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Leader of first and second 
grade, she works with 
teachers to create curriculum 
integration between general 
studies and Judaic studies. 
Jessica believes that the 
success of Hillel students will 
ensure a bright future full of 
young Jewish leaders for the 
Metro Detroit community. 
A native Torontonian, 
Jessica moved to the Detroit 
area six years ago and knew 
that becoming involved in 
Jewish organizations would 
be the best way to become 
integrated into the Jewish 
community. She loves 
attending Jewish events with 
her husband, Adam, and 
their almost 2-year-old, Lev. 
She looks forward to weekly 
Shabbat dinners with her 
family where her nieces and 
nephews, all Hillel students, 
perform the blessings and 
teach Lev the values of being 
Jewish.
Jessica loves trying new 
restaurants with friends and 
family, and spending time on 
Cass Lake. She also loves to 
compete in geography trivia.

JAIMIE LERNER
Jaimie Lerner 
is a native 
Michigander who 
can usually be 
found at her local 
library with books in one 
hand and chocolate in the 
other. She is an avid reader, 
dreamer and ideator who 
is dedicated to making the 
world a kinder place every 
day. 

Jaimie is a committed 
immigration advocate who 
uses the Jewish experience 
of displacement and 

oppression to help guide 
others fleeing persecution. 
She is passionate about 
incorporating her Jewish 
values into her daily work 
as a nonprofit immigration 
attorney with the Michigan 
Immigrant Rights Center. 
At the organization, she 
spearheaded a religious 
leave policy through 
the Diversity, Equity & 
Inclusion committee to allow 
individuals from all religious 
and cultural backgrounds 
to accrue leave for holidays 
not included on the typical 
leave calendar. Jaimie was 
recently awarded a 2023 
Michigan Advocacy Program 
Outstanding Case Advocacy 
award for her commitment 
and dedication to her clients. 
This past year, she also 
published an article in the 
Michigan Bar Journal titled 
“Harry Potter and the Castle 
of Poudlard: Cultural and 
Language Competency 
in the Legal World” — 
combining her reading 
fandoms with sensitivity 
to language and cultural 
differences. 

Before attending law 
school, Jaimie spent a year in 
Israel exploring her Jewish 
identity and studying at Neve 
Yerushalayim in Jerusalem. 
While there, she spent time 
as a Shabbat madrichah 
at the Heritage House, a 
youth hostel in the Old City, 
leading programming for 
Jewish women traveling from 
around the world. 

Jaimie loves being involved 
in her Metro Detroit Jewish 
community — welcoming 
others into her home for 
international-themed 

Shabbat meals, attending a 
regular Torah learning group 
and sending her kids to local 
Jewish schools. Jaimie and 
her husband, Jeremy, live 
with their two young kids in 
Southfield, in a home filled 
with Jewish tradition, ahavas 
olam and countless bars of 
chocolate. 

ADAR RUBIN 
Adar Rubin is the 
director of 
mobilization for 
the 
#EndJewHatred 
international civil rights 
movement. He grew up in 
West Bloomfield, where he 
has spent his career 
embracing his love for 
politics, public diplomacy, 
campaigns and Israel 
advocacy. His passions 
include tackling Jew-hatred 
within the political 
landscape, celebrity culture, 
the public-school systems 
and in higher education. 
He collaborated with 
numerous pro-Israel 
influencers such as Lizzy 
Savetsky, Emily Austin, 
Emily Schrader and more. 
He launched multiple 
campaigns against the 
systemic culture of Jew-
hatred within the City 
University of New York, 
the United Nations and the 
Department of Education in 
New York City. 
In his first year at 
#EndJewHatred, Adar has 
played a major role in the 
growth and success of the 
movement, especially here 
in Michigan. His Michigan 
chapter is home to over 
400 activists and currently 

oversees numerous state 
chapters across the country. 
He secured proclamations 
in a bipartisan fashion 
from the municipal to the 
federal level in 13 states 
to recognize April 29th as 
“End Jew Hatred Day.” This 
was endorsed by State Reps. 
Bill Schuette and Samantha 
Steckloff, Southfield Mayor 
Kenson Siver, Congressman 
Jack Bergman, Congressman 
John James and more. He 
worked with state senators 
Lana Theis and Jeremy 
Moss to unanimously adopt 
“End Jew Hatred Day” 
in the Michigan Senate. 
Other signatories included 
Congressman Ritchie Torres, 
Mike Lawler as well as 
Governors Andy Beshear of 
Kentucky and Jared Polis of 
Colorado. 
Following Oct. 7, Adar 
met with numerous elected 
officials and organized a rally 
with over 300 attendees on 
Orchard Lake Road, which 
featured Congresswoman 
Haley Stevens. 
He led student workshops 
in partnership with the 
University of Michigan 
Jewish Resource Center as 
well as a Parents Weekend 
Rally on campus that drew 
in over 1,200. He partnered 
with the Holocaust Museum 
LA to organize a march for 
Israel in the heart of Beverly 
Hills, drawing in friends and 
relatives of current Israeli 
hostages kidnapped by 
Hamas. He held a town hall 
in partnership with Hadassah 
and the American Jewish 
Committee in Atlanta with 
State Reps. Esther Panitch 
and John Carson, along 

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