14 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021

YEAR IN REVIEW

APRIL

APRIL 1 – JN PARTNERS
WITH JSL TO PROVIDE
JEWISH NEWS TO
SENIORS
The staff of the Jewish News
began dropping off issues each
week at the JSL residences
for JSL staff to distribute.
Residents can enjoy the JN and
keep up with the latest news
about the Jewish community
at no cost to them.

APRIL 8 – FLORINE
MARK SELLS WEIGHT
WATCHERS GROUP
Florine Mark, pioneering
Michigan businesswoman,
civic volunteer and
philanthropist, sold the WW
Group, her Weight Watchers
franchise in Michigan and
Ontario, to parent company
WW International.

APRIL 29 – MOUNT
MERON TRAGEDY IN
ISRAEL
Donny Morris, the nephew
of Rabbi Yechiel Morris of
Young Israel of Southfield,
was among those lost in the
stampede on Lag b’Omer that
killed 45 people.


TOP: Meer residents Esther
Liwazer and Rita Sills enjoy
their free copies of the Jewish
News.

ABOVE: On her “Ask Florine”
TV news segment.

A photo of
Nachman Doniel
Morris, a student
who died in the
stampede at Mount
Meron in Israel on
Lag b’Omer, was
shared on social
media.

TWITTER VIA JTA

JSL

PHOTO COURTESY OF FLORINE MARK