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ran Broder was very close to
her late mother-in-law, Dorothy
Broder, who taught art and pho-
tography at Oak Park High School. After
the elderly woman needed placement in
a care facility, the family turned to the
Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network
for spiritual support.
Rabbinical visits were not necessarily
known by the woman needing round-
the-clock attention, but they were very
much appreciated by the Broder family.
“It gave us comfort that she was being
watched over,” says Fran Broder, inspired
by the teacher’s career and now into her
own design career innovating faux fur
clothing and accessories through Faux
Furever and moving into transitional
wear using other materials.
When jewelry designer Linda Golden
asked Broder to be part of the fourth
annual Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy
Network (JHCN) Art Event to benefit
the organization, Broder was quick to
accept and adapt display ideas learned
through eight years of participating in
the One of a Kind Show in Chicago.
“I would have been part of this event
even if I didn’t have this direct experi-
ence,” says Broder, self-taught in wear-
ables and working with seamstresses to
put together the jackets, scarves and hats

LEFT TO RIGHT: A faux fur scarf by
Fran Broder. Ceramics by Shifra Zeiler.
Jewelry by Linda Golden.

Art For
Good

The annual Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy
ncy
Network Art Event keeps on growing.
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SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
RITER

details

The Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network Art
Event will be held 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14,
and noon-4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15. For directions
and information, call (248) 592-2687.

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she envisions. “What this hospice pro-
gram does is so important for patients
and their families.”
Golden, a jewelry artist who valued
the spiritual attention given to her late
sister-in-law by the Jewish hospice initia-
tive, makes a very special commitment
to this annual event, which she helped
launch.
Golden, who also established a
far-reaching career as an interior design-
er, moves out furniture in her home and
lets the artists take over the space, each
artist with an individual station. More
than 200 visitors stopped by in 2017,
making purchases or donations while
browsing. The event has raised more
than $20,000 since its 2015 inception.
“Some visitors buy what is shown, and
others just write a check,” she says.
This year’s show and sale runs Sunday-
Monday, Oct. 14-15, and features 13
artists.
“We’re blessed to have amazing artists
of all kinds contributing 20 percent of
their proceeds to our hospice program,”
says Rabbi Joseph Krakoff, JHCN senior
director and author of Never Long
Enough: Finding Comfort and Hope
Amidst Grief and Loss, available at the
event.
Golden, who met with the artists in
preparing for the