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. 

