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The Contours of Our Jewish Community:
Snapshots from the 2018
Population Study
Editor’s Note: Each week, the Jewish News will offer insights into the findings of the
2018 Detroit Jewish Population Study with the intent of stimulating discussion about
its potential meaning and impact.
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The city of Detroit is now the work des-
tination for more than 4,700 Detroiters
living in Jewish households and
employed full time. However, the num-
ber of Jewish households within the city
limits continues to decline. What gives?
While the 2018 Detroit Jewish
Population Study shows the number
of young adults between the ages of
18-34 now totals 19,100, up from the
9,400 found in the 2005 Detroit Jewish
Population Study, they are not living in
the city.
Between 2005 and 2018, the total
number of Jewish households in the city
has dropped by more than half, from
1,900 to 800. And in the Downtown/
Midtown areas, purportedly popular
with millennials, Jewish households
barely increased, going from 30 to 60
over the 13-year period.
So where are the millenials? More
likely in the older Southeast Oakland
County communities of Huntington
Woods, Royal Oak, Ferndale and
Berkley. These communities have over
2,800 Jewish households, more than
double the 1,300 Jewish households
reported in the 2005 study.
One eye-popping finding of the 2018
study is the growth of Jewish house-
holds in Huntington Woods. With
1,575 households, it more than doubled
the 720-household total from 2005.
Today, two out of every three house-
holds in Huntington Woods is Jewish.
If Woodward Avenue or I-75 in
Southeast Oakland County seems a bit
more crowded these days, it’s partially
due to the increasing number of young
workers from the Jewish community
commuting into — and out of —
Detroit. ■
DISCUSSION QUESTION
• Intuitively, it feels like there should
be more than 60 Jewish households
living in the central core zips of
48201 and 48226. Can you accept
portions of a scientifically conducted
survey research study, but not oth-
ers, and if so, how?
• Why aren’t more younger adults
choosing to live in Detroit?
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WHITMER ENDORSEMENT
Ultimately, getting stuff done for
the greatest good — propelling the
bird into flight, as Rabbi Shneur
Zalman of Liadi described — requires
Republicans and Democrats to work
collaboratively. Neither a Schuette nor
Whitmer governorship will reach its
full potential without it.
It is significant that Schuette
has not received Snyder’s endorse-
ment to succeed him. What Snyder
appears to be saying is the “Michigan
Comeback” he engineered — his
legacy — is not safe in Schuette’s
hands. Also significant is creation
of Republicans & Independents for
Whitmer, assembled by a group of
respected “centrist” Republicans. Its
founders include former Republican
state senate leader and U.S. Rep. Joe
Schwarz and Mel Larsen, the former
Republican senate leader, state party
chair and co-author of the Elliott-
Larsen Civil Rights Act. The group
touts Whitmer’s authenticity and col-
laborative leadership style.
It is likely that Republicans will
retain control of the state sen-
ate, house and supreme court. We
believe that the election of Gretchen
Whitmer provides Michigan with
an opportunity to recraft a political
culture of compromise for the greater
good and believe she is the better
choice for continuing and expanding
Snyder’s “Michigan Comeback.” We
endorse her candidacy. ■
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