Thank you for joining us for the 2025 Eight Over 80 Celebration!
Held Sunday, May 18, 2025, our annual Eight Over 80 Gala honored eight extraordinary individuals who exemplify vibrant aging, community dedication, and purposeful lives.
We were inspired by their stories, lifted by their legacies, and proud to celebrate the impact they continue to make in our community.
Honor an Honoree – Submit a Virtual Ad
We are celebrating all year long and you can honor our Eight Over 80 Tikkun Olam Award winners!
Create a heartfelt message or tribute ad to be included in the virtual Ad Journal and show your support for these inspiring individuals. Your names will appear on our website all year long.
Submit language for a Virtual Ad – Contact Nicole Lupiloff 248-592-5098 / nlupi@jslmi.org
About Eight Over 80
Each year, JSL celebrates eight adults over the age of 80 who continue to lead, serve, and inspire those around them. These honorees embody the values of dignity, community, and purposeful aging. Your support of this event helps further our mission to enrich the lives of older adults in our communities at Jewish Senior Life.
This cherished tradition brings together friends, family, and community to honor individuals whose dedication to Tikkun Olam – repairing the world – has profoundly shaped lives across generations. Each honorary carries a treasure trove of stories, their contribution spanning decades.
They embody resilience, compassion, creativity, and an unwavering commitment to Jewish values together these eight lives represent a legacy of impactful “rollup your sleeves” social action and justice grounded in the belief that we all share the responsibility to improve and sustain the world for future generations
VISIONARY $100,000+
The Ravitz Foundation
Joni and Neil Satovsky
INNOVATOR $50,000+
Nancy and James Grosfeld
TRAILBLAZER $25,000+
The Beznos Family
Frankel Health and Research
Elaine and Michael Serling
PIONEER $18,000+
Eli A. Scherr
ARCHITECT $10,000+
Nancy and Joseph Jacobson
Barbara and Michael Kratchman
Elizabeth Rose
Deborah and Steve Rosenthal & Family
The Rowling Family
BUILDER $5,000+
AMAC
Penny and Harold Blumenstein
Robin and Leo Eisenberg and Family
Enid and Gary Goodman
The Jacobson Family
The Karp Family Foundation
Donna and Michael Maddin
The Marjorie and Maxwell Jospey Foundation
Princeton Management
Alan S. Schwartz
Rachel Yoskowitz’s Children and Grandchildren
DREAMER $2,500+
Debbie and Eric Abramson
Anonymous
Shari and Bob Bilkie
Barbara Bloom
Gayle and Richard Burstein
Shari and Stanley Finsilver
The Edward I. Fleischman Family Foundation
The Gorosh Family
Jan and Mark Hauser
The Kirsch Family
Maddin Hauser Roth & Heller P.C.
Lisa and Daniel Mendelson
Joy and Allan Nachman
Brian Satovsky, Nikki, Stone, Oscar & Bea Melet
Bluma Schechter
Arlene and Rick Selik
Harriet and Richard Shapack
Donna and Robert Slatkin
Steven R. Weisberg and Laura J. Clemens
Andi and Larry Wolfe
This annual fundraiser helps us bring delight to our residents through special projects such as our recent resident anthology “Don’t Write Me Off!
Jewish Senior Life - originally founded as “Jewish Old Folks Home” - remains true to its dedication to older adults, and the dignity of those whom it serves.
Picture a beautiful summer day, the shine of classic cars, and smiling faces reminiscing about the good old days—that’s the magic of the Jewish Senior Life Senior Dream Cruise!
Jewish Senior Life provides equal housing opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, disablility (handicap), familial status, without regard to actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, source of income, or national origin.
