DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 15

MAY

MAY – JN PUBLISHER EMERITUS
ARTHUR HORWITZ ENTERS
JOURNALISM HALL OF FAME
Arthur Horwitz, publisher emeritus and
former executive editor of the Detroit
Jewish News, has officially been induct-
ed into the Michigan Journalism Hall
of Fame. Horwitz was supposed to be
inducted in 2020, but the ceremony was
canceled due to COVID. This year, the
ceremony was virtual.

MAY — HEBREW FREE LOAN
CELEBRATES 125 YEARS
A humble organization, historically not
highly visible in the Detroit Jewish com-
munity, Hebrew Free Loan marked its
125th anniversary — a year late, thanks
to COVID.

MAY 6 – CONFLICT BETWEEN
ISRAEL AND HAMAS
Israel was engaged in a fierce battle
with Hamas, the militant Islamist
terror group that controls the Gaza
Strip, for 11 days before a ceasefire was
announced.

MAY 7 – JEWISH FEDERATION
ANNOUNCES STEVEN INGBER
AS CEO
Ingber served as the organization’s
Chief Operating Officer since 2016. He
succeeds former CEO Scott Kaufman,
who stepped down from the role at
the end of 2019 after nine years. Over
the past 18 months, Ingber had been
Federation’s lead professional, guid-
ing the organization throughout the
COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most
challenging times in the history of the
century-old organization.

MAY 11 – JCC’S “OPENING THE DOOR”
PROGRAM CELEBRATES 25 YEARS
JCC Detroit’s Opening the Doors (OTD)
program enables children with diverse
learning differences and abilities to partici-
pate in inclusive Jewish education with their
peers as well as provides disability aware-
ness and resources for families, educators
and professionals through development
programs, community conferences and a
teen leadership program.

MAY 24 – DETROIT-BORN JOURNALIST
DANNY FENSTER DETAINED IN
MYANMAR
On his way home for a surprise visit to
see family and friends, native Detroiter
Danny Fenster, managing editor for
Frontier Myanmar, was detained at Yangon
International Airport and then imprisoned.

MAY 25 – DANA NESSEL AND JUDGE
AVERN COHN HONORED BY JBAM
Jewish Bar Association of Michigan honors
Dana Nessel and Judge Avern Cohn with
respectively, the first Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Champion of Justice Award and the first
Lifetime Achievement Award.

Steven Ingber

Arthur Horwitz

Hamas militia members
patrol a street in Gaza City,
April 23, 2021.

Susie Citrin,
Peggy Frank,
Anita Naftaly

Bryan and
Danny Fenster,
September 2019,
at a friend’s
wedding in
Krakow, Poland.
It was the
last time the
brothers saw
each other.

Dana Nessel, left, and Avern Cohn

Over 125 years, HFL’s
processes have changed,
but not its core values.

ASHRAF AMRA/ANADOLU AGENCY
VIA GETTY IMAGES VIA JTA