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… State University Jewish Studies Program To commemorate the 70 th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel and reflect on that history, the Michigan State University Jewish Studies Program is…

…Photo credit: Mary C.Madigan ""!###% "! 29136804@N00/493958972 ISRAEL AT 70: COMPLEXITY, CHALLENGE, AND CREATIVITY Academic conference on September 16-17, 2018 at the Kellogg Center at Michigan…

… College of Arts and Letters, James Madison College, the Eli Broad College of Business, the College of Social Science, the Asian Studies Center, Israel Institute, Academic Engagement Network, the Ravitz…

… Foundation, and the Lester & Jewell Hillel Jewish Student Center. jn August 16 • 2018 19 …

… Cangany JHSM from the University of Notre Dame, where she was an associate professor in the his- tory department. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and a B.A. from Indiana University in…

…jews d in the Best Of The Best Reunion of Oak Park school recalls its rich diversity. Hillel Day School Hires New Rabbi R EVE SILBERMAN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS S hortly after the Paul Best…

…) 663-8756 or evesilberman2@gmail.com. reside in Oak Park, are parents to Yair, abbi David Fain has joined the 3, and Natan, 1. leadership team of Hillel Day Inspired to pursue the rab- School in…

… a tremendous asset to our and children learning side by side, school,” said Steve Freedman, Hillel having “formative experiences that head of school. Fain assumes the position following were, in many…

… instances, life-chang- the departure last school year of Rabbi ing,” he said. “At Hillel, we are committed to Jonathan Berger. Halachah in all its dynamism, com- Fain attended public schools in mitted to…

… meaningful to them.” • wife, Shoshana. The couple, who now New Head Of JHSM T he Jewish Historical Society of Michigan has hired Catherine “Katie” Cangany as execu- tive director. Cangany joins Katie…

… Jewish growth that works for Hamden, Conn., and graduated from each family, and we realize the critical the University of Connecticut before setting his sights on Jewish education. importance of the…

… Bloomington. Married with a daughter, she resides in Oakland County. She is the author of Frontier Seaport: Detroit’s Transformation into an Atlantic Entrepôt (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014), which…

… Elementary School opened in the fall of 1954, a dispute broke out over placing a Christmas tree in the lobby. Some Jewish parents (many had moved to Oak Park to avoid anti- Semitism) expressed discomfort and…

… by Best students. A willingness to seek compromise and, even more important, the promo- tion of tolerance, characterized the for- mer school, which closed in 1976. On Saturday, Aug. 18, Best grads will…

…, along the way, Justin and Esther were instrumental in the establish- ment of Hillel at Michigan State University. I still have not learned the origins of the “Haunted Shacks,” but I now have another clue…

…., and founded Charlotte Auto Parts. The Morrisons then moved to Lansing when Justin bought Kamin’s Auto Parts there in 1965. He later became a founder of the Michigan Automotive Parts Association. And…

…looking back In 1951, Mrs. J. Shurly Horowitz, Mrs. William Fogel, Mrs. Samuel Wexler and Mrs. Lewis Jackel review a street map in preparation for G-Day. Each year, the Women’s Division of…

… Federation hit the streets and went door to door to solicit for the Allied Jewish Campaign. The collected money was then brought to the Michigan State Fairgrounds, where a headquarters was set up to count the…

… donations. • Courtesy Leonard N. Simons Jewish Community Archives From the JN Foundation Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History W riting history is often like a trea- sure hunt. You follow the…

… Foundation Archivist for lost artifacts in exotic places, but, alas, I do my searching in the comfort of an archives, online or with my trusty smart phone. To this point, however, I had an interesting…

… to follow. Esther said the name of the owner of the Haunted Shacks was Mark Raffelson. I could not find a photo of Justin or Esther in the archives, but I did find a photo of baby Emmett Justin Glass…

… (Emet Shmuel) in the March 22, 2012, issue of the JN. Emmett was named in honor of his great-grandfather Justin Morrison. And, I figured, I can’t go wrong printing a baby picture with my story! • Want to…