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DANIEL LIPPITT PHOTOGRAPHER

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEW S

A farewell to one synagogue, a warm welcome at a new home.

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t was the last time Young Israel of Oak-Woods,
the first synagogue built in suburban America,
would ever hear davening.
Last Sunday, longtime members and friends of
the synagogue met for morning services and a pro-
gram that would culminate in a poignant cere-
mony as Torah scrolls from Young Israel of
Oak-Woods were carried to their new home at the
Young Israel of Oak Park.
The Young Israel of Oak Park is the result
of a recent merger between the former Oak-Woods
and Young Israel of Greenfield and is housed
in the Greenfield building. The Oak-Woods

building will now be home to a Montessori
school.
Following morning services at Oak-Woods,
guests heard talks from Rabbi Steven Weil of
Young Israel of Oak Park and Fayga Dombey who,
with her husband David, helped found the Young
Israel of Oak-Woods in 1952. Mrs. Dombey also
read a message from Rabbi James Gordon of
Jerusalem, former rabbi of Oak-Woods.
Dr. David Ungar served as master of ceremonies
for the program, which was chaired by Phillip Ap-
plebaum, Mrs. Dombey and Young Israel of Oak
Park president Dr. Steven Tennenberg.

Jack Ginsburg, Jules Kohenn, Menachem Lan-
dau, Manuel Levitsky and David Tanzman car-
ried the Torah scrolls from the Oak-Woods
building. Escorted by the Oak Park Public Safe-
ty Department, the scrolls were then taken by mo-
torcade to the Sally Allan Alexander Beth Jacob
School for Girls parking lot, then carried by David
Dombey, Dr. Tennenberg, Harry Jubas, Martin
Ryba and Simon Kresch in a procession along Ten
Mile Road to the Young Israel of Oak Park. The
scrolls were passed to Wolf Glirksberg, Ben
Kresch, Alex Saltsman, Alex Ungar and Rabbi
Weil, who brought them into their new home. El