Community building Archives - My Jewish Detroit
October 7, 2020
From Strength to Strength
Wherever we find ourselves today, we are a different community than we were one year ago. We have seen unprecedented threats to our health and wellbeing, tectonic shifts in the workplace and in our schools, and pivotal changes in our habits at home and away. Few have wrestled more intimately with the challenges of safeguarding the future of Jewish Detroit than Dennis Bernard, newly elected President of the United Jewish Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit. And few are as well prepared to meet the community challenges ahead. As Founder and President of Bernard Financial Group, Michigan’s largest commercial mortgage banking and servicing firm, Dennis holds a longtime record of professional and philanthropic leadership in both the Jewish community and greater community of Detroit. Since the outbreak of the pandemic in Michigan, Dennis has co-chaired Federation’s Covid Emergency Campaign in partnership with Matt Lester, Federation President (also beginning his term in October). “Faced with a crisis, humans are truly remarkable,” Dennis reflected, “The response of our Jewish community - with their hearts, with their brains, with their wallets - has been nothing but astounding.”
November 1, 2019
Take-Aways from the Desk of Scott Kaufman
On Lessons Learned and Insights Gained through Federation Leadership
October 1, 2019
Here for Good in 5780
A New Jewish Year. A New Annual Campaign. A New Video Celebrating Community
March 1, 2019
Urban Planting, Cultivating Community
On the Trail with Hazon Detroit and the Oakland Avenue Urban Farm
March 1, 2019
Howdy, Partner:
Say hi to Jewish Detroit's new emissaries from Israel, coming soon to a neighborhood near you!
