From the Archives

In the month of November we celebrate the blessings of family and community ties, ever growing and building anew through the years. So many reasons to give our thanks.

A look back at Jewish Senior Life: November 1991

Our thanks to our fathers, our Zaydes and grandchildren, caring, sharing,  learning from one another, from generation to generation.

November 1991: Jewish Apartments
A little visit at Prentis Jewish Apartments in Oak Park

A ground breaking year: 1988

Our thanks to the visionaries, the dreamers, the partners –  a strong foundation in a caring community, building for its future.

Groundbreaking ceremony: Jewish Apartments, Phase IV
Groundbreaking ceremony: Jewish Apartments, Phase IV

A good year: 1993

Our thanks to the Bubbes, the volunteers, the staff and the interns, all helping hands at  Jewish Federation Apartments.

Hands-on, working together at Jewish Federation Apartments
Hands-on, working together at Jewish Federation Apartments

The school year: 1997

Our thanks to our students, our teachers, our rabbis, our network of Hebrew Day Schools and congregations.

Celebrating Yom Yerushalayim at Akiva Hebrew Day School
Celebrating Yom Yerushalayim at Akiva Hebrew Day School

Our 3rd Annual Jewish Book Fair: November 1954

Our thanks to the “People of the Books” – the writers, the readers, the speakers, celebrating a vibrant Jewish Book Fair.

1954 Book Fair at the Jewish Community Center on Woodward Avenue
November 26, 1954: Book Fair at the Jewish Community Center on Woodward Avenue

Summer 2004: Federation’s Teen Mission to Israel

Our thanks to our trips of a lifetime, to our people-to-people connections and friendships made in Jewish Detroit’s Partnership 2Gether Region of the Central Galilee.

Federation's Teen Mission to Israel, 2004
Federation’s Teen Mission to Israel, 2004