NCJW/Greater Detroit is an organization of volunteers and advocates who have worked for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families for the past 125 years. Thank you for helping us to capture, preserve, and document the individual stories and memories which are integral to our legacy.
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN, MICHIGAN
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2017-2018
State Policy Advocates
M. Catherine Cantor Irma Glaser (need pics of both)
Board
Deede Auster
Liz Bank
Denny Camiener
Heléne Cherrin
Amy Cutler
Jacqueline Elkus
Jan Goldfarb
Terry Hollander
Lori Issner
Gail Katz
Lauren Koenigsberg
Joan Krieger
Carrie Kushner
Sallyjo Levine
Donna Pearlman
Nancy Raimi
Nancy Rothfeder
Rusty Rosman
Linda Sahn
Sheri Schiff
Linda Schwarzberg
Susie Serwer
Gail Smith
Margo Stocker
Jeannie Weiner
Sandy Weiss
Sandy Weitz
Carol Wiseman
Linda Yellin
Ruth Zerin
Amy Zeskind
Honorary Directors
Doris Lee Goldman
Claire Kretchmer
Ellen Labes
Sissi Lapides
Sally Mayer
Joyce Rubenstein
Joyce Sherman
Advisory Directors
Barbara Berger
Joyce Blum
Edie Broida
Harriet Dunsky
Carol Freedman
Marion Freedman
Judi Freund
Marlene Goodman
Lois Granader
Nancy Josephson
Fern Katz
Ina Katz
Ruth Klueger
Suzanne Lasser
Marian Littman
Janet Moses
Barbara Rosenthal
Deane Safir
RoseLynn Schlussel
Sharon Schmidt
Mary Schwartz
Libby Sherbin
Ellie Slovis
Beverly Stone
Paula Wolfe
Past Presidents
Ida E. Goldman Ginsberg (z"l)
Founder – Jewish Women’s Club
President, 1891-1893, 1894-1898
Rose Wolenburgh (z"l) 1893-1894
Ida B. Krolik (z"l) 1898-1906
Rosa T. Rosenfield (z"l) 1906-1908
Bella Goodman (z"l) 1908-1913
Lillian Simons (z"l)
1913-1916
Miriam D. Goldman (z"l) 1916-1919
Hattie J. May (z"l) 1919-1921,
1924-1925
Gertrude Glowgower (z"l)
1921-1924
Mildred Welt (z"l)
President – Detroit Section 1925-1928
President National Council of Jewish Women 1943-1948
President – International Council of Jewish Women 1948-1951
Blanche Gilbert (z"l) 1928-1930
Mignon Ginsberg (z"l) 1930-1933
Regene Freund Cohane (z"l) 1933-1935
Jean Laib (z"l) 1935-1937
Ruth Klein (z"l) 1937-1939
Sally Brown (z"l) 1939-1941
Elizabeth Brode (z"l) 1941
Dorothy Gaylord (z"l) 1941-1942
Josephine S. Weiner (z"l)
President – Detroit Section 1942-1944
President National Council of Jewish Women 1967-1971
Flossie Kreger (z"l) 1944-1946
Norma B. Smith(z"l) 1946-1948
Ruth Frank (z"l) 1948-1949, 1956-1957
Ann Daniels (z"l) 1949 -1951
Minna Rothman (z"l) 1951-1953
Queenie Krouse (z"l) 1953-1954
Rose Gould (z"l) 1955-1956
Frances Quint (z"l) 1957-1959
Shirley Hesslein (z"l) 1959-60
Lenore Van Vliet (z"l) 1960-1961
Sally Schottenfels (z"l) 1961-1963
Krana Grossman (z"l) 1963-1965
Nita “Billie” Barak (z"l) 1965-1967
Freddy Shiffman (z"l) 1967-1969
Helen Shevin (z"l) 1969-1971
Esther K. Rosenblum(z"l) 1971-1973
Beryl Winkelman (z"l) 1973-1974
Jessie K. Stern (z"l) 1974-1976
Adele Sonenklar (z"l) 1976-1978
Phyllis Welling 1978-1980
Sondra Nathan 1980-1982
Sonia Macey 1982-1984
Sandra Leshman 1984-1986
Terran Leemis 1986-1988
Barbara Grant 1988-1990
Carol Sue Coden 1990-1992
Ann Zousmer 1992-1994
Judith Rosenberg 1994-1996
Marta Rosenthal 1996-1998
Myrna Edgar 1998-2000
Linda Bloom 2000-2002
Florence Herrmann 2002-2004
Sheila Guyer 2004-2006
Sharon Lipton 2006-2008
Catherine Cantor 2008-2010
Irma Glaser 2010-2012
Suzanne Simon 2012-2014
Susan Marwil 2014-2016