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substance.

Mark Pittman, a retired certified
public accountant, is involved
with the Utah Jewish Federation,
and his two sons’ kids are active
with the Jewish Community
Center.
“I’m delighted we reconnected
as a group,” said Pittman, a
subscriber to the Detroit Jewish
News to stay in touch with the
area. “Reunions are a good reason
to come back to Michigan.”
Rubens is a retired aeronautical
engineer with three children,
two stepchildren and five
grandchildren, and he is glad
his call brought the gang back
together to rekindle the past and
light the present.
“When I returned to Detroit

for the 2019 reunion, a couple
of us drove down to the old
neighborhood,” Rubens said. “We
had not been there for years. I was
surprised because our building
was the only one still standing.
“The open space in the
neighborhood was not there in the
1950s. Then, there were buildings
on every corner and stores,
synagogues and duplexes filling
the space that is now open.
“The other thing that amazed
me was how narrow the alley
was. There had been another
apartment building on the other
side of the alley so it was a closed-
in space. The fact that we all came
out of that neighborhood to make
meaningful lives for ourselves is
also amazing to me.”

The

apartment
building
on Richton
Street in
Detroit is
where the
gang first
met.

The friends
used to play
baseball,
football and
roofball in
this alley
when they
were kids.

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