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Early Jewish settlement in Detroit was limited and almost entirely transitory, consisting primarily of German-born fur traders who occasionally passed through the city. The first of these was Chapman Abraham from Montreal , who lived intermittently in Detroit between 1762 and his death in 1783.
The Jewish News (Detroit) F. Leo M. Franklin; I. Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue; J. The Jewish Cemetery; M. Mumford High School; P. The Purple Gang; T. Temple Beth-El ...
After the end of World War Two, housing desegregation in Detroit led most of the city’s Jews to move to the suburbs. The bulk of Shaarey Zedek’s members were part of this exodus. The temple dedicated its present building on Bell Road in suburban Southfield in 1962 amidst the racial transition. [2] [5]
New York City is home to the largest Jewish community outside of Israel. In 2011, according to the UJA-Federation of New York, the five boroughs of New York City proper was home to 1,086,000 Jews, representing 13% of the city's population. [4] In 2023, 960,000 Jews live in the city, nearly half of them live in Brooklyn. [5] [3] [2]
The city's last streetcar went offline back in the 1950s. A fleet of novelty downtown trolleys ended service in 2003. ... according to a detailed map that ran in The Detroit Jewish Chronicle. The ...
Beth El was founded in 1850 in the city of Detroit, and is the oldest Jewish congregation in Michigan. Temple Beth El was a founding member of the Union for Reform Judaism (originally the Union of American Hebrew Congregations) in 1873, and hosted the meeting in 1889 during which the Central Conference of American Rabbis was established.
About 1,500 to 2,000 attended a 'Walk the Zoo" event held by Jewish groups celebrating Israel at the Detroit Zoo on May 28.
Columbia University reached a settlement with a Jewish student who sued in late April, claiming the Ivy League university failed to provide a safe environment.