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Mikhl “Michael”
Yashinsky was
recently honored by
The Forward as a
Forward 50, a list of
American Jews who
have influenced,
inspired or achieved during this past
year. Yashinsky has taught Yiddish,
translated books into Yiddish,
worked as a fellow at the Yiddish
Book Center and played a role in the
recent Yiddish revival of Fiddler on
the Roof. The Forward called him a
“Yiddish Renaissance Man.”
Jim Newman, owner
and managing partner of
Newman Consulting Group
LLC in Farmington Hills,
was honored with BOMA
Metro Detroit’
s (Building
Owners and Managers
Association) Lifetime
Achievement Award at the
organization’
s annual meeting. Newman was
recognized for his many years of service and
for “a demonstrated ability and commitment
to going beyond the expected standards for
service and professionalism.” He has been
promoting energy conservation and indoor air
quality for more than 40 years and has been
known as the “Dean of Green” since 2008 for
educating people the world over as an author,
featured panelist, ASHRAE distinguished lectur-
er, keynote speaker and trainer.
B I R M I N G H A M
A
s a child, Katie Young seemed
more interested in flipping
through psychiatry journals
than reading children’
s books. Her par-
ents thought that might be a sign, and
it was.
Today, Young, 26, of Ann Arbor,
is a psychiatric nurse practitioner at
the Rochester Center for Behavioral
Medicine (RCBM). The practice was
founded by her father, Dr. Joel Young,
and mother, Mindy Layne Young, who
is a therapist and corporate counsel
there.
Young earned her undergraduate
degree at the University of Michigan
School of Nursing before moving to
Chicago from 2015-2017. She then
earned a master’
s degree in psy-
chiatric-mental health nursing at
the University of Pennsylvania. She
returned home in July 2019 to join the
family practice.
“I’
ve always been drawn to psychi-
atry,
” Katie says. “I think there’
s a lot
of overlap between psychology and
Judaism. There are a lot of shared val-
ues consistent with tikkun olam (repair-
ing the world).
”
In her new role, Katie assesses, diag-
noses and treats patients of all ages
who may have disorders or mental
illness. She works at RCBM three days
a week, alternating with her other job
as a pediatric registered nurse in the
child and adolescent psychiatry unit at
the University of Michigan’
s C.S. Mott
Children’
s Hospital in Ann Arbor.
“It’
s wonderful to be able to see [my
parents] from a professional standpoint
and to be able to ask them questions
and collaborate with them,
” she says.
“Being in practice together is a unique
and wonderful experience.
”
The Rochester Center first opened in
1993. The practice employs 70 mental
health professionals and provides child
and family services and treatment for
Meet young Jewish
adults who moved
home to join the
“family business.”
ROBIN SCHWARTZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER
All in the
Family
Mindy and Dr. Joel Young
and their daughter, Katie,
at the Rochester Center for
Behavioral Medicine.
Gary Ran of Telemus and his two sons, Matt (left)
and Michael (right).
International photographer and historian Todd Weinstein
photographed local Holocaust survivor Henry
Friedman for the Lonka Project, a photographic tribute
to the last remaining Holocaust survivors. The exhibit
was on view at the United Nations building in New York
City and at the Yad Mordechai Museum in Israel. Some
of Friedman’
s award-winning metal sculptures are on
permanent display at the Holocaust Memorial Center in
Farmington Hills. He also gives talks about his experi-
ences at the museum.
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PHOTOS BY ROBIN SCHWARTZ