18 | MAY 6 • 2021 

OUR COMMUNITY

J

ewish Senior Life (JSL) 
is celebrating its 28th 
Annual Fundraising 
event, 8 Over 80, on Sunday, 
May 23, at noon. The virtual 
Zoom event will include 
a film about the eight 
honorees. 
The annual event 
celebrates eight remarkable 
people in the community 
over age 80, who have 
demonstrated a lifetime of 
dedication to the Jewish 
value of tikkun olam — 
repairing the world. 
Honorees include Linda 
Brodsky of West Bloomfield, 
a 60-year educator at Temple 
Israel in addition to being 
president of the Sisterhood; 
Emery Grosinger of 
Bloomfield Hills, Holocaust 
survivor, supporter of war 
veterans and a docent at the 
Holocaust Memorial Center; 
Faye Jacobs of Farmington 
Hills, a matchmaker, who 
continues to volunteer at 
Karmanos Cancer Center 
and is active at Beth Shalom; 
Sye Linovitz of West 
Bloomfield, chairman of 
the docent committee at the 
Holocaust Memorial Center 
and fundraising participant 
for the Susan G. Komen 
Breast Cancer Walk; Sy 
Manello of West Bloomfield, 
Jewish News editorial 
assistant and longtime 
“Stories With Sy” volunteer 
at Fleischman Residence 
and Meer Apartments; Janet 
Moses of West Bloomfield, 
former principal at Akiva 

Day School and three-year 
co-chair of the Cancer 
Thrivers Network; Saul 
Saulson of Franklin, 
pharmacologist, inventor 
and 20 year public speaker 
on successful aging; and 
Dr. Lou Soverinsky of 
Bloomfield Hills, a physician 
for 50 years and volunteer at 
the Bernstein Community 
Health Clinic and JSL. 
Proceeds from this event 
assist the older adults in 
the JSL community to live 
fully and help to subsidize 

programs and services that 
enrich their lives.
Ned Specktor of West 
Bloomfield will emcee the 
event.
Jo Rosen, executive 
director of development 
at JSL, believes this year’s 
event has a special group of 
honorees, including the JN’s 
own Sy Manello.
“Everybody stands out in 
a different way,” Rosen said. 
“Sy has been a longtime 
volunteer leader at JSL. A 
wonderful gentleman and 
so well-spoken. He loves 
coming in and telling funny 
stories that get a rise out of 
everybody. He’s also very 
artistic, well-traveled and a 
family man. He doesn’t like 
to talk about himself but he’s 
truly a classy gentleman.
“I want everybody to 
watch and support us 
knowing that in addition 
to these eight people, we’re 
also going to talk about life 
at JSL and how older adults 
are so strong and have 
come through the pandemic 
with such strength,” Rosen 
said. “We’re proud of our 
residents and we appreciate 
the community’s support so 
deeply.”
The deadline for 
sponsorships and ads to 
support the event and 
JSL is May 10. For those 
interested, registration and 
full event details can be 
found at the website 
jslmi.org/8over80. 

JSL honors seniors who strive to “repair the world.”
The Great 8 Over 80

Linda 
Brodsky

Emery 
Grosinger

Sy Manello
Janet 
Moses

Faye 
Jacobs 

Sye 
Linovitz

Saul 
Saulson

Dr. Lou 
Soverinsky

DANNY SCHWARTZ STAFF WRITER

Popular Comedians
to Entertain Kol Ami

The COVID 
pandemic forced 
Temple Kol Ami 
to cancel its pop-
ular Aces Chai 
annual fundraiser 
for the second 
year in a row. 
 But the “next 
best thing” 
exceeds the 
West Bloomfield 
synagogue’s 
original plans. 
Two nationally 
recognized comedians will 
perform a Zoom standup 
comedy routine specifically 
for TKA on Saturday eve-
ning, May 22.
Todd Glass and Chip 
Chantry will team up for the 
night of laughs. Glass, who 
will prerecord his routine, 
has appeared many times on 
Jimmy Kimmel Live and The 
Tonight Show Starring Jimmy 
Fallon. Chantry has opened 
for Glass, Bob Saget, Dave 
Chappelle and Robert Klein.
Zoom-link tickets can be 
purchased by calling the 
temple at (248) 661-0040. 
Prices are $50 per person 
($36 for those 36 years old 
and younger) and $100 per 
household. Also available are 
$360 and $600 special pack-
ages.
Kol Ami will also have auc-
tion items available to bid on 
through a bidding app. The 
auction will go live the week 
of the event, and the date and 
app information will be post-
ed on the temple’s Facebook 
page. 

Todd Glass 

Chip 
Chantry

