Synagogue Stories: A History of Jewish Detroit’s Sacred Spaces

Synagogues have been a part of the Detroit landscape for 175 years. Through historical photographs and documents, this presentation will journey into the past and examine the origin story of Detroit’s synagogues, the rise and fall of the mushroom shuls, and the ways the buildings themselves represent both the congregants and changing times. Robbie’s bio: Robbie Terman was born in Detroit, Michigan. Her childhood was filled with tales about the glory days of Detroit and its active Jewish community. Now she gets to live that history as the director of the Leonard N. Simons Jewish Community Archives of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. She has a master’s degree in Library and Information Science with a certification in Archival Administration from Wayne State University. As an archivist, she strives to bring recognition to stories forgotten by time.