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law enforcement to combat 
antisemitism and advocate 
for Israel. 

In addition to advocating 
for Israel and the Jewish 
community, Daniel is 
also a woodworker, and 
especially loves making 
Judaica and synagogue 
furniture. His work is in 
multiple synagogues in the 
Detroit area, and he also 
makes Shabbat candlesticks, 
mezuzahs, seder plates 
and other Judaica for Jews 
around the world. Daniel was 
given the honor of building 
the first Torah Ark for the 
Chabad Jewish Center of 
Troy in 2022. 
During the summertime 
you can find Daniel at some 
of the local art shows here in 
Metro Detroit.

 

MOLLY 
GOLDMAN 
Molly grew up in 
Metro Detroit 
and is a Frankel 
Jewish Academy 
alum. She grew up attending 
Temple Israel services and 
spending summers at 
Tamarack Camp. Throughout 
high school, she volunteered 
several times a week at the 
Friendship Circle. 
 After high school, Molly 
headed to New Orleans to 
attend Tulane University. 
Every summer throughout 
college, Molly came home 
and worked as a summer 
staff at the Friendship Circle, 
where she provided 
friendship and fun to the 
special needs community. 
 After graduating in 2022 
with a bachelor of science in 
psychology, a bachelor of 

arts in anthropology and a 
minor in Jewish studies, she 
moved back to Michigan to 
work as the teen volunteer 
coordinator at Friendship 
Circle. She has been in this 
role for a year and half, 
although her involvement 
with the organization began 
in 2015. 
In this role at Friendship 
Circle, she works directly 
with Jewish teens every 
day to introduce them to 
Friendship Circle’s mission 
and core values. When 
volunteers attend Friendship 
Circle, she works to pair 
each of them up with a 
child with special needs to 
build friendship and foster 
inclusion in the community. 
Through their time 
volunteering, Molly helps to 
teach the next generation of 
Jewish teens the importance 
of respect, understanding, 
inclusion and love. 
 Outside of work, Molly 
is preparing to go back to 
school to study occupational 
therapy. Her goal is to earn 
an entry level doctorate so 
that she can provide care 
to children and teens with 
special needs in the future. 
She enjoys playing trivia 
at various places in Metro 
Detroit with her friends and 
loves to read, finishing 60 
books last year.

RABBI ALICIA 
HARRIS 
Rabbi Alicia 
Harris is the 
spiritual leader of 
Congregation 
Shir Tikvah in Troy, a 
Reform/Renewal community. 
Rabbi Alicia was ordained 
at Hebrew Union College-
Jewish Institute of Religion 
in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 
which she also holds a 
master’s degree and where 
she served as a rabbinic 
fellow for six years. She 
received a dual bachelor of 
arts in religious studies and 
political science from the 
University of Pittsburgh. 
Rabbi Alicia is a member 
of the Michigan Board 
of Rabbis, the Women’s 
Rabbinic Network, and 
the Commission on Social 
Action for the Religious 
Action Center of Reform 
Judaism, Detroit Jews for 
Justice, and is a part of Troy 
Interfaith Group.
She also serves on the 
ecumenical council to the 
governor and lieutenant 
governor. She had the honor 
of offering a prayer for their 
inauguration last year, as 
well as for the beginning of 
the electoral college count in 
Michigan in 2020. 
Rabbi Alicia strives to 
live in joy and gratitude and 
brings that spirit wherever 
she is. It is through this 
lens that she guides the 
community at Shir Tikvah. 
Whether she is counseling 
couples, supporting bereaved 
families, preparing students 
for their b’nai mitzvah, 
working with interfaith 
groups or strategizing 

with community justice 
organizations, Rabbi Alicia 
considers this holy work to 
be a privilege and is grateful 
to be a part of such a vibrant 
community. 

Outside of work, she can 
usually be found dancing 
Casino (also known as 
Cuban Salsa) and other 
genres of Latin dance. 

JAY WINKLER 
Jay Winkler is an 
archivist at the 
Inter-university 
Consortium for 
Social and 
Political Research (ICPSR), a 
large data archive housed at 
the University of Michigan. 
Jay manages the ICPSR’s 
catalog and is passionate 
about data sharing, which 
empowers scholars to 
synthesize research from 
various sources to gain new 
insights. He was named a 
LEADING Fellow by Drexel 
University in 2022, an honor 
that allowed him to build 
professional relationships 
and learn with other young 
archivists and librarians.
Jay dedicated years of 
service to Tamarack Camps, 
where his long camp career 
of eight years as staff well 
outnumbered his years as a 
camper. Jay spent his entire 
Tamarack career connecting 
with Jewish teens at the two 
outposts, Agree Outpost in 
Wawa, Ontario, and Camp 
Kennedy in the Upper 
Peninsula. 
From 2015 to 2017, Jay 
spent three summers as the 
director of Camp Kennedy, 
cultivating campers’ 
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