metro » Wishing Everyone a Happy Passover from the shops at continued from page 38 Detroit City Hall at Woodward and Michigan Lincoln Shopping Center utterances now were brilliant. And after a final moment during which he rose to the most sublime heights of eloquence, he concluded.” Advance America Bling Bling Book Beat Bread Basket Brenda's Beans & Greens Dollar Castle Dr. Lazar DPM Fallas Four Sisters Fashion Instant Tax Lee Beauty Supply Lincoln Barber Shop Metropolitan Dry Cleaners Metro PCS Paper Goods Wearhouse Payless Shoe Rainbow Apparel Sneaker Villa Step in Style Street Corner Music Top That T-Nails The Suit Depot McDonald's White Castle & Church's Chicken A YESHIVA FOR DETROIT There were conflicting reports on the number of Jews in Detroit in 1916. According to the Funk & Wagnalls Jewish Encyclopedia, Detroit had 30,000 Jews in 1915. However, the April 23, 1916, issue of the Jewish Chronicle claimed Detroit’s Jewish population had jumped from 5,000 or 6,000 to 60,000 in 25 years. Whatever the figure, the Orthodox community was worried about the future, as boys stopped their religious education around the age of 13. Rabbi Judah Leib Levin, considered by most in the local religious community as the city’s leading rabbi, rallied business Rabbi Judah and community lead- Leib Levin ers for the purpose of providing advanced Jewish studies to a select group of boys of post-bar mitzvah age. The first class of five was taught by Rabbi Abraham T. Rogvoy, with Rabbi Levin the principal and Isaac August the first president. The Yeshiva, as it would become known, met in the school build- ing attached to the Mogen Abraham synagogue. Among the founders and funders was Isaac Rosenthal, who would also become a founder of the Yeshiva when it would become a day school, dif- ferent neighborhoods and decades later during World War ll. Abraham Levin, the 19-year-old son of Rabbi Levin, president of the Michigan Menorah Society and vice- president of the Michigan Zionist Society, was elected to membership in LINCOLN CENTER Greenfield at 10 ½ Mile the Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity at the University of Michigan. His brother, Isidore, three years older, was accorded a similar honor at Harvard in his junior year. As a sophomore, Isidore was cho- sen to Harvard’s debating team and the following year was named captain. AID FOR THE AGED Fresh Air Society volunteers, when not occupied with camp duties, served as aides in the clinic at the Hannah Schloss Building on High Street. They helped with home care for the ill and aged and dispensed medicines, milk and proper foods. By 1916, the United Jewish Charities set up a small operating room in the clinic to perform minor opera- tions, which saved hospital expenses. Fresh Air Society supervised the opera- tion of the clinic and assumed its finan- cial obligations. For the first time since its founding 14 years earlier, Fresh Air Camp was conducted along strictly kosher lines. Meats were brought from Detroit, and two sets of dishes were used. Authorities in charge made every effort to adhere to the dietary laws and guidelines set up by Rabbi Levin. In 1916, Beth David, based in the for- mer Shaarey Zedek building on Winder Street, had a membership of 178 fami- lies. The first Hebrew Congregation of Delray formed in a house on Burdeno, just north of Jefferson and west of Fort Wayne. Ahavas Achim organized and dedicated its synagogue at 9244 Delmar, about three-quarters of a mile east of Woodward and three-quarters of a mile north of Grand Boulevard. The newly formed Beth Yehudah Congregation held its first service in a frame dwelling on the corner of Adelaide and Hastings. The Jewish Home for Aged purchased a home at 318 Edmund Place, today about five blocks north of the north- ern entrance to Ford Field. Detroit’s 2090920 continued on page 42 40 April 14 • 2016