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Michigan Jewish 
History Journal Wins 
State History Award

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T

he Historical Society of Michigan 
announced its 2020 state history 
award winners Sept. 9, and among 
the honorees is the Jewish Historical 
Society of Michigan’
s annual scholarly 
journal, Michigan Jewish History, which won 
outstanding printed periodical. It will be 
recognized, along with the other winners, 
at a virtual awards ceremony at 7 p.m. on 
Friday, Oct. 2, as part 
of the HSM’
s annual 
Michigan History 
Conference.
Michigan Jewish 
History (MJH) cel-
ebrates its 60th 
anniversary this year. 
 
In continuous publi-
cation since 1960, it 
is among the oldest 
periodicals devoted 
to American Jewish history. In honor of 
this milestone, JHSM’
s editors and advisory 
committee undertook sweeping changes to 
make the journal more useful for scholars, 
students and the general public.
“We aim to produce knowledge, share it 
with the world and, through those actions, 
make a difference,
” said JHSM President 
Risha B. Ring.
New for 2020, MJH articles are now 
peer-reviewed, a process in which lead-
ing academics appraise manuscripts 
and offer suggestions for improvement. 
JHSM Executive Director and MJH 
Editor Catherine Cangany, Ph.D., said, 
“The result is stronger, more impactful 
scholarship. To encourage submissions 
like these, we also have created the Rabbi 
Emanuel Applebaum Award, a $2,000 
best-article prize.” 
The 2020 issue features a unit on a con-
troversy over Michigan’
s first and forgotten 
Jewish cemetery, located on what is now 
the Diag at the University of Michigan.
Cangany says, “MJH isn’
t ‘
history for 
history’
s sake.
’
 Thinking critically about the 
past helps us understand the present, so we 
can change the future — for ourselves and 
those who come after us.
” 

Michigan Jewish History

Volume 59/60 | Summer 2020 | Tammuz 5780

Michigan Jewish History

Special 60th-Anniversary Extended Issue