Fitness Center
/ Director Named
The Jewish Community Center of
Metropolitan Detroit has named Adam
Pattison of Troy its new director of
health and fitness at its D. Dan and
Betty Kahn Building in West
Bloomfield.
In his new position, Pattison will
'supervise the agency's Health Club and
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Fitness Center. He will be responsible
for program development, budgeting,
staff supervision and staffing the Health
Club committee.
Prior to coming to the Jewish
Community Center, Pattison was affili-
ated with Hotel Baronette, Ritz-Carlton
Hotel, Westin Hotel-Renaissance and
,=-2Milton International in Windsor.
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New Staff
At Federation
The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit has made two new staff appoint-
ments.
Norman Lyle was named graphics
'Manager in the Marketing and
Communications Department. For 15
years, he owned a graphics design studio
in Birmingham, Lyle Group Inc.
Allison Rabinovitz was named associ-
ate director of the Michigan/Israel
Connection. After graduating from the
University of Michigan in 1998 with a
bachelor of arts degree in psychology,
/-sne spent one year in Israel through
Federation's Project Otzma, doing com-
munity service work,and teaching
English.
Forum Strengthens
Jewish Press
\ Thirteen reporters, including Harry
- Kirsbaum of the Jewish News, took
part in Brandeis University's Gralla
Fellows Program for Journalists in
the Jewish Press.
"The Jewish press plays a vital role in
stimulating, informing and educating
the American Jewish community. By
improving the quality of the American
L,Jewish press we help to improve the
,-quality of American Jewish life in gener-
al," said Jonathan Sarna, director of the
program and Braun Professor of
American Jewish History at Brandeis.
Funded by Milton Gralla, co-
founder of Gralla Publications, the
program has an advisory panel that
includes Neil Rubin, senior editor of
the Jewish. News.
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