24 February 7 • 2019 jn 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 Hills. ■ jews d in the Bloomberg 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