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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.