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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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