22 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021

YEAR IN REVIEW

NOVEMBER

NOV. 5 – JUDGE COHN
RELEASES NEW BOOK
Retired U.S. Judge Avern Cohn
releases his book, Thinking About
‘the Other Fella,
’ part biography
and part anthology, co-writ-
ten by Jack Lessenberry and
Elizabeth Zerwekh.

NOV. 11 — RABBI MICHAEL
MOSKOWITZ CELEBRATES
SILVER ANNIVERSARY
Rabbi Michael Moskowitz cel-
ebrated 25 years at Temple Shir
Shalom, which he helped grow
from 500 families when he
arrived to more than 900 fami-
lies today.

NOV. 14 – NANCY
GROSFELD HONORED
BY HMC
Nancy Grosfeld was honored
by the Holocaust Memorial
Center for her committment to
advancing Holocaust education
in Michigan.

NOV. 16 — DANNY FENSTER
RETURNS HOME
Just days after the military junta
of Myanmar sentenced him to
11 years of hard labor for visa
breaches, unlawful association
with an illegal group and spread-
ing false news, the managing
editor of the independent online
publication Frontier Myanmar
and Huntington Woods native
was back on American soil.

Judge Avern Cohn’s book
Rabbi Moskowitz
is known as a
“community
connector” who
is able to walk
into a room and
build relationships
immediately.

Rabbi Moskowitz,
known for his sense
of humor, dresses up
for Purim.


Nancy Grosfeld

An emotional reunion: Danny Fenster with parents Rose and
Buddy and brother Bryan.

NATHAN VICAR/THE JEWISH NEWS

JOHN HARDWICK

TEMPLE SHIR SHALOM

FENSTER FAMILY