After two "coastal" conferences, next winter's annual gathering will take place in the lively city and surrounding suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, February 26-28, 2012.  Detroit has a rich array of interesting sites and major cultural institutions, several of which will be part of the conference itinerary.

The town's wealth of Jewish resources include four CAJM member institutions:  the Holocaust Memorial Center, the Janice Charach Gallery and Shalom Street children's museum (both located at the JCC of Metropolitan Detroit, which is also home to the new Berman Center for the Performing Arts), and the Goodman Family Judaic & Archival Museum at Temple Israel.

Co-Chairs are Deborah Cardin (left) of the Jewish Museum of Maryland and Josh Perelman (right) of the National Museum of American Jewish History, both of whom played stellar roles for the recent Philadelphia conference.

Local Host Chairs will be Stephen Goldman (below left) of the Holocaust Memorial Center and Terri Stearn (below right) of the Janice Charach Gallery, who raised our interest with their spirited presentation at CAJM 2011.

According to Elie Wiesel, Detroit's close-knit community of 60,000 Jews "leads the way in outreach and support" - of fellow Jews and of the metropolis' sizable multiethnic population.  We look forward to learning a lot from our friends in the Midwest.   

Save the dates:  Sunday through Tuesday, February 26th-28th.