24 February 7 • 2019
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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

