On a personal quest to prevent heart attacks one fork and plate at a time, Dr. Joel Kahn religiously practices what he preaches. A committed kosher vegan and holistic cardiologist, he is teaching and leading the ways to health and vitality as the Founder and Director of the Kahn Center for Cardiac Longevity.
She has a smile that lights up a room. She laughs easily and often. A petite brunette in jeans and a ponytail, working with teens, she’s easily mistaken for a big sister rather than a mom of three. Given her boundless energy at 43, Rachel Grey Ellis has found the perfect match for her professional and personal skills in her role as Senior Regional Director at BBYO, a position she has held since 2015.
As his former title at Quicken Loans suggests, “V.P. of Miscellaneous Stuff,” David Carroll has done it all. Claiming an early “retirement” in 2016 after 25 years at the epicenter of the company that’s changing the landscape of downtown Detroit, David brings his business acumen and passion for community service to JARC.
Is there a giving gene? What is it that inspires selfless acts of kindness, and can those be nourished from generation to generation? Meet Dana Burnstein, Lori Taylor and Jordyn Taylor, three generations who share the enterprise of the Dr. Gary Burnstein Community Health Clinic. This is their story . . . a story of family, community, caring and giving.
Making his mark, listed among the “36 Under 36” in The Jewish News, Gabe Neistein is Tamarack Camps’ Alumni Relations Director, working on his Masters in Community Development at the University of Detroit Mercy. A resident of Rivertown downtown, Gabe is all-in: a Jewish Detroiter first, a NEXTGen PresenTense Fellow, a loyal Spartan, a passionate Packers “owner,” a whole-hearted city booster, a ready volunteer, a consummate community professional and an all-round great guy.
Director of Sales and Marketing and fourth generation Dubin at Dubin Cleaners & Laundry, NEXTGen Detroit Board member, former Central Michigan Hillel President, veteran volunteer and lay leader extraordinaire, most recently and notably Chair of NEXTGen Detroit Pride.
Jewish Detroit’s web developer, Herb Hanson is named the recipient of the 2016 “Norm and Susie Pappas Award for Innovative Ideas” that enhance the work of Federation.
You won’t find a Jewish agency exec more in-step with the needs of her clients than Leah Rosenbaum. A passionate advocate for the most vulnerable members of the community — caring for the elderly, youth at risk, the unemployed and those with living with disabilities — Leah has devoted her career to empowering people to get the support and training they need to achieve their fullest potential.
Fourth generation Detroiters, married 37 years, Sue Ellen and Alan Jay Kaufman have been active and ardent supporters of educational, civic and Jewish communal causes since their days as young lawyers in Federation’s “Junior Division” and “Women’s Department.” Steadily and quietly through the years, they have dedicated their energies and resources where their hearts have led them.
Not everyone likes a place in the spotlight. For their volunteer roles and impressive work on behalf of the Jewish community, Jonathan and Stacy Schwartz have been refreshingly hesitant to take the kudos. “Let me begin by saying that we’ve never done anything like this interview,” says Jonathan, “But we want to raise awareness in the community about Federation’s NEXTGen outreach to interfaith couples and to the Jewish LGBTQ community.” Theirs is a story that needs to be told.
