20 July 4 • 2019
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Connor Andrew 
Tukel has been 
inducted into the Phi 
Beta Kappa National 
Honor Society at 
Wayne State 
University in the 
Department of Classical and 
Modern Languages, Literatures 
and Cultures.

The Tepperman 
family of Windsor 
(Bill, Rochelle, 
Andrew, Tina, Noah 
and Julie) have 
received the Herb Gray 
Harmony Award from 
the Windsor Jewish Federation. The 
award recognizes individuals and 
groups who have made outstanding 
contributions to building a 
welcoming community.

Hillel of Metro 
Detroit announced 
that Jeremy 
Rosenberg has been 
chosen as the recipi-
ent of the 2019 
Direnfeld Family 
Scholarship. He is in his second 
year at Wayne State University 
studying political science and is the 
president of AEPi’
s WSU chapter.

Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Robert H. Schwartz 
has been appointed to represent Detroit on the Jewish 
Federations of North America Health and Long-Term Care 
Committee. The committee’
s objective is to educate, engage 
and empower the communities it serves on critical health 
and long-term care issues. Schwartz also will attend the 2019 
JFNA Health and Long-Term Care Summit in Washington, 
D.C., to meet with congressional representatives and present an award to 
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell.

The American 
Accounting 
Association, Mid-
Atlantic Region, award-
ed Alan Reinstein its 
Best Educational Paper 
Award at its 2019 
Annual Meeting, in Pittsburgh, Pa., 
for his paper, “Exploring the Balance 
Between Research and Teaching for 
Accounting Education.
”

Jim Newman, owner and managing partner of Newman 
Consulting Group LLC in Farmington Hills, received the 
ESD Affiliate Council’
s Ann O. Fletcher Distinguished 
Service Award for 2018. The recognition honors individuals 
for their dedicated service. Newman is one of the country’
s 
most experienced energy efficiency and green building 
experts. 

Sen. Jeremy Moss 
(D-Southfield) has 
been named by the 
Michigan AFL-CIO 
as one of its 2019 
AFL-CIO Legis-
lators of the Year. 
With the support of the Michigan 
AFL-CIO, he has led a bipartisan 
effort to expand accountability 
and transparency in state 
government, and he has also been 
a strong advocate for expanding 
workplace protections to all 
working people, including 
members of the LGBTQ 
community.

The Michigan 
Israel Business 
Accelerator (MIBA) 
has appointed Scott 
W. Hiipakka as 
chief executive 
officer. He will 
expand the startupMICHIGAN.
tech footprint, an innovative free 
web platform connecting 
startups, hubs and funders.

Global professional 
services firm Alvarez 
& Marsal announced 
that Julie Hertzberg, 
a managing director 
with the firm’
s 
Restructuring & 
Turnaround practice and head of 
the Case Management Services 
division, was appointed president 
of INSOL International, the 
worldwide federation of national 
associations of accountants and 
lawyers who specialize in 
turnaround and insolvency. 
Hertzberg is the first woman to 
serve as INSOL’
s president.

Sandra D. Glazier, 
a shareholder of the 
Lipson Neilson law 
firm, has been 
inducted as a Fellow 
of the Litigation 
Counsel of America. 
Fellows are selected based upon 
excellence and accomplishment 
in litigation and superior ethical 
reputation.

Daniel B. Syme, rabbi emeritus of Temple Beth El, has joined 
The PuLSE Institute’
s Academy of Fellows as a senior fellow 
focusing on faith, race and poverty. The fellowship allows Syme 
to contribute to the debate around poverty and inequality 
through columns and other specific areas of interests that are 
tied to social justice.

Julie Teicher was 
elected chairperson 
of Jewish Family 
Service of 
Metropolitan 
Detroit’
 
s Board of 
Directors. First 
elected to the JFS Board in 2012, 
Teicher has held various offices, 
from the agency’
s treasurer and 
chair of its Finance and Audit 
Committees to its vice chairperson 
and chair of its Leadership 
Committee. Teicher will chair an 
active board of 36 members, 
which provides oversight to the 
organization.

Shari Cohen of 
Bloomfield 
Township has been 
honored by the 
Association for 
Women in 
Communications 
Detroit Chapter. The recognition 
noted her efforts at improving the 
literacy of Detroit youth and 
metro area families. Cohen is a 
reading and writing tutor at 
Pasteur Elementary and a member 
of the Detroit Public School 
Volunteer Reading Corps.

Temple Kol Ami recently installed its new board. Elected officers are: pres-
ident, Gene Farber; first vice president, Jason Gold; second vice president, 
Karee Strome; treasurer, Alan Wormser; secretary, Amy Klein; past pres-
ident, Jim Stegman. Elected as trustees were Armonite Albalak, Barbara 
Crone, Sue Farber, Kineret Gable, Paul Gross, Howard Katz, Eileen 
Higer, Sara Kravitz, Miriam Leary, Lee Schottenfels, Sharon Spilkin and 
Jodi Tauber.

Mitch Albom, best-selling author, journalist, screenwriter, 
playwright, radio and television broadcaster and musician, is 
part of the Jewish Sports Heritage Association’
s 2020 induc-
tion class, which includes ESPN boxing analyst Al Bernstein, 
Ukraine sprinter Zhanna Block, Yeshiva University basketball 
player Daniela Epstein, NHL player Jeff Halpern, boxing judge 
Harold Lederman, Temple University lacrosse coach Bonnie 
Rosen, Ed and Steve Sabol, founders of NFL Films, former NBA commis-
sioner David Stern and former Boston Red Sox All-Star Kevin Youkilis.

