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From c.1996 a group of Hillel Day School parents led by Jeff Garden pitched to the local community leaders the idea of starting a new Jewish high school. 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 ...
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 ...
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]
In the first twelve years, Hillel rented space from various Jewish organisations. The school opened in 1958 with a kindergarten and first grade in the facilities of the Hayim Greenberg Center at 19161 Schaefer Hwy, Detroit. [3] Then, in 1960, the school relocated to United Hebrew Schools at 18977 Schaefer Hwy, Detroit. [10] In 1962, the school ...
About 1,500 to 2,000 attended a 'Walk the Zoo" event held by Jewish groups celebrating Israel at the Detroit Zoo on May 28.
Jewish groups across US, including North Jersey Hebrew school, targeted in bomb hoax. Gannett. Jim Beckerman and John Bacon, NorthJersey.com. December 17, 2023 at 5:38 PM.
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]
Torah Umesorah, the National Society for Hebrew Day Schools, was the first national Jewish organization in the United States to pioneer Jewish day schools within the country. It started to develop these in 1944, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] during World War II and at a time when the United States was at war with the Axis Powers and Europe's Jews were ...