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After graduating high
school, Perczyk visited rela-
tives in Michigan and decided
to move to the Mitten State.
California had grown increas-
ingly expensive for young
adults, and she planned to go
to school in Michigan and
later move back to California.
However, life took a dif-
ferent turn. Perczyk met her
now-husband, Jeffrey, and the
two became extremely active
at Chabad Detroit. One day,
during a Shabbat dinner at the
Chabad Detroit house, Jeffrey
proposed.
“There was a table of 40
to 50 people but no cameras
around,
” Perczyk laughs. “So
we have no evidence of that.
”
Eventually, the Perczyks
were married by their long-
time friend and Chabad
Detroit executive director
Rabbi Yisrael Pinson. Then,
after becoming pregnant with
her first child, Sophia, Perczyk
went into labor at a Chabad
Detroit event.
“Every one of our big life
cycle events has been in that
house,
” she says. “I’ve watched
my kids learn to walk, crawl,
talk and run around in that
house.
”
THE LIFE CYCLE MAGIC
Now, the Perczyks are parents
to two children, Sophia and
Zahava.
Like their own experience
with the magic of lifecycle
events, Perczyk continues to
bring that same connection
to others in the Metro Detroit
Jewish community.
“My faith goes back into
my business, and my business
goes back into my faith,
” she
explains. “Within Judaism, a
lot of these life cycles are big
deals and very spiritually con-
nected to Hashem.
”
A wedding day, she
describes, is the most special
life cycle of all — and one that
she feels honored to contribute
to and help make more beauti-
ful for people.
“We finally become whole
in God’s image,
” Perczyk says
of weddings. “That is when
we’re the most godly.
”
Danielle and Jeffrey
Perczyk and children
Sophia and Zahava
The Jewish Fund Awards New Grants
At its November board and annual meetings, The Jewish Fund awarded
over $1 million in new grants to support the health and well-being needs
of Metro Detroiters. Grant recipients include Ahavas Chessed Bikur
Cholim, Avalon Healing Center, Brilliant Detroit, Dor Hadash, Friendship
Circle, Hillel Day School, HOPE Shelter, Jewish Community Center,
Jewish Family Service and Jewish Senior Life.
The annual Robert Sosnick Award of Excellence was presented to
FernCare Free Clinic of Ferndale, recognizing its impactful history of
improving access to health care for the area’s under- and uninsured popu-
lation. The award includes a $25,000 grant.
Additionally, The Jewish Fund elected four new board members: Dr.
Erika London Bocknek, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology,
Wayne State University; Sharlonda Buckman, Assistant Superintendent
Detroit Public Schools Community District, Office of Family and
Community Engagement; Dr. Justin Klamerus, E.V
.P/Chief Medical
Officer, McLaren Health Care; and Monica Woodson, CEO Girl Scouts of
Southeastern Michigan.
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