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In The Passenger, a recently discovered opera about the Holocaust that comes to Detroit
Nov. 14, the upper half of the monumental set is an ocean liner, on which a German
couple, Liese and Walter, are sailing for Brazil. On board, Liese believes she recognizes a
veiled passenger as a former prisoner she thought had been killed at Auschwitz.
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Quick Click ... From the William Davidson Digital
Archive of Jewish Detroit History
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owntown Detroit was once home
to a host of distinctive depart-
ment stores such as Hudson's
and Crowley's. One popular store was the
Frank & Seder Department Store, which
was founded by Russian Jewish immi-
grants.
Isaac Seder and Jacob H. Frank began
their business in Pittsburgh in 1907.
There, Seder also earned a reputation
as an impressive philanthropist, mak-
ing donations to many organizations
that supported education, public welfare
and healthcare. The Detroit Frank &
Samantha Greenberg had an
unconventional Jewish upbringing.
In her Bay City/Saginaw/Midland area,
there weren't too many Jews, but
growing up in an actively-practicing
multi-faith family allowed her to start
her Jewish journey.
"I was living under a Jewish rock,"
said Samantha. "When I came to
the University of Michigan campus
freshman year, it really opened up
my eyes to what Jewish culture was
like. It was exciting, but there was a
lot I didn't know that so many of my
peers took for granted, like Jewish
summer camp."
Samantha joined a Jewish sorority,
which she helped re-establish on
campus, and took a birthright trip.
After graduation, she taught seventh
grade in Tulsa, Oklahoma as part of
Teach for America, and although she
enjoyed it, public health and genetic
counseling are what Samantha really
wants to do.
"Helping educate providers and the
public about how we can identify and
better manage genetic conditions is
something I'm passionate about,"
Samantha said. "The program at U of
M is one of the best in the country,
and when I'm done, I'll have two
degrees, in public health and genetic
counseling. But paying for it was a
worry. When I worked in Tulsa, I
saved, and I felt like I was doing
everything right, but I happened to
come across a mention of the
Seder Department Store opened in 1921.
Initially, business was good. But, as the
years passed, labor disputes took their
toll on the store in the 1930s; and, in the
1940s, it became a victim of suburbaniza-
tion and could no longer compete with
large metropolitan department stores like
Hudson's.
In 1951, Frank & Seder's Detroit
Department Store closed its doors.
However, the store's stately six-floor build-
ing on Woodward still remains and is now
the "Lofts of Merchants Row:' It features
a cast-iron facade, a design choice that
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