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give the coalition everything
they asked for, the highway
administration agreed to
halt freeway construction
during the Sabbath and
High Holy Days. They also
recently completed the con-
struction of three freeway
decks in Oak Park and
Southfield to facilitate
pedestrian access on the
Sabbath and Jewish holi-
days," Rabbi Freedman said.
"All along we'd predicted
that the new highway would
be the death of the Jewish
community. We expected the
Jews to flee to the northern
suburbs, like they did years
ago from downtown
Detroit." Rabbi Freedman,
who is also executive direc-
tor of Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah, says the Sally
Allan Alexander Beth Jacob
School for Girls was moved
to Beverly Hills for that very
reason.
"At the time the decision
was made," Rabbi Freedman
said, "we wanted to prepare
a last bastion — a final fron-
tier— for the students in our
yeshivah to run to when the
Jewish communities
relocated. What everyone
kept predicting didn't quite
happen in the numbers they
said it would. Not only
have Jews stayed, but more
families are moving in. The
yeshivahs and day schools
are thriving and even
building on additions."
Rabbi Freedman said Beth
Jacob, whose majority of
students live in Oak Park,

will be moving back to Oak
Park. The school has leased
the former B'nai Moshe
building on W. 10 Mile Road
and will be open in
September. Other examples
include congregations like
Shaarey Zedek, which is
planning to remain in
Southfield, even though it
merged with B'nai Israel of
West Bloomfield. Temple
Emanu-El has plans to build
an addition to accommodate
its expanding school enroll-
ment, and Congregation
Beth Shalom reports their
membership at its highest
level in 10 years —650
families.
Rabbi Avraham
Jacobowitz, director of
Machon L'Torah, the Jewish
Learning Network of Mich-
igan, said many of his sup-
porters tried to discourage
him from building his center
in Oak Park.

He said he was offered a lot
more money if he'd move to
West Bloomfield.
"One of the reasons we
stayed here when the so-
called experts thought we
were crazy," he said, "was
because we had faith in the
strength and future of the
Oak Park and Southfield
communities."
"The fact that we're off of
1-696 is a factor, but the
comeback started even
before the construction. Its
completion just made it
easier for people to make up
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market place and saw a
viable community made fur-
ther stable by the comple-
tion of the expressway," Mr.
Fletcher said. "We were also
encouraged by the Kmart
store that moved in across
the street."
According to Lincoln Cen-
ter's Kmart general store
manager, Mark M. Buchi,
"You drop a store like this one
here, and it's sure to attract
expressway traffic."
That's what Parkwoods
Plaza developers Alan
Singer and Michael Gorge
banked on when they pur-
chased the old Dexter-
Davison center and eight
neighboring homes to build
a new shopping center.
The 147,000 square-foot
shopping center at the
corner of 10 Mile and
Coolidge roads, is just off an
1-696 entrance and exit
ramp.
Eugene Feldman, owner of
Dexter Davison Kosher
Meat Market, is happy with

the increased business the
recent renovations have
brought him. He says he's
never regretted his decision
to stay.
"It's a whole different ball
game -now," Mr. Feldman
said. "The renovations have
brought in new customers."
However, Sara's Kosher
Deli owner, Morris Good-
man, doesn't miss his Dex-
ter-Davison days. He moved
to 10 Mile and Greenfield
three years ago to escape the
highway construction and to
be closer to his clientele.
Since then, .he said, busi-
ness has picked up and the
highway has made it easier
for his patrons to reach his
deli.
"Families now live within
walking distance to Sara's
and they'll come in all the
time now. They even send in
their kids to pick up
deliveries. Thanks to 1-696,
Sara's has become a real
neighborhood deli." D