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The Jewish Historical Society announced two 
awardees. The 2021 Leonard N. Simons 
History-Maker Awardee is Arthur M. Horwitz, 
president of Arthur Horwitz Consulting LLC. 
From 1986 to 2020, he published the Detroit 
Jewish News. He was the founding president 
of the independent, nonprofit Detroit Jewish News 
Foundation, which acquired the Jewish News in 2020. 
Under his leadership, the Jewish News became one of 
the largest and most respected ethnic/minority-focused 
media outlets in the United States.

The 2022 Leonard N. Simons History-Maker 
Awardee is Harriet B. Saperstein, a 
sociologist turned planner, specializing in 
community and economic development. She 
has held senior positions with the city of 
Detroit, where she coordinated and facilitated 
numerous major projects in neighborhoods, on Belle Isle 
and along the Detroit Riverfront. She has also served as 
president of HP Devco, a nonprofit economic 
development agency focused on Highland Park.

Police Chaplain Rabbi Herschel Finman of 
Jewish Ferndale gave the invocation at the 
Ferndale Police Department memorial for 
National Peace Officers Day. Rabbi Finman 
emphasized the need to increase acts of kind-
ness to make the world better. He also wished 
that the families of police officers slain in the line of duty 
be comforted.

Ernst & Young LLP announced that CEO Shaya 
Baum of Wing Lake Capital Partners was 
named an Entrepreneur of the Year 2022 
Michigan and Northwest Ohio Award finalist. 
The award is one of the preeminent competitive 
business awards for entrepreneurs and leaders 
of high-growth companies who think big to succeed. Baum 
was selected by a panel of independent judges according 
to the following criteria: entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, 
growth and impact, among other core contributions and 
attributes.

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