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
- Apples & Honey gift bag for the High Holidays
- Fall and winter semester Nosh Bags delivered prior to Finals Weeks
- Winter Warm-Up package of goodies delivered in February
- Overnight Retreat registration fee waived (Freshmen retreat with $50 deposit refunded post-retreat)
As well as bonus incentives for Chai Society supporters:
- Chai Society Lapel Pin
- Michigan mezuzah (kosher scroll sold separately)
- Early access to our Parents Weekend & Homecoming Weekend Reserved Football Block, Wisconsin game and Indiana game
(up to four tickets available per family) - Invitation to our Open House Luncheon during Parents Weekend
- Two parent dinners at our annual Parents & Family Shabbat during Parents Weekend
- Special recognition in our Annual Report
- Special recognition on our website
- Special thank you call from our 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
6,000 Jewish students at the University of Michigan.
2017-18 CHAI SOCIETY OF SUPPORTERS
as of July 1, 2017 through March 13, 2018
| Jonathan S. & Mary Aaron |
| Earl Abramson |
| Steven & Nanci Africk |
| Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Family Foundation |
| Gene Applebaum |
| Bert Askwith (z”l) & Patti Kenner |
| Ira Baer |
| Balaban/Wergeles Family |
| Candace & Michael Barasch |
| Sheri Baron |
| Robert & Gail Belfer |
| Bendit Foundation, Inc. |
| Barbara & Jack Berman |
| Devorah & Kevin Berman |
| Mandell L. & Madeleine H. Berman Foundation |
| Ann Berman & Daniel Feld |
| Alan & Bailey Berro |
| David Blumenstein & Jane Pollner |
| Penny & Harold Blumenstein |
| The Bokor Family |
| Judith & Simeon Brinberg |
| Michael & Ruth (z”l) Brooks |
| David Brownstein & Allison Selko |
| Gayle & Richard Burstein |
| Karen & David Cahen |
| Campus Apartments Community |
| Helene & Tim Cohen |
| Hon. Avern & Lois Cohn |
| Lawrence & Corinne Cott |
| Steven & Harriet Croman |
| Jacqueline & Dale Danilewitz |
| Robert & Michelle Diener |
| Stacy & Andrew Doctoroff |
| Norma & Michael Dorman |
| Jonathan & Robin Dracos |
| Constance & Sydney Dunitz Endowment Fund of Los Angeles |
| Kenneth & Frances Eisenberg |
| David & Nanci Farber Family Foundation |
| Jeffrey & Jennifer Farber Family Foundation |
| Nanci & David Farber |
| Halley & Ruth Anne Faust |
| Steven & Esther Feder |
| Sidney & Maddy Forbes |
| Samuel & Jean Frankel Foundation |
| Stanley & Judith Frankel |
| Stanley & Judith Frankel |
| The Frankel Center for Judaic Studies |
| Julie & Martin Franklin |
| Michael & Karen Fried |
| Avram & Gail Friedman |
| Byron (z”l) & Dorothy Gerson |
| Mark & Julia Gerstein |
| Ronalda & Margie Glancz |
| Andrew & Helene Glick |
| Merle & Marshall Goldman Endowment Fund for Jewish Campus Life |
| Amanda & Ken Goldstein |
| Ben & Adean Golub |
| Michael & Rena Gordon |
| Robert & Jill Granader |
| Stephen & Nancy Grand |
| Irwin & Bethea Green Support Foundation |
| Lisa & Seth Greenberg |
| Toni Greenberg |
| Brian & Jennifer Hermelin |
| Elliot Hershberg |
| Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life |
| Clarence & Jack Himmel Foundation |
| Etta Raye Hirsch |
| Henry & Etta Raye Hirsch Heritage Foundation |
| Andrew Jacob |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor |
| Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit |
| David & Etta Jonas |
| The D. Dan & Betty Kahn Foundation |
| Jonathan & Nina Kaplan |
| Joan & Warren Kessler |
| Sherri & Jimmy Ketai |
| Andrew Klein |
| Sharon & Ernest (z”l) Klein |
| Robert Klyman & Dena Bloom |
| Laura & Daniel Koffsky |
| Dan & Wendy Kraft |
| Robert Krasnov |
| David & Naomi Ledersnaider |
| Julie Dorsey & Daniel Leemon |
| Ken & Pam Lester |
| Michael & Patricia Levine |
| Samuel Levine & Laurie Blitzer |
| Edward C. & Linda Dresner Levy Foundation |
| Richard & Barbara Levy |
| Michael & Donna Maddin |
| Ben & Melanie Marcus |
| Sean & Heather Martin |
| William Davidson Foundation |
| Daniel & Jennifer Meron |
| Jean Meyerowitz |
| Bob & Suzanne Nederlander |
| Chuck & Sharon Newman |
| George & Sarah Ohlhausen Foundation |
| Irving & Ethel Palman Foundation |
| Ross & Samantha Partrich |
| Jason & Jackie Peltz |
| The Jewish Fund |
| Irving & Sarah Pitt Charitable Philanthropic Fund |
| Murray & Ina Pitt |
| William Plevan & Sara Shapiro-Plevan |
| James & Geri Ripka |
| Benjamin & Marie Rosenberg |
| David Rosenberg & Roberta Goodman-Rosenberg |
| Amnon & Prudence Rosenthal |
| Mark Ressler & Ilissa Rothschild |
| Jeffrey & Susan Rubenstein |
| Skip & Lynn Schrayer |
| Art & Mary Schuman |
| Jonathan & Stacey Seligson |
| The Ravitz Foundation |
| Steven J. Silverman Family |
| Isaac Sitt Foundation |
| Larry & Susan Slabotsky |
| Carolyn & Reuben Slone |
| Andrew & Gerri Sommers |
| Melissa & Marc Spellman |
| Scott Harris & Cathy Spencer |
| Adam & Laurin Steiger |
| Kenneth W. Stein |
| Robert & Loren Stone |
| William & Ellen Taubman Foundation |
| Ruth Tessler & Stuart Zisholtz |
| Gary & Malka Torgow |
| Jeff & Amy Verschleiser |
| Marshall M. Weinberg |
| Weitz & Luxenberg |
| Fred & Judith Wilpon |
| Tammy & Jorge Woldenberg |
| Keenan & Orna Wolens |
| Joseph & Tina Wolf |
| The Woll-Yellin Family Foundation |
| Benjamin Woloshin & Barbara Harris |
| Alan Woronoff & Shira Goodman |
| Ada & Howard Yerman |
