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Alex Sincere, a
junior at Evanston
Township High
School in Evanston,
Ill., was awarded first
place in the DuPont
Challenge science
competition for his
essay on stem cell
research in blind mice. The award
was presented in April at NASA's
Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The award included a trip to. Disney
World, accompanied by his parents,
Debra (Finkelstein) Sincere, formerly
of Southfield, and Richard Sincere.
His grandfather is Stanley Finkelstein,
formerly of Farmington Hills, now in
Temecula, Calif.
Gary Kravitz of
Farmington Hills
has joined the board
of trustees of the
Six Rivers Regional
Land Conservancy,
a 20-year-old non-
profit that conserves
Kravitz
and cares for land
in the Michigan
counties of Oakland, Macomb, Lapeer
and Genesee and in the watersheds
of the Clinton, Huron, Rouge, Flint,
Shiawassee and Belle rivers. Kravitz is
an attorney with the Detroit law firm
of Lewis & Munday.
The Jewish Community of
Louisville, Ky., has appointed Stu
Silberman, treasurer of the Jewish
Community Center in Ann Arbor for
the past five years, as president and
CEO. He will start Aug. 1. Silberman is
principal of Silberman Consulting. He
assists in developing and launching
new products and services in infor-
mation technology, manufacturing,
robotics and life sciences. He previously
worked in management, including in
business development and product
marketing at Ford Motor Co.
Budding scientist Tammy Hsia
of Sterling Heights is one of 19
American students chosen to attend
the summer science program at the
Weizmann Institute of Science in
Rehovot, Israel. Hsia applied for the
42nd annual Dr. Bessie Lawrence
International Summer Science
Institute (ISSI) to pursue her passion
for science and mathematics. ISSI, a
four-week, intensive science explora-
tion, affords students the opportunity
to work in small groups with world-
renowned scientists and graduate
students, conducting actual, ongoing
research. For the past year, Hsia has
attended Sterling Heights High School
and the Macomb Mathematics Science
Technology Center. "I wanted to go to
Israel because this is an opportunity
I'll likely never see again:' she said. "I
want to experience what this program
has to offer. I'm incredibly blessed to
be one of the few selectee
Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park recently
honored members who have or are
about to turn 90 years old, adding
the following new names to leaves
on the "905- branch of its "Tree of
Life:" Sidney Barbas, Betty Katzman,
Lloyd Strausz, Loris Birnkrant,
Lottie Malkin, Albert Stutz, Ben
Braiker, Milton Ross, Kerry Stutz,
Harold Flacks, Adeline Salinger,
Leslie Winkler, Leah Glinter, Bea
Sacks, Pearl Zafron, Freda Grand,
Rose Sallen, Evelyn Woloveck, Doris
Holberg, Ed Sallen, Bob Yoffie,
Maxwell Jospey, Walter Stark
Michael Barry Schonberger, son of
Mark and Elaine Schonberger of West
Bloomfield, received a doctor of osteo-
pathic medicine degree from Kansas
City University of Medicine and
Biosciences. He will complete postdoc-
toral training in neurology at Botsford
General Hospital in Farmington Hills.
Lucy Gersten, Larry Imerman and
Mert Segal were honored June 26 at
the 160th annual meeting of Temple
Beth El in Bloomfield Township for
their service to the congregation.
Outgoing President Jim Deutchman,
recognized the longstanding efforts
of Gersten and Imerman with the
presentation of the President's Cup.
A former Temple officer, Gersten
is immediate past president of the
sisterhood, a member of the TBE
Adult Choir and the Usher Corps and
an originator of the Memorial Book.
For the past several years, Imerman
has done work in the areas of bud-
get, dues and environmental issues.
Temple Past President Mert Segal
received the Flora J. Winton Service
Award. He is chair emeritus of the
Endowment Committee and a past
chair of the 21st Century Fund. He
is a founder with his wife, sister-in-
law and late brother-in-law of the
Merton & Beverly Segal and Marvin
& Peggy Novick Heritage Endowment
for the Glazer Institute on Judaism
for the Catholic, Protestant, Eastern
Orthodox, Muslim and Jewish clergy.
He is past president and founder
of Meadowbrook Insurance Group,
Southfield.
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