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of grandparents who live
nearby. Their friendship
with their neighbor is one
extra person they have
in their life for a special
intergenerational friendship.
Over the years, Guyer
has attended special school
events at Farber Hebrew
Day School, where Sara and
Bella are third-graders, and
even needlepointed covers
for when the twins received
their first siddur.
Guyer was a high school
teacher but spent most
of her married life to the
late Dr. Martin Guyer
volunteering for Meals on
Wheels and the National
Council of Jewish Women.
The Selesny family
moved onto her street
about nine years ago, but
the friendship between the
Selesny and Guyer families
stretches back 50 years.
With her three grown
children and their families
living out of town, Guyer
said she has welcomed the
company of the Selesny
twins as well as the rest of
their family.
“The girls are delightful
and fun to be with,” Guyer
said. “When the pandemic
started, we kept apart and
stayed in our homes. As
we got used to things and
things became routine, we
carefully would let each
other into each other’s
homes starting in the
spring and summer. I am
very glad they expanded
their [pandemic bubble]
to include me. It has been
a real lifesaver, and it is a
relief to them, and me, to be
in someone else’s four walls
every now and again.”
Sheila Guyer and
Sara and Bella
Selesny
Yad Ezra Holds Elections
Yad Ezra,
Michigan’s only
kosher food
pantry, recently
held elections
for the Executive
Committee
and Board of
Directors for
2021. Elected to the Executive
Committee were Melvin
Schwartz, president; Daniel
Cherrin, Marcy Fikany and
David Sherman, vice presi-
dents; Jeff Moss, treasurer;
Ari Dolgin, secretary and
Alan Reiter, immediate past
president.
Serving on the Board of
Directors for 2021 are Nancy
Baron, Michael Bassirpour,
Dr. Beth Baver-Neff, Stacie
Bernard, Laurie Bounds,
Jason Brown, Sam Dubin,
Tracie Fienman, Michael
Gendelman, Channie
Goldstein, Rabbi Shimshi
Jonas, Lisa Klein, Ron
Kepes, Ruth Anne Lippitt,
Jodi Michaelson, Brad
Mutnick, Matt Ran, Frank
Reinstein, Sandy Rosen, Julie
Rosenbaum, Morris Rottman,
Jeff Schwartz, Mallory
Shiffman, Judy Thomas,
Malka Torgow, Leslie Ungar
and Ron Yolles.
Yad Ezra past presidents
include Jeffrey Appel,
Richard Barr, Kenneth
Bernard, Gary Dembs,
Sanford Eisenberg, Michael
Eizelman, Paul Finkel, Ruth
Kahn, Nancy Kleinfeldt, Sam
Rosenberg, Allan Sefton,
Richard Simtob, Jeff Supowit,
Andrew Zack and Howard
Zoller.
Advisory Panel appointees
include Susie Citrin, Joel
E. Jacob, Diane Klein, Sally
Krugel, Arthur Liss, Rabbi
A. Irving Schnipper, Howard
Tapper and Neal F. Zalenko.
Melvin
Schwartz
Mayors Fight Antisemitism
American Jewish Committee
(AJC) and the U.S.
Conference of Mayors
launched a national effort
to combat antisemitism
in late January. The two
organizations, which have
partnered on other projects,
are calling on mayors
across the country to sign
a statement declaring that
antisemitism is incompatible
with fundamental democratic
values.
Mayors from Grand Rapids,
Lansing, Muskegon, Rochester
Hills, Sterling Heights, Troy,
Ann Arbor and Warren have
already signed up and “there
are more to come,” said JCRC/
AJC Assistant Director Lauren
Garfield-Herrin.
“We have always called on
mayors to speak out against
hate crimes when they occur,
and the statement we are
inviting mayors to sign today
provides a way for them to
register their opposition
to the dramatic increase
in antisemitism we have
experienced in our country
and work together to reverse
it,” said Conference of Mayors
CEO and Executive Director
Tom Cochran.