UM Hillel supporters – Chuck Newman, Bruce Sholk and Carol Smokler – proudly wearing their new Chai Society pins (with Tilly Shames, Executive Director, pictured second from left).
Michigan Hillel’s Chai Society is a special group comprised of amazing parents, alumni and community supporters! Chai Society members have generously contributed $1,800 or more throughout the academic year, which runs July 1 through June 30.
We gratefully acknowledge their extraordinary support through loads of special incentives for a student(s) of their choice*:
- Complimentary 5-punch dinner meal card to our Hillel Cafe
- Complimentary High Holiday meal
- Complimentary Seder meal
- Apples & Honey gift bag delivered to your student prior to the High Holidays
- Fall semester Nosh Bag delivered prior to Finals Weeks
- Winter semester Nosh Bag delivered prior to Finals Weeks
- Winter Warm-Up package of goodies delivered prior to Valentine’s Day
- + Freshmen Overnight Retreat registration fee waived
As well as bonus incentives for Chai Society supporters:
- EARLY ACCESS(!) to our Parents Weekend/Homecoming Weekend Reserved Football Block, including any of three additional games we are granted by the Athletic Dept. This will be a sold out block and sold out game. (Note: up to four tickets available per family only)
- Chai Society Lapel Pin
- Michigan mezuzah (not including kosher scroll)
- Michigan Hillel notepad
- Two parent dinners at our annual Parents & Family Shabbat during Parents Weekend
- Special recognition in our Annual Report
- Personal thank you call from our very appreciative students leaders
*To ensure you and your student receive all goodies possible over the academic year,
we recommend you express your interest through pledging early on.
Become a member by clicking the button “Join” button above or completing the form below.
Note: You may pledge now and complete your gift later by June 30.
Thank you, as always, for your generous and thoughtful support of our
6,700 Jewish students at the University of Michigan.
2018-19 CHAI SOCIETY OF SUPPORTERS
as of July 2019
| Steven & Nanci Africk |
| American Campus Communities |
| Arthur & Benji Baer |
| Barbara & Jack Berman |
| Elliot & Deborah Cosgrove |
| David & Nanci Farber Family Foundation |
| Betsy & Joel Dennis and The Gallop Family Foundation Norma & Michael Dorman |
| Robert & Sylvia Eston (z”l) |
| Amy & Jack Folbe |
| Stanley & Judith Frankel |
| Francine Gordon |
| Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life |
| Irving & Sarah Pitt Charitable Philanthropic Fund |
| Irwin & Bethea Green Support Foundation |
| Jeffrey & Jennifer Farber Family Foundation |
| Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit |
| Alan & Sue Kaufman |
| Joan & Warren Kessler |
| The Ketai Family |
| The Ernest Klein Family |
| Ronald & Stacy Klein |
| Daniel & Laura Koffsky |
| Michael & Patricia Levine |
| Linda Lutz |
| Ben & Melanie Marcus |
| Jonathan & Deena Moskowitz |
| Andrea & Frank Newman |
| Skip & Lynn Schrayer |
| Andrew & Tamara Sherman |
| Susan and Larry Slabotsky |
| Robert & Loren Stone |
| Bendit Foundation, Inc. |
| The Frankel Center for Judaic Studies |
| The Immerman Foundation |
| Daniel & Ryan Warsh |
| William Davidson Foundation |
| Fred & Judith Wilpon |
| Alan Woronoff & Shira Goodman |
