It took a Chanukah party and two newcomers

from Chicago to bring together a flourishing
Jewish community in Grosse Pointe .

PHIL JACOBS MANAGING EDITOR

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his time of year, many Jews with

lights burn in the windows of a number of these

addresses in Oak Park, South-
field, Farmington Hills and West
Bloomfield traditionally take
drives along Lake Shore Drive in
Grosse Pointe to take in the state-

same houses.
Illusion? After all, this is the community that
once through deed and code restricted Jews from

ly houses made even more dra-
matic with the addition of holiday

Jews are tired of getting surprised looks when new
acquaintances learn their address. They also pub-
licly wish that more real estate agents would con-

lights and decorations.
These days, more of those drives will be inter-
rupted with a double take or two as Chanukah

residency.
Reality? Absolutely. Many Grosse Pointe area

sider the community a Jewish option.
Until December 1989, few Jewish residents of

