Named after his grandfather – Hyman Safran (1913-1982), a beloved Jewish community leader, a titan of the printing industry in its heyday and Federation President of blessed memory – grandson Hy Safran, 33, now brings his own game to Jewish communal leadership and donor stewardship in his role as Federation’s Associate Director of Philanthropy.
Delving Through the Archives
Portrait of a Detroit Family Business: In Conversation with Paul Wasserman of Henry the Hatter
Thanks to Estelle and Philip L. Elkus
Jewish Detroit’s One and Only Mandell “Bill” Berman, 1917 – 2016
The Abe H. Gertzman Fund for Israel Programming
A Multi-Generation Story . . . to Be Continued
The 2016 Maxwell Jospey Golf Challenge Scores Big Time to Benefit the Jewish Community
On June 19, 2016, the Tamarack legacy will come to life in the Clara and Irvin Charach Tamarack Museum located on Tamarack campgrounds, inside the main building of the Smoklerville Pioneer Village.
Since 1991, the Leonard N. Simons Jewish Community Archives has collected over 2 million documents, 25,000 photographs and recorded over 100 oral histories which chronicle the rich and varied history of Detroit’s Jewish community. And, in honor of this milestone anniversary, it is showcasing some of its most significant and rarely-seen objects, documents and photographs.
