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At that time, Detroit's ing 70 years' worth of the history Jewish population numbered slight- of Jewish Detroit easily searchable ly less than 90,000 (down from for the first time has many local 93,700 in 1956). The story also historians chomping at the bit to laments the small number of Jews get started. in the 18- to 24-year-old range as You don't need to be a historian, well as the "increasing numbers of however, to research the archives. the aged." Easy-to-use search technology Let's jump to April 8,1966, one opens up these records to not only year prior to the civil unrest in seasoned researchers but curious Detroit. The headline of the front- community members and students page story in that edition reads as well. Additionally, on the site "88% of Detroit Jewry will live in you'll find a short video tutorial that the suburbs by 1975." will help you step by step. Here we According to the story, "These provide an example of how it's done. conclusions are answers to the posed question — will the Northwest Jewish Flight From Detroit area, like Dexter, disappear; and if Much has been written about the so, when? Will Detroit become, as July 1967 civil unrest in Detroit and Cleveland has, a city without Jews?" the resulting Jewish flight from In the article, Mayer was asked the city to the suburbs of Oakland if urban renewal offered hope of County. What can the Detroit retaining Detroit as a Jewish popu- Jewish News digital archive tell us lation area. "The 'return to the cen- about Jewish exodus from Detroit? tral city movement' in the Jewish Did the 1967 racial disturbance community is fancy, not fact," was precipitate it or accelerate it? Does Mayer's reply. there appear to be any movement He reported that during the back to the city today? 15-year movement of the Jewish Let's begin with the query "popu- community to the suburbs, "only lation study" and limit the search to one household returned to the 1950-1967. city." Mayer also noted that the First, we'll learn that Professor trends he identified in Detroit were Albert J. Mayer of Wayne State not unusual in other metropolitan University conducted a series of areas, where Jews were moving in demographic studies for the Jewish significant numbers to new suburbs Welfare Federation, beginning in from core cities. Jackie Headapohl ' T CV U craduates hold such positions as: • • ° •. clinical research coordinator, director of public safety, human resources director, sales manager, and more! .. .... . . ........ . .. .. ...... . .. • .• • * • .6.4116.0. 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