Business & Professional MEMOS McLogan and Ran THIS WEEKEND ATTHE NEW DIA. Friday Night Live!: Clarinet ensembles—Mama's Licking Stick and Quartet Issy—play at Friday Night Live! Saturday: Watch artist Scott Hocking at work and make a masterpiece at the drop-in workshop. Target Family Sundays: Latika Mangrulkar tells stories of Birbal, the witty courtier in the Mughal Emperor Akbar's court. Now on View: Kenro izu: Sacred Places The Private World of India's Mughal Emperors: Albums of Painting and Calligraphy from the Chester Beatty Library Programs are made possible with support from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the City of Detroit. Yoga Therapy of Michigan will open a new facility at 7511 Autumn Hill Drive in West Bloomfield Saturday, Sept. 20, from 1-4 p.m. Leading a discussion will be Dr. Beena Vesikar, ayurvedic physician, and yoga thera- pists Colette R. McLogan of Ann Arbor and Suzanna Ran of West Bloomfield. A question and answer period as well as an opportunity to register for a consultation will be available after the discussion. Visit the Web site at www.yogatherapy-om.com or call (248) 507-4008. Dr. Yale Cohen, son of Rena and Jerry Cohen of West Bloomfield, has accepted a position as tenured associ- ate professor in otorhinolaryngology Cohen at the University of Pennsylvania. He will head the Auditory Research Laboratory and have secondary appointments in neuroscience, psychology and bioen- gineering. Alan Nathan of Bloomfield Hills is now associated with Michigan Financial Companies in Southfield. He works with products and services in retirement funding, state conserva- tion, wealth accumulation, business succession planning and executive benefits for publicly and privately held companies. DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS 1.0 YouPet.com is an online social net- working site devoted to pets and their owners. This safe site provides pet owners with a place to meet other pet lovers. It provides a place to exchange photos, videos and blogs as well as participate in forums or live chats. Aaron Weitzman of West Bloomfield and David Weinberg of Birmingham launched the site in early 2008. Have The Detroit Jewish Delivered To Your Door Every Thursday For About A Dollar A Week To subscribe today call 248.351.5174 or visitJNonline.us A 3 8 September 4 • 2008 JN -T7,135. iN Forst Several doctors of Royal Oak-based Beaumont Hospital recently received Outstanding Doctors awards. Among them are Dr. David H. Forst of Birmingham, vice-chief of the Cardiovascular Disease division for Beaumont Hospitals, accepted the Outstanding Medical Staff Leadership Award. He has been serving the medical Franklin staff since 1982. Dr. Barry A. Franklin of Bloomfield Hills, director of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Laboratories, received the Outstanding Medical Research Award. He has been on the Beaumont staff since 1985. The Center for Leadership Initiatives (CLI) and the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation have awarded 10 Insight Fellowships, a two-year program to train in Jewish communal service. Two participants have local roots: Amy Rothberger grew up in Farmington Hills and attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She graduated with Rothberger a specialized degree in contemporary Semitic languages and cultures. Amy studied Hebrew, Arabic, and interdis- ciplinary Middle Eastern studies both at GW and at the University of Haifa, where she worked at a shelter for bat- tered women and children. Adam Soclof was raised in Ann Arbor and graduated the University of Michigan with a B.A. in Judaic studies. As a found- ing fellow of the PresenTense Institute in Jerusalem, Adam created HyperSemitic, a Jewish edu-tainment company that uses music, film and new media to teach about ritual and holidays. He produced Haman Song, a video for Purim starring Bible rapper Matt Bar. Robin Sherr Davids, a former West Bloomfield resident of Los Angeles, Calif., was recently made vice presi- dent of national publicity for 20th Century Fox. She is the daughter of Ron and Linda Sherr of West Bloomfield.