Ilana Goldberg Block 

Ilana (Goldberg) Block is a member of the class of 2003, the first graduating class of the Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit. She served as its founding student government president. After high school, Ilana graduated from the University of Michigan and was a Dean’s Merit Scholar at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.  Since moving back to Detroit, she manages her own law practice with a focus on litigation for small businesses and estate planning for young families.

Ilana is a well-known leader in the Jewish community. She has served on the Frankel Jewish Academy Board of Trustees, currently sits of the school’s Committee on Trustees and she is the immediate past president of NEXTGen Detroit. Throughout her tenure on the NEXTGen Board of Directors, Ilana has led many of NEXTGen’s outreach, leadership development and campaign initiatives with the goal of attracting and involving the next generation to engage in our community and build upon its legacy.

Ilana met her husband, Adam, during their sophomore year at the University of Michigan when both were in attendance at a Shabbat dinner at UM Hillel. They are the proud parents of Talia (6), Judah (4), and Shira, the family’s newest arrival born in December.