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Rabbi Leo M. Franklin Archive

Temple Beth El
7400 Telegraph Road
Bloomfield Twp., MI 48301
(248) 851-1100 ext. 3137
Fax: (248) 851-1187
E-Mail: MES2731@aol.com
Contact Person: Mary Shapero, chair

Collects, preserves and makes accessible 150-year
history of Temple Beth El, Detroit and Michigan Jewish
communities. Includes the "Congregation Beth El
Collection," institutional and family records.
Researchers welcome. Speakers available.

Caf6 Eurona Detroit

Jewish Community Center - JPM Branch
15110 W. 10 Mile Road
Oak Park, MI 48237
(248) 356-6668
Fax: (248) 356-6668

A monthly program of live Jewish entertainment,
coffee and pastries for Holocaust survivors, families
and friends.

1880: Detroit's
Jewish
population
reaches 1,000.

1881: Influx
of Eastern
European
Jews begins.

26645 W. 12 Mile Road, #213
Southfield, MI 48034
(248) 356-6668
Contact Person: Charles Silow, PhD

Founded in 1979 as an organization of children and
friends of survivors devoted to promoting Holocaust
education and awareness. Hosts educational and social
programs and raises funds for Holocaust educational
projects.

Hidden Children/Child Survivors
of Michigan

5258 Whispering Oak
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
(248) 932-1834 Rene Lichtman
(248) 626-0385 Erma Gorman
Contact Person: Rene Lichtman, vice president,
Erma Gorman, co-chair

Monthly meetings, lectures and discussion groups for
adults who survived the Holocaust as Hidden Children
or Child Survivors. Vonthly newsletter available.
Conference in Prague in September. Vember of the
Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust.

Holocaust Education Coalition

4000 Town Center, Suite 420
Southfield, MI 48075
(248) 355-3730
Contact Person: Betty Ellias

Thirteen Jewish and gentile organizations dedicated to
Holocaust education. Donates the nationally acclaimed
Holocaust curriculum "Life Unworthy of Life" to high
schools. Also offers speakers bureau and facilitates
Holocaust awareness projects.

Holocaust Memorial Center

6602 W. Maple Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
(248) 661-0840
Fax: (248) 661-4204
E-Mail: info@holocaustcenter.org
Website: holocaustcenter.org
Contact Person: Rabbi Charles H. Rosenzveig

America's first free-standing Holocaust center.
Documents the horrors of the Holocaust and the events
leading up to it. Highlights the rich culture and history
of the Jewish people. Hours: 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Sundays-Thursdays; 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Fridays,
September-Vay. Group tours available by appointment.
Public tours: 1 p.m. Sunday.

1900: Detroit's
Jewish population
reaches 10,000,
with workers in
factories, offices,
crafts and trades.
The Jewish
American becomes
the area's first
English-language
Jewish newspaper.

1889: The Central
Conference of
American Rabbis is
founded in Detroit.

11869: Detroit's first
centralized
philanthropic agency
is formed: The
Gentlemen's Hebrew
Relief Society.

Children of Holocaust Survivors
Association in. Michigan - C.H.A.I.M.

and History

1914: etroi s
Jewish populatio
reaches 34,000,
and there are a
number of all-
Jewish locals of
national unions,

1916: Yeshiva
Beth Yehudah is
founded.

timeline continued on page 72

1907:
Arrangements
begin for a
Jewish home
for aged.

1904:
Fresh Air
Society is
planned
to take
children on
daylong
outings.

1920: United
Hebrew Schools is
formed from
independent
programs.

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1926: Detroit's Jewish population
reaches 75,000. The Jewish
Welfare Federation is founded.

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