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Jewish Community Relations
Council/AJC (JCRC/AJC)
will honor Howard Brown
with its 2019 Activist Award
on Monday, May 20, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills. A strolling
dinner will begin at 6 p.m.,
followed at 7 p.m. by the award
presentation and a conversation titled
“Surviving Social Media: Interfaith
Engagement in the Digital Age” with
the evening’
s featured speakers Yair
Rosenberg, senior writer at Tablet
Magazine, and attorney, author and
podcast host Rabia Chaudry. The
evening ends with a dessert reception.
A JCRC/AJC board member since
2006 who has long worked under the
radar applying quiet diplomacy, Brown
is being honored for his bridge-building
efforts among different interfaith
groups, including strengthening the
relationship between the Southeast
Michigan Jewish and Muslim
communities.
Professionally, the Franklin
resident has worked as a chief
executive with experience in
technology, fundraising, sales and
marketing of online software and
digital communications solutions.
The Wexner Heritage
Foundation Fellowship alumnus
has served as AJC Detroit regional
board president as well as on the
global organization’
s National Board
of Governors and as a Comay Fellow.
He also was on the boards of Hebrew
Free Loan, JCC of Metropolitan Detroit
and Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit.
Sponsorship and tribute levels begin
at $180, including a strolling dinner
and dessert reception. The program
only is a $36 contribution and includes
the dessert reception. To register, visit
https://jcrcajc.org/activist-award. For
details, contact Corey Young at young@
jfmd.org or call (248) 642-5393.
Howard Brown To Be Honored
Howard Brown
Temple Israel in West Bloomfield is
kicking off a new speaker series titled
“The Many Shades of Politics — An
American Journey,
” representing
voices across the American political
spectrum. The goal is to encourage
thoughtful dialogue about important
issues of our time.
“
An Evening with Jeffrey Toobin”
takes place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
May 21. He will speak on “
Analyzing
Politics, Media and the Law.
” A book
signing will follow the free event. A
patron-only pre-glow begins at 6 p.m.
A senior analyst for CNN and staff
writer for The New Yorker, Toobin has
provided analysis on some of the most
provocative and important events of
our time.
For details, registration and to pur-
chase a book, visit temple-israel.org/
toobin or call (248) 661-5700. The
evening is underwritten by Hilary and
Edan King.
Political Speakers Series
GAGE SKIDMORE/WIKIMEDIA
Jeffrey
Toobin
Join Professor Howard Lupovitch
of the Cohn-Haddow Center
for Judaic Studies and Carolyn
Normandin, Michigan director of
the ADL, for a lively discussion
on “Two Faces of Anti-Semitism:
Nativism and Liberalism 7:30
p.m. Thursday, May 16, at Jewish
Ferndale, 1725 Pinecrest. Local
journalist Julie Edgar will moder-
ate. The event is free.
Two Faces of
Anti-Semitism
Join ADL Michigan
for an Evening with
Jonathan Greenblatt,
CEO and national
director of the Anti-
Defamation League,
to gain insight into
the fight against
hate at 7 p.m. May
23 at the Berman Theater at the
West Bloomfield JCC. The event is
free, but you must pre-register at
support.adl.org/event/an-evening-
with-jonathan-greenblatt/e233101.
The Fight Against Hate
Jonathan
Greenblatt