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32 | MAY 14 • 2020 

here’s to

Debra Zivian of 
West Bloomfield 
has been elected 
to the National 
Kidney Founda-
tion of Michigan 
volunteer Board 
of Directors. She is a teacher con-
sultant for the hearing-impaired 
and a longtime NKFM volunteer. 
She has been involved with the 
NKFM, specifically the Kidney Walk 
at the Detroit Zoo, for over 10 
years. Inspired by her son Danny, 
who has chronic kidney disease, 
she has been a steadfast support-
er of the NKFM. 

Hygieia, a Livonia-based health 
tech company for insulin man-
agement, is adding to its roster 
as the population of people 
with Type 2 diabetes who need 
insulin grows. Hygieia’
s d-Nav 
Insulin Management System uses 
artificial intelligence and patented 
technology to help people manage 
blood sugar levels. Veteran local 
health care executive Robert 
Frank, M.D., has joined Hygieia 
as chief medical officer where he 

will help connect the d-Nav system 
with physicians, health plans and 
health systems, both locally and 
nationally. Dr. Frank is a cardiac 
surgeon. The d-Nav clinic sites are 
in Livonia, Sterling Heights, Allen 
Park or Sylvan Lake. A fifth site 
in the Detroit Medical Center will 
open this spring.

Hillel of Metro 
Detroit an-
nounced that 
Sarah Timlin 
has been chosen 
as the recipient 
of the 2020 
Direnfeld Family Scholarship. She 
is in her junior year at Wayne State 
University studying economics. 
Sarah is an Applebaum Family 
Engagement Intern at Hillel of 
Metro Detroit. The Direnfeld Family 
Scholarship is awarded annually 
to an undergraduate or graduate 
student currently enrolled in a 
Metropolitan Detroit university on 
the basis of academic strength, 
need, service to the community, 
and Hillel of Metro Detroit involve-
ment.

Benjamin 
Francis has been 
named a recipient 
of the Serling 
Institute for 
Jewish Studies 
and Modern 
Israel Student Achievement 
Award for 2020. He is working 
on a dual major in political theory 
and constitutional democracy at 
James Madison College, as well 
as finance at the Broad College of 
Business as he minors in Jewish 
studies. Although only a junior, he 
has already completed the minor 
with 28 credits of JS content 
courses and plans to have 31 such 
credits after next fall. 

Alan 
Reinstein’
s
paper “Self-
Regulatory Peer 
Review as a 
Mechanism for 
Audit Quality: A 
Synthesis of the Literature” earned 
the Best Paper Award [out of more 
than 50 submitted papers] at the 
2020 annual meeting of the North 

American Accounting Society, held 
recently in Chicago.

Jessica Goldberg, 18, of Farm-
ington Hills is one of Michigan’
s 
top youth volunteers for 2020. She 
was recognized for outstanding 
volunteer service 
during the 25th 
annual and 
first-ever virtual 
Prudential Spirit 
of Community 
Awards national 
recognition celebration. She has 
been given $2,500 to donate to-
ward the local COVID-19 response 
efforts of a nonprofit organiza-
tion of her choice. These funds 
come in addition to a $1,000 
scholarship and engraved silver 
medallion. Goldberg, a senior at 
North Farmington High School, is 
the founder of Sib4Sib, a support 
network for the siblings of people 
who struggle with mental health or 
have developmental or cognitive 
differences. 

D

uring this critical time of crisis 
for nonprofit organizations and 
Metro Detroit, the Jewish Fund 
recently approved $600,000 in new urgent 
needs grants addressing the impact of 
COVID-19 on the community. The Fund 
is supporting the Jewish Federation’
s 
Emergency COVID-19 campaign with 
a grant of $500,000. Funds will support 
physical and mental health, food access, 
emergency financial support, in-home 

support and necessary transportation.
The Fund will consider additional 
financial support of urgent and recov-
ery needs in the coming months.
Additionally, the Jewish Fund 
approved grants for food access 
to Project Healthy Community, 
Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Lighthouse 
and Forgotten Harvest and grants for 
personal protective equipment and 
tele-health to Freedom House, Hope 

Recuperative Care Center and Covenant 
Community Care.
The Jewish Fund’
s Teen Board 
approved an additional $100,000 to 
support urgent and ongoing needs for 
nonprofits throughout the community.
Multi-year grants to continue needed 
human service programs continue to be 
supported through approved grants of 
more than $925,000. 

The Jewish Fund Awards New Grants

