NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 | 7

Through the Centennial Fund,
 Marta and Benjamin Rosenthal 
Continue Their Legacy of Leadership Long into the Future

The extraordinary passion and commitment of our 
communal leaders has been an enduring source of 
strength throughout the history of Jewish Detroit.
 
Marta and Ben Rosenthal represent two such 
leaders;
 both have dedicated themselves to a long 
career of service to the Jewish Federation as well 
as to organizations throughout the community.
 
Among her many roles,
 Marta has been a leader in 
Federation’
s Israel & Overseas (I&O)
 efforts,
 and she 
was instrumental in the development of Detroit’
s 
Partnership2Gether relationship with the Central 
Galilee region.
 Beyond Federation,
 Marta has been 
President of the Sinai Guild as well as the National 
Council for Jewish Women.
 Ben also has been deeply 
involved in Federation’
s I&O work,
 and he recently 
served as President of the United Jewish Foundation,
 
along with numerous other volunteer roles throughout 
Jewish Detroit.
 Reflecting on their deep connection to 
the community,
 Marta says simply: “Detroit’
s a family,
 
and we want to help keep it a family.
”

With that in mind,
 the Rosenthals are establishing a 
Perpetual Annual Campaign Endowment (PACE)
 
through the Centennial Fund,
 the central endowment 
for ensuring the future of our community.
 “I want to 
make sure that we can take care of the people that 
need to be taken care of,
” Ben says.
 “
And that we 
continue to invest in the important things that we’
re 
doing—whatever the future may bring—and to 
continue to support Israel.
” By creating a PACE Fund,
 
Marta and Ben are providing future leaders with the 
greatest flexibility to address the unforeseen needs 
that emerge.
 “Previous leaders had faith in us to make 
the right decisions,
” Marta says,
 “
and our PACE gift 
reflects our faith in future leaders to make the right 
decisions.
” In this way,
 the legacy of Marta and Ben’
s 
commitment and leadership will continue to support 
our Jewish community long into the future.

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