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Ben Lesnick of West
Bloomfield has been
awarded a Leader
Advancement
Scholarship from
Central Michigan
University in Mt.
Pleasant. Selection
Lesnick
for the four-year,
$2,000-per-year
scholarship is based on a distin-
guished record of leadership and
service during high school. Lesnick,
the son of Howard and Shari Lesnick
of West Bloomfield, is a graduate of
Walled Lake Central High School.
Leader Advancement Scholars reside
in the leadership residence hall and
complete eight courses with a special-
ized leadership emphasis. Lesnick will
participate in and take leadership roles
in student organizations, attend lead-
ership events and trainings, engage
in community service activities, join
university committees, plan campus
events, mentor freshman scholarship
recipients throughout the four-year
scholarship period.

This N one party
you don't want to miss!

Bring the entire family to
enjoy this once-in-a-lifetime,
one day only event.
We've booked
the entire State Fairgrounds
for our excli ;11 celebration.
In addition to all the rides
and usual entertainment,
you'll enjoy...

Hindy Najman, associate professor
of ancient Judaism in the Department
and Center for the Study of Religion
at the University of Toronto, has been
appointed director of the Center for
Jewish Studies at the University of
Toronto. Hindy is the daughter of
Cantor Chaim and Dr. Sherrell Najman
of Southfield.

Israel-focused Activities
Kosher Food

All-Star Musical Concert featuring
The Moshav Band and Peter Hinitrneirnan
Tree Planting and Gefilte Fishing

At the 90th Optimist International
Convention held in Grapevine, Texas,
July 2-5, past-Michigan District
Optimist governor and Berkley resi-
dent Marc Katz was elected to serve
as one of eight Optimist International
vice presidents for the 2009-2010
Optimist year. Katz's region will
include the Michigan District as well
as the New York-New England, Atlantic
Central, Southwest Ontario, Central
Ontario and Midwest Ontario districts.

Wayne State
University Law
School second-year
student Solomon
Radner of Oak
Park was recently
appointed as the
student liaison to
Radner
the American Bar
Association's (ABA)
White Collar Crimes Committee. He is
the only student liaison to the White
Collar Crimes Committee in the coun-
try and is among only 64 law students

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nationwide chosen as 2008-2009 ABA
student liaisons. Radner will serve a
one-year term as student liaison and
his duties will include writing articles
for the ABA Student Lawyer maga-
zine, submitting reports, attending
ABA meetings and serving as liaison
between the ABA and law students
interested in a practice that focuses
on white-collar crime. He expects to
graduate in 2010 but plans on gaining
even more experience before then.
"I will be working for a crimi-
nal defense attorney this fall while
attending school and plan to enroll
in both Criminal Procedure I and the
Advanced Criminal Topics Seminar
at Wayne Law [in Detroit] this fall:'
Radner said. "I look forward to a long
legal career and am very appreciative
of the experience I'm gaining right
now."
He earned a bachelor's degree in
talmudic law from the Yeshiva College
of the Nation's Capital.

Michael A.
Robbins, a
Bloomfield Hills
attorney who prac-
tices exclusively
in family law, was
recently elected
president of the
Robbins
American Academy
of Matrimonial Lawyers-Michigan
Chapter. Robbins was recently named
one of Michigan's Super Lawyers in the
family law category. He is also a for-
mer chair of the Family Law Section of
the State Bar of Michigan.

Joel Smith is head-
ing the firm of
Neumann/Smith
Architecture in
Southfield as part-
ner and president.
He is licensed to
practice architecture
Smith
in 12 states and has
National Council
of Architectural Registration Board
Certification.

Dr. George Blum of Southfield
Pediatrics has been made a full clini-
cal professor of pediatrics at Wayne
State University.

Barry Klein Realty Enterprises in
West Bloomfield marked its 25th year
with the completion of a Walgreen
store development in Essexville, in the
Bay City trade area.