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At its fall board meetings, 
The Jewish Fund re-elected 
its leadership and elected four 
new board members. Michael 
Eizelman was re-elected Board 
Chair and Jeffrey Schlussel 
was re-elected Vice-Chair. 
New members are Dr. Jeffrey 
Devries, Gilda Jacobs, Dr. 
Candace Johnson Kimpson 
and Steven Schanes.
The board awarded nearly 
$1 million in new and contin-
uation grants. This includes a 
new capacity building grant 
to Jewish Family Service of 
$112,000 and an additional 
$146,000 grant to expand 

technology support services 
for older adults to address 
social isolation. 
A general operating support 
grant of $100,000, the first 
by the Fund, was awarded to 
JARC, and a $75,000 grant to 
Corktown Health Center to 
open a dental clinic. 
A $25,000 grant to 
Michigan League for Public 
Policy will support efforts to 
expand the state’s utilization 
of community health workers, 
and a $27,000 grant to Gilda’s 
Club will support its expan-
sion in Detroit. 

The Jewish Fund Announces 
Grants and New Board Members

Participants of JCRC/AJC Dubai Interfaith Fellowship Mission at the 
airport awaiting takeoff.
Dubai Interfaith Fellowship Mission

The JCRC/AJC Dubai 
Interfaith Fellowship Mission 
is underway. The mission 
marks the launch of the JCRC/
AJC interfaith fellowships 
between Jews, Muslims and 
Chaldeans. 
 The five fellows on this 
one-week trip to Dubai, all 
college students in southeast 
Michigan, will spend seven 
intensive days learning how to 
discuss differences in a mean-
ingful but respectful way while 
exposed to elements of Islam 
and Judaism in Dubai. 
 Upon their return, they will 
be community ambassadors 

to recruit, and model for the 
cohorts of interfaith fellow-
ships that JCRC/AJC plan for 
the fall.
“We hope this mission, both 
through the students’ own 
experience on the trip and 
engagement with the Dubai 
residents they will meet on the 
trip, will inspire college stu-
dents back in Michigan, and 
that these students will contin-
ue to reflect on the great ben-
efits of diverse people coming 
together in civil discourse, to 
listen, share and learn,” said 
Adar Rubin, Israel associate at 
the JCRC/AJC. 

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