MAY 27 • 2021 | 19

T

he Jewish 
Federation of 
Metropolitan 
Detroit and JARC 
held a vaccine clinic 
at the Federation 
building on Thursday, 
May 13. The clinic 
took place the day 
after federal regulators 
expanded authorization 
for the use of Pfizer-
BioNTech’s coronavirus 
vaccine in children ages 
12-15. 
The clinic was open to 
anybody but was aimed at 
12-to-15-year-olds. 
JARC has been holding 
clinics, especially for the 
people they serve, since 
January. Jacob Allen, 
associate director of 
philanthropy for JARC, said 
Federation has been gracious 
in letting them use their 
space. 
“As soon as we were done 
with all of our persons 
served and staff, we said, 
‘Hey, we’re really good at 
this. Why don’t we keep it 
going?’” Allen said. 
“So, we partnered with 
Federation and Oakland 
County and a bunch of other 
organizations to allow us to 
keep going and, every couple 
weeks, we have about 500 
people.”
The clinic was held from 9 
a.m. to 7 p.m. Steven Ingber, 
Federation’s CEO, said there 
were people waiting 30 
minutes before the clinic 
started.
“It feels like you’re a part 
of the solution now,” Ingber 

said. “We’re not 
going to get 
through this 
without this. 
We’re not medical 
professionals, so 
this is our way of helping the 
system get better.” 
Allen added, “Both 
Federation and JARC, we 
like to say when we see a 
problem, we try and fix it. 
This is our way of doing our 
best to get through this.”
Both Ingber and Allen 
noted many people are happy 
to get the vaccine through 
this kind of collaboration 
due to a familiar comfort 
the organizations provide, 
as opposed to going to a 
pharmacy or large football 
stadium.
Organizations injecting the 
doses at the clinic included 
Tamarack Camps, namely 
Tamarack’s Camp Maas 
Health Director Jennifer 
Feinberg. 
Ivy Findling, a teenager 
receiving her first dose at the 
clinic, said the shot was “so 
easy.” Findling is grateful the 
organizations came together 

to put the clinic on.
“I think it’s amazing 
they’re helping make 
everything safe and go back 
to normal,” Findling said. 
The clinic offered the 
Pfizer vaccine, which means 
patients will return for their 
second dose on June 3. The 
collaboration continued on 
May 20 with another clinic, 
allowing teens and other 
at-risk individuals to get 
the vaccine if they couldn’t 
attend the week prior. 
Ingber said the clinic 
represented a sense of relief 
and happiness, and that the 
community is heading in a 
positive direction.
“I’m not going to get 
on the battleship with the 
‘mission accomplished’ flag, 
but I do think we are one 
step closer, and I’d like to 
think this partnership has 
made it one step closer to 
being done.” 

Federation, JARC hold vaccine clinic for teens. 
Protecting the Young

DANNY SCHWARTZ STAFF WRITER

expanded authorization 

BioNTech’s coronavirus 
vaccine in children ages 

this is our way of helping the 
to put the clinic on.

LEFT: A student 
from Chabad’s boys 
school receives the 
first dose of the 
vaccine. 
BELOW: Teenager 
Ivy Findling getting 
the first dose of the 
vaccine. 

DANNY SCHWARTZ

DANNY SCHWARTZ

The Importance of 
Jewish Museums
is Keynote Topic at 
Historical Society 
Annual Meeting

Jewish 
Historical 
Society of 
Michigan 
(JHSM) 
announced 
that its Annual 
Meeting will 
feature Patrick 
Gallagher, president and 
founder of Gallagher & 
Associates. Gallagher will 
be speaking on “Why 
Jewish Museums Matter.” 
JHSM’s Annual Meeting 
takes place at 7 p.m. 
Monday, June 7, via 
Zoom. Members of the 
community are invited 
to attend this free event, 
during which JHSM will 
review the highlights of 
the past year, in addition 
to featuring Gallagher’s 
talk. 
 “We are thrilled to have 
Patrick Gallagher speak,” 
said JHSM Executive 
Director Catherine 
Cangany. “Gallagher 
& Associates is an 
internationally recognized 
museum-planning and 
design firm. 
“Patrick himself is 
deeply knowledgeable and 
will give us an inside look 
at the firm’s recent work, 
including the new Beit 
Hatfutsot (Museum of the 
Jewish People) in Tel Aviv.”
Register for the event at 
michjewishhistory.org/
calendar. 

Patrick 
Gallagher

