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

