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Eventually they earned support from the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. [3] In April 1999, Rabbi Lee Buckman of Congregation Beth Israel (Milwaukee) was named the future school's headmaster. [4] [5] In January 2000 the Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit (JAMD) held an open house, helped by guests from Boston's New Jewish High School.
The school's curriculum is a blend of traditional secular studies and religious studies. The school is a partner agency of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. [1] As of 2012, it is the largest Jewish primary and secondary day school in the Detroit area. [2] The Yeshiva has a companion kollel with 30 postgraduate students. [3]
The school was designed by Isadore M. Lewis, a Jewish architect who designed a wide array of commercial, industrial, and residential buildings, primarily for Jewish clients. Lewis was born in Appleton, Wisconsin in 1888, and in 1916 moved to Detroit to open his own architectural firm. He practiced in Detroit until at least 1960, and died in ...
Beth El was founded in 1850 in the city of Detroit, and is the oldest Jewish congregation in Michigan. Temple Beth El was a founding member of the Union for Reform Judaism (originally the Union of American Hebrew Congregations) in 1873, and hosted the meeting in 1889 during which the Central Conference of American Rabbis was established.
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After the end of World War Two, housing desegregation in Detroit led most of the city’s Jews to move to the suburbs. The bulk of Shaarey Zedek’s members were part of this exodus. The temple dedicated its present building on Bell Road in suburban Southfield in 1962 amidst the racial transition. [2] [5]
Hillel Day School, named after the Jewish religious leader, sage and scholar Hillel, is an independent Pre-K – 8 Jewish day school in Farmington Hills, Michigan, a city in the Detroit metropolitan area. Founded in 1958, it became the first non-Orthodox Jewish school in Michigan.
Ralph J. Bunche Preparatory Academy (formerly Smith Elementary School) Burns Elementary School; Burton International School; Cartsens Elementary/Middle School; Carver Elementary School; Clark J.E. Preparatory Academy; Davison Elementary School The school is located in two buildings, around 100 years old, in proximity to Highland Park and Hamtramck.