AVRUMI 
LORKIS
After 
graduating with 
a bachelor’s 
of science in 
biology from 
Wayne State 
University, Avrumi has applied 
his energies to teaching and has 
taught in some capacity at all of 
the Orthodox Jewish schools. 
He is currently teaching English 
at Yeshivas Darchei Torah 
and science at Vista Meadows 
Academy.
Avrumi’s family has a storied 
history in Jewish Detroit. His 
recent ancestors were involved 
at Congregation Shaarey 
Zedek, United Hebrew Schools 
and United Jewish Charities, 
which was the forerunner 
to the Jewish Federation of 
Metropolitan Detroit. 
In 2019, Avrumi approached 
Matan B’Seter Detroit with 
the idea of a hockey game as a 
charity event. 
Four years later, the Detroit 
Hockey Showdown is still going 
strong and has raised more 
than $250,000 for the tzedakah 
organization. 
Avrumi is very active in 
his local shul, Bais Haknesses 
HaGrah, located in Oak Park. 
He is also very fortunate to be 
surrounded by family, including 
parents, grandparents, cousins 
and more. Avrumi is the only 

child who lives in Michigan; 
other siblings live in New York 
and Israel. 
He is happily married to 
Tehilla (Friedman) Lorkis, and 
is the proud father to Nechama, 
Elian and Levi. 
A longtime resident of Oak 
Park, Avrumi enjoys living in 
the area and exploring Detroit 
history. When not spending 
time with family, Avrumi 
tries to find time to play and 
organize ice hockey and to play 
music with friends. 

DR. RICHARD 
LEVINE
Dr. Richard 
Levine is 
a third-
generation 
doctor of 
chiropractic at 
Levine Clinic of Chiropractic in 
Farmington Hills. 
A strong proponent of 
wellness, Rick teaches his 
patients that health is more 
than just the presence or 
absence of symptoms and 
works to help them make 
changes that will keep them 
healthy. With Levine Clinic’s 
motto being “nothing is more 
precious than your health,
” 
his goals in practice are to 
improve quality of life in those 
suffering and help them avoid 
medications and surgeries. He 
treats many families, adjusting 

everyone from newborns 
to centenarians, and prides 
himself in gentle, effective and 
research-backed techniques. 
He helps patients overcome 
conditions like sciatica, disc 
injuries, back and neck pain, 
headaches and even allergies. 
His greatest joy in practice is 
seeing patients transition from 
believing that their pain is 
incurable and “just something 
they will have to live with” to 
recovering and doing the things 
they love. 
Wanting to best serve his 
profession, Rick is the president 
of District 3 of the Michigan 
Association of Chiropractic 
and was recently appointed 
by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to 
serve on the Michigan Board 
of Chiropractic, the state body 
that oversees all chiropractors 
in Michigan. He is a graduate of 
the University of Michigan and 
Palmer College of Chiropractic. 
In his free time, you can find 
Rick catching live concerts or 
stand-up comedy. His favorite 
hobby is playing the drums. His 
fiancee, Dr. Molly Gross, is a 
child psychologist, and they are 
very excited for their upcoming 
wedding this May.
A participant in Partners 
in Torah, he studies every 
Thursday with his dear friend 
and rabbi, Shmuli Wolf. He 
is also a part of the planning 
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