JUNE 8 • 2023 | 25
SPOTLIGHT
“JUST KNOWING I HELPED
ONE PERSON START INVESTING
WAS A GOAL.”
— IAN WEINBERG
will get more young
people interested in the
space because I find it’s
hard to get interested
in something if you
can’t find it relatable,”
Weinberg said.
Wanting to give back
and help inspire young
people, Weinberg is
donating 100% of
the book’s profits to
YouthTank Detroit, a
startup incubator that
helps Detroit high
school students start businesses.
Weinberg hopes his book and the story behind it help
young people realize if they work hard and dream big,
they can achieve anything.
“Everyone thinks if you’re a certain age, you can’t do
something great. I could have made every excuse in the
book why I couldn’t write this book, but I realized it was
a goal I had, and I wasn’t going to let excuses or what
other people think get in my way.”
With the whole world ahead of him, Weinberg has all
the hopes, dreams and goals one would expect.
For college, Weinberg says his first choice is probably
the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School
of Business. For after college, he has a few different
options in mind including investment banking,
entrepreneurship, starting a business and real estate
development. But he definitely wants to keep pushing
for more young people to invest.
“And over time, I’m not going to be relatable. So, I
want more people getting into it and doing what I’m
doing, making vlogs or YouTube videos or talking about
investing,” Weinberg said. “I think everyone should talk
about it.”
Through writing the book, Weinberg realized not only
is investing in the stock market or bonds important,
but also that investing in yourself and your future is the
most crucial investment of all.
Weinberg’s book is available on Amazon.
NCJW Jewish Youth Award Winners
National Council of Jewish Women, Michigan’s Jewish Youth
Awards is an annual scholarship program for high school seniors.
Applicants were judged on a written essay, their leadership, and
community service in the secular and/or Jewish communities.
Seven finalists were honored at an awards ceremony on May 7:
Avivah Mitchel from Skyline High School (Ann Arbor), first-place
award $2,500; Jolie Oleshansky from Bloomfield Hills High School
(Bloomfield Hills), second-place award $1,500; Isabella Cimmino
from North Farmington High School (Farmington Hills) third-
place winner, $1,000; Tori Bates, Melanie Hirsch, Alexa Kessler
and Elise Segal, honorable mentions, $250 each. The Jewish Youth
Awards are made possible through generous sponsors, Dina and
Herman (z’l) Brodsky and Esther (z’l) and Nathan (z’l) Katz.
This year’s essay topic was “What experience or person has had
the greatest impact on your Jewish identity?”
Avivah Mitchel, Isabella Cimmino, Melanie Hirsch, Elise Segal, Tori
Bates, Alexa Kessler and Jolie Oleshansky.
Zekelman Holocaust Center Program
Visit the Zekelman Holocaust Center on Thursday, June 15, at 7 p.m.
for a free program: “Here I Lived: The Movement to Never Forget.
”
Terry Swartzberg, a leading figure in the Stolpersteine (stumbling
stone) movement and head of the group’s Munich chapter, will share
the importance of remembering Jewish victims of the Holocaust out-
side of their last freely chosen address throughout Europe.
A former public affairs campaigner and journalist, Swartzberg’s work
today helps young people understand Jewish life and provides innova-
tive ways to commemorate the Holocaust.
Registration is required at https://tinyurl.com/yc2rjpd4 for this free
in-person-only event as space is limited. Refreshments will be served.