1950-1970

Attending a his-
toric Allied
Jewish Campaign
meeting in 1955,
from left, Golda
Mein Julian
Krolik, Gertrude
and Henry
Wineman.

• 1950-1960: Missions to Israel, the

remarkable coalescence of forces to con-

struct Sinai Hospital in 1953 and a

diverse community on the move north

and west marked the decade of the

50s. With overt threats from the
House Un-American Activities

Committee, free speech underwent a

sort of chilling effect. The Workmen's

Circle/Arbeter Ring continued its lec-

Collect ion o f Emma Schave r

ture series, sponsoring known liberal

and left speakers. America saw a reli-

gious revival during the Eisenhower

administration, in part a reaction to

World War II, and thousands of young,

increasingly suburban couples joined

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newly constructed synagogues. Reform

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Judaism grew by more than 30 per-
cent. In March 1951, one Detroit

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woman noted that the government
had "killed a Jewish mother.," as word

Greeting Paula and David Ben-Gurion in 1951 at the
Detroit airport are, from left, Florence and Max Osnos,
Israel Davidson and Emma Schaver.

came of the execution for treason of
Ethel Rosenberg and her husband,

U.S. District Court
Theodore Levin spea
at the ground-breakin
ny for "New Maik
Community Center
Meyers. Irwin Shaw, eve
vice president, holds

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• 1960-1970: The decade began with

the world's attention on the trial of

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Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem. Seven

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years later, the penultimate moment of

coming together to support Israel —

the Six-Day War of 1967 — heralded

a new era of Israel becoming the focus

of American Jewry. Hallmarks of this

decade were the growth and strength-

ening of communal agencies and insti-

Temple Israel, Manderson and Merton
in Detroit's Palmer Park, 1961. The
Reform congregation was ormed as an
ourgrowth of Temple Bet El by Rabbi
Leon Fram in 1941.

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tutions, particularly those connected to
Federation, and the Jewish communi-

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ty's continuing movement north and

The soaring ma
sanctuary of Shaar
Zedek in Southfie
1962.

west as old neighborhoods were aban-

doned. Jewish businessmen of Detroit

pooled their resources to join non-

Jewish Detroiters in addressing prob-

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lems left in the wake of the Detroit

riots of 1967, founding New Detroit

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Inc. The presidential campaign of

1968 brought anti-Vietnam War
protests to. national public awareness.

Jewish business district on 12th Street near Clairmont, after
the 1967 Detroit riot.