APRIL 20 • 2023 | 21
J
HSM (Jewish Historical
Society of Michigan)
announces Howard
Lupovitch will receive the 2023
Leonard N. Simons History-
Maker Award. A fourth-genera-
tion Detroiter, Lupovitch is pro-
fessor of history and director of
the Cohn-Haddow
Center for Judaic
Studies at Wayne
State University.
The annual
award recognizes
those who have
made outstanding
contributions to the enrich-
ment, conservation, knowledge
and dissemination of Michigan
Jewish history. It is named for
Leonard N. Simons (1904-
1995), a community activist,
philanthropist and co-founder
of the advertising firm SMZ
(Simons Michelson Zieve Inc.).
According to JHSM
President Jeannie Weiner,
“Howard Lupovitch defines the
Simons Award. He is a well-
known scholar and historian
whose lectures are followed by
many in the community. He
is currently writing a history
of Detroit’s Jewish community
since 1967.
”
The Leonard N. Simons
History-Maker Award was
first given to Philip Slomovitz
in 1991. “Over the years, the
honor has been given to an
array of remarkable recipi-
ents,
” said JHSM Executive
Director Catherine Cangany,
Ph.D., “including soprano
Emma Lazaroff Schaver, Hon.
Avern Cohn, historian Sidney
Bolkosky, Sen. Carl Levin and
JHSM matriarch Judith Levin
Cantor.
”
Lupovitch will receive the
Simons Award at JHSM’s annual
meeting on Sunday afternoon,
June 4, 2023, at Congregation
Beth Ahm, where he has been a
Torah reader for more than two
decades. Event registration is
open at www.jhsmichigan.org/
calendar.
Howard
Lupovitch
JHSM to Honor
Howard Lupovitch
with Simons Award
Simons
Award
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