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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