March 3, 2021
Essential Workforce
Vivian Henoch, Editor myJewishDetroit
For Jared Rothberger, owner and CEO of Jan-Pro Detroit, a leading commercial cleaning franchise in the country, it has been a year like no other.
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Vivian Henoch, Editor myJewishDetroit
February 4, 2021
Chief Executive Optimist
Vivian Henoch, Editor myJewishDetroit
Who finds a dream job in the middle of a pandemic? As Head of School at Hillel, Dr. Darin S. Katz is managing the challenges of Covid exceptionally well, even while living separately from his family.
January 8, 2021
Envisioning the New JCC
Vivian Henoch, Editor myJewishDetroit
Dreaming Big. One might say that’s always been Brian D. Siegel’s modus operandi. An attorney by training with the dual gifts of a creative and analytical mind, Brian is an entrepreneur at heart, a partner in the business of hospitality and entertainment, and a key leader in community-building initiatives.
December 6, 2020
Essential Worker
Vivian Henoch, Editor myJewishDetroit
It’s 3 a.m. in the morning and Michelle Berman is still at her desk wrapping up another “long, hard week’s work” in the classroom created in the basement of her Orchard Lake home.
November 8, 2020
The Right Stuff
Vivian Henoch, Editor myJewishDetroit
Born in Jerusalem, son of former Israeli emissaries who served in the U.S; raised in the Israeli Youth Movement; nine years a pilot and flight instructor in the Israeli Air Force; eight years a high school teacher and mentor for youth-at-risk in Tel Aviv; an educator with a Master’s of Philosophy; what better creds for our emissary from Israel, Yiftah Leket?
October 7, 2020
From Strength to Strength
Vivian Henoch, Editor myJewishDetroit
Over the last year we have seen unprecedented threats to our health and wellbeing, tectonic shifts in the workplace and in our schools, and pivotal changes in our habits at home and away. Few have wrestled more intimately with the challenges of safeguarding the future of Jewish Detroit than Dennis Bernard, newly elected President of the United Jewish Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit. And few are as well prepared to meet the community challenges ahead.
September 2, 2020
Inspiring Leadership
Vivian Henoch, Editor myJewishDetroit
If ever you wonder what inspires leadership at Jewish Federation, ask Randi Sakwa. An energetic and highly motivated volunteer, Randi now serves on the Boards of Federation and its Women’s Philanthropy. Her heart in Israel — and a frequent visitor to Michigan’s Partnership Region of the Central Galilee — Randi is fully committed to her work as Co-chair of the Partnership2Gether Steering Committee, now celebrating 25 years of fellowship and accomplishment.
September 2, 2020
Forever Forward
Vivian Henoch, Editor myJewishDetroit
Twenty five years ago, a new rabbi named Josh came to Temple Israel with faith in his future in Detroit. Today, Rabbi Josh is known well beyond the realm of his congregation: A spiritual leader, beloved colleague and mentor, a gifted teacher. A community bridge-builder, a trusted counsel and best friend to an ever-widening circle. A marathon runner, a new gardener, and an avid Tigers fan.
April 1, 2020
Where Leadership Counts
Vivian Henoch, Editor myJewishDetroit
On Wednesday, March 11, 2020 — within hours after the first two cases of COVID-19 in Michigan were reported — Mark Adler was on the job at Federation, meeting with the security staff. “There were four of us around the table, so we didn’t need much Purell at the time,” he tells us. But clearly, the gravity of what was about to unfold in the course of the day and the weeks to come weighed heavily on his mind.
April 1, 2020
ZOOMing over Passover
Vivian Henoch, Editor myJewishDetroit
What traditions will we keep? What will we change?