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Beth Israel Congregation (Hebrew: בית ישראל) is a Conservative synagogue located at 2000 Washtenaw Avenue in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the United States. Established in 1916, Beth Israel is the oldest synagogue in Ann Arbor. [2] In 2009, the egalitarian congregation had 480 member households, [2] and the Rabbi, since 2018, is Nadav Caine. [1]
The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit is headquartered in Bloomfield Township, near Bloomfield Hills. [12] [13] The headquarters, the Max M. Fisher Building, was dedicated on May 3, 1992. [14] Jewish Community Center/JCC -West Bloomfield (World’s largest in size) -Ann Arbor -Oak Park (Closed in 2015)
Ann Arbor: June 15, 1992: Michigan Theater Building† 603 East Liberty Ann Arbor: September 17, 1981: Michigan's First Jewish Cemetery Site: SW corner of E Huron and Fletcher streets Ann Arbor: September 24, 1982: Milan Old Village Hall and Fire Station: 153 East Main Street Milan: June 20, 1985: Newberry Hall† 434 South State Street Ann ...
Jewish Social Service Agency offers programs on dealing with anxiety and stress resulting from war. [7] In 2013, it partnered with Yachad and American Jewish Society for Service to develop and implement a curriculum that helps people understand what it is like to live with a disability and how important social services are to people in need of ...
Police said they are investigating an alleged antisemitic attack in Ann Arbor against a 19-year-old man who is Jewish. The incident happened at about 12:45 a.m. Sunday on Hill Street and South ...
After education, Jewish community centers, the local Jewish family and child services, homes for the aged, and campus Hillels are the next largest recipients of financial support. In some communities were the federation does not provide the service, a Jewish vocational service agency is usually funded to provide job related services. [2]
Ann Arbor saw increased growth in manufacturing, particularly in milling. [32] Ann Arbor's Jewish community also grew after the turn of the 20th century, and its first and oldest synagogue, Beth Israel Congregation, was established in 1916. [33]
Early Detroit had a prominent Jewish community, out of which the first Jewish congregation in Michigan, the Temple Beth El, was founded in 1850. Jewish communities gradually moved west, into Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, and Jackson. The very first Jews in Jackson were Jacob Hirsch and Jacob Levy, who arrived in 1842.