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“Few who have received
this award have the
street-level history
chops that Aimee does.”
ELAYNE GROSS
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both volunteer and adviser.
“Aimee is more than a top-notch archivist,” said Erik Nordberg,
director of the Reuther Library. “She is also a thoughtful, sincere and
empathetic individual who is just enjoyable to interact with on a regular
basis.”
Although Ergas is being celebrated for her list of notable accomplish-
ments, including curating the recent JHSM-sponsored exhibition at the
Detroit Historical Museum
exhibition, “Chasing Dreams:
Baseball & Becoming
American,” she’s most proud
of the development and
launch of JHSM’s “Michigan
Women Who Made a
Difference” (MWWMD)
research project and the
— Neil Gorosh, JHSM president 2015 publication of the cor-
responding book.
“When I was director of
JHSM, I frequently worked
on tours of historic Jewish Detroit,” Ergas said. “I noticed that missing
from our narrative were the stories of the women who helped to build
and shape our communities. As I dug deeper, I found those records sim-
ply did not exist or were buried in dust.”
Working with Aimee in my capacity as JHSM’s current director,
we successfully requested grant funding from the Jewish Women’s
Foundation to launch the project that would begin to document the
biographies of Michigan women who helped shape Michigan’s Jewish
communities. MWWMD, which now includes some 200 biographies,
continues. Ergas conducted the research.
“Having the honor of interviewing Annetta Miller and Sylvia Granader
was remarkably inspiring,” said Ergas, who interviewed these two Jewish
war veterans for inclusion in the book. Both served in World War II;
Miller as a nurse and Granader, who died in 2016, as a pilot.
“I knew so little about these women who sacrificed so much but also
found an important role. Both shared with me many details of their
lives during this time,” Ergas said.
Women’s studies have long been a passion of Ergas, who now serves
as volunteer adviser to the project and is looking forward to the May
10 launch of the online archives, which will be on JHSM’s website
(michjewishhistory.org).
Ergas, who lives in Farmington Hills, will be hon-
ored at the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan’s
Annual Meeting by her longtime friend, documentary
filmmaker Aviva Kempner, who, like Ergas, has an
interest in uncovering stories of lesser-known Jewish
“Heroes and Sheroes.” The two will share some of
these stories while also examining some clips from
Kempner’s films, which include Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
(2009), The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (2000)
Stanley Meretsky
and Rosenwald (2015).
At the event, the JHSM will also pay tribute to
Stanley Meretsky of West Bloomfield, a community
activist and past president of JHSM, who will receive
the Leonard N. Simons Lifetime Achievement Award.
Margery Jablin, also of West Bloomfield, will be hon-
ored as JHSM’s Volunteer of the Year.
The Jewish Historical Society of Michigan was
founded in 1959 to promote and celebrate the story of
Margery Jablin
Michigan’s Jewish communities, organizations and cit-
izens. Throughout the year and throughout the state,
JHSM presents programs, tours, events and publica-
tions that preserve and proudly bring to life the stories of Michigan’s set-
tlers along with the legacies of today’s innovators and urban pioneers. •
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For reservations to the May 10 Annual Meeting, call (248) 432-5517 or visit
michjewishhistory.org. Tickets are $40, including a dessert reception after the program.
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