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who has been to a few of 
their Passover distributions 
says the same.
“For people like me that 
are low income, it’s a big 
relief that you can get a lot 
of goodies, where otherwise 
it would be more of a hard-
ship if you had to buy every-
thing,” the client said. “And 
it really does make you want 
to give back more, too, so I 
try to volunteer more when 
I can.”
Sandra Eidelman, a long-
time Yad Ezra volunteer, was 
happy to be assisting the 
clients. 
“You learn when you do 
service for any length of 
time that you get more out 
of it than the people you’re 
helping,” Eidelman said. 
“We live in very stressful 
times, and I hope they can 
cope with the stress we’re all 
undergoing.” 
Michael Gendelman, cur-
rent treasurer and longtime 
Yad Ezra volunteer, says 

rising costs haven’t 
slowed the organiza-
tion down — instead 
they’ve put their foot 
on the accelerator to 
make sure every cli-
ent is serviced. 
“There’s no ques-
tion that one tenet 
of Judaism is to give 
tzedakah, and you 
can give tzedakah 
in many different ways, and 
what’s amazing is all of these 
people here are giving of 
their time,” Gendelman said. 
“We have a lot of seasoned, 
veteran volunteers that have 
been here for years, and it’s 
also given us an opportunity 
to reach new volunteers.” 
Lisa Klein, a newer board 
member, is excited about 
the new board of directors 
and the future of Yad Ezra, 
seeing a lot of young people 
who can always bring a new 
perspective with fresh eyes.
“The nice thing with the 
newer members on the 
board is we need to market 
ourselves in a way we’ve 
never had to because of the 
need in the community and 
the rising cost of food, and 
so you come in with just a 
completely fresh outlook.” 

To donate and for more information, 

visit www.YadEzra.org or call (248) 

548-3663. 

Yad Ezra’s Board 
of Directors 
Marcy Fikany – President 
Daniel Cherrin – Vice President 
Ari Dolgin – Vice President 
Jeff Moss – Vice President 
David Sherman – Vice President 
Michael Gendelman – Treasurer 
Jason Brown – Secretary 
Melvin Schwartz – Immediate 
Past President

 
 
 
 

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