_„af oung ewstcati fellowsnip prOy D The Levin Family: Michael and Fallon Levin with their daughter Zehava. RACHEL ROSENBAUM Rachel Rosenbaum is an incoming Chal- lenge Detroit fellow who will be working for General Motors. She's from Fayette- ville, N.Y., and is a graduate of Cornell University, where she majored in design and environmental management. We caught up with Rosenbaum within hours of her drive into Detroit, a seven- hour commute. Rosenbaum, ii. who has no connections in Detroit, desired to "do some- thing right after graduation to get immersed in Rachel Rosenbaum ili l 70 October 2014 I Rth THREAD r. Michael Levin, born in Jerusalem, matched into the Wayne State urology residency program back in 2011. He visited Moishe House shortly after making Detroit his new home. While there, he met Farmington Hills-native Fallon Garfield-Turner, currently a nurse at Henry Ford West Bloomfield in the general medicine and oncology unit, who was just about to give up on finding a spouse in Detroit. Fallon, searching across America and Toronto, ended up finding exactly what she was looking for in her own backyard. Together, Michael and Fallon now have a 7-month old daughter, Zahava, who is already a regular at the new Chabad of Greater Downtown Detroit. Zahava, which means gold, represents a new gen- eration in Jewish Detroit. Levin, now a fourth-year resident, didn't let the negative headlines he saw about Detroit define the city he now calls home. He seized the positivity. That's what some people call opportunity Detroit. "We have been so welcomed into the Detroit Jewish community," Levin said. "Homes are always open for a Shabbat or holiday meal. Besides that, there are so many different ways to engage in the Jewish community in Metro Detroit, such as dy- namic discussions through the Maimonides Society, Jewish Federation or Partners in Torah. NextGen always has great events. Good Shabbos Detroit has been a lot of fun as well, and Chabad in the D is our latest craze; we can't get enough!" One insider's tip he recommends: going to Coach Insignia on the top floor of the Ren Cen, where the views are amazing and you can even get a kosher meal. Of the dozens of young Jews that have moved to Detroit over the last three years, most have roots or connections in the local Jewish community. Each year, though, there's a handful from other states that choose to make Detroit their new home. Several fellowship programs have been developed or expanded over the last few years that help to re- cruit more young adults to the city. These programs, usually limited to 12 24 months, include Teach for America, a competitive, two-year placement for re- cent grads who want to advance educational equal- ity; Repair the World, a cohort of fellows advancing tikkun olam in the community; Challenge Detroit, a yearlong fellowship where a few dozen recent graduates are selected to spend a year in a top job placement in Detroit; and Venture for America, a two-year program where top-tier university grads get placed in corporate or entrepreneurial settings. Detroit is one of the cities that houses Venture for America fellows. The Detroit Jewish News recently spoke with a dozen recent graduates who moved to Detroit from other states. - a hands-on experience." She'll be working at the Renaissance Center at the GM Innovation Exchange Lab. While there, she'll work with existing departments at GM to impact how people think about design. She lives in Midtown with one other fellowship participant. Though we caught up with Rosenbaum within her first 24 hours in the city, she re- marks how friendly people are in Detroit, and she already went for a run on the Riv- erfront. Rosenbaum, active in her temple during childhood and a Jewish camper for many years, is looking for a place to go for the holidays and is looking forward to meeting new friends in the city. MAX NUSSENBAUM Max Nussenbaum is a recent graduate of the first Venture for America (VFA) Max Nussenbaum at the Detroit house he restored for Venture for America fellows www.redthreadmagazine.com