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2019 Class

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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