2020 will be remembered as the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a global crisis whose impact continues to reverberate on an unprecedented scale. In our community, the seriousness and anticipated longevity… Continue reading Jewish Senior Life: How We Responded to Covid
As long as he can remember, Scott Wasserman has been a techie. “I have always been into computers, gadgets, gizmos—anything with an on button.” Today he runs a video marketing and production company with a growth spurt into the New York area and a recent project in Geneva, Switzerland. On the move and “always on,” yet firmly rooted in Jewish Detroit, Scott indeed is an emerging young leader to watch, friend and follow.
“When You Care Enough to Send the Very Best” Tributes to Moms Everywhere
The Legacy of Sinai is Alive and Well Today
What’s in a title? For Randy Gawel – new Director of General Studies at Frankel Jewish Academy (FJA) – it was not the office, but the community of the school with all its opportunities open to students that influenced him to join the staff this year. It was a decision not easily made after eight fulfilling years as Principal of Berkley High School.
A Snapshot of the 2018 Jewish Detroit Population Study
Federation’s JOIN Intern Emily Stillman reflects on her eye-opening internship with a renewed appreciation of home
Federation partners with agencies and service providers to launch community-driven campaign, “We Need to Talk”
Time to Change the Conversation: Announcing a New Mental Health Initiative of the Detroit Jewish Community
“Scrappy and resourceful, compassionate and Jewish and here to help.” Those are Perry Ohren’s words to describe Jewish Family Service (JFS). Those words easily describe Perry Ohren, himself – “MSW, LMSW, CEO of JFS” – a social worker with a long train of initials behind his name, signifying his years of commitment and experience in clinical practice, his deep understanding of the needs of the community and his leadership today as Chief Exec and visionary for JFS.
