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which still operates today in Clinton
Township, was opened in 1917. A
chorus and balalaika orchestra and
medical and legal departments were
established. And in 1939, Detroit's
first English-speaking branch was
formed.
But the organization was not neces-
sarily in the mainstream of Jewish life
in those early years. In his book
the Michigan District chair, the top
layleader.
"Some think that you can't be
Jewish without being a religious Jew,"
she says. "I think that attitude is
growing."
But for her, that attitude is wrong.
"The Workmen's Circle is a wonderful
place to live my Jewish life."
Based in Oak Park, the local
Workmen's Circle branch is part of
the Michigan Coalition of Secular and
Humanistic Jews, along with the
Birmingham Temple, Jewish Parents
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Prof. Sidney Bolkosky of the
University of Michigan-Dearborn,
describes Detroit
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as a polarized corn-
muniry. On one
end of the spec-
trum were social
and golf clubs like
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A little more than 10 years ago, she
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although
progressive in their political
found what she was looking for in the
beliefs,
are
more interested in the cul-
Workmen's Circle. The organization
tural
connections.
They join so their
has become her family's Jewish home,
kids
can
study
the
traditions, the his-
so much so that she and husband Dr.
tory
and
even
a
little
Yiddish in the
Bob Egan enrolled their son at the
shule on Sunday morning.
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