Author, musi­cian, and phil­an­thropist Ethan Daniel David­son has record­ed 11 albums and toured through­out North Amer­i­ca and Europe. In 2005 he left his tour­ing life and returned to his Detroit roots where he helps run the William David­son Foun­da­tion estab­lished by his late father, Bill David­son. The pri­vate fam­i­ly foun­da­tion strives to ful­fill its founder’s lega­cy by advanc­ing the eco­nom­ic, cul­tur­al, and civic vital­i­ty of South­east Michi­gan, the State of Israel, and the Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ty for future generations.

Fol­low­ing his father’s pass­ing in 2009, Ethan began par­tic­i­pat­ing in minyans (Jew­ish dai­ly prayer) every day for a year as part of the tra­di­tion­al Jew­ish mourn­ing process. That led to chavrusas (study part­ner­ships of Jew­ish text) with locals in Detroit and with famed rab­bis across the coun­try today, includ­ing Arnie Eisen, Ben­ny Lau, Ash­er Lopatin, Amichai Lau-Lavie, and others.

Ethan serves on numer­ous boards in the Detroit area includ­ing at the Motown Muse­um and as the Chair­man of the Michi­gan Opera The­atre. At the Uni­ver­si­ty of Michi­gan, he earned a degree in Eng­lish along with grad­u­ate work in Mid­dle East­ern His­to­ry and Islam­ic Law. He has also stud­ied Jew­ish Phi­los­o­phy at the Jew­ish The­o­log­i­cal Seminary. 

Ethan and his wife Gretchen live in Metro Detroit with their 3 boys.