Weekly News & Updates
Caring for Older Adults Since 1907
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LILLIAN & SAMUEL HECHTMAN II APARTMENTS &
NORMA JEAN & EDWARD MEER APARTMENTS
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Meer Celebrates 20 Years in 2021!
Now accepting applications for 1 & 2 bedroom apartments!
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Contact Jackie Rosender
248-444-2430 or jrosender@jslmi.org
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April 29 - 18th Annual Fundraiser for the Program for Holocaust Survivors and Families
The Program for Holocaust Survivors and Families will be celebrating its18th Annual Fundraising Event on Lag B'Omer, Thursday, April 29th at 7 PM. In appreciation of your generosity, we will be hosting a very special Zoom concert for all Holocaust Survivors featuring Cantors David Propis of Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Neil Michaels of Temple Israel, Daniel Gross of Adat Shalom Synagogue, and Zach Mondrow. Please consider making a contribution at jslmi.org/phsf
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(Pictured left to right) Linda Brodsky, Emery Grosinger, Faye Jacobs, Sye Linovitz, Sy Manello, Janet Moses, Saul Saulson, and Dr. Lou Soverinsky |
May 23 - Eight Over Eighty
Support our biggest event of the year and help us celebrate the distinguished honorees. Become a sponsor and purchase an ad honoring this delightful class of community gems. Learn more about our 28th Annual virtual event at jslmi.org/8over80
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May 21 - Oldest Americans Brunch
Do you know someone over 95? Help us honor our community elders who are 95 and older! Register here: jslmi.org/oab
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Jewish Senior Life offers the humorous film, "If You See My Mother" at the Detroit Jewish Film Festival, which will be available to view May 9-15!
Meet Max, a single ophthalmologist, and a mama's boy, until mama suddenly dies. Max should be devastated, yet he seems to be coping too well. Max knows she is dead, but he continues their relationship. He holds on to this impossible reality until he starts sharing his office with Ohiana, a psychiatrist who he slowly falls in love with. Mom is not going to like it.
Laugh with us. Tickets will be available for purchase starting May 9 and are only good for 24 hours from the time of purchase, no advanced ticket sales.
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Join Keshet and Repair the World Detroit for this hour-long interactive workshop to learn about Jewish LGBTQ+ history. This is not "just another Zoom meeting," but rather working with community members to piece together history and recognize how these moments in history affect the LGBTQ community now. No matter what your previous knowledge is, we encourage you to come and guarantee you’ll learn something new! |
This event is open to the community and no previous knowledge is necessary, as we guarantee that everyone will learn something new! |
JN FEATURE: PROJECT TAKE-OUT |
Project Take-Out generates much needed business for restaurants who have struggled mightily during the pandemic while enriching the lives of the most vulnerable older adults of the JSL’s communities.
Pick a card, any card. Part of a magic trick? Nope, but it is part of the magic being generated by a wonderful new program by FRIENDS of Jewish Senior Life (JSL) to support both local restaurants and the senior residents who reside on the JSL’s Oak Park and West Bloomfield campuses. The program coincides with April National Volunteer Month.
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SHOP JSL'S ONLINE BOUTIQUE |
Buy four bracelets, get one free! These are great for stacking and gift giving. Find these and more fabulous items at:
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BAGELS, SCHMEAR, AND VOLUNTEERS |
If you’re a JSL volunteer or want to be one, please join Leslie Katz on Mondays at 11:00 AM where she will lead a discussion on the latest JSL news with opportunities to volunteer in new and exciting ways.
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Meeting ID: 949 2936 8991
Passcode: 257970
Meeting ID: 949 2936 8991
Passcode: 257970
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LILLIAN & SAMUEL HECHTMAN I APARTMENTS |
INCOME BASED AFFORDABLE HOUSING |
One bedroom apartments available |
BEHIND THE MASK: Meet our Devoted JSL Family |
Jackie Rosender of Commerce Township drives twenty minutes to her office at Hechtman and has been working for JSL as an Independent Senior Living Consultant for almost 3 years.
She loves helping people and has always had a special connection with seniors. Her motto is “to take life one day at a time and always think of something positive in your day, even if it is just one thing.”
Jackie has been married for 17 years to her best friend and love of her life, Steve. They have fraternal twin daughters who just celebrated their B’not Mitzvah this past December. They just adopted a fur baby puppy, Murphy who 8 weeks old.
She adores her family, “My hopes and wishes are for all of my family to have continued good health and that we will always be able to put clothing on our backs and food on our table.” What brings her the most joy is knowing and seeing her husband and children are happy. Her dream is to one day be able to own a house on water.
Jackie says she makes “a pretty awesome brisket” and she loves anything Italian, Chinese and Sushi. One of her favorite movies is Splendor in the Grass starring Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood. She would love to travel to Greece and Italy and hopes to take a long vacation with her family “to someplace warm” after the pandemic has ended.
Thank you, Jackie, for everything you do on behalf of Jewish Senior Life.
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JEWISH SENIOR THEATRE ENSEMBLE |
Laura Levine Gumina, Artistic Director of Jewish Senior Theatre Ensemble lives at Prentis and explained how participation of older adults in life enriching, purposeful and creative activities in theatre has been so fulfilling. Laura contacted Jewish Senior Life to share the following updates about her theater group. The JSTE was also a feature story in the Detroit Jewish News.
‘Getting in on the Act’ contributes to establishing interpersonal social skills and good mental health. We have a collection of short plays and one-acts that we rehearse until performance ready. Our director, a senior herself, is an acting coach and professional director. Since we work in a “reader’s theatre" format no memorization is required. We develop character and relationships, work on pace, overall tone, and interpretation of the story. This allows our minds to stay active and creativity to flourish.
We simulate live theatre on ZOOM. We are not in a darkened theatre; we are in our homes. The actors are not twenty to eighty feet away from us, but close by on a computer screen. Our ‘sets’ have become widely diverse virtual backgrounds. This is fun. Who could build a physical set that looked like Paris at night in the rain, late 19th Century? In our current show, “The Necklace”, the author Guy de Maupasssant sets his short story in 1880, Paris, France. We searched photographs and paintings to use as virtual backgrounds for the thirteen scenes in our adapted story. Through this marriage of technology and art, with a combination of a powerful script, and the interpretation by our actors, we find the familiar again. The dramatic tension and emotional force of good literature reaches through the screen, impacts us and we respond. Along with audiences everywhere- we watch as the power of theatrical expression carries us into a world of the imaginary.
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They hope that within a few short months they will be together in person, six feet apart, and back to performing full force. For more information, contact Laura Levine Gumina at 313-356-6202 or
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Asian Mango Salad
Salad
2 handfuls arugula
2 handfuls chopped romaine lettuce
1 mango, peeled and diced
1/3 red onion, thinly sliced
1 avocado, diced
2 tablespoons toasted sliced almonds
2 tablespoons roasted pecans
Dressing
3 tablespoons Tuscanini Olive Oil
3 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons Haddar Soy Sauce
Directions
1) In a serving bowl, place all the dressing ingredients. Mix or whisk to combine.
2) Then add the lettuce, arugula, mango, avocado, and red onion and toss together.
3) Sprinkle on the roasted nuts.
Note: You can swap the arugula and romaine lettuce for an equal amount of baby spinach.
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Rabbi Dovid S. Polter, JSL Community Chaplain
Forty Years My Senior
After having spent a year studying in Israel in 1981, I boarded a plane for my return home. Alone, as a fifteen-year-old I arrived in the Chicago, O’Hare Airport. Red eyed from exhaustion, I filled out the customs form just prior to landing. Astonished, the custom’s official questioned me, “How old are you?” “Fifteen,” was my response. “Hmm, you indicated that you were born on 12/12/1924.” Surprised, I took a look at my form and there it was. My mistake of adding forty years to my life. What was meant to be 12/12/64 became 12/12/24. 12+12=24 adds up to correct math, but my age was wrong. But no mistake is a mere mistake. Even mistakes and acts that seem to be random could have deeper meaning.
Looking back now forty years later, I realize that my destiny turned out to be working with older adults, some of whom are forty years my senior. I bask in their wisdom and consider their words to be meaningful. I perceive and appreciate all they do and say.
When you hear a thought, an insight or merely a word from a senior, consider it to be deep and grow with it.
Shabbat Shalom by Phone - Enjoy some inspiration
Dial Toll free: 605-313-4107 Access code: 270368#
(Reference number not needed)
Dial # to hear the most recent recorded message.
Rabbi Dovid S. Polter Jewish Community Chaplaincy Program Jewish Senior Life 248-592-5039 • dpolter@jslmi.org
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This newsletter was created by Jo Rosen and Amanda Martlock
We’re human, prone to mistakes, so if we erred in our newsletter, please forgive us!
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L’Chaim!
We are so grateful for your financial contributions.
Please continue your engAGEment with JSL.
Your support enhances the lives of our residents.
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Nancy Heinrich, Chief Executive Officer
Jennie Klepinger, 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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People of all faiths and beliefs are welcome. |
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