C ohn-Haddow

Center for Judaic Studies

The Jews of Detroit: Past, Present, Future

A One-Day Symposium
Sunday, April 6, 2014

gam-4pm

McGregor Conference Center
Room B-C
Wayne State University

PROGRAM:

SESSIONS INCLUDE
PRESENTATIONS ON:

8:30-gam Reception
9:00 "Greetings"

*URBAN AND SUBURBAN

Professor Howard Lupovitch
(Director, Cohn-Haddow Center)
President M. Roy Wilson
(Wayne State University)

SYNAGOGUES AND TEMPLES

*JEWS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS,

9:15 "Professor Sidney Bolkowsky: In Memoriam"

AND THE MOVE TO THE SUBURBS

Professor Jamie Wright

(University of Michigan, Dearborn Campus)

*THE REVIVAL OF DETROIT

9:30-10:45 "Suburban Synagogues
and the Architecture of Urban Ambivalence."
Professor Lila Corwin Berman
(Temple University)

AND ITS JEWISH COMMUNITY

*THE FUTURE OF JEWISH DETROIT

11:00-12:15 "Wealth, Religion, and Race in Metropolitan
Detroit, 1950-2000"

The full program can be viewed at
www.judaicstudies.wayne.edu

Dr. Walter Greason
(International Center for Metropolitan
Growth/Monmouth University)

All sessions will take place at the

McGregor Conference Center
on the Campus of Wayne State University
All sessions are free of charge
and open to the public

1:30-2:30 "Why Now?: the Revival of Detroit
and its Jewish Community"
(Panel Discussion)
Panelists: David Carroll
(Vice President, Quicken Loans Inc.)
Leor Barak (President, Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue)
Coucilman Gabe Leland (Detroit City Council)
Moderator: Professor Howard Lupovitch

Transportation is available free of charge

from the West Bloomfield and
Oak Park Jewish Community Centers.
Reservation required. To reserve space,
please the call Elizabeth Kannon at the
Jewish Historical Society of Michigan
at 248-432-5517,
or email: info@michiganjewishhistory.org
by April 2, 2014

A catered kosher dairy lunch
is available for a charge of $15.

2:45 — 3:45 "The Future of Jewish Detroit"

(Reservation required. Please call the Cohn-Haddow
center by April 2, 2014 to reserve a space)

(Panel Discussion)
Panelists: Ryan Landau(Co-Founder, Chalkfly.com )
Councilman Jeremy Moss (Southfield City Council)
Eitan Sussman(Keep Growing Detroit)
Josh Diskin(Senior Strategist, Detroit Labs)
Moderator: Vadim Avshalumov
(Urban Planning Associate, Rock Ventures)

Concluding Thoughts
Professor Howard Lupovitch

3:45-4:00

For more information, please contact the Cohn-Haddow Center (313)577 2679,
www.judaicstudies.wayne.edu , Cohnhaddowcenter@wayne.edu
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