meaning of giving.

fortunate enough to become National Chairman of the

It is extremely important to Shelley and I that our

United Jewish Appeal, founding Chairman of the

Federation continues its lifesaving work, along with the

Executive Board of JFNA and Chairman of Tel Aviv

development of leaders long into the future. There is no

University Friends. Currently, I am trying to elevate the

better way to assure this than to make a Centennial gift to

Israeli Ethiopian Community to have equal opportunities

PACE, where our experienced and dedicated community

along with the rest of Israeli society.

can safely shepherd our funds and make the difficult but

None of this would have been possible without the

critical decisions necessary in a fast-changing world.

guidance and support of the Detroit Jewish community.

With contributions like this, we can feel secure in the

It has provided me with a lifetime of joy and pleasure to

future of not only the Detroit Jewish Community, but for

be able to give back to the community and make a real

Jews everywhere.

difference in people’s lives, whether that be one individual

at a time or 1,200,000 from the Former Soviet Union.

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May 17 • 2018

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