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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
FRESH AIR SOCIETY & TAMARACK CAMPS
The Annual Meeting of the Fresh Air Society of Detroit (“Tamarack Camps”) will be held
on Sunday, August 7, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Camp Maas, Ortonville, MI. Every Jewish
contributor to the most recently completed annual campaigns of both the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and Tamarack Camps shall be entitled to vote.
The following business will be conducted at the Annual Meeting: The election of
new Directors to the Board of Directors of Tamarack Camps. In accordance with the
current By-Laws of Tamarack Camps, the Nominating Committee met and designated
the following list of nominees for election:
Rabbi Brent Gutmann takes a swing for Temple Kol Ami.
Rabbis And Ribbies
Steve Stein | Contributing Writer
F
rom New Zealand to a softball
diamond at Drake Sports Park in
West Bloomfield.
Well, not quite, but Rabbi Brent
Gutmann, who left a rabbinical post in
New Zealand to become the new rabbi
at Temple Kol Ami in West Bloomfield,
played for the Kol Ami team June 26
in an InterCongregational Men’s Club
Softball League game.
The game was played five days before
Gutmann’s first official day as Kol Ami
rabbi.
“It was great to see our rabbi out
there on the diamond,” said Kol Ami
co-manager Chuck Freedman.
Gutmann’s softball league debut
wasn’t perfect. The Dayton, Ohio, native
couldn’t wear the metal spikes he recently
purchased — they’re not allowed in the
league — so he had to play in brown
work shoes. He bought a new first base-
man’s mitt, but he played in the outfield.
He missed his first at-bat because he
needed to change shoes, but he had an
infield single in his first plate appear-
ance and scored a run for Kol Ami in a
16-12 loss to Young Israel of Southfield.
Despite the equipment malfunctions
and his team’s loss, which dropped Kol
Ami’s record to 3-6, Gutmann said his
day was a winner.
“It was a great way to socialize with
the guys on the team,” he said. “Plus,
I’m batting 1.000!”
Gutmann found out about the league
when he came to town in November for
his job interview.
“I asked about sports activities in the
area,” he said. “I’m an active guy. I like
to run and bike.”
He hasn’t played softball for at least
eight years, when he was working in
Chicago, so the left-handed batter and
thrower will need to shake off some
diamond rust this summer.
Gutmann spent the past three years
as rabbi of Beth Shalom Progressive
Congregation in Auckland, New
Zealand, which has a membership of
about 200 households. He was the only
non-Orthodox rabbi in the country.
He’s replacing retired Rabbi Norman
Roman at Kol Ami.
Gutmann and his wife, Jill, have two
daughters, Daria, 4, and Tzipora, 2.
OTHER PULPIT STARS
Rabbi Yonatan Dahlen from
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield is another new rabbi in the
community who is playing in the soft-
ball league. He made his league debut
June 19 in Shaarey Zedek’s 12-11 win
over Temple Shir Shalom No. 2.
“Rabbi Dahlen is a valuable addition
to our team as a sharp infielder and quite
a hitter,” said Shaarey Zedek manager
Richard Jacobs. “We had to scrounge up
an extra mitt and a pair of softball shoes
for him to play June 19 because he didn’t
have his equipment here yet, but that
didn’t slow him down a bit.”
Shaarey Zedek is one of six found-
ing members of the league, which this
summer has a record 17 teams. Shaarey
Zedek was 2-6 as of June 26.
Several rabbis have played in the
league since it began in 1996. Rabbi
Shneur Silberberg of Bais Chabad
Torah Center in West Bloomfield has
been a regular participant since his
shul joined the league a few years ago,
and he said he’s enjoyed the experience.
“I love playing competitive sports,
and the league gives me an opportunity
to join with members of our shul com-
munity in a different setting,” he said.
“I also get a chance to talk with
people from across our Jewish commu-
nity. There are no labels like Orthodox,
Conservative, Reform on the softball
field. They disappear. We’re all one. I
make an effort each Sunday to connect
with people from other teams.”
Congregation B’nai Moshe and
Temple Israel No. 1 led the way in
the league standings after the June 26
games, each with a 7-1 record. Adat
Shalom Synagogue No. 2 was 8-2 and
Shir Shalom No. 1 was 7-2.
Nine of the 17 teams had a .500 or
better record as of June 26 and another
team was at the .500 mark (Bais
Chabad was 4-4). Sixteen teams had
won at least one game. *
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First 2-year term
ending 2018
Stuart Brody
Stacy Fox
Carly Schiff
Tracy Aronoff
First 3-year term
ending 2019
Dr. Brian Gendelman
Geoff Kretchmer
Joseph Lash
Abbe Sherbin
Elizabeth Sollish
Jeffrey Sternberg
Darren Findling
Second 3-year term
ending 2019
Brian Aaron
Lisa Fenberg
2016 Nominating
Committee
Michael Lippitt
Executive Liaison
Officers Submitted for
Election to a 2-year Term
Stacy Brodsky
Steve Engel
President
Staff Liaison
Officers Submitted for
Election to a 1-Year Term
Dr. Daniel Klein
Mentor
Vice President
Mark Adler
Jeffrey Bagdade
Amy Brody
Alan M. Gallatin
Ilana Glazier
David Goldman
Julie Trepeck Harris
Dr. Daniel Klein
Joseph Lash
Aric Melder
Elizabeth Sollish
Jim Sugarman
Jeff Zeman
Joseph Lash
Vice President
Geoff Kretchmer
Vice President, Development
Alan M. Gallatin
Treasurer
Michelle Bass
Secretary
Chair
Following the Annual Meeting, there will be a meeting of the Board of Directors
for approval of the officer slate. Respectfully submitted:
The Officers of Tamarack Camps.
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