Magical Memory Tour
The Jewish
community comes
together to support
Israel at the start
of the Six-Day War
in June 1967.
Members of Bus #1 from Michigan Miracle
Mission I join the annual community-wide
Walk for Israel, 1993.
local Jewish centennial. Displayed
items were selected by Sharon
Alterman, director of the Leonard
N. Simons Jewish Community
Archives; Cheryl Guyer, chair of the
Historical Exhibit Committee; and
Joseph Hines, curator.
"There are seven historical sections
in the exhibition, and each represents
a different period of time," Alterman
says. "There also is a 12-panel kiosk
showing 300 captioned photos to give
a broad view of the community."
The historical sections include
`The Golden Land" (1899-1925),
"The Developing Community"
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(1926-1938), "War and Rescue"
(1939-1947), "A Dream Realized"
(1948-1966), "Years of Activism"
(1967-1980), "From Generation to
Generation" (1980-1998) and "The
Past Is Prologue: Today and Into the
New Millennium."
"The exhibit was designed to
express the theme of our centennial
year, 'We're Better Together,
Alterman says.
" Text panels were written with the
guidance of Dr. Sidney Bolkosky,
Detroit historian, and photos and arti-
facts are from the archives or on loan
by individuals and organizations."
Visitors will be shown the devel-
opment of the community with
timelines and maps. Trigger words,
serious and playful and randomly
placed on panels, evoke a sense of
the times. If visitors look down on
the display from the second floor, it
will become apparent that a meno-
rah form, symbolic of the Jewish
people, brings the segments togeth-
er.
An opening event at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, NOV. 28, chaired by Jessie
Stern and Herbert Kaufman and spon-
sored by the Campaign Quarter
Century Club, will include a presenta-
don by storyteller Corinne Stavish and
music by big band clarinetist Marvin
Kahn and pianist Keith Vreeland. The
duo will play works by George and Ira
Gershwin. Hors d'oeuvres and dessert
will be served.
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"Memory and Vision" will be
open during JCC hours, and
admission is free. Docents will be
available. An hors d'oeuvres and
dessert reception at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 28, marks the open-
ing, which will have a ticket fee of
818 per person. (248) 203-1471.