28 | OCTOBER 10 • 2019 

Jews in the D

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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