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Jammin’ With JARC Fundraiser
brings a special Michael Jackson vibe with the DSO.
From left, Kol
Ami co-president
Paul Gross, Rabbi
Ken Kanter, Rabbi
Brent Gutmann
and Rabbi
Emeritus Norman
T. Roman
A New Home
Temple Kol Ami installs Rabbi Brent Gutmann.
written by Quicken Loans, the pre-
glow attracted more than 400 young
adults (ages 21-40), corporate sponsors
and major donors.
The program took guests through
each era of Michael Jackson’s influential
and celebrated 40-year career, high-
lighting many popular songs. Vocalist
James Delisco, conductor Brent Havens
and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
had the crowd singing and dancing,
and even brought audience members
up on stage to get their “MJ” on. For
more information or to watch a clip of
the performance, visit www.jarc.org.
JARC Board Member and parent Dani
Gillman talks to the audience about
the importance of JARC in her and her
daughter’s life.
JARC President and Interim CEO David
Carroll with his wife, Michelle, and
daughter, Lauren
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associate dean and director of the
Rabbinical School for the Hebrew
Union College-Jewish Institute of
Religion in Cincinnati, and Temple
Kol Ami’s Cantorial Soloist Hilary
Duberstein.
Gutmann is a native Midwesterner,
raised in Dayton, Ohio, who most
recently served as rabbi of Beth Shalom
Progressive Jewish Congregation in
Auckland, New Zealand. He and his
wife, Jill, have two young daughters.
Photos by Brett Mountain
O
n Nov. 18, Temple Kol Ami
officially installed Rabbi
Brent Gutmann as its new
senior rabbi. He is only the third
senior rabbi since the congregation
began 50 years ago; he follows the late
Rabbi Ernst Conrad and now Rabbi
Emeritus Norman T. Roman.
The weekend was filled with fes-
tivities, including a special concert
on Saturday night, “Jews on Tin Pan
Alley,” featuring Rabbi Ken Kanter,
A
full house came out to sup-
port JARC at its 36th annual
fall fundraiser, featuring the
music of Michael Jackson with the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The
exclusive, one-night-only performance
was held Nov. 14 at the Max M. and
Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center in
Detroit.
The event kicked off with JARC’s
“Rock with You” strolling dinner and
cocktail reception. Guests enjoyed
live entertainment by musicians Tom
Butwin and John Ballard. Catered by
Quality Kosher Catering and under-
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The Luckoff
Family: Jason,
Kaitlyn, Nancy,
Andrew and
Howard, JARC
Fall Fundraiser
event chair.
Cynthia Katz, chair of the
rabbinic fund, recognizes
donors at the event.
Rabbi Kanter of Hebrew
Union College, right,
officially installs Rabbi
Gutmann.
Rabbi Gutmann
and Cantorial
Soloist Hilary
Duberstein lead
Havdalah on
Nov. 19.
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Stuart and Amy Brody with Marla and
Adam Jahnke
Vocalist James Delisco brought audi-
ence members on stage to dance with
him throughout the evening.