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On 14 December 1904 the First Hungarian Evangelical & Reformed Church on West End in (Delray) Detroit, MI was organized. [4] In 1905 a Hungarian Catholic church opened in Delray. The current Holy Cross Hungarian Catholic Church building opened by 1925. Hungarians became one of the largest groups to settle Detroit in the early 20th century.
Later that year the Holy Cross Hungarian Church, [39] a Hungarian Catholic church, opened in Delray. [35] By 1911, about 5,000 Hungarians lived in Delray. [25] In 1906, the Hungarian population began resisting the actions of the town police. [40] In 1907, some Hungarians in Delray and Wyandotte who feared a lack of work returned to Hungary. [41]
The synagogue traces its roots back to 1895, and was the first synagogue in Bergen County, New Jersey. [5] [1] [4] The first eight families in the congregation held services in each others homes after purchasing a Sefer Torah, later renting spaces on Armory Street and Durie Avenue.
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As the number of Hungarians in Delray increased, a new church of the Holy Cross Hungarian Catholic Church opened in 1925. [2] The cornerstone was laid on November 26, 1924. [5] The construction of Interstate 75 in the mid-1960s destroyed large parts of Delray and divided the community into two pieces. The Hungarian community declined and the ...
In the 1980s the Metro Detroit Jewish community lived in several municipalities. [5] Barry Steifel, author of The Jewish Community of Metro Detroit 1945–2005, wrote that in the 1980s "the new, collective foci of the Jewish community" were several municipalities in Oakland County and western Wayne County which housed "massive congregations". [11]
Congregation Ohab Zedek was founded in 1873 on the Lower East Side.The congregation built a synagogue building at 70 Columbia Street in 1881. In 1886 the congregation sold the Columbia Street building to Congregation Ahavath Acheim Anshe Ungarn and moved into the Gothic Revival-style synagogue at 172 Norfolk Street that is now the Angel Orensanz Center, the oldest surviving synagogue building ...
During the 1950s, the South Side Jewish community expanded into neighborhoods including Jeffery Manor, Beverly, and Calumet Heights as Jews left neighborhoods with increasing Black populations such as Kenwood, Hyde Park, Woodlawn, Englewood, and Chatham. The 1960s saw a significant exodus of Jews from the South Side, largely driven by white ...