Topic

Families

Lee Trepeck
November 30, 2017

Happiest Camper on Earth
Vivian Henoch, Editor myJewishDetroit

Head coach, lead cheerleader; legal counsel, counselor advisor; property manager, top watchdog; fundraiser, flag-raiser; team builder, brand builder; loving family man and Chief Executive Dad . . . this is Lee Trepeck, nonstop Director of Camp Maas, Tamarack Camps. Now celebrating his 10th season, Lee has earned the accolades of the community as the recipient of the 2017 Mandell L.(z”l) and Madeleine H. Berman Award for Outstanding Professional Jewish Communal Service. Well done!

Steve Freedman
November 1, 2017

Visionary Educator
Vivian Henoch, Editor myJewishDetroit

Imagine a school with no homework for students K through 4, a school where children are happy to arrive early and stay late to work and play together, a school with resources and spaces that spark creativity, a school with a long list of highly qualified teachers waiting to apply, a school where educators from around the country have come to visit, to learn and to share ideas. This is Hillel Day School, with Steve Freedman at the helm.

Carol Rosenberg
November 1, 2016

The Many Facets of Carol Rosenberg
Vivian Henoch, Editor myJewishDetroit

Serving “Double Chai” – 36 Years of Advocacy and Care – as Director of the Jewish Senior Life Foundation

Andrea Goldstein
May 1, 2016

Called to Serve
Vivian Henoch, Editor myJewishDetroit

Last year, they were students carrying book bags. This year, they are Israeli soldiers carrying the responsibility of defending our Jewish State.

Jewish Community Poll
February 29, 2016

Super Survey: Let’s Take a Poll
Vivian Henoch, Editor myJewishDetroit

With the goal to take the pulse of the Jewish community and plan for its health and welfare needs, The Jewish Fund has partnered with the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit to launch a comprehensive study to be conducted now through March 9.

December 23, 2015

From Russia with Love
Vivian Henoch, Editor myJewishDetroit

Meet Yuliya Gaydayenko, 45, Senior Director of Older Adult Services at Jewish Family Service; Master of Linguistics and Social Work; previously an English tutor, Refugee Resettlement Coordinator, Day Camp Director and Executive Director at the Jewish Community Services in Flint; recipient of the 2015 Mandell L. & Madeleine H. Berman Award for extraordinary professional service to the Jewish community.

David Contorer, Deloris Terrell, Harriet Orley, Karen Sosnick-Schoenberg, Margo Pernick and Nancy Grosfeld
November 30, 2015

Can a Loan Save a Life?
Vivian Henoch, Editor myJewishDetroit

Put dollars and sense together with a particularly Jewish Detroit sensibility and you have the oldest of the Jewish Federation’s 17 local partner agencies, Hebrew Free Loan (HFL).