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increase their involvement. Micah 
has an entrepreneurial spirit and 
has always looked for ways to 
help create new programs in his 
school and the wider community. 
Micah is now in Israel, learning at 
Yeshivat Orayta. 

ALEXANDRA FINKELSTEIN

Lexie, 18, works 
tirelessly to 
improve her 
community and 
help those 
around her. She 
is a recent grad-
uate of 
Bloomfield Hills High School 
where she was president of her 
senior class. During her high 
school career, she worked with 
teachers, school administration 
and fellow students to promote 
events to address mental health, 
bullying and student safety as well 
as coordinate fundraisers and 
spirit and political-awareness 
activities. Her tremendous work 
ethic led to her being selected as 
the first intern for the Bloomfield 
Hills School District Board of 
Education. She was instrumental 
in representing the student voice 
during the selection of a new 
superintendent.

During high school, Lexie 
founded and operated two 
charities. “BYOD” (Bring Your 
Own Dog) is an annual fund-
raising event held at the Village 
of Franklin park each spring, 
raising money and facilitating 
five pet adoptions in 2019 alone. 
Her Project 1:1 idea grew out of 
a school assignment and has led 
to the donation of hundreds of 
handcrafted bracelets, money and 
notes of encouragement to pedi-
atric patients at the University of 
Michigan C.S. Mott Children’
s 
Hospital. Lexie is also a certi-
fied volunteer at the Friendship 
Circle.
Currently, Lexie is studying 

at U-M where she was accepted 
into the Ross School of Business 
and the Michigan Community 
Scholars Program.

EMILY GOLDSTEIN

Emily, 17, of 
Royal Oak is a 
senior at 
Berkley High 
School and 
member of 
Temple Shir 
Shalom, SSTY 
and BBYO. According to the 
youth professional at Shir 
Shalom, “Emily is one of the most 
responsible teens we have in our 
program. She volunteers when no 
one else does, and I can always 
depend on her to do what she 
says she is going to.
”
Emily was formerly the 
Mazkirah for her BBG chapter, 
the secretary of SSTY board and 
a PeerCorps mentor. She is also 
a member on the Peer to Peer 
Board and participates in the 
Link program. She was the JV 
Tennis captain (2020) at Berkley 
High School, is a member of 
NHS and is on the highest honor 
roll. She is a member of HOSA 
and a graduate of the Perry 
Outreach Initiative for aspiring 
doctors. Emily is also a Tamarack 
camper and was on its teen 
board.
She enjoyed her service trips to 
the Dominican Republic in both 
2019 and 2020. In addition, amid 
the pandemic, Emily volunteered 
with Brilliant Detroit by tutoring 
children in Detroit.

JACK HARRIS

Jack, 17, now a 
senior at 
Frankel Jewish 
Academy, of 
West 
Bloomfield, is 
an active partic-
ipant in Masa 

Teens, TBE’
s Religious School 
program, and BETY, its youth 
group, and he volunteers his time 
on Sundays as a Madrich in the 
religious school office. One of 
Jack’
s best qualities is his drive to 
always learn more. He is con-
stantly asking questions on a wide 
variety of topics, from interpret-
ing Biblical texts to translating 
Hebrew. 
In addition to his involvement 
at Temple Beth El, Jack is very 
involved with student govern-
ment at FJA and is the all-school 
president. Jack is also a member 
of the National Honor Society at 
FJA and a member of the tennis, 
quiz bowl and robotics teams.
Last year, Jack helped make the 
notice of nondiscrimination pol-
icy for FJA more inclusive. Jack’
s 
biggest accomplishment was 
creating the young activist group, 
Queer Not Quiet, or QNQ. QNQ 
is a group of young activists that 
meet to discuss their experiences 
regarding their identities. Under 
Jack’
s leadership, this group of 
young people has begun meeting 
to share experiences and support 
each other in a safe space. They 
can be followed on Instagram.

JADEN JUBAS

Jaden, 17 of 
Southfield is a 
senior at Farber 
Hebrew Day 
School and 
member of 
Tiferes 
Nachman, 
NCSY and B’
nei Akiva. At the 
young age of 16, Jaden saved a 
life. On July 16, 2019, while on a 
summer program called Hatzalah 
Rescue, Jaden found himself 
using his newly learned lifesaving 
procedures while on an ambu-
lance run in the Israeli city of Bat 
Yam. He arrived on the scene to 
find an 80-year-old man uncon-
scious with CPR in progress. 

Jaden took over performing CPR, 
and when other EMTs at the 
scene told him he could stop and 
were ready to call the man’
s 
death, Jaden insisted on continu-
ing compressions. Jaden’
s per-
sistence paid off and the man’
s 
heartbeat returned. Jaden 
received a medallion from United 
Hatzalah of Israel celebrating his 
first life save as an EMR 
(Emergency Medical Responder).
Jaden is also a member of the 
National Honor Society and a 
Dale Carnegie alumnus (he does 
have a dual curriculum at Farber 
Hebrew Day School). He is cur-
rently the student council trea-
surer. Jaden is one of two teens 
chosen in the state of Michigan 
to be a StandWithUs high school 
intern. He has been a dele-
gate for the Yeshiva University 
National Model United Nations 
for the past three years.
He participated in the Chidon 
HaTanach (National Bible 
Competition) in 2015, 2016 and 
2017. Jaden is also a member of 
the Jewish Scholars Program and 
afterschool Kollel learning. Jaden 
is also a PeerCorps, AIPAC and 
Bookstock volunteer and tutors 
students in math and science.

IAN KRAFT

Ian, 15, now a 
sophomore at 
North 
Farmington 
High School 
who lives in 
Farmington 
Hills, has 
brought a breath of fresh air to 
YFTI at Temple Israel. As a 
freshman, Ian became a song 
leader at YFTI and brought a 
new way to celebrate Shabbat 
and Havdalah. Ian now serves 
as the Jewish Programming 
Chair of YFTI and participates 
in weekly Monday night music 
class, learning to perfect his 

