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abbi Eric Grossman has
been named new head of
school for the Frankel Jewish
Academy of Metropolitan Detroit
in West Bloomfield. Grossman has
taught at FJA for
seven years and is
founding head of
the school's Bible
department.
Economics made
it impossible for him
to leave Michigan
— he had hoped to
Rabbi Eric
return to his native
Grossman
Toronto — so he
recently formally applied for the job.
A search committee was formed in
March to find a new head of school
to replace Rabbi Lee Buckman, who
is in Israel with FJA seniors, but will
leave the school when classes end in
mid-June.
The committee had a number of
applicants and interviewed a few, but
when Grossman became available, his
name rose to the top of the list, said
Dr. Marc Borovoy, FJA president. The
committee's recommendation was
approved by the FJA board May 19.
"He's well loved by the students,
parents and teachers;' Borovoy said.
"He's unique, congenial and extremely
bright. He brings a high level of
integrity, [with an] ethic and moral
background that he models himself,
based on Torah values, that he can
imbue on our students.
"Rabbi Grossman is uniquely quali-
fied to implement the educational and
religious philosophy of the school and
to hit the ground mining."
Grossman will work with an interim
administrative team he's already
familiar with that includes Beverly
Stone, Jerry Gutman and Renee
Wohl. Rabbi Aaron Bergman, head of
Judaics, leaves at the end of the school
year to become a pulpit rabbi at Adat
Shalom Synagogue in Farmington
Hills.
"It's been an amazing opportunity
to be able to take said Grossman of
Southfield. "The school has really been

my family in Detroit since I moved
here. When we came, we didn't have
children, but we had countless stu-
dents over for Shabbat and the whole
school was invited to the bris of our
son."
Grossman came to FJA from the
Gann Academy/New Jewish High
School in Boston, where he taught
and was director of Judaic activi-
ties. In addition to work at FJA, he
has taught in the community, for the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit and at several Conservative
and Orthodox congregational schools.
He also serves as rabbi (non-resident)
of Shaar Hashomayim Congregation
in Windsor.
He lived in Israel for four years,
studying at Yeshivat Ha-Mivtar and at
the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
A two-time recipient of the Hebrew
University's Bible prize, and a fellow at
the university's Institute for Advanced
Studies, Grossman went on to com-
plete his undergraduate studies and
receive his bachelor's of art degree
with distinction from York University
in Toronto.
Rabbi Grossman received his rab-
binic ordination in Jerusalem from
Rabbi Daniel Channen, with the
recognition of the Chief Rabbi of
Israel. He is completing his gradu-
ate studies at Brandeis University in
the Department of Near Eastern and
Judaic Studies.
The role of head of school seems
"the next natural step in my career','
Grossman said.
"I think the Academy is one of the
gems of this community:' Grossman
said. "It's been an honor to work there
for so many years, and a great honor
to work in the tradition already estab-
lished there. It's a place where all Jews
will feel embraced and respected, and
where young Jewish men and women
will be able to discover their place in
the future of the Jewish people'
The Academy, founded in 2000, has
225 high school students.
Grossman and his wife, Karynne
Naftolin, both Toronto natives, have
two sons, Ezra, 4, and Max, 2, and are
active members of the Young Israel of
Southfield congregation. ❑

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