Business & Professional
MEMOS
Akiva
Appoints
Director
Yeshivat Akiva has
appointed Sidney
Katz as its new
executive director.
Katz will lead the
Southfield school's
business office, development activi-
ties, donor management and building
operations as well as efforts to increase
public awareness about Akiva.
"We are very excited to have Sidney
as part of the Akiva family," said Mark
Nadel, president of Akiva's board. "As
both a seasoned professional and an
Akiva alumnus and parent, he under-
stands Akiva's unique educational
mission and the importance of creating
the financial footing to support it. I am
confident his passion and advocacy for
the school will resonate strongly within
our halls and the community"
Before joining Akiva, Katz worked
for Plante & Moran in litigation sup-
port and valuation. His past experience
includes financial consulting and oper-
ations management for a local property
management company.
Katz is a 1987 graduate of Akiva and
holds a master's of business admin-
istration degree from Wayne State
University in Detroit and a law degree
from the University of Detroit. He is
an active leader in a number of Jewish
communal agencies.
"It's an honor and privilege to return
to Akiva as its new executive director"
said Sidney Katz. "I have a passion for
this institution and its commitment
to provide an academically challeng-
ing secular and Judaic education to
the children of the Jewish community.
I look forward to doing my part to
ensure Akiva's future, financial security
and viability"
He and his wife, Shoshana, have three
children: Avi, Yoni and Eitan, who all
attend Akiva.
Michael F. Jacobson
of Bloomfield Hills,
a partner in the
Southfield office of
Jaffe Raitt Heuer
& Weiss, PC, has
been named one of
the lawyers of the
year for 2007 by
Michigan Lawyers
Weekly. Jacobson is a member of the
firm's commercial litigation practice
group, where he concentrates on com-
plex business litigation, real estate and
construction litigation, shareholder
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Behrmann Printing Co. Inc., of
Southfield, an 80-year-old, three-
generation Jewish family business,
has been named winner of the Ben
Franklin Award for 2008. The Michigan
award is given by five printing industry
organizations for excellence in crafts-
manship and production and for com-
munity service and charitable endeav-
ors. Behrmann Printing was started
by Jack Behrmann in 1928, then was
headed by his son, Sherwin (Mickey)
Behrmann of Huntington Woods and
now is led by the founder's grandsons,
Ivan Behrmann of Toledo, Steven
Behrmann of Huntington Woods and
Scott Behrmann of Farmington Hills.
Michele Siegal has been named assis-
tant director of the Great Lakes Region
of the Jewish Theological Seminary,
based in Bloomfield Township. Siegal
has almost 20 years of experience as
an executive in the insurance indus-
try. A member of Michigan Region of
the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization
Commission, of which she is a past
chair, Siegal has been an active com-
munal volunteer with the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
and Congregation B'nai Moshe in West
Bloomfield.
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founding partner of Dib, Fagan &
Brault PC in Royal Oak, has been recog-
nized by Law & Politics as a Michigan
Super Lawyer. He specializes in plaintiff
employment litigation.
Justin T. Golden of West Bloomfield
was promoted to principal and recently
named head of institutional equity
derivatives sales for Bank of America
in Europe. His role will include build-
ing out the bank's hedge fund and asset
management businesses from their
office in London, England.
Beth Grossman of Farmington Hills
has joined the Rochester-based Angott
Search Group in the banking and finan-
cial services division. She will focus on
wealth management and the private
banking market.
Bruce S. Kahn of the Southfield firm
Seyburn, Kahn, Ginn, Bess and Serlin
PC has been selected as a "Super
Lawyer" by Law & Politics Magazine
in the area of business/corporate law.
Kahn is a co-managing shareholder of
the firm and represents a wide range of
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