Judy Cantor is a historian, author, archivist, and exhibit curator dedicated to promoting Michigan\u2019s history and to furthering awareness of the state\u2019s significant Jewish heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a historian, Cantor has been a motivating force behind the growth of the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan. She served as the organization\u2019s president, journal editor, and endowment chair. Cantor has also served on the boards of Preservation Wayne, the Historical Society of Michigan, and the Michigan Women\u2019s Historical Center and Hall of Fame (MWHOF), as well as a committee for the Detroit Historical Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As an author, Cantor has written several seminal pieces including the award-winning Jews in Michigan: Discovering the Peoples of Michigan<\/em> (2001); \u2018Letter from the Jewish Community,\u2019 included in the Detroit 300 Tricentennial Time Capsule (2001); and the \u2018Michigan Jewry\u2019 entry in the Encyclopedia Judaica<\/em> (2009).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cantor serves as the archivist of Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. She also created several exhibits on Jewish history, including Becoming American Women in Michigan: The Jewish Immigrant Experience<\/em>, which was on display at the MWHOF in 1998. She was instrumental in bringing the major exhibit From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America<\/em> to the Detroit Historical Museum in 2009 and co-curated the Michigan portion. Cantor also created the exhibit Blacks and Jews: The Michigan Perspective<\/em>, which traveled widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cantor\u2019s passion for history inspires others to volunteer, support historical projects, and further educate themselves. She engages people young and old through her public speaking around the state and has been a force for introducing the stories of Jewish people and events into the Michigan public education curriculum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1024,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1023","mwhof","type-mwhof","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n