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Nov. 10-16, 2016 | 9-15 Cheshvan 5777 | Vol. CL, No. 15
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From the
Davidson
Digital Archive
Around Town .............26-27
Arts & Life ........................50
Auto ..................................40
Business ...........................42
Calendar...........................37
Editor’s Picks ...................52
Home ................................55
Israel ........................ 6, 8, 30
Marketplace ....................64
Metro ................................10
Moments ..........................61
Obituaries ........................67
Sports ...............................48
Synagogue List ...............46
Torah Portion ..................47
Viewpoints.........................5
50
Columnists
6
Rochel Burstyn..................5
Ryan Fishman ..................58
Danny Raskin ..................60
Robert Sklar ......................8
SHABBAT LIGHTS
Shabbat: Friday, Nov. 11, 4:55 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Nov. 12, 5:58 p.m.
Shabbat: Friday, Nov. 18, 4:49 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Nov. 19, 5:52 p.m.*
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A Vibrant Jerusalem
At Your Service
Entrepreneurs launch new
home repair startup.
Detroit and Jerusalem
share similar challenges.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.
ON THE COVER: Human trafficking is a global
problem affecting an estimated 20.9 million
people. In 2016 so far, a national organization
has received 669 calls and has confirmed 190
cases of human trafficking in Michigan.
COVER DESIGN: Michelle Sheridan
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Raising Humans
Expert off ers help for
solving “problem” kids.
JN Online Offerings:
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Flint Print Fair
Annual event brings
a wealth of talent.
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Nonprofi t Helps Holocaust Survivors • Essays from David Techner & Norman Prady
Mike Smith
Detroit Jewish News
Foundation Archivist
R
eading the Detroit Free Press
last week, once again I saw an
advertisement for one of Detroit’s
long-standing retail businesses: Henry the
Hatter.
So, I went into the William Davidson
Digital Archive to see what I could find
on this legendary enterprise. For start-
ers, there were 254 entries for Henry the
Hatter.
The first mention of the store was in
an advertisement for Henry the Hatter in
the March 10, 1916, issue of the Jewish
Chronicle. This was the second issue of
the Chronicle, which was first published
on March 3, 1916. And there was a spring
sale. Faymus hats were only $2; those
more expensive Stetson hats were $3.50-
$5. What a deal!
Perhaps the most amazing aspect to
the Henry the Hatter story is that this
business, established in 1893 by Henry
Komrofsky, has survived for more than
119 years, despite all the booms-and-busts
of the economic cycles in Detroit. Many
businesses did not… which leads to anoth-
er very interesting story by the late Bill
Carroll — “Remembering the Retailers” —
in the June 14, 2012, issue of the JN that
illustrates this point.
Henry the Hatter still stands. In this
day and age of Target, Kohl’s and Office
Max, it is good to know there is still some
room for the old-fashioned store where
service and expertise is the focus.
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