[1] In 1921 Detroit's Temple Beth El, under Rabbi Leo M. Franklin's leadership, had outgrown its previous building at Woodward and Eliot.

[3] In addition, many members of the congregation had moved to areas such as Boston-Edison and Atkinson Avenue that did not proscribe Jewish residents.

[2] On the facade facing Woodward, eight ionic columns form an enormous porch and frame three large pairs of doors.

[6] Four murals were dedicated in the Beth El Temple in 1925 and still survive today, each measuring 8 feet 3 inches in diameter.

In his mother's obituary, Beth El temple was listed as the one she attended, although she didn't live to see the paintings because she died in 1910.