Courtesy Elayne Gross Photography

It's that time of year!  Time to celebrate JHSM's recent achievements, hold annual elections, and honor our 2026 Leonard N. Simons History-Maker Award winner, Sander M. Levin. We will also be honoring L’Dor V’Dor Awardees David Goldman and Ann Zaron, Outstanding Ambassador Marilyn Wolfe, and Outstanding Volunteer Stacey Simmons.

Come for our annual meeting and stay for an unforgettable evening: Jubilee at the Temple: A Centennial Celebration! Click HERE for more information and to purchase tickets for Jubilee.

The annual meeting is free, but registration is required.  Sponsorship opportunities ($50-$1000) are also available.  All sponsors receive recognition in our printed materials, including day-of signage and in the Bulletin.  Logos may be emailed to info@jhsmichigan.org.

REGISTER HERE 

This Year's Awardees

This year's Leonard N. Simons History-Maker Awardee is Sander M. Levin, who has been a community leader since his days at Central High School.  After graduating from the University of Chicago and Harvard Law School, Levin began his political career, working his way up from the state senate to the US House of Representatives, where he served for 36 years.

Courtesy Elayne Gross Photography

This year's L’Dor V’Dor Award goes to David Goldman and Ann Zaron, who have spent countless hours cleaning, beautifying, photographing, inventorying, researching, archiving, preserving, and sharing the history of B'nai David Cemetery.

This year's Outstanding Ambassador Awardee is Marilyn Wolfe, who served as the director of JTraveler for 46 years and helped make it possible for us to offer three bus tours of Michigan's far-flung Jewish communities.

Courtesy Elayne Gross Photography

This year's Outstanding Volunteer is JHSM Advisory Board member Stacey Simmons.  Stacey has been instrumental in creative exhibit design, from rotating Bukharian textiles in our permanent exhibit at Adat Shalom to staging the historic apartment in our 2024 Hastings Street exhibit.

Questions? info@jhsmichigan.org or 248-915-0114, option 2.