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going on at the United Nations to decide 
whether Israel should be recognized.”
Larry Sherman, now retired, was the 
owner of 25 Sherman Shoes stores, a 
company started by his father in 1925. 
He is also the founder of the Birmingham 
PSD (Principal Shopping District), an 
official agency responsible for the adver-
tising, marketing and promotion of 
downtown Birmingham. 
And the native Detroiter shares Jane’
s 

passion for philanthropy, especially when 
it comes to Israel.

NOTABLE ART PIECES
Looking at the art found inside and out-
side their home, Larry says he is partic-
ularly fond of renowned glass sculptor 
Dale Chihuly’
s oil painting of a vase being 
fired that the couple purchased in Aspen 
in 1990. 
Jane’
s favorite artwork is Kehinde 

Wiley’
s dynamic and colorful 4-foot oil 
painting of a haughty woman that hangs 
in the foyer. (Wiley is the artist who 
painted the official portrait of President 
Barack Obama that currently hangs in the 
National Portrait Gallery in Washington 
D.C.)
And the couple’
s latest acquisition is 
the vibrant multicolored 10-foot pow-
der-coated metal sculpture of a floral 
bouquet created by world-renowned 

“My heart is in Israel … especially helping children at 
risk … and I continue to do that to this day.”

— JANE SHERMAN

