And Still They Prospered: Living Through the Great Depression
February 27-May 8

Conference and exhibits, including Uneasy Years: Michigan Jewry During Depression and War. Albert Lorenzo Cultural Center, Macomb Community College. Open Wed.-Sat., 10am-4pm; Sun., 1-4pm. Detroit's Infamous Purple Gang. Lecture by Paul R. Kavieff. Wed., May 5, 11:00 a.m.

Looking Inside: Tour Detroit Churches that were Synagogues
Thursday, April 22

Historic bus tour visiting 4 houses of worship: former synagogues Temple Beth El, Shaarey Zedek, B'nai David, B'nai Moshe. Sponsored by the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan. Departs from Cong. Shaarey Zedek, 27275 Bell Rd., Southfield, 10:00 a.m. $32-JHSM Members, $40-Non Members. Lunch included.

12th Annual Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival
April 25- May 6

The best films in many locations around Southeast Michigan.

JHSM 51st Annual Meeting
Wednesday, May 5

Guest Speaker: Stephen Goldman, Executive Director, Holocaust Memorial Center Presentation of 2010 Leonard N. Simons Award to James D. Grey
Program 7 p.m., Reception following

The Uses (and Misuse) of Ancient History in Contemporary Israel
March 22
Isaiah Gafni, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Presented by the Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies, Wayne State University. 7:30 p.m., Co-sponsored with The Jewish Forum and Frankel Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit. A reception will follow.

JHSM Bus Tour- Eastern Market with a Jewish Twist
Friday, May 14

History, shopping, browsing and more. Bus departs at 9:15 a.m. from Cong. Shaarey Zedek, Southfield. Returns approx. 2:30 p.m. JHSM Members: $25; Non-members: $30. Space is limited and this is one of our most popular tours.

"Tri-City Jewry in Context: The Jewish History of Small-Town America"
Sunday, May 16

A seminar by Univ. of Louisville Prof. Lee Shai Weissbach. Presented by Temple Beth El, 2505 Bay City Rd, Midland, MI. Program 2 p.m., followed by refreshments.

JHSM Bus Tour of Historic Jewish Detroit
Sunday, June 13

JHSM Boat Tour of the Detroit River on the Diamond Queen
Sunday, August 8

Historic Jewish Detroit on the waterfront. Departs from Rivard Plaza, 1:45 p.m. Members: $25 adults, $20 for children 6-16; Non-members: $30 adults, $25 children 6-16.

Book Launch
Thursday Oct. 14

Join JHSM for the book launch of Wayne State University Press's "The Color of Law: Ernie Goodman, Detroit, and the Struggle for Labor and Civil Rights," by Steve Babson, Dave Riddle and David Elsila. The authors will speak about Ernie Goodman and about the research and writing of this important new volume "The Color of Law is an engrossing account of one man's fearless endeavors to make the courts and the law serve equally and justly the rights of all citizens."-Arthur Johnson

Exhibit Opening
Thursday, September 23

The Detroit Historical Society presents "Saying I Do: Metro Detroit Weddings" and "Fabulous 5: Detroit's Historic Retailers"

Detroit area film premier
Opening Thursday, September 24

"A Film Unfinished." At the end of WWII, 60 minutes of raw film shot by the Nazis in May 1942 was discovered in an East German archive. This footage quickly became a resource for historians seeking an authentic record of the Warsaw Ghetto. However, the later discovery of a long-missing reel complicated earlier readings of the footage. "A Film Unfinished" presents the raw footage in its entirety, noting fictionalized sequences (including a staged dinner party) falsely showing "the good life" enjoyed by Jewish urbanites, and probes deep into the making of a now-infamous Nazi propaganda film.

Temple Beth El Mary Einstein Shapero Memorial Lecture
Wednesday, October 6

Professor of Law Melvin I. Urofsky will speak on "Louis D. Brandeis: A Life." Open to the public. No charge for admission, limited seating. Reservations required: 248-865-0628

Jewish History Detectives Lecture Series
Wednesday, Nov. 3

Archivist Jan Durecki will speak on "Albert Kahn's Craftsmen" Time: 7 p.m. Location: Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph Rd. (at 14 Mile Rd.), Bloomfield Hills. Open to the public. Admission $5, limited seating. Reservations appreciated: 248-865-0628

Synagogues in Germany: A Virtual Reconstruction
On view through November 29

Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus, 28123 Orchard Lake Rd., Farmington Hills.

58th Annual Jewish Book Fair
Coming up November 1-14