ETCETERA 0 90 Years Young: Downtown Synagogue Photography by Kiya Gibbons Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue president Martin Herman, center, surrounded by the synagogue board and event coordinators — people who are helping the 90-year-old synagogue in downtown Detroit experience a renaissance. Noah Ovshinsky of Grosse Pointe Park served as master of ceremonites. Oren Goldenberg of Detroit and Rachel Schreiber of Ann Arbor Carole and Elliot Solomon of West Bloomfield Top: Carolyn Szlamkowicz and Ilan Weitzer, both of West Bloomfield Bottom: JoAnne Nosan of West Bloomfield Miriam Liebman of Detroit Joe Lewis of Oak Park and Michael Goldenberg of Huntington Woods Some of the more than 250 attendees of the 90th anniversary celebration March 27 of the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue in Detroit. There was standing room only at the Gem Theatre. Robert and Andrea Teitel of Orchard Lake www.redthreadmagazine.com Brad Snider of West Bloomfield RED mum I May 2011 25