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law, Ruth and Rabbi Aaron
Bergman; grandchildren,
Benjamin Weiss, Joshua
and Dina Weiss, Elana
(Yoni) Gancz, Noah Weiss,
Rina Bergman and Peter
Traunmeuller, Shira Bergman
and her fiancé, Nate Shi,
Ariel Bergman and Rikkie
Bergman; great-grandchil-
dren, Alexander Gancz,
Emma Gancz, Eitan Gancz,
Lior Weiss and Ari Weiss; sis-
ter and brother, Eva Gossman
and Alexander Ben Ami;
many loving nieces and neph-
ews.
Mrs. Weiss was the beloved
wife of the late Walter Weiss.
Interment was at Eternal
Light Memorial Gardens in
Florida. Contributions may
be made to Adat Shalom
Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt,
Farmington Hills, MI 48334,
adatshalom.org/tributes;
or Holocaust Memorial
Center Zekelman Family
Campus, 28123 Orchard
Lake Road, Farmington Hills,
MI 48334, holocaustcenter.
org. Arrangements by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
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Jewish Family Service of
Metropolitan Detroit has
received almost $1 million
in grants from the Jewish
Fund to support the agency’s
older adult and mental health
services.
The gift of $780,000 over
the next three years will go
toward providing home care
and transportation services
so older adults living on a
limited income can access
services that support their
daily functioning and
improve their quality of life.
“We are honored to have
this continued support from
the Jewish Fund,” said Yuliya
Gaydayenko, chief program
officer, Older Adult Services.
“It allows us to serve the
most vulnerable members of
our older adult community,
helping them age in place
with dignity.”
The Jewish Fund has also
gifted JFS $148,000 ($15,000
of which was awarded by the
Jewish Fund’s Teen Board)
toward the creation of a
new program to address the
increasing mental health
crisis among Jewish college-
age students in Metro
Detroit. JFS, in partnership
with Hillel of Metro Detroit,
will hire a social worker
who will interact with
students across Hillel’s
campus locations, including
Wayne State University,
Oakland University, Oakland
Community College,
Lawrence Technological
University, University of
Detroit Mercy and University
of Michigan-Dearborn.
“This social worker will
provide mental health
workshops that promote
well-being and self-care,
including yoga, meditation,
and workshops on coping
skills and stress reduction,”
said Dini Peterson, chief
program officer, Family and
Community Services at JFS.
“We will also provide one-
on-one counseling so that
college students have more
immediate access to services
that typically come with
a long wait time through
campus mental health clinics.
“Not only is JFS filling
this gap in service, but,
in partnership with Hillel
of Metro Detroit, we are
also providing culturally
competent counseling at a
time when antisemitism on
college campuses continues
to rise.”
The Jewish Fund Teen
Board has also awarded
JFS $15,000 for three
JFS therapists to receive
additional education
to provide one-on-one
counseling and group therapy
for grief and loss.
“Since the beginning of
the pandemic, JFS has seen
an increase in requests for
mental health services,
specifically to address grief
and loss,” Peterson says.
“People calling for help
were especially interested in
receiving support in a Jewish
setting and did not want to be
referred elsewhere for help.”
“Our community is blessed
to have the Jewish Fund as
a thought leader and grant
maker in the human service
sector,” said Perry Ohren,
CEO of JFS. “Since its
inception, JFS has received
more grants and more
funding from the Jewish Fund
than any other community
organization. And these most
recent gifts illustrate just
how this visionary funder
pushes organizations to think
smarter and serve better.”
The Jewish Fund Gives Large Grants to JFS
SPOTLIGHT
The Yachad (7th/8th grade)
community at Hillel Day School
will come together at the school’s
first Yachad retreat during the
first week of school. Yachad
students and teachers will spend
the night at Tamarack connecting,
setting expectations, deepening
relationships and launching the
new school together.
This connects to Hillel’s Core
Values of K’lal Yisrael because the
experience will build community
and strengthen the bond between
students and teachers and
Ve-Ahavta as participants connect
to their spirituality outdoors.
Rav Beit Hasefer David Fain
shares, “We hope this new
tradition will be an experience
that students look forward to
throughout their years at Hillel and
remember fondly once they have
graduated.”
Hillel Day School’s Yachad Retreat
Rabbi David Fain