34 August 29 • 2019 jn jews d in the Fundraiser to Fight Substance Abuse The Jamie Daniels Foundation (JDF), an initiative of the Children’ s Foundation, is preparing for its very first event, The Celebrity Roast of Mickey Redmond, which will take place Sept. 7, at the MotorCity Casino Hotel’ s Sound Board. Mike “Doc” Emerick, TV voice of the NHL on NBC, will serve as the emcee. Local celebrity “roasters” include John Davidson, Scotty Bowman, Ian Bagg, Marcel Dionne, Jim Ralph and Mike Babcock. Several current and former Red Wings players will also be in attendance. The evening event includes both a live and silent auction including a unique, “jersey/ticket” drawing, allow- ing event attendees to get their own Red Wings jersey or set of tickets. The event will close with perfor- mances by the Jake Maurer Band. After 8 p.m. tickets are available to purchase via ticketmaster.com. Tickets include appetizers, drinks and premiere seating. The Jamie Daniels Foundation, which recently received a grant from Michigan State University was estab- lished by FOX Sports Detroit Red Wings play-by-play broadcaster Ken Daniels and his family in honor of his late son, Jamie, to provide education, resources, guidance and support to people battling drug addiction Proceeds raised during The Celebrity Roast of Mickey Redmond will sup- port JDF’ s efforts to end the stigma associated with addiction and provide the guidance and resources needed so that lives can be saved. In collaboration with The Children’ s Foundation, JDF’ s long-term goal is to build a long-term recovery center in Metro Detroit as part of a collaboration with the state of Michigan. A long-term facility will improve access to trustworthy addic- tion treatment and recovery services in Metro Detroit. “We chose to do a roast because Jamie loved to laugh, and there was no better choice than Mickey for our inau- gural Celebrity Roast because he and Jamie had such a special relationship, ” stated JDF co-founder Lisa Daniels- Goldman. “ As sure as this will be a night of laughter, we also want to keep the conversation going regarding sub- stance use disorder. ” Shalom Hartman to Expand Work in Detroit Thanks to a grant from the William Davidson Foundation, Rebecca Starr has been named Midwest manager of the Shalom Hartman Insitute of North America. The funds are also making it possible for rabbis Aaron Starr of Congregation Shaarey Zedek and Ariana Silverman of Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue to participate in Shalom Hartman’ s three-year Rabbinic Leadership Initiative. Because of two new grants of $10 mil- lion each to the Shalom Hartman, its work in Detroit will continue to expand. The new funding for Hartman’ s Detroit presence will focus on develop- ing more community leaders, conduct- ing more research to help the commu- nity tackle local challenges, and funding more campus and communal programs to engage the local Jewish community as well as runs programs that educate Muslim and Christian leaders about Judaism and Israel. The San Francisco-based Koret Foundation just made a $10 million grant. “The Shalom Hartman Institute is elevating the conversation in the Jewish community by encouraging us to live up to our core values, ” said Koret Foundation CEO Jeffrey Farber. “ At this critical time, when much of society is fraught with division and discord, Hartman is empowering communi- ties to solve problems by training and equipping new leaders at a variety of organizations with the means to tackle more local challenges in communities across the country. ” Jim Joseph Foundation, also based in San Francisco, gave Shalom Hartman a $10 million grant as well. The grants make up the majority of a $25 million business plan for the institute, which was founded in 1976 in Jerusalem. Under the leadership of Yehuda Kurtzer, its American branch since 2010 has expanded from a small office in New York to having staff in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Detroit. The grants will expand programs in each of those communities. “We’ re extremely excited about and very grateful for these gifts,” said Rachel Jacoby Rosenfield, the organization’ s executive vice presi- dent. “They enable us to deepen and expand our core work of developing ideas and training thought leaders, as well as to build out our infrastructure in significant ways.” Sailing February 2-9, 2020 TRAVELER PRESENTS JEWS OF THE CARIBBEAN A Holland America Cruise Experience With Rabbi Dr. Mitch Parker & Dr. Jaemi Loeb For information call 248.432.5741 The Jewish Community Center of Metro Detroit