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synagogues are popping up, primarily in
areas with concentrations of Orthodox
Jews who are looking for the advantages
of a more intimate and personal syna-
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from the geographical heart of the -
Orthodox community as B'nai Zion.
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In 1959, nearly 40 years after its estab-
lishment at Holmur and Humphrey in
Detroit, Rabbi Solomon Gruskin and
a corps of longtime members bought a
house and transformed it into a syna-
gogue of beige cinder block with a
chocolate-colored wooden portico. Its
countenance is scrappy, but dignified.
"Everything in this synagogue speaks
of history," said Rabbi Eli Gordon of
Southfield, a regular at B'nai Zion for
13 years. "You can look at the plaques
and see all the history. Some of their
grandchildren are probably gone."
Indeed, the interior of B'nai Zion,
no more than 1,000 square feet, is suf-
fused with a golden warmth. Pews
transported from the former shul have
taken on an ancient patina. Placards
listing the names • of deceased members
cover the walls. An odor redolent of
aged sacred texts fills the air.
"You don't need a thousand people to
have a heartfelt service. You can have
deep emotional contact with just a few
people," said Rabbi Gordon, a teacher
at Yeshivas Darchei Torah in Southfield.
Recalled by most people as the
"Humphrey shul" or simply as "Rabbi
Gruskin's," B'nai Zion once counted
1,600 members in Detroit's Dexter-
Davison neighborhood. Now the con-
gregation numbers a few dozen, with
attendance spread between the various
services. A few women come to daven
on Shabbat, and a dozen or so gather
for the holidays.
Despite no evening or afternoon
Shabbat services, they hold a morning
minyan.every day. The Shema prayer
coincides with the rise of the sun.
There's no denying it is a special place.
Stalwarts like Newman, Dr. Robert
Tawil and Rabbi Gordon, are sustaining
the legacy of Rabbi Gruskin, 84, who
joined his children in Lakewood, N.J.,
last summer.
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Rabbi Gruskin, they agree, is a man
of exceptional piety and wisdom. He
instructed them to carry on as long as
they could.
"When I first came, the average age
was 70. Thank God, it's dropped," said
Newman, 36, who lives some two miles
north in an Oak Park neighborhood sur-
rounded by synagogues and shtiebels.
Every morning, despite the hardship
for many of them, several men in their
40s come to the shul to pray, he said.
Newman says he feels most spiritually
at home at B'nai Zion and considers it
an honor and obligation to keep it alive.
Rabbi Gruskin's Imprint
Newman's inspiration came from his
first encounter with Rabbi Gruskin,
B'nai Zion's leader for 55 years.
Newman was heading to Lansing to
see former state Sen. Jack Faxon, who
asked if he could give Rabbi Gruskin a
lift. The rabbi, a chaplain for Jewish
patients in the state's mental health
system and prisons, also sought a
meeting with the one-time Detroit
and Oakland County legislator.
On that 1990 trip, Rabbi Gruskin
asked Newman about his Yiddishkeit