A Century of Jewish Detroit

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MEN AND WOMEN Admixti*ttatiev,
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Inchsv.nal Avpzemtirs

Celebrating the opening o
sanctuary on Chicago Sou
in 1931 are leaders of
Congregation Shaarey Zeck .
left, Israel Katz, M. Stone, con
gation vice president; A. La ..'
Gordon, congregation
Rabbi Louis Finkelstein,:
Theological Seminary.
Abraham Hershman,'

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• 1930-1940: The decade of the '30s

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reverberated with the Depression and

the rise of antisemitism. As communal

organizations rose to meet the chal-
lenge of the first, individuals and

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and then the Jewish Community

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Council, each claimed to represent the
Jews of Detroit. Council, the more lib-

eral of the two, took an aggressive
stand against antisemitism. Detroit
proved to be a hotbed of antisemitic
thought, from Henry Ford to Father
Charles Coughlin. Each would later
deny his antisemitism and claim only
the advocacy of his particular con-
stituency.

Legendary first baseman Hank Greenberg of the
Detroit Tigers was an inspiration to Jews and non-
Jews alike. He attended Rosh HaShana services at
Shaarey Zedek in 1934 instead of playing the
Boston Red Sox in a pennant game.

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