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Shabbat In
The Park

Adat Shalom's young

families look forward

to another leisurely

evening with song,

stories and a picnic.

dat Shalom Synagogue
held Shabbat in the Park
events designed for
young families in late May and in
June at Drake Sports Park in West
Bloomfield.
Participants welcomed Shabbat
with interactive music, stories and
blessings. Hazzan Dan Gross, Rabbi
Rachel Shere and Dan Shere led the
service, which was followed by a
BYOP (Bring Your Own Picnic) din-
ner.
The next Shabbat in the Park is
at 5:45 p.m. Friday, July 13, at Drake
Park. Drinks and dessert provided
by Adat Shalom. All are welcome. To
RSVP, call (248) 626-2153 or email
rshere@adatshalom.org .

JVS Salutes

Zosia, 3 months, at her first Shabbat

in the Park with mom, Lauren Gross of
Farmington Hills

Howard Babcock of Royal Oak with son
Noah Babcock of Berkley and grandson

Elissa Miller of Farmington Hills with
Josh, 8, and Tali, 6

Jack Ganezer, 5, of Bloomfield

Township, Mickey Gross, 4, of Novi and
Harrison Ruskin, 4, of Novi

Annual Strictly Business luncheon honors local business leaders.

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JVS Board Chair Lee Hurwitz, JVS CEO

Barbara Nurenberq and Honorary Chair
Ed Levy Jr.

July 5 • 2012

Dan Shere on guitar and Hazzan Dan

Gross on bongos

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he JVS Strictly Business and
Networking Luncheon on June
7 drew more than 700 partici-
pants to honor the best in the business.
The event featured Ed Levy Jr., hon-
orary chair, who received a standing
ovation after sharing the life lessons
his parents and grandparents taught
him about running a successful family
enterprise.
Also honored were Jason Raznick,
founder of Benzinga, who received the
first annual JVS Rising Entrepreneur
Award for the startup of an online
financial media outlet that serves 3

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Eric and Bonnie Gioberman of West
Bloomfield with 16-month-old Hadley

million monthly readers; and Andra
Rush, founder of Rush Trucking, who
accepted the JVS Business Leadership
Award for growing a trucking company
of three vehicles to a nationwide fleet
of nearly 2,000 trucks and trailers.
Three individuals, including Roberta
Zald, Frances Gendler and Charles
Scott, received the JVS Employee of the
Year Award for using JVS services to
successfully find employment.
Co-Chairs Mindi Fynke and Michael
Tobin reported that the event raised
$275,000 to help the community get
back to work.

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2011 JVS Business Leadership Award

Shirley Goldstein and her daughter,

recipient Bob Broner and 2012 recipi-

Frances Gendler, a JVS Employee of
the Year recipient

ent Andra Rush

Strictly Business Co-Chair Mindi Fynke,
Rising Entrepreneur Award recipient Jason

Raznick and Co-Chair Michael Tobin

A JVS Employee of the Year

recipient Roberta Zald

Ed and Gloria Meer

