DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWISHNEWS.com frontlines DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWISHNEWS.com Arthur M. Horwitz F. Kevin Browett Publisher / Executive Editor Chief Operating Officer ahorwitz©renmedia.us Jackie Headapohl Managing Editor jheadapohl®renmedia.us Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor kcohen@renmedia.us Gail Zimmerman Arts Editor gzimmerman@renmedia.us Deborah Schultz Corporate Creative Director dschultz@renmedia.us EDITORIAL Senior Copy Editor David Sachs dsachs@renmedia.us Editorial Assistant Sy Manello smanello@renmedia.us Senior Columnist Danny Raskin dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net Contributing Editor Robert Sklar rsklar®renmedia.us Contributing Writers Ruthan Brodsky Suzanne Chessler Annabel Cohen Don Cohen Shelli Liebman Dorfman Holocaust Center Brings Barney Frank To Speak Former 16-term U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) will be the keynote speaker Jan. 5, when the Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus in Farmington Hills opens its newest exhibit, Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals, 1933-1945. The exhibit, open through May 4, chronicles the Nazi campaign that targeted German men who, the state asserted, car- ried a "degeneracy" that threatened the "disciplined masculinity" of Germany. More than 100,000 men were arrested. In 1987, Frank became the first member of Congress to come out openly as gay and, in 2012, he married his longtime partner, becom- ing the nation's first con- gressman in a same-sex marriage while in office. Barney Frank The exhibit opening will begin at 4:30 p.m. Jan. 5. General admission tickets are $18 ($10 for HMC members) and must be purchased in advance. Contact Lawrence at (248) 553-2400, ext. 24, or lawrence.wil- lim@holocaustcenter.org to purchase. Lecture To Promote Preservation Of Yiddish Julian Levinson, the Samuel Shetzer Associate Professor of American Jewish Studies at the University of Michigan, will speak on "Why Yiddish Still Matters" at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. Levinson is part of a growing circle of Yiddish speakers and Julian enthusiasts who believe Levinson that Yiddish has not only survived but also has had a change of fortune in recent years. In his lecture, he will argue for efforts to preserve the Yiddish language. The free public event is sponsored by the Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies at Wayne State University, the Sholem Aleichem Institute and the JCC's Active Adults Program. East Lansing Leader Joins URJ Board Elliot Spoon, president of Congregation Shaarey Zedek in East Lansing has been elected to the board of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) at its recent bien- nial convention. Spoon is the assistant dean for career development and profes- sor of law in residence at Michigan State University College of Law. "I am proud that Elliot has joined the board of the URJ," said Rabbi Amy Bigman. "Elliot will bring a great deal of knowledge and talent to the board. At the same time, I hope his participation in the URJ will posi- tively influence our congregation here" sports®thejewishnews.com RD Timm magazine Managing Editor Jackie Headapohl jheadapohl®renmedia.us Contributing Editors Gail Zimmerman gzimmerman@lrenmedia.us Keri Guten Cohen kcohen@renmedia.us tintittiof ANT ,0\- v JEWISH A, kk ? \v— t -C 60 DA TiOIS To make a donation to the DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION go to the website www.djnfoundation.org 6 January 2 • 2014 Keith Farber Sales Director kfarber@renmedia.us Account Executives Wendy Flusty Annette Kizy Melissa Litvin Ilene Lubin Rick Nessel Sales Manager Assistant Lisa Wren BUSINESS OFFICES Billing Coordinator Pamela Turner Collections Analyst Hazel Bender Production By FARAGO & ASSOCIATES Manager Scott Drzewiecki Designers Amy Pollard Pam Sherevan Michelle Sheridan Susan Walker PUBLISHED BY: RENAISSANCE MMEDIA Chairman Michael H. Steinhardt President Arthur M. 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