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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

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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

