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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