Detroit's Draw
Young professional
trades D.C.'s bustle
for hometown feel.
Robert A. Sklar
Editor
J
ennifer Glass found herself
working amid the tumult in our
nation's capital. But she always
knew she would move back to Detroit
where she grew up and her parents and
in-laws still live.
"One thing I love about the Detroit
Jewish community is the 'close feel' of it:'
says Glass, a talent analyst at ePrize, an
interactive marketing company in Pleasant
Ridge. "Although we have a relatively large
community, people work closely together
to make a difference. It feels like Reform,
Conservative and Orthodox Jews are all
part of one community rather than being
more segregated?'
Glass, 25, is the daughter of Marta
and Ben Rosenthal, both on the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Board
of Governors and longtime Federation
leaders. In September, Jennifer married
Jordan Glass, son of Nancy and Iry Kanat
and Linda and Herbie Glass, all of West
Bloomfield.
Jennifer and Jordan met in 2004 on
Federation's Young Adult Division Mission
to Israel. They remain active in YAD.
Jordan also serves on the Detroit Jewish
News' Young Adult Advisory Board.
Jewish Influence
Jennifer loves that giving back to the com-
munity is a Jewish tradition here. "It spans
generations;' she said. "It was so important
to me to get involved because my parents
have been very involved. It is a value in
this community that is taught generation
after generation:'
Her parents instilled in Jennifer a
Zionist passion that grew as she attended
Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit.
Both she and her sister, Rachel, now 28,
celebrated their b'not mitzvah in the
Jewish state.
Jennifer later headed the youth group at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Oakland
County and led social action for the
Central Region of United Synagogue Youth.
She has studied in Israel and taken part
in Israel solidarity rallies in America. "In
order for our children and our children's
children to enjoy Israel," she said, "it is up
to this generation to protect the state and
the stability of the Middle East!'
Washington Impact
After graduating Birmingham Groves High
School in 2000, Glass attended George
Washington University in Washington,
D.C., where she earned a bachelor's degree
in political communication and a master's
degree in political management.
"I loved living in a city that impacts the
world;' she said. "I lived in D.C. through
9-11, interned in the Senate during the
anthrax scares and interned at the White
House during the start of the war in Iraq?'
From 2004 to 2006, Glass was a GWU
Presidential Administrative Fellow during
which she helped promote the university
while pursuing her master's degree.
From 2004 to 2005, Glass worked as a
production assistant for the live political
debate talk show CNN Crossfire. In 2005,
she edited the GWU online alumni news-
letter, Colonial Cable.
Washington left an indelible imprint
on Glass: "I learned who I was as an indi-
vidual working in the city and going to
school there:'
She added, "George Washington was
mostly comprised of students from the
East Coast, and that made me proud to
be from Detroit and appreciate my home-
town. I knew that when I chose to get
married and start a family, I would move
back. Luckily, I found Jordan, who also
grew up here and who also values living
close to both of our families?'
Youthful Hurdles
Glass joined ePrize, which has many
young workers, in October 2006. Last
November, she joined the talent team,
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