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Dementia-Friendly 
High Holiday Service 
on Oct. 6 

The Dorothy and Peter Brown 
Jewish Community Adult Day 
Program will be holding its 
award-winning, dementia- 
friendly service to celebrate the 
High Holidays at the Fleischman 
Residence chapel in West 
Bloomfield on Sunday, Oct. 6, at 11 
a.m. 
This is the eighth year the Brown 
program has hosted the Yom 
Kippur/Kol Nidre service, which 
lasts one hour with many accom-
modations being made to ensure the 
experience is both enjoyable and as 
stress-free as possible while still pro-
viding a meaningful High Holiday 
experience for families and their 
loved ones living with dementia. 
The service is free and open to 
the community and is also suitable 
for other adults who have physical 
restrictions which would make a 
traditional, longer service uncom-
fortable.
Cantor Pamela Schiffer, who is 
Cantor Emerita of Congregation 
Shaarey Zedek in East Lansing, has 
conducted the service for a number 
of years and will be doing so again. 
After the service there will be 
a kiddush with honey cake, and 
participants will also be gifted a 
one-pound challah and small jar of 
honey. 
The Brown Program is a joint 
initiative of Gesher Human Services 
and Jewish Senior Life and provides 
innovative and engaging activi-
ties and care for those living with 
dementia along with support for 
their families at its two centers in 
West Bloomfield and Southfield. 
To register for the program, which 
is both in-person and on Zoom, 
visit brownadultday.org/highholi-
day2024. 
The High Holiday service is 
made possible through a gener-
ous gift from the Dee dee and 
Michael Perlman Caregivers Fund 
housed at the Jewish Federation of 
Metropolitan Detroit. 

