Growing Up Jewish on 12th Street in Detroit in the 1930s

Shirley Zaft Benyas, singer and Yiddish theater actress, describes growing up on 12th Street in Detroit, Michigan in the 1930s.
To see the full interview and learn more about the Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, visit: www.yiddishbookcenter.org/col...

[@pauleisenberg8768]

Thank you for sharing your memories.

[@Rosey01222]

Mentioned here, Boesky Deli that in later years became Darby’s Restaurant having relocated to W. 7 Mile Road off of Wyoming. Boesky family members were associates of the Prohibition era Purple Gang.

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What was their association?

[@Melon388]

Was Shirley’s maiden name Zaft?