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2020 and provides showers and 
laundry services for homeless 
people in Detroit’s Corktown 
neighborhood. She has been 
active in the Sisterhood of 
Temple Beth El and was elected 
to the board of directors of the 
temple last year. 

Amy Sapeika is the 
PTO president at 
Hillel Day School 
of Metropolitan 
Detroit, where she 
stayed on an addi-
tional year to shepherd the 
school through the pandemic. 
Whether she is serving lunches, 
arranging teacher appreciation 
week or spearheading the fun 
run, she does it all with grace, 
composure, and kindness. Due 
to COVID health and safety 
protocols, Hillel was unable to 
welcome its usual cadre of vol-
unteers into the building. Amy 

took it upon herself to ensure 
that PTO still was there to sup-
port the students and staff. She 
single-handedly packed lunches 
for the teachers, delivered 
goodies to the students for each 
holiday, distributed bags for 
various community program-
ming, ensured that the teachers 
felt appreciated for their hercu-
lean efforts this year, and so 
much more. 

Matt Levine is chair-
man of the advisory 
board at the ADL. 
In the early part of 
Matt’s tenure, 
COVID-19 hit, and 
what would have been a tough 
lay-leading position with a bit of 
fun meeting people and repre-
senting the Michigan office 
became all the work and none of 
the fun. Despite COVID-19, 
Matt was able to keep the board 

positive and he helped to grow 
the board, even under tough cir-
cumstances. Using his skills as 
an attorney, Matt redrafted the 
local bylaws to better suit the 
office structure and he made 
himself available to participate 
in a variety of spontaneous 
meetings whenever called upon. 
He deftly led the Regional 
Advisory Board with common 
sense and intellect. He has also 
taken on other responsibilities 
to help continue to advance the 
work of combatting antisemi-
tism and challenging bias 
through work on several com-
mittees.

Diane Jacobs is a 
Friendship Circle 
volunteer and fund-
raiser and helps 
with the 
Walk4Friendship. 
Not only does she a volunteer 
every Tuesday at LifeTown at 
Friendship Circle, but she also 

collects purses that would be 
sold in one of the stores. She is 
also a volunteer at the 
Holocaust Memorial Center in 
the gift shop.

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Shayla Mostyn is a 
JARC Teen Action 
Council Member. 
Frankel Jewish 
Academy senior 
Shayla has volun-
teered with JARC for more than 
a year and a half. Shayla became 
involved with JARC through 
BBYO, where she also volunteers 
and is in charge of her local 
chapter’s Jewish programming 
and community service out-
reach and events. As a member 
of JARC’s Teen Action Council, 
Shayla met virtually every week 
to come up with ideas for activi-
ties and projects to interact with 
JARC’s persons served and help 
them to feel less lonely through-
out the pandemic. 

Mazel Tov
SUZANNE BERMAN

on being honored as a
2021 Detroit Jewish News
Volunteer of the Year.

Your friends at,

Your longtime leadership, dedication, and
true love for the work you do for ORT is
exemplary, inspirational, and valued
by your ORT Michigan family.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO!

OUR COMMUNITY
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