**WITHIN THE WALLS: JEWISH-OWNED BUSINESSES IN DETROIT with Professor Howard Lupovitch** ZOOM **TUESDAYS, 7 – 8:30 PM** Sept. 10, 17 Detroit has been an extraordinary city for Jewish-owned companies. Who are the moguls that turned their dreams into successful businesses and contributed to the vibrancy of our city and suburbs? Why was Detroit the springboard […]
September 18, 2024 marks 90 years since Detroit Tigers player Hank Greenberg took a stand as a Jew and did not play baseball on Yom Kippur, but rather attended services at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Former Detroiter Aviva Kempner – writer, producer, and director of the documentary film _The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg _and […]
**Jews in the Garden: A Holocaust Survivor, the Fate of His Family, and the Secret History of Poland in World War II ** _”_ Jews in the Garden _ reads like the best of narrator-guided murder- mysteries. But in this case the who-done-it is real, chilling, and makes clear why today’s Polish government is so […]
Do you have family photos and documents that you want to digitize, but have no idea where to start? Then, join us for the Jampel Center Community Digitization Day! During a free one-hour session, our archivists will work with you to scan your most important heritage items. You keep the original item and the digital […]
The Book of Isaiah is the biblical text to which Jews and Christians alike turn to understand God’s vision for a just, compassionate world, and how that might be achieved in messianic times. However, some key parts of this ancient book are read quite differently by Jews and Christians. Join Rabbi Aaron Starr of Congregation […]
Farber Hebrew Day School is here for the community in a multitude of ways. And now, in a new and most meaningful way. We are in the process of completing a Sefer Torah, which will be housed in our very own Beit Midrash. It is the the embodiment of our vision of growth. We invite […]
**READING BETWEEN THE LINES – Fall with Rebecca Starr** In-Person I Max M. Fisher Federation Building **MONDAYS, NOON – 1:15 PM** Monthly: Oct 7; Nov. 4; Dec. 2 Join Rebecca Starr as we dive into a variety of genres of Jewish themed literature in this lively discussion class. Students should read books in advance of […]
Join Rabbi Bergman, Hazzan Gross, and Rabbi Nosanwisch on a guided journey about how to thrive in Jewish religion and tradition! * Do you want to explore a wide variety of Jewish topics? * Are you Jewish, Jew-ish, or Jew-curious? * Are you excited to build community with a group of other learners and clergy? […]
**Jean Strouse** captures the dramas, mysteries, intrigues, and tragedies surrounding John Singer Sargent’s portraits of the Wertheimer family looking at****twelve portraits of one English family painted by the expatriate American artist at the height of his career—and at the intersections of all these lives with the sparkle and strife of the Edwardian age. **In conversation […]
In commemoration of LGBTQ+ History Month, Dr. Jake Newsome will share the experiences of this marginalized group, untangling the complex motivations that convinced Nazi leaders that combating homosexuality was vital to the success of the Third Reich. Dr. Jake Newsome is an award-winning scholar of German and American LGBTQ+ history whose research and resources educate […]
**THE SYNAGOGUE: ITS HISTORY, CUSTOMS AND GROWTH with Dr. Michael Pytlik** ZOOM **THURSDAYS, NOON – 1:30 PM** Oct. 31; Nov. 7, 14, 21; Dec. 5, 12, 19; Jan. 9 The concept of the synagogue as a place of worship started long before the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 […]
**READING BETWEEN THE LINES – Fall with Rebecca Starr** In-Person I Max M. Fisher Federation Building **MONDAYS, NOON – 1:15 PM** Monthly: Oct 7; Nov. 4; Dec. 2 Join Rebecca Starr as we dive into a variety of genres of Jewish themed literature in this lively discussion class. Students should read books in advance of […]
