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Bloomberg To Be Jewish Hospice Applebaum Fellow
The Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy
Network (JHCN) has named Marianne
Bloomberg an Applebaum Fellow for the
agency. During 2019, she will help
communicate JHCN’
s mission,
vision and values throughout the
community.
The Applebaum Fellows
Program, a centerpiece of
Applebaum Family Philanthropy,
provides opportunities for young
people to inspire entrepreneurship, inde-
pendence, leadership and well-being.
Becoming the first Applebaum Fellow
is very meaningful to Bloomberg. Her
sister Carole Lasser was a JHCN cli-
ent in 2015. JHCN helped Bloomberg
and her family during Carole’
s final
months on hospice. After Carole’
s
death, Bloomberg’
s parents, Jacqueline
and Myron Milgrom, began the Carole
Jo Lasser (z”l) Music Fund at JHCN
so future clients would benefit from
personalized, interactive visits that pro-
vide comfort and enrich the lives of their
clients through music.
“We deeply appreciate all of the lead-
ership support provided by Applebaum
Family Philanthropy. The engagement of
Marianne Bloomberg as our Applebaum
Fellow is a special opportunity that ful-
fills a commitment we share of
enriching lives and simultaneously
build a stronger Jewish commu-
nity,
” said JHCN Senior Director
Rabbi Joseph H. Krakoff.
Bloomberg is associate director
of philanthropic engagement at
the Detroit Jewish Federation,
where she is instrumental in a variety
of leadership development programs,
community engagement activities and
fundraising efforts for the Annual
Campaign. She began her 25-year career
in Jewish communal work at Federation.
In 1997, Bloomberg became develop-
ment director for her alma mater, Hillel
Day School. She continued her career at
the Anti-Defamation League, Michigan
Region, before returning to Federation
in 2005.
Marianne is married to Robert
Bloomberg. They have two children,
Allison and Will, and live in Farmington
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JWV/Auxiliary Members Bring Cheer
Detroit-area
Jewish War
Veterans and
Women’
s
Auxiliary
members at the
Battle Creek VA
Medical Center
On Christmas Day, Detroit-area
Jewish War Veterans (JWV) and
the Women’
s Auxiliary made the
annual Mitzvah Day chartered bus
trek across the state to bring holi-
day greetings and companionship
to patients at the Battle Creek VA
Medical Center. Approximately 75
veterans, ages 22 to 80, enjoyed the
companionship of the JWV for a
holiday lunch celebration and bingo
party.
As usual, they arrived with gifts
including fresh fruit, candy and
clothing. Dr. Ed Hirsch, commander
of JWV Department of Michigan,
and Art Fishman, senior vice com-
mander, were among the JWV lead-
ership joining fellow post members
to help ensure no guest left emp-
ty-handed.
“The Jewish War Veterans have
been visiting our veterans in Battle
Creek over the holidays since the end
of World War II,” says therapist Scott
Ferguson, the medical center’
s super-
visor. “The holidays can be a difficult
time for some of our veterans.
“With this visit, each and every
year, the JWV brightens the holidays
and is a testament to the dedication
they have to their fellow veterans.”
— Alan Muskovitz, Contributing Writer
The National Museum of American
Jewish History (NMAJH) announced
a gift from the Eugene Applebaum
Family Foundation to support two full-
time Applebaum Family Interns for the
Summer of 2019. The gift will provide
funds to qualified applicants who
reside in or attend a college or uni-
versity in Michigan. Both interns will
receive $4,000 stipends for the 10-week
program.
“This is an exciting opportuni-
ty for Michigan college students to
experience working in a Smithsonian
Affiliate museum on Independence
Mall in Philadelphia,” said Judith
Finkel and Ethel Weinberg, NMAJH’
s
academic liaisons. “Our interns, who
work in every department in the muse-
um and attend a weekly seminar, have
the wonderful opportunity to learn
how a nonprofit cultural organization
works.”
Internships are available across many
departments, including administration,
curatorial, development, education,
facilities rental and events planning,
group services, marketing and com-
munications, public programs and
retail/operations. Summer interns also
participate in a weekly seminar, which
includes presentations by museum
staff, field trips and career workshops.
To learn more about internships and
the application process, visit: NMAJH.
org/Internship.
National Museum of American
Jewish History Seeking Interns
Danny Turns 100
The JN’
s own Danny Raskin celebrated
his 100th birthday at Steven Lelli’
s Inn
on the Green with family and friends.
Here he is with Florine Mark and his
son, Scott Raskin.
High School
Writing Competition
The Cohn-Haddow Center for
Judaic Studies at Wayne State
University is holding its fourth
annual High School Writing
Competition. It is open to ninth
through twelfth grade students
in the Metro Detroit area, who
will have a chance to win a $500
cash prize, and $100 prizes for
honorable mentions, for a best
original work of poetry, prose,
or non-fiction that deals with
an aspect of Jewish culture and
Jewish life, past and present.
To see past competition win-
ners, guidelines, rules and sug-
gested themes, and where to sub-
mit entries, go to judaicstudies.
wayne.edu/writingcompetition.
php. Deadline for submissions is
March 1.
Jewish Fund Grant to Judson Center
Judson Center has a new website, judsoncenter.org. The 95-year-old
multi-county human service agency providing autism programs, behavioral
health services, child and family services including foster care and adoption,
and employment services for the disabled funded the new website through a
grant from the Jewish Fund.
MARK ZARKIN