Photos By Brandon Schwartz

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Making Connections

Young Jewish professionals network in Ferndale.

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oung Jewish professionals rubbed elbows and swapped business cards with
their peers as well as some of the community’s most influential business leaders
Nov. 9 at Local Kitchen and Bar in Ferndale at NEXTWork’s latest networking
event. They heard from keynote speaker Geoff Kretchmer, president of Star Trax Event
Productions and partner at Local Kitchen & Bar, both in Ferndale. Attendees also got to
enjoy a GO Comedy improv performance.
So far, more than 450 individuals people have connected with other professionals
through NEXTWork since its inception. NEXTWork is a partnership between JVS Detroit
and NEXTGen Detroit.
The Nov. 9 event was funded by the Hadas and Dennis Bernard Endowment Fund, and
Michael Serling of Serling Law.

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Jared and Lisa Rothberger, and Aaron Chernow, all of Bloomfield Hills

Keynote speaker Geoff Kretchmer, president of Star Trax Event Productions and
partner at Local Kitchen & Bar

Paige Erlich of Bloomfield and Stacey Lareau
of Royal Oak

Members of GO
Comedy Improv
team: Doug Kolbicz
of Livonia, Keith
Faigin of West
Bloomfield, and
Cari Murphy and
R.J. Cach, both of
Ferndale

Allen Weiss
and Dave
Caplan, both
of Huntington
Woods, and
Jacob Raska of
Royal Oak

Kevin Eaton of Royal Oak, Lisa Labelle of Birmingham
and Ben Handelsman of Bloomfield

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JVS’ Josh Eichenhorn and Andrea Stone, both
of West Bloomfield

Mark Rubenfire of Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss P.C. in
Southfield, Michael Simmons of Simmons & Clark Jewelry in
Detroit and Leah Rosenbaum, CEO of JVS

Allen Weiss of Huntington Woods, Benji Rosenzweig of
West Bloomfield and Dennis Bernard of Birmingham