DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWISHNEWS.com Arthur M. Horwitz DETROIT JEWISH NEWS frontlines theJEWISHNEWS.com F. Kevin Browett Continued from page 5 Chief Operating Officer Publisher / Executive Editor kbrowett@renmedia.us ahorwitz@renmedia.us Jason Weiss of Novi. Adam Cohen of Huntington Woods and Janis Shulman of Farmington Hills were also elected to a third three-year term. Jackie Headapohl Managing Editor jheadapohl@renmedia.us Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor kcohen@renmedia.us Gail Zimmerman Arts Editor gzimmerman@renmedia.us Ron Applebaum, outgoing JARC President, with Rick Loewenstein, JARC CEO, and David Grand, incoming JARC President Deborah Schultz Corporate Creative Director dschultz@renmedia.us JARC Elects Officers, Board JARC, an organization serving people with disabilities, recently held its 45th annual meeting at JARC's Sadie and Charles Grosberg Home in Farmington Hills to elect its board for 2014-2015. JARC's newly elected officers are presi- dent, David Grand of Ann Arbor; vice presidents, Adam Cohen of Huntington Woods, Julie Hertzberg of Bloomfield Hills and Lisa Pernick of Franklin; secre- tary, Dani Gillman of West Bloomfield; and treasurer, Janis Shulman of Farmington Hills. Newly elected board members for their second three-year term expiring in 2017 include Adam Becker of Bloomfield Hills; Amy Berlin of Huntington Woods; Marcy Colton of Farmington Hills; Dani Gillman of West Bloomfield and EDITORIAL Senior Copy Editor David Sachs dsachs@renmedia.us Editorial Assistant Sy Manello smanello@renmedia.us Senior Columnist Danny Raskin dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net Contributing Editor Robert Sklar rsklar@renmedia.us Contributing Writers Ruthan Brodsky Suzanne Chessler Annabel Cohen Don Cohen Shelli Liebman Dorfman MIBB To Honor Its Co-Founder The Michigan Israel Business Bridge (MIBB) will hold its first Ambassador Awards Dinner Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Detroit Athletic Club. MIBB is a nonprof- it organization that works to create eco- nomic development between Michigan and Israel. MIBB will bestow two awards during the dinner. The Bridge Builder Award to General Dynamics Land Systems will be accepted by Donald Schenk, vice president of International Tank Programs. The MIBB Impact Awardee is the orga- nization's co-founder and past-president, Chuck Newman. It was Newman's vision that led to a vibrant bi-national cham- ber dedicated to increasing business, research and investment opportunities between Michigan and Israel. He and his wife, Sharon, were the prin- cipal founders of the Jewish Community Center of Ann Arbor. Chuck is a past National Chairman of the board of direc- tors of Hillel: the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, and was president of the Michigan Jewish Conference. He is a member of numerous boards of direc- tors including that of the International Myeloma Foundation. QUICK CLICK ... 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Horwitz ahorwitz@renmedia.us sdorfman@thejewishnews.conn Stacy Gittleman Ronelle Grier Esther Allweiss Ingber Harry Kirsbaum Lynne Konstantin Barbara Lewis Rabbi Jason Miller Alan Muskovitz Allan Nahajewski Robin Schwartz Steve Stein Keith Farber Sales Director kfarber©renmedia.us 1 ing days were over, h served as a coach for Yale University and the College of the City of New York. Friedman was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame, the University of Michigan Hall of Honor, the State of Michigan Sports Hall of Fame, the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. So, the next time you are throw- ing around the ball with your family and friends, remember the extraordinary tale of Benny Friedman. ❑ Michigan's most famous athletes, hat's right — it has been appointed director of is nearly time for the 2014 National Football League season to begin! Did you know that Benny Friedman, a Jewish man from Cleveland, Ohio, revolutionized the sport? Friedman led the NFL in passing touchdowns, rushing touchdowns and scoring in 1928. No other NFL team would surpass 20 passing touchdowns in a season until 1942, the year that Friedman joined the U.S. Navy. BENNY FRIEDMAN Friedman was an All- American football player at the University of Michigan, who then played profes- Want to learn more? Go to the DIN sional football for Cleveland, Detroit, Foundation archives, available for free Brooklyn and New York. After his play- at www.djnfoundation.org. Chief Operating Officer F. Kevin Browett kbrowett@renmedia.us Controller Craig R. 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