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The Year in Review, 2007 |
- Jewish History Detective Lecture Series
January 2007
"Cherokee Tribe Number One: A Jewish Tribe of
the Improved Order of Red Men." Premiere of
Rabbi Leo M. Franklin Archives/Temple Beth El
Series for 2007.
- Mazel Tov! The Art of Marriage
January 11-March 8, 2007
Exhibit of four wedding displays by artists, designers, event planners.
Janice Charach Epstein Gallery, JCC W. Bloomfield.
- Detroit: The "Reel" Story
Saturday, February 10 , 2007
Opening of new exhibit at the Detroit Historical Museum celebrating a century of going to the movies in metro Detroit. On display through Feb. 2008. Preview event for Detroit Historical Society Members, Feb. 9.
- Mothers, Daughters, and Leaders of Oakland County
Saturday, March 3, 2007
Opening event: exhibit showcasing women who have contributed to Oakland County in a variety of areas. Exhibit will travel around the county through June 16. Co-sponsors: Oakland County Office of Arts and Culture and Rochester Regional Chamber of Commerce. Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm.
- "Is It Cause I's Black?: Jews & the Blackness Problem"
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Journalist/historian Dr. Andrew Heinze will discuss cultural exploitation in American entertainment, especially by Jewish performers past and present. 7 p.m. Free
Univ. of Michigan Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, Ann Arbor.
- Scholar in Residence
March 9-11, 2007
Aron Lansky, author of "Outwitting History."
Temple Emanu-El, Oak Park.
- Bagels & Grits: Exploring Jewish Life in the Deep South
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Photo exhibit exploring Jewish life in the South by Dr. Bill Aron, presented by Museum of Southern Jewish Experience. Beth Kander, program director of the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, will discuss the Jewish journey to define the southern Jewish experience. Co-sponsored by JHS and Young Judaea. 1 p.m. Exhibit on display throughout March.
JCC West Bloomfield, Board Room
- Jewish History Detective Lecture Series
Monday, March 26, 2007
"Cherokee Tribe Number One: The Improved Order of Red Men's first and only Jewish Tribe in the U.S." Rabbi Leo M. Franklin Archives Lecture Series for 2007. No charge.
Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph Rd., Bloomfield Hills.
- Holocaust Memorial Lecture
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Harvard Professor Susan Rubin Suleiman. Jewish Studies Program, Michigan State Univ.
- Jewish Heritage Tour of New Mexico
April 26-May 2
Santa Fe, Taos and Albuquerque--a remarkable Jewish history and multi-cultural heritage. Transportation, hotels, meals included. Co-sponsored by JHS.
- Dedication of a new State Historic Marker
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Join the celebration of a new Michigan Historic Marker commemorating
the first Jewish settler in Detroit, fur trader Chapman Abraham, and the participation of Michigan Jews in the Civil War.
Tri-Centennial Park and Harbor at the Detroit riverfront
- Jewish Film Fest: Jewish Women in American Sport
Monday, April 30 2007
WMU Prof. Linda Borish and Filmmaker Shuli Eshe premier their documentary. From the early years of prominent American Jewish women athletes and sports administrators to first women in the 2003 Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Also screening: "From Shtetl to Swing." Discussion with filmmakers follows screening.
United Artists Theater, Haggerty Rd. near 14 Mile, Commerce Twp.
- Putting the Jewish Woman in Her (Work) Place
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Historical Observations about the Role of Jewish Women in 20th-century American Economic Life. Lecture by Prof. Hasia Diner, New York University.
Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies, Wayne State Univ.
- New exhibits at the Detroit Historical Museum
Opened Saturday, September 8, 2007
"1920s: Detroit's Building Boom," highlighting Detroit landmarks from the era when the city was America's gilded boomtown." Rallying the Home Front," displaying American WWII propaganda
Detroit Historical Museum, 5401 Woodward Ave., Detroit.
- The USO & Jewish Detroit's Support of the War Effort
Monday, September 10, 2007
Rabbi Leo M. Franklin Archives' Jewish History Detectives Lecture Series. 7 p.m. No charge.
Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph Rd., Bloomfield Hills.
- Michigan State History Conference
September 28-30, 2007
Sponsored by the Historical Society of Michigan. Numerous speakers, breakout sessions, workshops, exhibits, tours, receptions, etc. Philip Handleman, historic legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen; Bill Pelfrey, history of General Motors; Richard Wiener, Michigan political history; film premiere "Mount Clemens: Bath City."
- "The Lost Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe"
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Film and lecture by independent filmmaker Albert Barry. Sponsored by Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies, Wayne State Univ.
West Bloomfield Twp. Public Library, 4600 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield.
- Scrapbooking Your Family History
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Dick and Caryn Jaeger, sponsored by the Jewish Genealogical Society of MI.
Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Rd., Farmington Hills.
- JHSM Tour of Midtown Detroit
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Join JHSM for a tour of this once-vibrant Jewish community, now newly restored. Sue Mosey, of the University Cultural Center Association, will narrate a bus tour. Refreshments at The Inn on Ferry Street and excerpts of film "Discovering Detroit's Ferry Avenue."
Departure from Cong. Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Rd., Southfield.
- Shared Sacred Spaces: Synagogues to Churches
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Inaugural Mary Einstein Shapero Memorial Lecture. Architecture historian/photographer William Lebovich.
Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph Rd., Bloomfield Hills.
- An Archives Shabbat
Friday, November 2, 2007
Featuring Music of Abram Ray Tyler, TBE organist 1911-38, to honor recent donation of Tyler's original compositions to Franklin Archives.
Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph Rd., Bloomfield Hills.
- JGSMI Library Holdings
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Tour of Genealogical Society holdings at the Holocaust Memorial Center.
Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Rd., Farmington Hills.
- Lecture: "Literature & National Renaissance: Peretz & Bialik"
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Dan Miron, Padnos Visiting Prof., Frankel Inst. for Advanced Judaic Studies, UM.
Temple Emanuel, 1715 Fulton St. E., Grand Rapids.
- Jewish Book Fair: Local Author Day
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Co-sponsored by JHSM. 15 local authors on Jews of Windsor, poetry, etc.
JCC West Bloomfield, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield.
- Jewish Book Fair: Terry & Patty LaBan
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Co-sponsored by JHSM. The LaBans are creators of "Edge City," the first daily syndicated comic strip to feature a Jewish-American family.
202 S. Thayer St., Rm. 2022, Ann Arbor.
- Fall & Rise of Jewish Gangsters in America
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Rabbi Leo M. Franklin Archives' Jewish History Detectives Lecture Series.
JCC West Bloomfield, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield.
- Minoru Yamasaki's Synagogue Architecture
Monday, December 3, 2007
Speaker Robert Rockaway, Tel Aviv Univ. Sponsored by the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, UM.
Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph Rd., Bloomfield Hills.
- JHSM event at JET
Sunday, December 30
Join JHSM for a JET matinee of this classic Neil Simon musical, including an afterglow with cast members.
Aaron DeRoy Theater, JCC West Bloomfield, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield.
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