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Students, supporters and friends follow the music and a new Torah through
Oak Park streets.
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NOW PLAYING AT THEATERS EVERYWHERE
Dancing In
The Streets
Lively grand opening celebrates the
new Lubavitch high school.
T
hey come by the dozens.
Young men ages 13-19 from
throughout the world have
been coming to suburban Detroit for
years in pursuit of their dreams to
become Chabad rabbis.
On Sunday, Feb. 17, members of
the Lubavitch Cheder-Oholei Yosef
Yitzchak hosted the grand open-
ing of their new high school cam-
pus. The school, also known as the
Lubavitch Yeshivah-International
School for Chabad Leadership,
estimated to cost upwards of $5
million, is on 10 Mile Road, east of
Greenfield in Oak Park.
With more than 500 people attend-
ing the event from across the world,
not only was the 45,000-square-foot
school and dormitories celebrated,
but it was also a day to honor the
completion of a new Torah and to
salute Alan and Lori Zekelman of
Bloomfield Hills, who donated $5
million to honor his parents, Harry
and Wanda Zekelman.
"The building is only brick and
mortar:' said Zekelman, "but it was
built in a way that it should not only
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not distract from the spirituality, but
should enhance it:'
The Sunday event started with a
colorful parade from the old school
building on Nine Mile Road in Oak
Park and ended at the new location.
While it was supposed to be a parade
of cars and buses winding through
the streets of Oak Park on this frigid
February day, dozens of parade par-
ticipants spilled out of their cars
as they sang and danced their way
through the streets. A Michigan State
Police escort provided by Oak Park
Mayor Marian Meisner McClellan
lent this event an air of even greater
significance.
Rabbi Mendel Stein of the
Lubavitch yeshivah said, "This is a
magnificent day and what a won-
derful way to honor the memory of
Harry and Wanda Zekelman. Each
of our young men realize the honor
bestowed on them by the opportunity
that has been given to them:'
The school, which currently has
nearly 100 students, plans on dou-
bling that number in the coming
years.
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