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leadership executive board as the 
treasurer. She is a member of the 
“Upstander Committee,
” which 
takes a strong stance against 
bullying, making sure everyone 
“matters.
” She is a member of the 
Federation Jewish Teen Board 
where she works on allocating 
funds to various philanthropic 
organizations. Her dream is to 
help make a difference in the 
availability of funds and pro-
grams in our community for 
mental health.
She is part of her school’
s 
HOSA Club, Jewish Club 
and the Martin Luther King 
Jr. Club. Through the Martin 
Luther King Jr. club, Hannah 
helped emcee the “United We 
Stand” WBHS event for the 
community. She helped to lead 
a march down Orchard Lake 
Road. Hannah was the HOSA 
(Health Occupations Students of 
America) first-place winner in 
December and went on to com-
pete at the state level. 

HANNAH RESNICK

Hannah, 18, of 
Farmington 
Hills, graduat-
ed from 
Frankel Jewish 
Academy this 
year with a 3.5 
GPA. Hannah 
is attending Lawrence 
Technological University where 
she plans to study architecture 
and design and join the volley-
ball and bowling teams. She is a 
member of Temple Shir Shalom 
and BBYO. Hannah was nomi-
nated because she is “caring, lov-
ing, compassionate, hardwork-
ing, artistic, athletic, a good 
friend, respectful, a loving 
daughter, loves being Jewish, and 
loves animals and music.
”
The biggest obstacle Hannah 
had to overcome is anxiety and 
confidence, and she has dealt 

with this with grace. Hannah 
has been part of the volleyball, 
soccer and boys’
 bowling teams 
at school and, this year, she held 
the title “captain” for the volley-
ball and bowling teams. Hannah 
is coaching club volleyball for 
12-year-olds because her age 
group was not available. Hannah 
has a talent for art. Many of her 
pieces over the years have been 
recognized. For the past three 
years, she has volunteered at an 
art camp and last summer acted 
as a counselor.
Hannah is a recipient of the 
Stars of Tomorrow Michigan 
Jewish Sports Foundation 
Scholarship in honor of Steve 
Rosen, and the winner of the 
Kappy Family Anne Frank and 
Elie Wiesel Art and Writing 
Competition through the 
Holocaust Memorial Center. She 
was also recognized as MVP 
for both volleyball and bowling 
and won Female Athlete of the 
Year at Frankel Jewish Academy, 
receiving a scholarship from the 
Doris J. and Donald L. Duchene 
Sr. Foundation.

LAUREN SCHOSTAK

Lauren, 18, of 
Huntington 
Woods, gradu-
ated from 
Berkley High 
School in 2020 
and is a mem-
ber of Adat 
Shalom Synagogue, where she is 
one of the Tri-Presidents of the 
Teen Volunteer Corps. She loves 
to volunteer and help organiza-
tions in the Jewish community 
and in Metro Detroit. She is 
dedicated to helping teens expe-
rience meaningful volunteer 
projects and is a positive role 
model for others. She finds com-
fort through writing and art. 
Last year, she won the Cohn-
Haddow Center for Judaic 

Studies community-wide essay 
competition. Her winning piece, 
titled “
A Once Blinded Jewish 
Woman,
” grapples with the fact 
that the leaders of the Women’
s 
March have been seen condon-
ing antisemitism and how 
Lauren finds her identity as a 
Jewish woman.
Lauren has also been open 
about her struggles with mental 
health. Few teens have the cour-
age to share their challenges like 
Lauren has. Only a few years 
ago, she found out that she was 
diagnosed with a learning dis-
ability. Instead of thinking about 
it as a problem, this diagnosis 
helped her understand herself 
better and determine what she 
needs to be healthy. She shared 
her story at the UMatter “One 
Thing I Wish You Knew” pro-
gram with the hopes that it 
would help someone else who 
was struggling.
Lauren is also an entrepre-
neur. A few years ago, Lauren 
and longtime friend Julie 
Krasnick started Ba-Gals, a 
Sunday morning bagel delivery 
service in Huntington Woods 
and Berkley. She is the co-CEO 
and has worked hard to grow 
the business and has trained 
teens to run the company 
while she attends Michigan 
State University. Lauren will be 
studying at MSU’
s Lyman Briggs 
College in hopes of majoring 
in neuroscience and attending 
medical school one day. 

JOSEPH WINER

Joey, 16, of 
Huntington 
Woods, is a 
junior at 
Farber 
Hebrew Day 
School and a 
member of 
Young Israel of Oak Park 
(YIOP), B’
nei Akiva and 

NCSY. He is a religious leader 
or gabbai of the teen minyan 
at YIOP, and a teen counselor 
and programmer for B’
nei 
Akiva youth. The kids love his 
fun spirit and playfulness at 
their weekly youth groups and 
events.
Joey ran cross-country last 
fall for Farber, plays basket-
ball for Farber, and hockey 
for Royal Oak ice arena. 
He has stayed committed 
to hockey, despite being 
Sabbath-observant and having 
to regularly give up ice time 
for religious beliefs. Joey has 
maintained a 3.8 GPA despite 
having a dual curriculum and 
was recently inducted into 
the National Honor Society. 
He also attends optional extra 
Gemara classes at school every 
Thursday night. His teachers 
enjoy his unique insights and 
quick mind. 
At the beginning of his 
sophomore year, Joey was 
diagnosed with a seizure dis-
order. Despite the challenges 
this diagnosis posed, he never 
let it stop him from doing any 
team sports, physical activities 
like rafting and ropes course, 
class trips or community 
work. 
Joey was the first local 
student to participate in the 
Discovery for a Cure summer 
internship through Wayne 
State University program, 
which introduces students 
passionate about science to 
advanced laboratory research 
so they can help be part 
of scientific treatment and 
cures. This summer, Joey 
participated in a STEM com-
petition through Wayne State 
University and his team won 
first place by devising an app 
to make mental health ser-
vices more widely available for 
all. 

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