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Wattles between Coolidge
and Crooks in Troy.
In November, an esti-
mated crowd of 4,500
came to Adat Shalom's
memorial service to slain
Israeli Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin, organized
by Federation.
The Jewish Center
allowed membership of
gentiles ... Advertising leg-
end Leonard Simons died at 91. A noted histori-
an, Simons was a founder of Sinai Hospital and
chaired the Jewish Home for Aged, March of
Dimes and the Jewish National Fund.
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After 20 years with Temple Emanu-El, Rabbi
Lane Steinger took a position with the Union. of
American Hebrew Congregations ... Rabbi A.
Irving Schnipper retired at 69 after 34 years as a
synagogue rabbi in Detroit ... Young Israel of Oak
Woods, the first Orthodox synagogue built in the
suburbs 42 years earlier, sold its building on
Coolidge. Funds from the sale would be merged
into Young Israel of Greenfield to construct a larg-
er synagogue and activities
center on 10 Mile in Oak
Park ... Jerusalem Pizza and
One Stop Kosher Market
opened on Southfield
Road, north of 10 Mile, in
Southfield.
1998
Michigan Jewish Institute, a Lubavitch-
sponsored college in Oak Park, received
national accreditation:
Penny Blumenstein became the first
female president of the Jewish Penny
Federation of Metropolitan
Blumenstein
Detroit Rabbi Sheila
Goloboy became Temple Beth
El's first female rabbi ... With their
merger, Beth Achim and Adat Shalom
became a 1,200-family congregation.
1999
1997
44-year-old Sinai Hospital
was purchased by the
Detroit Medical Center. As
part of the sale agreement,
Sinai's name would contin-
ue at the current location.
Entrepreneur Eugene Applebaum,
founder of Arbor Drugs, and his
wife, Marcia, contributed a $5 mil-
,* lion gift to local Jewish programs.
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The Jewish News is founded ...
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah opens a day
school ... Adas Shalom and Beth
Aaron build synagogues in north- -
west Detroit ... 22,000 Detroiters
gather at Central
High School's athlet-
ic field on Linwood
to celebrate the
establishment of the
State of Israel
...Twenty-five years
after its Detroit
founding, Young
Israel builds its first
synagogue on Dexter.
In 1948, Detroiters
held a rally at the
Central High School
grounds to celebrate
Israel's independence.
Temple Beth El celebrates its 100th
anniversary ... Beth Moses builds an
Orthodox synagogue on Linwood
and Oakman Boulevard ... Israel's
Prime Minister visits Detroit as the
city readies for its 250th birthday ...
Detroit Jewish Chronicle merges with
Jewish News ... Ahavas Achim dedi-
cates its synagogue on Schaefer in
Detroit ... Sinai Hospital opens ...
B'nai David moves to Southfield ...
Jewish Centers built on Davison,
10 Mile Road and Meyers and
Curtis ... Temple Emanu-El opens
in Oak Park ... Hillel Day School is
established.
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Above: United
Hebrew Schools
students, 1950s.
Left: Max Osnos,
Dr. Julien Priver
and Nate Shapiro
at Sinai Hospital
opening.
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