20 February 14 • 2019
jn
T
he Grosse Pointe Jewish
Council (GPJC) celebrated
its 30th anniversary around
Chanukah with an extravaganza
complete with music, food and
entertainment. The GPJC has
grown to 150 families and is an
invaluable resource for the small
but dedicated members of the
Grosse Pointe Jewish community.
Over the years, the GPJC has
expanded to include a local Sunday
school and adult education pro-
gramming. It also provides the
community with a place to cele-
brate Shabbat and holiday services,
weddings, baby namings and bar
and bat mitzvahs. Rabbi Joseph
Klein, rabbi emeritus of Temple
Emanu-El, is the GPJC’
s visiting
rabbi. Bryant Frank is the council’
s
cantorial soloist.
The 85 guests at the anni-
versary party were treated to a
gourmet meal, the comedy of JN
Contributing Writer Alan “Big Al”
Muskovitz and musical entertain-
ment by former Motown performer
Les Williams.
Dinner chair Janet Weingarten
welcomed the guests and spoke
about the history of the GPJC.
Upon moving to Michigan and set-
tling in Grosse Pointe 30 years ago,
Janet, and her husband, Dr. Jeffrey
Weingarten, hosted a Chanukah
party to get to know their Jewish
neighbors.
As told to the JN by Jeffrey
Weingarten in 1992, “When I-696
was completed, it was hailed as a
time when east got to meet west.
Our Chanukah party and meeting
was for us an opportunity for east
to meet east.”
That initial gathering was so
well received that a committee was
formed, by-laws created and the
GPJC was born.
“I think the key was everyone
knew there were Jews living in
Grosse Pointe, but nobody knew
that there was a Jewish commu-
nity. As of Chanukah 1989, there
became a Jewish community here,”
Weingarten said. ■
Learn more about the GPJC by searching
Grosse Pointe Jewish Council in the William
Davidson Digital Archives at djnfoundation.
org. Contact the GPJC at (313) 882-6700.
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30 Years!
Grosse Pointe Jewish Council
celebrates a milestone.
ABOVE: Janet Weingarten, dinner chair and
one of the Council’
s founders
. TOP: Some of
the Grosse Pointe Jewish Council’
s presidents
from over its 30 years.
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