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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

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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.