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PHOTOS COURTESY LEONARD N. SIMONS JEWISH COMMUNITY ARCHIVES

Detroit’s Jewish community has a long history of standing with Israel —
and the JN, conceived as a Zionist newspaper in 1942, continues to cover the
community’s outpouring of support and to add its own support as well. •

May 14, 1948

June 2, 1967

October 12, 1973

COURTESY SHIR SHALOM

February 1, 1991

TOP: Thousands of people gathered at Central High School in 1948 to celebrate Israeli statehood.
Celebrating Israel’s first birthday, May 15, 1949.
CENTER: Rally in support of Israel at the start of the Six-Day war, June 1967.
BOTTOM: Rally to support Soviet Jews, April 1990.
A show of support from the 2017 Walk for Israel in West Bloomfield.

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