Betsy Yvonne Mark and Malverne Reinhart
Teachers Betsy Yvonne Mark and Malverne Reinhart discuss confronting ignorance, braking down barriers, and the founding of Temple Beth Emeth. Continue reading
Teachers Betsy Yvonne Mark and Malverne Reinhart discuss confronting ignorance, braking down barriers, and the founding of Temple Beth Emeth. Continue reading
Business owners Abe Ingber and Bob Faber discuss their work, their association with Judaism, and anti-Semitism in Ann Arbor. Continue reading
Husband and wife Saul & Eileen Hymans converse about the formation of the Tichel group, Ralph’s Market and its special service, and the rabbis of Beth Israel Congregation. Continue reading
Spouses Daryl & Monroe Hafter and their friend Bob Green muse about finding and joining Beth Israel, the variety of Jewish life in Ann Arbor, and Harold Shapiro as president of the University of Michigan. Continue reading
Husband and wife David & Helen Aminoff hold forth on early Jewish faculty members at the University of Michigan; the discovery of an old Jewish tombstone at the site of the Rackham Building and the first Jewish cemetery; and renewal of community. Continue reading
Beth Israel congregants Happy Feigelson and Ruth Siegel mull over the multitude of Jewish organizations in Ann Arbor, including the Temple Beth Emeth choir, Chabad, and the Orthodox minyan; and Beth Israel’s beginning in the Hillel building. Continue reading
Jewish Community Center founders and husband and wife Chuck & Sharon Newman ruminate on the creation of the JCC and the challenges it entailed. Continue reading
Longtime friends Barry Margolis and Judy Lax converse about what it was like as a child at Beth Israel in the 1960’s and watching the transition through the ‘70’s and ‘80’s; the growth of the Jewish community and various institutions; and Osias Zwerdling. Continue reading
Cousins Angela Keselman and Diana Khiterer discuss immigrating to the United States from Ukraine in the 1980s, finding acceptance as Jews in the United States, antisemitism in Kiev, and the differences between being Jewish in Kiev and being Jewish in Ann Arbor. Continue reading
Friends Carol Amster and Michael Brooks consider the foundations of the Ann Arbor Jewish community, Beth Israel in the Hillel building,Osias Zwerdling, and the beginning of the Jewish Community Center. Continue reading
Spouses Marlene & Zvi Gitelman recall the first Jews on the faculty of the University of Michigan, the Yiddish reading group in the 1970’s, and the origin of Hebrew Day School of Ann Arbor. Continue reading
Mother Beverly Gershowitz and her son Art Gershowitz discuss finding the Jewish community in Ann Arbor; their family’s life as it related to the community, including a wedding; the inimitable Henry Gershowitz and Beth Israel in the 1950’s; and Ralph’s Market. Continue reading
Interfaith couple Jim & Bonnie Keen contemplate their marriage and its unique origin. Continue reading
Best buddies Jeff Bernstein and Caroline Helton contemplate the rhythm of community, studying Hebrew, and Caroline’s conversion process. Continue reading
Israel Woronoff and Marilyn Gallatin ponder Jewish identity and activities in Ann Arbor; the Hillel Foundation and its importance in Woronoff’s meeting his wife; and an anti-Semitic incident in Ann Arbor. Continue reading
Parents Lonnie & Ron Sussman and their daughter Mira Sussman compare the Jewish community of Ann Arbor with those of other cities, and discuss community participation and Ann Arbor as a shtetl. Continue reading
Couple Harlene & Henry Appelman discuss the Yom Kippur War, the creation of the Jewish Community Center and Jewish Federation, and young professionals’ and Salon’s importance in the the continuation of the Jewish community. Continue reading