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Jeffrey Veidlinger has been named

the

first baseman-outfielder for the
Detroit Tigers. For much of his life,

Tellem has been close friends with

Hank

Stephen.
Jewish Detroit will also gain
a proud Jew when Arn Herschel
Tellem arrives. "I'm looking for-
ward to joining the Jewish com­

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munity

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son,

new

director of the Jean & Samuel

Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the
University of Michigan.
Veidlinger, who is U-M's Joseph
Brodsky Collegiate Professor of History

and Judaic Studies, will succeed
Deborah Dash Moore, Frankel Center

director for the past decade.

"Jeff's appoint­
bring a

ment will

.

wonderful blend of
vision and energy

Detroit, which is also

historical

community:' he said.

that will take the

proud that there are incred­
ible people that have come out of
the Detroit Jewish community who

"I'm

center to

heights

have contributed to the greater
good in the community. You can

Jeffrey
Veidlinger

that, whether it's the Davidson
family or Sen. Carl Levin, who I've

humanities:' Dash Moore said.

known for years,
Sander Levin:'

or

research, includ-
ing such important

areas as

of Russian and Eastern European
Jewish history. He is the author of the

award-winning books

on

the Soviet Stage

Empire (2009).

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on

and

the national board of Seeds

of Peace.

They plan belong
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in

to

to

Southfield.

Among all the lessons he's

through the years, some of
the most valuable to him today are

learned

rooted in the time he spent with his
grandfather, Ellis, who came to the

United States from Lithuania in the

1890s. Ellis comforted Tellem when

right before his bar
provided the context

his father died

mitzvah and

of meaning: from tikkun olam and

having kindness for others to help­
ing the needy and being a person of
integrity.
The Pistons have a long way to
go until they are a championship­
contending team, although the ups

and downs of sporting franchises
are an exciting part of the business.

Take Israel's

Hapoel Jerusalem bas­

ketball team. Arn Tellem became a
part -owner of the business just two

years ago; a week ago, Hapoel won
the first league title in its team his­

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hundreds of interviews

conducted with Yiddish speakers in
Eastern Europe. Videos of those con­

versations

are

included in the Archives

of Historical and Ethnographic

Yiddish Memories

(aheym.org), which

Veidlinger established. He now is work­

ing on a book about the pogroms in

during the Russian Civil War.
Veidlinger earned his Ph.D. in his­
tory from Georgetown University in
Washington, D.C.
"Jeffrey Veidlinger is a national
leader on research into marginalized
Jewish populations, and his work

Ukraine

with the Archives of Historical and

Ethnographic Yiddish Memories
project has created a groundbreak­
ing, publicly accessible oral history:'

said Andrew D. Martin, dean of D-Ms
College of Literature, Science and the

Arts. 'M

a

an

esteemed historian and
Jewish stud­

former director of the

ies program at Indiana University, he
is ideally suited to lead the Frankel

Center's

important work:'

Veidlinger is associate chair of the
Academic Advisory Council of the

Center for

Jewish History, a member of

the Academic Committee of the United

States Holocaust Memorial Museum

and a member of the Executive
Committee of the Association for

Jewish Studies.

He is married to

Rebecca Leitman Veidlinger, who is
originally from Bloomfield Hills. They

have two

2015

His most recent book,

In the Shadow of the Shtetl: Small- Town

Jewish Life in Soviet Ukraine (2013),

friendship
cooperation
through sports.
The Tellems currently serve

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Public Culture in the Late Russian

Fund, Seeds of Peace and Peace
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tance,

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The Moscow

State Yiddish Theater: Jewish Culture

Working with the Jewish National

conducted sports clinics for youth
in the region, promoting accep­

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Veidlinger is a renowned scholar

Congressman

When Gilad Shalit visited
America, Tellem helped make the
visit possible and was able to offer
him the experience of attending the
NBA All-Star Game. Three years
ago, the Tellems led a mission to
Israel with professional athletes.

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