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Gov. Snyder Announces Appointments

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hree members of the
Detroit area Jewish com-
munity are among those
appointed or re-appointed this
month by Michigan Gov. Rick
Snyder to positions with the Civil
Rights Commission, the State
Police Retirement Board and the
Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention
Board.
Jewish News publisher and
executive editor Arthur Horwitz
was appointed to a four-year term
on the eight-member Civil Rights
Commission.
The Commission was created in
1963 to "carry out the guarantees
against discrimination ... because
of religion, race, color or national
origin and to secure the equal pro-
tection of civil rights without dis-
crimination:' Subsequent amend-
ments added sex, age, marital sta-
tus, height, weight, criminal record,
and physical and mental disabilities
to the original protected categories.
Horwitz, an Independent,
replaces Democrat Mark Bernstein

Arthur
Horwitz

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Bernard Kent

Mark Davidoff

Shaarey Zedek Course On
The Wisdom of Judaism'
Rabbi Joseph Krakoff of Congregation
Shaarey Zedek (CSZ) in Southfield will
teach a 10-week class
entitled "The Wisdom
of Judaism," based on a
book by the same name
recently published by
the Rabbinical Assembly
of the Conservative
Movement.
The class begins on Jan.
Rabbi Joseph
28 and will continue until
Krakoff
May 6 on Monday nights,
7:30-8:30 p.m. at CSZ.
Topics include Israel, medical ethics, caring
for the needy, personal relationships, inter-
faith relations, and respect for animals and
the environment.
Classes are highly interactive and focus
on moral and ethical approaches to life and
dimensions of Jewish law and observance.
The class is free and open to the commu-
nity.
For more information, contact Karen at
(248) 357-5544 or email kdavis@
shaareyzedek.org .

Judaica On DVD
At Beth Ahm
Congregation Beth Ahm in West
Bloomfield will screen two sets of lec-
tures on DVD as part of its "Drop In
& Learn: Judaica on DVD" series. The
screenings are free and open to the com-
munity. No reservations are required.
On Sunday, Jan. 20, at 10:30 a.m., Beth
Ahm will screen two 30-minute lectures on
DVD by David Ruderman of the University
of Pennsylvania: "The Challenge of Baruch

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of Ann Arbor, who was elected
in November as a regent of the
University of Michigan.
Bernard Kent of Franklin was
appointed to a three-year term on the
nine-member State Police Retirement
Board, which oversees the Michigan
State Police retirement system. Kent
is managing director and senior advi-
sor at Telemus Wealth Advisors in
Southfield and represents the general
public with experience in insurance,
actuarial or institutional investment
fields.
Mark Davidoff of West Bloomfield
was re-appointed to a three-year
term on the 11-member Child Abuse
& Neglect Prevention Board. The
board promotes the health, safety
and welfare of Michigan's children
and families by funding local pro-
grams and services that prevent
child abuse and neglect. Davidoff
is Michigan managing partner of
Deloitte LLP. He previously served
as the chief operating officer of the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit. ❑

Spinoza" and "Moses Mendelssohn and
his Generation:' These lectures are from
Ruderman's 24-part course "Jewish
Intellectual History, 16th to 20th Century:'
On Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 1p.m., Beth
Ahm will show two 30-minute lectures
by Timothy Luke Johnson of the Candler
School of Theology at Emory University:
"The Beginnings of Kabbalah" and
"Mature Kabbalah — Zohar." These are
from Johnson's 36-part course, "Mystical
Tradition — Judaism, Christianity and
Islam," which Beth Ahm is screening in its
entirety on Wednesday afternoons as part of
its ongoing DVD learning group, currently
in its fourth year.
For information, call Nancy Kaplan (248)
737-1931 or email nancyellen879@att.net .

Paid Internships Available
For College Students
Applications are being accepted for
the Jeanette & Oscar Cook Jewish
Occupational Intern (JOIN) program next
summer. The program offers eight-week
paid summer internships to full-time
Jewish undergraduate or graduate stu-
dents who are residents of Metropolitan
Detroit.
Interns work at Jewish nonprofit agencies
in the fields of nonprofit business admin-
istration, marketing and communications,
research and program planning, human
services, women's issues and advocacy and
human resources.
Written applications for the JOIN pro-
gram are being accepted, and personal
interviews will be held through Jan. 31.
For an application or more information,
contact Debra Silver of JVS at (248) 233-
4233 or dsilver@jvsdet.org.

Taking It On
The Run

MSU students hit on idea
for mobile app to help runners.

JackieHeadapohl

Managing Editor

F

armington Hills native and
Michigan State University
business student Josh

and make working out much more

enjoyable," Leider says.
A study from Brunel University has

proven that running while listening
to music can improve an athlete's
ability up to 15 percent, adds Ebert-

Leider likes to run for
Zavos. "We're trying to capitalize on
fitness. One day while running, a
this statistic."
song came onto his iPod that really
Encouraged by their adviser at The
put him in the zone. "I began to run
Hatch, MSU's business incubator,
to the tempo," said Leider, 21, who
in August, they entered South
attended Temple Kol Ami. "And when
By Southwest's Student Startup
the song ended, it really threw me off
Madness Pitch competition, a fun
my stride."
and exciting nationwide tournament
That experience led to an
providing college student startups
idea. What if he could create an
the opportunity to grab the attention
entire playlist of songs
whose tempo matched
his preferred pace? He
thought about it and put
his head together with
some fellow MSU students,
including Jewish business
partner Benny Ebert-Zavos,
an avid runner.
Ebert-Zavos, 21 and a
fellow business student,
Benny Ebert-Zavos and Josh Leider with
hails from Maryland and is their prize from the Eli Broad Business
currently Jewish Business
Pitch Competition
Associate President
at MSU Hillel. He and
Leider got in touch with an adjunct
of potential investors and leaders in
professor in the Computer Science
the startup community.
Department, who directed him to
"We didn't think we'd have a
his best students, Adam Proschek
chance, going up against teams from
and Phil Getzen. Together, the team
schools like Harvard and Stanford,"
created TempoRun, an app that
says Leider, who will be working at
allows users to run at a consistent
Camp Tamarack this summer. "But
and enjoyable pace, using music
last month we learned we made it
tempo as their guides.
into the top 32, and just recently
The app, which will be available
learned that we are one of the eight
on iTunes in the spring, will scan
finalists."
users' music libraries on their iPod
TempoRun also won the $5,000
or iPad and categorize their songs
first-place prize at the 2012 Eli
by tempo, levels 1-12. Users can
Broad Business Pitch Competition
also opt for a streaming music
last month in East Lansing, beating
service that will search for music by
out 27 other student-entrepreneur
genre and then categorize songs by
teams from MSU.
tempo.
Next, the team heads to Austin,
"Our goal is to help runners,"
Texas, in March to pitch their app
says Ebert-Zavos. "If they want to
to a panel of successful investors
run 5 miles at a 7-minute-per-mile
and entrepreneurs to compete for
pace, they'll be able to find their
valuable technology tools provided
favorite music that has the tempo
by Google developers. If they win,
level to help them achieve that
they plan to use the prize to develop
goal."
the next generation of TempoRun, as
Users will also be able to buy
well as invest in the human capital
workout plans with preset playlists
needed to ensure users have a
to help them meet their running
quality experience.
goals, such as a 10K in 35 minutes.
Leider and Ebert-Zavos say they
"We have experience running
are on track to launch the app in
to the tempo of music, and it does
April, which they will do with a
enhance your running abilities
charity 5K run in East Lansing.

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