42 | MARCH 10 • 2022 

On Jan. 26, more than 30 new-to-
town and back-to-town NEXTGen 
Detroiters got together for a special 
edition of L’Chaim Detroit: Newish 
and Jewish at the Corner Grill, Bar + 
Game Room in Ferndale.
The event was aimed at those who 
moved to town (or back to town) 
between March 2020 and present 
day and hadn’t gotten out much or 
experienced all the awesome peo-
ple and exciting things Detroit and 
Jewish Detroit have to offer.
“It was a fun evening of making 
new friends and reconnecting with 
old ones too, all while showing the 
newcomers what NEXTGen Detroit 
is all about!” said Lauren Soifer, 
associate director of NEXTGen 
Detroit. 

Braving the cold to meet and reconnect with NEXTGen 
Detroiters. 

Newcomers and those recently back-to-town mingling 
and meeting each other.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF 
NEXTGEN DETROIT

L’Chaim Detroit: 
Newish and Jewish

Friends enjoying drinks and 
good conversations. 

New friends during NEXTGen 
Detroit event schmoozing. 

NEXT DOR

Jewish Young Professionals of Ann 
Arbor enjoyed an evening of ice 
skating on Feb. 16, hosted by the 
group’s Outdoors Club. The event 
took place at Buhr Ice Arena, 
which holds open skate on Sundays 
and Wednesday evenings. The 
weather was rainy, but that didn’t 
stop the event from going strong, as 
the arena is covered by a roof. 
What was fun about this particular 
group of attendees was that skating 
skills ranged from first timer to 

seasoned hockey player! Everyone 
had a really great time together and 
is looking forward to meeting again 
for another outdoors activity soon.
The Jewish Young Professionals 
division of the Jewish Federation 
of Greater Ann Arbor caters to 
individuals in their 20s and 30s. 
For more information and to get 
involved, contact Hilary Greenberg 
at hilary@jewishannarbor.org. 
Follow JYP on Facebook and 
Instagram at the handle @jypa2. 

Fun on the Ice

Members of Ann Arbor’s Jewish Young Professionals had fun skating at the Buhr 
Ice Arena.

COURTESY OF JYP

