Sunday, May 10, 2026 from 10am – 1pm
Street parking at 9535 Van Dyke Detroit, MI.
Just two miles from the storied Beth Olem cemetery, B’nai David dates back to 1898 when the founding fathers of the then Beth David Synagogue bought a 1.6 acre plot of land in what was then Hamtramck Township for $1,800.
Please contact Ann Zaron ann.zaron@att.net for more information.
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Beth Olem Cemetery is scheduled to be open on Sunday, April 12, 2026 from 10AM to 1PM.
Beth Olem is the oldest Jewish cemetery in Michigan, with graves dating from the 1880s through World War I. It is located on the grounds of the GM Poletown plant in Hamtramck, Michigan, between Smith and Clay Streets. Visitors are allowed only two times per year, around Rosh Hashanah and Passover.
More information about Beth Olem can be found at the following sites:
Call Clover Hill Park Cemetery for additional information: 248-723-8884.
If you plan to attend you can reach out to Jim Grey for more info or directions. He will be there in person.
Email: gentrex@aol.com
Cell: 248-739-9070
This is not a JGSMI program.
Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:00 am
Soul Cafe
5586 Drake Road (south of Walnut Lake)
West Bloomfield, MI
If you plan to attend you can reach out to Jim Grey for more info or directions.
Email: gentrex@aol.com
Cell: 248-739-9070
Sunday, September 11, 2022 at 10am
Free
Please join David Goldman along and Jim Grey for an interactive visit to the historic B’nai David Cemetery. Just two miles from the storied Beth Olem cemetery, B’nai David dates back to 1898 when the founding fathers of the then Beth David Synagogue bought a 1.6 acre plot of land in what was then Hamtramck Township for $1,800.
Read more about David Goldman’s urban garden project from the the Jewish News.
We hope you’ll attend. Rain or shine. Street parking at 9535 Van Dyke Detroit, MI.
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Join us as we co-sponsor Jake Ehrenreich, author of A Jew Grows in Brooklyn: The Curious Reflections of a First-Generation American, at the 59th Annual Jewish Book Fair this November.
“Barnum” and “Dancin’” star Jake Ehrenreich takes readers on a poignant journey through the past as he tells childhood stories, coming-of-age lessons and tales from the lives of his immigrant, Holocaust survivor parents.
A companion to his popular Broadway musical comedy, A Jew Grows in Brooklyn is filled with memories of baseball, popcorn and realizing the American dream. A documentary about Ehrenreich’s life is in the works for release later this year.
Co-sponsored by the Birmingham Temple, Institute for Retired Professionals (IRP), the Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan and ORT America-Michigan Region
Brownsville Memoir-Growing up in Brooklyn, in the shadow of the Shoah.
When Jake Ehrenreich was growing up in Brownsville in the 1960s, he wanted nothing more than to be an American. But his Yiddish-speaking parents, who failed to understand the game of baseball or make sense of rock music, made it difficult for him to feel part of the mainstream culture. In his new one-man show, “A Jew Grows in Brooklyn,” directed by Jon Huberth, Ehrenreich explores how his family history, dominated by the shadow of the Holocaust, shaped the man he turned out to be.
Ehrenreich, 50, has appeared on Broadway in “Dancin,” “Barnum” and “They’re Playing Our Song.” He has also performed Yiddish music in two Off-Broadway productions, “Songs of Paradise” and “The Golden Land.”
His father’s Hasidic family had been one of the wealthiest in Poland, but during the war both he and his wife ended up in a work camp in Siberia, where one of their daughters was born. After spending time in a displaced persons camp, the family came to America, where they tried to give their children a life free from the taint of victimhood.
But it was not to be. Ehrenreich and his two sisters grew up feeling, as he put it, that existence was “tenuous” and that the “world could end at any moment.” Yet he also shares many wonderful memories of his youth, from playing stoop ball to attending Shea Stadium to vacationing in the Catskills, where Ehrenreich began performing in a band at the tender age of 12. Indeed, Ehrenreich tells much of his life story through music; he is backed by four instrumentalists, playing songs ranging from “Brooklyn Roads” to “Doo Wah Diddy.” One striking moment in the show occurs when Ehrenreich recalls learning that almost all of his favorite composers were Jewish like him.
“I don’t want to bring people too far into the black hole of the Holocaust,” Ehrenreich said, noting that his show is mostly upbeat and optimistic. “If people in the audience laugh,” he concluded, “it means that they trust me not just to take them to a more serious place, but to bring them out and make them joyous and grateful when they leave.”
For Ehrenreich, his show is ultimately a “celebration.” He quotes Billy Crystal, who quipped that performing a show about his life was like “a visit with my family every night.”
About the Author was taken from http://www.jakeehrenreich.com/about-the-author.html and can be attributed to The Jewish Week.
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