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Health & Wellness

» Interim Dean Infectious disease expert with South
African roots takes reins at WSU med school.

See page 12.

» Travel On The Fly Oak Park woman who loves
to travel turned her adventures into a unique opportunity.

See page 36.

DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

next generation

» Get Inspired The Greater Farmington Film Festival
brings movies with a conscience. See page 55.

Carole Rosenblat of DropMeAnywhere.com on
cliffs in Ireland

>> cover story

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Next Gen'er returns home
to launch business.

Adam Finkel I Special to the Jewish News

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metro

Positive Outlook

Jewish state reps share an interest
in helping citizens.

Shari S. Cohen I Special to the Jewish News

uring Adam Leeb's
first quarter-century,
the 29-year-old West
Bloomfield native has gone from
tinkering toddler to Tamarack camper
to MIT undergrad. Now he has
returned to his Michigan roots.
He lives Downtown, works in
Midtown and is making something
new that already has international
interest.
Even at his bar mitzvah in the late
'90s, Leeb had an affinity for build-
ing electronic devices. He pursued
those passions at West Bloomfield
High School as robotics captain.
MIT and mechanical engineer-
ing made sense for him. Then, like
many peers, he got a New York job
in finance.
But then he took a less-traveled
route — returning in his 20s to
become an entrepreneur in his
hometown, where his parents and
sister and extended family still
reside. A decade after earning Eagle
Scout for a service project that

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our of the 110 representatives
serving in the Michigan State
Legislature are Jewish, down from
what was likely a historic record of six from
the previous session. Two are incumbents:
Rep. Mike Callton, R-Barry County, and
Rep. Andy Schor, D-Lansing. Rep. Jeremy
Moss, D-Southfield, and Rep. Robert
Wittenberg, D-Oak Park, are youthful mem-
bers of the legislature's freshmen class.

Covering and
Connecting
Jewish Detroit
Eve y Week

State capitol in Lansing

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