November 1, 2014
Hastings Street
Vivian Henoch, Editor myJewishDetroit
Hastings Street. This iconic Detroit road was more than just a thoroughfare; it was a thriving community.
Hastings Street. This iconic Detroit road was more than just a thoroughfare; it was a thriving community.
It’s that time of year, when summer fades away, the leaves begin to turn, and Federation’s Fred M. Butzel Award is bestowed to an outstanding communal leader.
It’s that time of year again, when the snow (slowly!) begins to thaw, and we venture into basements, closets and drawers on a spring cleaning binge.
A portrait of Sharon Alterman, Jewish community archivist.
Perusing photos. . .thousands of phots in the Jewish Community Archives. Here are a few just for fun.
Here’s a story Scott Kaufman, Federation’s CEO, likes to tell, especially as he leads first-time visitors through Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem.
Reflecting the life and times of Jewish Detroit a century ago, photographs on display at Adat Shalom Synagogue.
From “attendees” to participants. From members to volunteers. From advocates to ambassadors. From fundraisers to leaders . . . the strength of Jewish Detroit has always been a torch to pass on to the next generation.
Times change but the Jewish community of Detroit has remained cohesive in its migratory pattern.
Google the name Fred M. Butzel: No one man, and certainly no one in the Detroit community has done more to earn the esteem of so many.