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here’s to
Stranger is
the new
album from
acclaimed
Detroit-based
singer/
songwriter/
multi-
instrumentalist Ethan Daniel
Davidson. The album was
released on Sept. 30, 2022,
from Blue Arrow Records.
His songs are vivid
memories of experiences:
rooms that smell of old
books, smoke from oil lamps
and bohemian escapades.
The Historical Society of Michigan announced its 2022 State
History Award winners. The Society presents the State History
Awards every year to individuals and organizations that have
made outstanding contributions to the appreciation, collection,
preservation and/or promotion of state and local history.
Distinguished Volunteer Service Award went to Risha B. Ring of
Bloomfield Hills, immediate past president of the Jewish
Historical Society of Michigan.
Williams, Williams,
Rattner & Plunkett,
P.C., announced that
Best Lawyers has
selected partner
Robert S. Bick as the
2023 Lawyer of the
Year for Corporate
Law for the region encompassing
Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills,
Bloomfield Township, Troy and
adjacent parts of Oakland County.
Korotkin
Insurance Group
is pleased to
announce the
addition of Kellie
Lederer as a
sales producer
to the team. She
joins KIG after spending nearly
10 years in mortgage banking
with Quicken Loans/Rocket
Mortgage. Kellie is licensed in
property, casualty, life, accident
and health insurance.
Honigman LLP
announced that
law firm founder,
respected and
admired
practitioner and
community leader
Ira Jaffe has
joined the law firm as
distinguished counsel in its
corporate and private client
practices. Jaffe will be based in
the firm’s Bloomfield Hills office.
He also serves on the advisory
boards of Beyond Basics, eLab
Ventures, Michigan Capital
Advisors and as Chairman of the
Board of REDICO. Watch the JN
for an upcoming profile.
Laura Gottlieb, archivist for
Temple Beth El, and Robbie
Terman, director of the
Simons Archive at the Jewish
Federation of Metro Detroit,
were just awarded the State
History Award for Institutions
at the recent annual meeting
of the Historical Society of
Michigan. The award was for
their work to create the Center
for Michigan Jewish Heritage,
which is a collaboration
between the Temple Beth El
and Simon archives.
Yuval Sharon has been
named to the 2022 TIME100
Next list. He is the Gary L.
Wasserman artistic director of
Detroit Opera and the founder
and co-artistic director of The
Industry in Los Angeles. The
recipient of both a MacArthur
Fellowship and a Foundation for
Contemporary Arts grant in Theatre, Sharon
is among the most in-demand and innova-
tive names in opera today. In naming Sharon
to the TIME100 Next list, TIME highlighted
his work with Detroit Opera, including his
productions of La Bohème and Act III of
Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre. TIME also
named Detroit one of the world’s greatest
places in 2022.
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