J- CC creates memories and Jewish solidarity

SHARON LUCKERMAN Staff Writer

nce they rode their
bikes, took public
transportation and
walked to the
Jewish community
Center on Meyers
and Curtis in
Detroit.
On Dec. 2, JCC mem-.
bers who remember this build-
ing came in cars and private
buses to revisit the former cen-

"Our partnership celebrates
tral gathering point of the
100 years of service," Edwards
Detroit Jewish community
told the crowd of 450, equally
now the Northwest Activities
divided between the NWAC
Center (NWAC).
and Jewish communities.
Most haven't been back in 25
"Twenty-five years as the
years.
NWAC, and 75 years as the
Tears, laughter and reminis-
cences filled the remodeled cor- Jewish Community Center."
"It's a thrill to be here," said
ridors as current members of the
NWAC and their director, Larry Irwin Shaw of West Bloomfield,
JCC executive director from
Edwards, welcomed the Jewish
1951 to 1977.
community back.