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Spotlight

High School Writing Competition

The Cohn-Haddow Center for 
Judaic Studies at Wayne State 
University will hold its fifth 
annual writing competition 
for Metro Detroit high school 
students. Submissions may be 
essays, short stories, or one or 
more poems related to some 
aspect of Jewish life, culture or 
history. 
The goal of the competition 
is not only to encourage high 
school students to think and 
write on matters of Jewish 
importance — past, present and 
future — but also to cultivate 
fresh perspectives on what are 
often well-trodden and time-
worn conversations, discussions 
and debates. 

Winning entries will be 
included in a literary maga-
zine published by the Cohn-
Haddow Center. First place 
submissions in each category 
will be awarded a cash prize of 
$500, with cash prizes of $100 
for honorable mentions in each 
category (poetry, prose and 
non-fiction). Deadline for sub-
missions is March 1.
For details on guidelines, 
rules, suggested themes and 
where to submit entries, 
visit Judaicstudies.wayne.
edu/writingcompetition.
php or on Facebook (@
CohnHaddowCJS), Twitter 
(@CohnHaddow) and 
Instagram (@cohnhaddow) 

B’
nai B’
rith International’
s 2019 
Leadership Forum, which fea-
tured prominent speakers from 
the diplomacy, public policy 
and media realms, concluded 
in Washington, D.C., after 
three days of programming for 
leadership from around the 
world. 
In his State of the 
Organization address, 
President Charles Kaufman 
presented the President’
s Award 
to 30 individuals who have 
gone beyond the call of duty to 
advance B’
nai B’
rith’
s mission. 
Three awardees were from the 
Great Lakes Region: David 
Lubin, Joel Marwil and Peter 
Perlman. He also spoke about 
the ways B’
nai B’
rith is active 
around the world in combating 
anti-Semitism and fighting for 
Israel on the world stage, as 
well as their work with senior 
housing and aiding communi-
ties after natural disasters. 
The Claims Conference 
(Conference on Jewish Material 
Claims Against Germany), 

which represents Holocaust 
survivors and their descendants 
in negotiating for restitution 
and compensation, received an 
award for its vital six decades 
of work.
After a panel analyzing 
the 2020 American election 
with 
CNN Chief Political 
Correspondent Dana Bash 
and NPR Washington Desk 
Correspondent Mara Liasson, 
the 2019 Leadership Forum 
concluded with a diplomatic 
luncheon, emphasizing the 
historic and continuing ties 
between Greece and Cyprus 
and the Jewish people. 

Highlights of B’
nai B’
rith International’
s
2019 Leadership Forum

CNN Chief Political Correspondent 
Dana Bash and NPR Washington 
Desk Correspondent Mara Liasson

B’
NAI B’
RITH INTERNATIONAL

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