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JSL CEO Nancy Heinrich 
shared how serving older 
adults has given her 
purpose as has helping 
residents find and embrace 
their unique purpose 
within each community. 
She spoke about exciting 
updates at the various 
buildings, including current apartment renovations at the 
Fleischman and Meer Residences, expanding the patio and 
garden in the Meer courtyard, and the upcoming completion 
of the expanded Hechtman Residence dining room, which 
will allow all residents to enjoy their meals together. 

Dr. Charley Silow received the agency’s Sandra and Alfred 
I. Sherman Award for his work and the transformative 
impact he has made in the lives of Holocaust survivors, 
and Jennifer Peterson, financial coordinator in Jewish 
Senior Life’s Certified Occupancy Specialist Workshop, was 
presented with the Michael Cloonan Award, nominated by 
her peers for her hard work, dedication and passion. 
The Ravitz Foundation, which has granted crucial support 
to the agency since 2012 and has helped JSL provide kosher 
meals at its HUD-subsidized communities, was honored as 
well with JSL’s Award of Excellence. 

Jewish Senior Life’s 2023/2024 slate of members on 
its board of directors were installed and include Joanne 
Aronovitz, Mark Berke (newly elected), Gayle Burstein, 
Brad Feldman, Carol Weintraub Fogel, Kenneth Goss (past 
president), Judy Herman, Barbara Horowitz, Nancy Reed, 
Dr. Rob Robbins, Jack Rothenberg, Karen Rubenfire (newly 
elected), Lowell Salesin, Neil Satovsky, Jason Tisdale and 
Michael Wolfe. Departing board members are Allison Klein, 
Warren Frenkel and Andrea Teitel. The nonprofit’s 2023/2024 
NextGEN representative is Gabe Scharg. 

To learn more about Jewish Senior Life, visit www.jslmi.org. 

JSL award 
recipients 
Jennifer 
Peterson and 
Dr. Charley 
Silow

RIGHT: Jonathan Lowe, 
Jewish Federation of 
Metropolitan Detroit, and 
Carole Shifman, Ravitz 
Foundation.

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