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world. 
“It’s up to us today, as 
representatives of Jewish 
people, to educate and bring 
light to this vast darkness. 
It’s not just to educate 
individuals but to educate 
the educators so they can 
get knowledge and learning 
to the overall population. 
We believe the only way to 
end the hatred is by making 
people understand what 
really happened.”
The Zuckers, who married 
six years ago, enjoy their 
blended family and look 
back on two very productive 
careers — Cynthia in nursing 
and administration and 
Marvin in finance. They 
also have a long dedication 
to Jewish activities in 
addition to what they do 
in connection with the 

Zekelman center. 
Besides visits to other 
Holocaust centers around the 
world, the two are active with 
Congregation B’nai Moshe. 
While Marvin is associated 
with the Jewish Federation 
of Metropolitan Detroit, 
Cynthia devotes energy to 
volunteering each week for 
Yad Ezra.
Together, they sponsor the 
education of soldiers through 
the Friends of the Israel 
Defense Forces.
“My career started as a 
nurse at Children’s Hospital, 
and pediatrics became my 
specialty,” Cynthia said. “I 
went on to get two advanced 
degrees, and I taught 
pediatric nursing for the 
majority of my career before 
going into administration. 
I was dean of nursing at 

various colleges, and I 
retired as a campus president 
at Oakland Community 
College.”
Marvin, a Wayne State 
University graduate whose 
first work was at his parents’ 
party store in Detroit, 
went into retailing before 
becoming a financial adviser 
for more than 40 years and 
establishing The Zucker 
Dines Investment Group. 
While the group’s affiliations 
changed over the years, he 
retired as managing director 
of investments working in 
Farmington Hills when his 
group was connected to Wells 
Fargo.
“I would like to see as 
many people as possible 
support The Zekelman 
Holocaust Center,” Cynthia 
said. “I would like to see the 

center continuing to educate 
not only Jews but also the 
general population about 
the tragedies that happened 
because of the Holocaust.
“I’m confident that the 
center’s choice for speaker 
at the benefit event, Dana 
Bash, will be enlightening 
as we hear what she has 
to say about her life and 
background.” 

Details
The 39th Anniversary 
Benefit, with a kosher meal, 
starts at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, 
Nov. 12, at Huntington Place 
in Detroit. The fair market 
value of an individual dinner 
is $100. The remainder 
of a gift is tax deductible. 
(248) 536-9605. benefit@
holocaustcenter.org.