JULY 13 • 2023 | 19
A
t its June 20 Annual
Meeting, Hebrew
Free Loan leaders
met to cap a year of growth
and financial support by hon-
oring donors and electing new
Board members and leader-
ship for 2023-2025.
The donors honored includ-
ed family members of those
who recently established the
following named funds at
HFL: the Marilyn Berman
Memorial Fund, the Carolyn
and James Bellinson Education
Loan Fund, the Acher Ben-
Moche Memorial Education
Fund, the Marvin and Betty
Danto Family Education Fund,
the Gil and Ellen deMarrais
Memorial Education Fund,
the Michael and Cathy Graub
Education Fund, the Ruth and
Irwin (z”l) Kahn Education
Fund, the Lisa and Danny
Klein Family Education
Fund, the Edward and Paula
Schonberg Education Fund
and the Dr. Charles Tenner
Family Education Fund.
Hebrew Free Loan also
welcomed new board mem-
bers Lauren Daitch, Randall
Fogelman, Rabbi David
Furman, Nechama Soloff and
John Teweles. Previous board
members Dr. Steven Arbit and
Barbara Zaltz returned to the
board for new terms.
Newly elected Executive
Committee members include
President, Dr. Allen Berman;
Vice Presidents, Jonathan
Sterling, Ralph McDowell
and Nita Cohen; Treasurer,
Susan Hodess; and Secretary,
Dr. Jonathan Fellows. David
Kramer, whose term as presi-
dent concluded at the Annual
Meeting, joins a distinguished
list of past presidents extend-
ing back 128 years.
Hebrew Free Loan, an
agency with a storied history
in local Jewish life, was estab-
lished in Detroit and chartered
with the State of Michigan
in 1895. The agency offers
interest-free loans to Jewish
residents across Michigan for a
host of needs that encompass
all of life’s milestones.
To learn more, visit www.hfldetroit.org.
New board members and leadership
also elected during annual meeting.
Hebrew Free Loan
Hebrew Free Loan
Honors Donors
Honors Donors
KELLI DADE
TOP TO BOTTOM: Newly installed HFL President Dr. Allen Berman with Immediate Past President David
Kramer. Donor awardees Brett deMarrais and Ellen Tenner with HFL Board member Sue Hodess. HFL’s
new Board members include Barbara Zaltz, Lauren Daitch, Nechama Soloff, HFL President Dr. Allen
Berman, Dr. Steven Arbit, Rabbi David Furman and Randall Fogelman.