Kudos will go to 9 community leaders at JFCS party Facebook Twitter Email SMS WhatsApp Share By J. Correspondent | March 7, 1997 Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. The Schultzes have provided support to the new Scott Street Senior Housing and Social Services Complex, a partnership project of JFCS and Mount Zion Health Systems. A wing of the 154-unit project will be named in memory of their daughter, Miriam Schultz Grunfeld, a community leader and JFCS board member who died in 1994. Levy has served as sisterhood president at Congregation Emanu-El; a member of National Council for Jewish Women's theater company, which performs for children with disabilities; a grief counselor for Marin Suicide Prevention; and a member of the budget panel for the United Way of the Bay Area. Richards fled from Nazi Germany to San Francisco in 1933 and joined the Jewish Council, an organization that helped refugees adapt to their new lives in America. During her 27-year career with Koret of California, she volunteered with JFCS' Utility Workshop, which provides jobs and training for immigrants. Ilse Steirman, an active member of Congregation Beth El, delivers Seder Sacks and Chanukah baskets for JFCS on the Peninsula. Walter Steirman became a JFCS "friendly visiting volunteer" when he retired at age 70. Their son, Howard Steiermann, joined JFCS' One-to-One volunteer program to help recent emigres learn English. Another son, David Steirman, won the 1994 Dinkelspiel Award for outstanding young leadership. His wife, Anne, is vice president of the Jewish Day School of the North Peninsula. J. Correspondent Also On J. Bay Area Israeli professors at UC Berkeley reflect on a tumultuous year Books ‘The Scream’ exposes Israeli pain through poetry, art, prose Local Voice One year after Oct. 7, how do we maintain Zionist unity? Art Local tattoo artists offer Oct. 7 survivors ‘healing ink’ Subscribe to our Newsletter I would like to receive the following newsletters: Weekday J From Our Sponsors (helps fund our journalism) Your Sunday J Holiday Bytes