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JCRC/AJC is proud to welcome one of
the Jewish people’s leading advocates
and most eloquent spokesmen

David Harris

“The Foreign Minister of the Jewish people”

On the
Front Lines:
Defending
Jewish
Communities
at Home and
Abroad

Wednesday, April 19
7:00 pm

Temple Beth El • Bloomfield Hills

Described by the late Israeli President Shimon Peres as the “foreign
minister of the Jewish people,” David Harris has led AJC since 1990.
He has been invited to speak at some of the world’s most prestigious
forums and has been honored 15 times by the governments of
Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia,
Moldova, Poland, Spain, and Ukraine for his international efforts in
defense of human rights, advancement of the transatlantic partnership
and dedication to the Jewish people.

Co-sponsored by:

The College
of Fine,
Performing and
Communication
Arts at Wayne
State University
honored The
Big Bang Theory
Prady
co-creator Bill
Prady during its
38th Arts Achievement Awards.
At this event, outstanding alumni
and former students were rec-
ognized for their dedication to
and advocacy for the arts and
communication, and for achieve-
ments in their respective fields.
Prady is a four-time Emmy-
nominated executive producer.
He began working in entertain-
ment at Jim Henson Productions
and has written a number of tele-
vision specials. Prady will receive
the university’s college-level Arts
Advocacy Award.

Emerge Michigan, an organiza-
tion for recruiting and training
Democratic women to run for
political office, announced the
next class of aspiring women
political leaders. Among them are
Jenny Byer Elgin of Huntington
Woods, Sheril Kirshenbaum of
East Lansing and Carolyn Miller
of Oak Park.

Life Directions
announced that the
Hon. Fred Mester,
(retired) has been
named develop-
ment director. The
Detroit-based non-
profit serves the
Detroit community
Mester
by providing peer-
to-peer motivation and mentoring
to at-risk young people. The newly

The program is free and open to the community.
Registration is required online at
davidharrisforeignpolicy.eventbrite.com. For more information,
contact Corey Young, 248-205-2546 or young@jfmd.org

(248) 642-5393
info@jcrcajc.org
jcrcajc.org

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Attorney
Phillip E.
Seltzer, a
principal and
shareholder of
Lipson, Neilson,
Cole, Seltzer,
Garin P.C., was
Seltzer
selected by
the Institute
for Continuing Legal Education
to be on a panel of experts
for a webinar titled “Identify
and Pursue Legal Malpractice
Claims.” Posted on ICLE.org, this
webinar is available for member
viewing and provides continuing
legal education credits. Seltzer is
an AV-Preeminent rated attorney
recognized nationwide for his
work in defending legal malprac-
tice claims.

BBYO Michigan
Region
announced that
Justin Polk
was recently
hired as the
new associate
regional direc-
Polk
tor. His respon-
sibilities will include working
directly with AZA, BBG and
BBYO chapters, communicat-
ing with and training advisers,
AZAA sports programming and
the BBYO Connect/Pipeline pro-
gram.

created position was established
recently as part of Life Directions’
strategic growth plan. Mester will
lead Life Directions’ fundraising
efforts and head a group of Life
Directions board members who are
focused on raising the awareness of
Life Directions on the part of corpo-
rate donors as well as achieving the
organization’s fundraising objectives
for 2017.

Josh Cooper, a senior at West Bloomfield High School
in West Bloomfield, is the recipient of the 2017 DECA
Emerging Leader Honor Award. This award recognizes
students studying marketing, finance, hospitality and man-
agement for being an academically prepared, community-
oriented, professionally responsible, experienced leader
through participation in DECA. The recipient must be a
DECA member in his senior year of high school with a
cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or better for each of
the high school semesters. Cooper is the son of Beth and
Michael Cooper of West Bloomfield.