34 | JUNE 29 • 2023 

T

he weather could not have been 
more perfect for Hadassah Greater 
Detroit’s “Garden of Healing” 
party on May 31. The event celebrated 
Hadassah’s 111 years of hope and healing. 
More than 100 guests mingled and dined 
in Joan and Bob Epstein’s picturesque gar-
dens. The evening was generously under-
written by the event co-chairs Joan and 
Bob Epstein, and Nancy and Larry Bluth. 
Both Joan Epstein and Nancy Bluth are 
Hadassah Greater Detroit past presidents.
Hadassah’s goal for the evening was 
to raise $75,000 in honor of Israel’s 75th 
anniversary. Money raised from the event 
will go toward a Pediatric Patient Room 
in the Helmsley Pediatric Bone Marrow 
Transplantation Unit in the Sharett 
Institute of Oncology at Hadassah Medical 
Center. 
Guests heard about the latest medical 
advancements in pediatric pulmonology 
and sleep apnea from featured speak-
er Dr. Alex Gileles-Hillel of Hadassah 
Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem. Carol 
Ann Schwartz, former National Secretary 
of Hadassah and current Speakers Bureau 
chair, hosted the Q&A session. 

PHOTO CREDIT

A celebration of 111 years of hope and healing

Hadassah Greater 
Detroit Garden Party

STORY AND PHOTOS BY
JULIE SMITH YOLLES 
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Event Co-Chairs 
Bob and Joan 
Epstein of 
Birmingham, former 
Hadassah National 
Secretary Carol Ann 
Schwartz, Event 
Co-Chairs Nancy 
and Larry Bluth of 
Bloomfield Hills

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