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Lisa Brown, Oakland County clerk/register of
deeds, was designated as a certified elections/
registration administrator (CERA) in a recent cer-
emony conducted by the Election Center. Brown,
a lifelong resident of Oakland County, has been
serving since 2013.
A National Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH) Collaborative Research grant was award-
ed to Professor Shachar Pinsker of the Frankel
Center for Judaic Studies and Department
of Middle East Studies at the University of
Michigan, and co-directors Professor Naomi
Brenner (Ohio State University) and Professor Matthew
Handelman (Michigan State University). This grant will fund
conferences at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and at the
University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, bringing together a
diverse international group of scholars working on the feuil-
leton, the public sphere and Jewish cultures.
American Jewish World Service recently named
Global Justice Fellows for 2019. Among them is
Rabbi Joshua Whinston of Temple Beth Emeth
in Ann Arbor. The organization works to promote
human rights and end poverty. The clergy were
selected because of their powerful leadership in the
community and commitment to human rights. The fellowship
includes an educational trip to Guatemala to meet local front-line
leaders who are fighting poverty and advancing human rights.
Joshua Liss,
chairman of the
Metro Chicago
Hillel Board and
longtime leader
of young adult
engagement both locally and
nationally, has received the
Davis, Gidwitz & Glasser
Young Leadership Award
from the Jewish Federation
of Chicago. The award rec-
ognizes leaders under 40
who have demonstrated
extraordinary dedication and
commitment in the Jewish
community.
The Dr. Gary
Burnstein
Community
health Clinic,
Michigan’
s larg-
est free clinic,
recently hosted the Esteemed
Women of Michigan event.
Alicia Stillman was pre-
sented with the Woman of
the Decade award for all her
efforts on behalf of the Emily
Stillman Foundation, which
provides critical education
on vaccines and advocacy for
organ and tissue donation.
At a recent event at the Mike Ilitch School of
Business, Florine Mark was inducted into the
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Hall of Fame.
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