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From the archives of the
Detroit Jewish News

Film
Fanatics

Best friends form videography business together.

JASON DOVITZ I SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

VATICAN HITS ROUNDUP OF ITALIAN JEWS
Many Flee Into Mountains to Join Guerilla Bands;
Pope Offers Aid

December 10, 1943

BERNE, Switzerland (JFS) —Thousands of Italian Jews are fleeing into the
mountains to escape the roundup by the Mussolini puppet-government and Gestapo
agents operating in Nazi-occupied Italy, it was reported by the Badoglio radio and
heard here.
... The Vatican radio is reported as having broadcast appeals to the Italian
populace denouncing the persecution of Jews and declaring that all observers of the
Christian faith sympathize with their Jewish brethren in the hour of need. Cardinal
Carmani has sent a note to the Fascist Party of Italy strongly protesting the anti-
Jewish legislation recommended by the Party Congress held recently in the city of
Verona.
The Pope is said to have appealed to Nazi authorities against the burning of Holy
scrolls and other sacred writings taken from the synagogues and Jewish Community
libraries, and to have offered sanctuary in the Vatican for Jewish religious articles.

December 4, 1959

Birth Announcements

Nov. 28 — to Mr. and Mrs. Abe Pasternak (Geraldine Nagler), of 20116 Marlowe, a
son, Martin Jay ' November 18 —To Mr. and Mrs. Mark Webber (Ruth Muschkies,
formerly of Toronto), of 24306 Chippewa, a daughter, Elaine Deborah *** Nov. 14
— to Mr. and Mrs. Harold H. Davidson (Bethsheva Laikin), of 18690 Birchcrest, a son,
Joshua.

Bar Mitzvahs

Dr. and Mrs. Jack D. Kutnick, of 1860 Strathcona, announce the Bar Mitzvah of
their son, Steven Lee, this evening at Temple Israel. A reception in his honor will
follow services ' The Bar Mitzvah of Barry Rozanoff, sone of Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Rozanoff, of 19483 Pinehurst, will be observed at 8:30 pm today, at the Sholem
Aleichem Institute. A dinner in Barry's honor will be held Sunday at Sammy's Avalon
Room ' Mr. and Mrs. Martin Tischler, of 18915 Stoepel, announce the Bar Mitzvah
of their son, Alexander, this Saturday at Conf. B'nai Moishe. Open house in his honor
will be held from 2 to 10 pm Sunday at the family home. No cards.

Miss Lupovich to Wed
Chicagoan on Jan. 24

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lupovich, of 24071 Berkley, Oak Park, announce the
engagement of their daughter, Rochelle, to Armand Lauffer, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Lauffer, of Chicago, Ill. The bride-elect is a senior in the college of liberal arts
and sciences at Wayne State University. Her fiancé holds a bachelor's degree from
Roosevelt College, and has a master's degree from the WSU school of social work.
Plans are being made for a January 24 wedding.

The Detroit Jewish News Foundation's goal is is to digitize every issue of
the Jewish News, dating to March 27, 1942, and make them available and
searchable to the public. The Foundation will also support and sponsor
forums, town hall meetings and other educational events to best utilize
and share this historical community resource.

To assist the Foundation in its work, simply go to
the website www.thejewishnews.com and
click on the word "donate"
at the top right portion of the home page.

The Detroit Jewish News Foundation, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization.

26 June 7 • 2012

Danny Agar and Sam Shapiro of Frosted Films

am Shapiro and Danny
Agar have been best
friends since Agar moved
across the street from
Shapiro in Farmington Hills when they
were in seventh grade. Now, they
are more than just friends; they are
business partners.
While rooming together their
freshman year at the University of
Michigan, the two entrepreneurs
decided to start their own company
that would combine their two loves:
business and video. They created a
videography company called Frosted
Films. They set out with one goal in
mind — capturing timeless family
moments at an affordable price.
"We chose the name Frosted Films
for two reasons: We are cool like frost
and because of frosting on a cake,
which is eaten at weddings and bar
mitzvahs," they said.
The company has worked mostly at
Jewish family events but has started
to branch out by creating concert
videos of musicians Kid Cudi and J
Cole, filming and editing videos for
local companies like Just Baked, and
even creating video resumes.
Agar and Shapiro, both 20, say their
Jewish backgrounds have helped them
because they have been to so many
bar mitzvahs and weddings they know
what to film to make a great video.
"We are able to get the quality
moments in our video because of
our experience from going to these
parties when we were younger,"
Shapiro said.
Their Jewish connection also has
helped them gain more business by
word of mouth through the local
community.
Their company started with just
the two of them, but they realized
they needed to expand. They hired

two editors and have some part-time
video interns, and they are always
looking for young, new workers.
More importantly, they both
said the business has helped their
friendship, as they have really gelled
together, and their friendship has
allowed their company to grow.
They rely on each other — when
one person doesn't know how to do
something, the other does. Because
they are best friends, they aren't
competing against one another but
working together for the best of their
company.
They now hope to expand on
the concert scene, create college
application videos and do work for
non-denominational events, while
continuing to work for Jewish events.
They use professional-grade HD
cameras to create a professional
product at a more affordable price.
They learned how to shoot and edit
video in a class they took together at
North Farmington High School. And
they are still learning by expanding
their expertise at Photoshop and
Dreamweaver.
"We meet exclusively with each
customer to work specifically for their
needs," Shapiro said.
Shapiro and Agar just finished
their sophomore year at U-M, where
they both are in the Ross School of
Business. During the summer, they will
work with Frosted Films and pursue
more outside experience. Shapiro
is interning at Access Computer
Technology. Agar is finalizing summer
job plans.
They can be reached at contact@
wearefrosted.com or (248) 497-1722,
or go to www.wearefrosted.com .

Jason Dovitz will be a sophomore at
Michigan State University.

