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»Jews In The Digital Age

Students at Frankel Jewish Academy are welcomed back
with iPads. See page 28.

»Teen2Teen extra

Local teens write about their summers exploring the
Western United States and Spain. See page 48.

» JET Nay Wows 'Em

New season opens with The Whipping Man, a collaboration
with the Plowshares Theatre. See our review on page 57.

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Brittany Murray and Maddi Gonte, part of a

five-week Tamarack trip out West.

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Opportunity Knocks

Detroit Federation's lay leader leaves
to become federation CEO in Atlanta.

Don Cohen

Contributing Writer

t - ,
, t was just one year ago, Sept. 15, 2010, when Michael
- ‘ Horowitz became president of the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit — its top volunteer position — and
spoke of the ways the community was meeting the challenge
of a shrinking and aging Jewish population.
In mid-October, Horowitz of West Bloomfield will become
CEO and president of the Jewish Federation of Greater
Atlanta — its top professional position — and work to meet
the challenges
faced by the one
of the fastest-
growing Jewish
communities in
the nation.
Historically,
Federation
presidents have
served three
consecutive one-
Detroit Federation's outgoing
year terms, and
President Michael Horowitz
Horowitz will com-
plete his first one-year term on Oct. 5, coinciding with the
Federation's Annual Meeting. At that time, in accordance with
Federation's by-laws, the immediate past president and chair
of the executive committee, Nancy Grosfeld of Bloomfield
Hills, will serve as interim president pending selection of a
new president.
In a letter sent to Federation leadership on Sept. 8, just
after the Atlanta Federation's board voted to approve his hire,
the lifelong Detroiter shared that he had not been looking to
leave Detroit, but "that a casual discussion of Atlanta's needs
and my off-handed interest converged."
Horowitz had made connections in Atlanta through his
national and international involvement with the Jewish
Federations of North America (JFNA), the Jewish Agency
for Israel (JAFI) and the American Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee (JDC). Additionally, two of his children graduated
from Atlanta's Emory University. His son Geoffrey still lives in
Atlanta.
He wrote that a friend told him Atlanta "was looking for
new leadership and thought that an 'out-of-the-box' candi-
date, with a combination of my business experience and

Judy Schwartz of West Bloomfield at the controls of her Mooney single-engine plane.

Chai Flyers!

Jewish pilots and small airplane enthusiasts
keep 30-year-old tradition alive.

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Covering and
Connecting
Jewish Detroit
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