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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

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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