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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