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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS AT HILLEL

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History
of Hillel Day School

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n 1958, with 29 students and two rented school rooms in the Detroit

Labor Zionist building, Hillel Day School was founded by Rabbi

Jacob Segal (z'l) and a handful of parents, educators, rabbis and

lay leaders. The group worked tirelessly to turn their dream of a Jewish

day school into a reality ... and a wonderful story began. Today, Hillel is

a thriving educational institution located in Farmington Hills, Michigan

with over 58o students from kindergarten through eighth grade.

Hillel has undergone five expansions throughout the years. Our faculty,

staff and curriculum continue to offer students an education combining

the best of a Jewish and general education. By welcoming Jewish

children from all Jewish affiliations, Hillel creates a sense of community

which extends to the home, synagogue and world around us.

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Hillel Day School of Metropolitan
Detroit is founded with 29 students,
three teachers and two rented
schoolrooms in a Labor Zionist
building in Detroit. Rabbi Jacob
Segal (z'l) of Adat Shalom Synagogue,
leads other local rabbis, educators
and lay-leaders in bringing a
modern Jewish day school
to life. Naomi Floch (z'l) is
Hitters first Principal.

Hillel moves to the
Ten Mile Jewish Center
Building in Oak Park.
Enrollment
reaches 51
students.

1960

Hillel offers Kindergarten through
sixth grade and additional
classrooms are added at
Congregation B'nai Moshe.
Enrollment is at 115
students.

1963

Hillel presents its first student
spring musical, Fiddler On The
Roof, directed by Goldie
Eskin and Sheila Charlip.

1965