Weekly News & Updates
Caring for Older Adults Since 1907
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MARGOT & WARREN COVILLE ASSISTED LIVING & MEMORY CARE |
Come see the JSL Difference! |
Contact Janet Antin
248-967-4240 jantin@jslmi.org
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What are the rituals we create to commemorate the important milestones in our lives?
Birthdays, Bris and naming ceremonies, engagements, weddings, funerals… the first days of anything… Photographs capture these moments in time we want to remember always. When we think of graduation, we walk up on stage, collect our diplomas, shake hands with our professors and return to our seats, filled with pride, newly matriculated and ready to take on the world, hoping we will unlock new doors and begin new paths. Psychologist, Dr. Betsy Stone said, “Graduation is celebratory, but also an unmooring ritual - a mourning ritual.” In all the celebratory moments, we face our fears about what comes next. We don’t always know.
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Former art teacher and current Meer resident, Anita, taught a painting class to residents in the recently renovated Art Room at Meer, thanks to a generous grant from the Jewish Women’s Foundation. These beautiful creations will be used as Matzah covers during the upcoming holiday of Passover. |
Rene Lichtman, 84, spent a portion of his early childhood, hidden by a French family during the war. This traumatic beginning has influenced his entire life. His leadership in the international group of Hidden Children is important and continues to help so many others who have had these experiences. The well-known group CHAIM has been written about and there are conferences all over the world in which he participates.
After his birth mother returned for him, she moved them to New York City. Rene studied painting at the Cooper Union Art School and finds the process very therapeutic. The solitary experience is something he still craves and finds calming and in his art filled apartment where he displays many of his works. He received a Fullbright Scholarship and painted with Robert Motherwell and Helen Frankenthaler prior to his experiences in the Civil Rights Movement which led him to come to Detroit where he produced a film on race relations and the autoworkers unions. The film, “Finally Got the News” is used in labor studies. Later he went to Wayne State University at night on the GI Bill and got an advanced degree in Instructional Technology using his media skills and computers as educational tools.
Learn more about Rene and the other Tikkun Olam Awardees in this year’s Celebration of Eight Over Eighty on May 22 at 12:00pm NOON at jslmi.org/8over80
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Dance your way to health with this 30 minute aerobic dance workout! |
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LILLIAN & SAMUEL HECHTMAN II APARTMENTS |
1st & 4th full month FREE if lease is effective by 4/30/22 |
Contact Jackie Rosender
248-444-2430 jrosender@jslmi.org
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(CARE)GIVING AND TAKING: MAKING TIME FOR YOU |
Taking care of a loved one can be difficult. So can ensuring that your own needs are being met during this challenging time. It's easy to feel isolated but Jewish Family Service and Jewish Senior Life are here to offer family caregivers support, comfort and a sense of community.
Join us for the final session in our series held virtually on Thursday at
2 pm:
April 14 - It's Okay Not to Be Okay
Dr. Micky Golden Moore
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The Tigers Opening Day party continues at Hechtman. Currently, about twenty Hechtman residents are watching the Detroit Tigers play against the Chicago White Sox. They’re enjoying baseball-themed prizes with yummy snacks (peanuts, cracker jacks, and root beer). |
NEW VOLUNTEER POSITIONS AVAILABLE! |
Volunteers are an essential part of what makes our JSL communities so unique. Visit our Volunteer Opportunities page to see how you too can make a difference in the lives of our residents.
Interested? Contact Leslie Katz at lkatz@jslmi.org or 248-592-5062 to get started.
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If you'd like to support the Ukraine Emergency Fund, click the link below. |
Double-Nut Stuffed Figs
Ingredients
36 dried Calimyrna figs
2/3 cup finely chopped pecans
2/3 cup finely chopped walnuts
7 tablespoons agave nectar, divided
3 tablespoons baking cocoa
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 cup pomegranate juice
4-1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
Directions
1) Preheat oven to 350°. Remove stems from figs. Cut an “X” in the top of each fig, about two-thirds of the way down.
2) In a small bowl, combine pecans, walnuts, 3 tablespoons agave nectar, cocoa, cinnamon and cloves; spoon into figs. Arrange in a 13x9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray.
3) In a small bowl, mix pomegranate juice, lemon juice and remaining agave nectar; drizzle over figs. Bake, covered, 20 minutes. Bake, uncovered, 8-10 minutes longer or until heated through, basting occasionally with cooking liquid.
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Rabbi Dovid S. Polter, Community Chaplain
Passover Liberation
The festival of Passover celebrates liberty and freedom in our lives. We remember the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt as our own lives are fraught with feelings of enslavement to all that surround us.
One symbol and landmark of freedom is the Statue of Liberty. In this structure, as you walk up the spiral staircase, there is no opportunity to sit and rest along the way. The continuous rise inspires and particularly enlightens us about freedom and liberty during the annual Passover festival.
Every year we repeat the customs, the rituals, the melodies and the matzo. Does it not lose its taste?
The spiral staircase brings us to the same spot each time around, yet we find ourselves one level higher and hopefully one level wiser. By nature, life and Judaism are repetitive. We can add the supernatural touch by infusing sacred repetition each year. Each time around, we are endowed with the opportunity to learn more and grow more.
Treat yourself this Passover. Learn something new, examine your roots, allow freedom and individual choice to lead your life.
Enjoy some inspiration - Shabbat Shalom by Phone
Dial Toll free: 605-313-4107 Access code: 270368#
(Reference number not needed)
Dial # to hear the most recent recorded message.
Beginning April 13th call in to enjoy an inspiring 30-minute Passover seder
Rabbi Dovid S. Polter Jewish Community Chaplaincy Program Jewish Senior Life
248-592-5039 • dpolter@jslmi.org
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Nancy Heinrich, Chief Executive Officer
Kara Powers, Chief Financial Officer
Barbra Giles, Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives
Jo Strausz Rosen, Executive Director, Development
Dianne Azzopardi, Executive Director, Human Resources
Ron Colasanti, Executive Director, Dining Services
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This newsletter was created by Jo Rosen and Amanda Martlock
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