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ABBY RUBIN
Abby Rubin, 27, of
Detroit is a children’
s
librarian for the
Detroit Public Library
at the Campbell
Branch. She serves
on the NEXTGen
Detroit Board of Directors as the
chair of the Volunteers Committee
and is working on building the Social
Justice Committee. She co-chaired
NEXTGen’
s Pitch for Detroit kickball
tournament for the past two years as
well. She is also highly involved with
Chabad in the D.
In her spare time, she works at
Pages Bookshop in Grandmont
Rosedale as the children’
s book buyer.
Abby grew up in Cleveland, Ohio.
After getting her undergraduate
degree from University of Michigan,
she came to Detroit as an education
fellow with Repair the World. As a
founding resident, she spent three
years building the Moishe House
community and programming in
Detroit. She strives to continue to
build community and find ways to
welcome newcomers to Detroit and
help them navigate the many oppor-
tunities Jewish Detroit has to offer.
She likes to eat at Green Dot
Stables and have a picnic and read a
book on Belle Isle during the sum-
mer.
JOSHUA MOSS
Joshua Moss, 28,
is vice president of
Advance Plumbing,
a 99-year-old,
fourth-generation
family-owned-and-
operated decorative
plumbing supply company with two
locations: Walled Lake and Detroit.
Since his start in the business in
2012, he has made an impact not
only in the company, but also as an
authority throughout the decora-
tive plumbing industry. He is very
involved in many organizations
such as the Forte Buying Group,
Decorative Plumbing & Hardware
Association, American Supply
Association and North Central
Wholesaler Association.
Among his greatest accomplish-
ments, Joshua had an instrumental
hand in building the city of Detroit’
s
first decorative plumbing and light-
ing showroom — 5,000 square feet
of state-of-the-art working showers,
tubs, toilets, lighting and faucets. The
showroom recently received the 2018
Decorative Plumbing & Hardware
Association (DPHA) Showroom of
the Year Award and won UNESCO’
s
Commerce Design Award and
People’
s Choice Award. This
award-winning showroom also lights
up Cass Avenue, beautifying the his-
torical block in Midtown Detroit.
Joshua is a member of Temple
Israel and has served on many Jewish
Federation NEXTGen boards for
Latke Vodka and EPIC events. His
best restaurant recommendation?
Lady of the House in Detroit.
ABI BERLIN
Meet Abi Berlin,
28. Abi grew up in
Franklin and now
lives in Ferndale with
her husband and their
two dogs. Abi grad-
uated from Central
Michigan University in 2012 with a
bachelor’
s degree in political science
and obtained her master’
s degree
in social work from Wayne State
University in 2014. She works as a
social worker at Sinai Grace Hospital
in the intensive care unit on all
aspects of discharge planning, end-
of-life care options and advocating
for her patients’
best interests. She
also serves as a supervisor and men-
tor to student-interns in Wayne State
University’
s social work program.
Outside of work, Abi is active in
the Jewish community through her
volunteer work and involvement with
NEXTGen Detroit and The Well.
She sits on the executive board of
NEXTGen Detroit and participates in
volunteer events with the NEXTGen
Volunteer Committee and previously
was a general board member for four
years. She twice served as the chair-
person for Latke Vodka and once as
the chairperson for EPIC.
Abi also participates with The Well
in its shared interest Shabbat Dinner
Group. Throughout all her roles and
duties, Abi has been committed to
fundraising, community building and
volunteering to support and grow
the Metro Detroit Jewish community.
She’
s a Harry Potter fan and loves
binge- watching HGTV with her hus-
band.
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