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We can only have the highest
happiness by having wide
thoughts and much feeling for
the rest of the world. — George
Eliot.

DR. ALEXANDER MARX
APPRAISES RASHI AT
EXHIBITION OPENING

April 19, 1940

KOVOD DINNER-DANCE
1939 Year Book of the Jewish Welfare
AT CENTER ON SUNDAY
Federation Is Ready for Distribution

Under the sponsorship of the
The analysis of pledges in the Senior Council of the Jewish
The 1939 Jewish Welfare Fed-
1939
Allied
Jewish
Campaign
re-
Community Center, the annual
In connection with the open- eration Year Book is off the press
veals that contributors of $250 Kovod dinner and dance will be
ing of a 900th anniversary ex- and ready for distribution.
A resume of the work accom- and over gave 57% of all the held in the Center's Auditorium
hibition of the works of Rashi
this Sunday at 6:30 P. m. At
plished
in 1939 by each Federa- money raised.
Passover Greetings
and his school at the Jewish The- tion Agency, local, national and
this event, which will include a
ological Seminary of America, overseas is included in this 328
full-course dinner, and an inter-
UNIVERSAL
Dr. Alexander Marx, librarian page booklet as well as the Emile Zola's 'Human Beast' esting program, the annual
STORE FIXTURE CO.
and professor of history, deliv- names of nearly 13,000 subscrib-
Held Over for Second awards will be presented to win-
in the various Center ac-
ered an anniversary address on ers who pledged $5 or more to
Week; Added Attraction ners
tivities, and announcement will
Ca. 7570 "Rashi, His Life, Work, and In- the 1938 and 1939 Allied Jew-
1047 Gratiot Ave.
Is Charles Boyer in "Hap- be made of elections to the Ko-
ish campaign.
fluence" on Jan. 8.
vod Society, which is the na-
piness"
Describing the purpose and
Rashi, whose full name was
tional honor society of Jewish
Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, was contents of the 1939 Year Book
The Emile Zola story starring Community Centers. Each year,
in his foreword, Abraham Srere,
a
great
French-Hebrew
scholar
Passover Greetings
who lived from 1040 to 1105. president of the Jewish Welfare Jean Gabin and Simone Simon, one to five individuals are singled
which has been so daringly out for membership in the Kovod
He compiled the finest and most Federation, states:
IDEAL SILK LAMP
brought to the screen, is held Society, and the Kovod key and
popular commentaries on the
"In
response
to
many
requests
SHADE COMPANY
over at the Cinema for a second certificate are bestowed upon
Bible and Talmud.
for
a
continuation
of
the
publi-
them for outstanding service to
Interior Decorator
cation of our annual Year Book week.
the Center and to the commun-
This
film
has
aroused
more
your
Jewish
Welfare
Federation
10332 DEXTER
ity at large.
discussion
than
any
other
film
Phone TOwnsend 8-9184
Congratulations to Meyer decided to publish and present
Principal speaker at the after.
because
of
its
frank
and
adult
Levin, whose recently published to our community this 1939 edi-
handling of subject matter deal- dinner program will he Rabbi
novel, "Citizens," will emerge as tion.
Leon Fram of Temple Beth El.
"This book serves not only as ing with homicidal mania, sad- Max Chomsky will serve as toast-
one of the season's big sellers .
ism
and
seduction.
All
this
set
a
guide
to
our
workers
in
our
A new book on the late publisher
master, and Miss Hannah Fer-
Horace Liveright is in the offing fund-raising campaigns but against the Paris-Le Havre rail- man, president of the local chap-
Passover Greetings
road
results
in
a
daring,
shock-
. . . Manuel Komroff is prepar- serves also to keep our contri-
ter of the Kovod Society, will
ing to write it . . . To non- butors informed on the all-em- ing and brilliant film triumph, make the presentations of the
English-writing authors in this bracing work of your Welfare for Jean Lenoir, the great Kovod keys and certificates, and
French director who last gave
country we want to point out Federation.
will also single out a number of
"In recent years our problems us "Grand Illusion."
that it's no coincidence that
individuals for honorable men.
Maurice Samuel's two latest have acquired greater magnitude
Added to the program the sec- tion.
due
mainly
to
the
overwhelming
translations, Sholom Asch's "The
ond feature is Charles Boyer in
Joe Magidsohn, incoming chair-
Nazarene" and Martin Gumpert's distress of fellow Jews in over- one of his greatest successes, man of the Center's Health Edu-
Linen, Uniform and Towel
"Heil Hunger," are among the seas countries. The horror, the "Happiness" (Le Bonheur). This cation Committee, will make the
Service
fastest-selling books on the mar- tragedy, the disaster that has is the story of an anarchist news- presentation of the althletic
ket . . . An important factor in befallen them is beyond descrip- paper man and a beautiful Hol- awards. There will be greetings
their success is the circumstance tion. Upon us rests the impera- lywood actress. The complica- by Herman Jacobs, Executive Di-
403.21 WEST LARNED ST.
that Samuel rates as one of the tive task of reviving hope and tions resulting from their affair rector of the Jewish Community
CHerry 1200
best translators in the country. courage in the lives of these un- makes an engrossing and amus- Center, Isaac Franck, education.
fortunates.
ing story.
al director of the Center, Samuel
"Upon us rests the task of pro-
Levy, men's health education di-
viding funds for the care and
rector, and Lester Kaufman,
adjustment of refugees, whether
they be in this country or some A.Z.A. April Program Fea- president of the Senior Council.
other temporary haven of refuge.
tures Youth and Law
"Upon us rests the task of
Enforcement
Splendid Mystery
maintaining our local and na-
tional agencies on a budget ade-
"Youth and Law Enforcement"
By Zelda Popkin
quate enough to take care of, is the subject of the April, 1940,
at least, their minimum needs.
issue of the AZA monthly pro-
Zelda Popkin, who hails from
"Vitally important also is the gram, which the chapters in De-
task of defending our position as troit will sponsor as a part of a famous family of Jewish pub-
Jews in our own country against their cultural program this licity writers, has written an-
other mystery story which ranks
the vicious anti-Semitic propa- month.
as one of the best titles in its
ganda that is being spread
Material is also included for class for the current year.
throughout the land.
Her "Time Off for Murder,"
"These are the responsibilities the AZA celebration of "Boys
that must be assumed by Jews and Girls Week" which will be a Lippincott publication, is cer-
tain to keep even the most hard-
of every community. Only with celebrated April 27-May 4.
Complete plans were adopted ened turning its pages until the
an honest spirit of liberal giving
and with active participation, by at the recent meeting of S. A. S. story is completed. It is a real
every Jew in our community able executives committee for the 17th mystery. Its story is replete
to do so, in our fund-raising annual AZA camp convention with daring exploits of a woman
campaigns, can we, in a measure and tournament finals to be held detective who risks her life to
approach a solution of these at Camp Mabatoc, near Akron, solve a murder case, Although
the New York police at first join
Ohio, June 28-July 5.
problems."
Local chapters in Detroit are this brave woman in her task,
In addition to presenting the
programs of every Jewish agency assistting with the national AZA she winds up by doing her work
included as a beneficiary in the office in selling shares of "Jerry single-handed.
This drama has a conglomera-
Safur Stock" to raise money to
EDWARD H. WILLIAMS 1939 Allied Jewish Campaign support
SAMUEL J. LEVE
Jerry Safur in his fight tion of characters — toughs,
and
Detroit
Community
Fund
Director of
COUNTY AUDITOR
drives, and listing the officers and for life against the dread disease playboys, aristocrats, dealers in
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
boards
of directors of these af- of infantile paralysis. Jerry, vice. The author does a good
Wayne County
filiated organizations, the book president of the Milwaukee AZA job blending them all into one
mystery story.
contains a graph charting De- Council, has been fighting a de- splendid
This is Miss Popkin's second
Extend Best Wishes to the Entire Jewish
termined
battle
since
last
Sep-
troit's contributions to the an-
in the mystery-story field.
nual drives from 1935—through tembe• when he was stricken. success
Her earlier novel was "Death
Community for a Joyous Passover
1939; and an analysis of the He recently was transferred from Wears a White Gardenia."
pledges to the 1939 Allied Jew- Milwaukee to the Mt. Sinai Hos-
As Americans who are jealous of those principles which have made
ish Campaign. The chart records pital in Chicago. In order to as-
America great, we firmly believe that our country has room for
the interesting figures of 8,063 sist in raising these funds, Sam Ann Arbor Dramatic Season
only one ISM—AMERICANISM. The triple-headed serpent of
contributors in 1935 as against Beber appointed a Jerry Safur
Communism, Nazism and Fascism must be crushed.
May 13-June 15
19,080 contributors in 1939, Paraylsis Fund Campaign com-
You, as fellow-Americans, must denounce these ISMS and
raising the respective amounts mittee consisting of Sydney La-
The Ann Arbor Dramatic Sea-
condemn them.
of $220,500 in 1935 as against vine as chairman.
During the week of Passover son announces a five weeks festi-
$651,889 in 1939.
the Adolph Freund chapter 93 val of brilliant plays with dis-
and the Highland Park chapter tinguished artists, opening at the
313 will hold Passover sederim. Lydia Mendelssohn Theater May
A joint second degree and ini- 13 and running through June
tiation of new AZA candidates 15. Broadway and Hollywood
will be given by the Highland will be well represented in the
Park chapter and the Windsor casts which will appear during
Herzl chapter 112 on Sunday, the season, talent which has
April 21, in Windsor.
been engaged including Ruth
Chatterton, Madge Evans, Whit-
ford Kane, Barry Thompson, Di-
Barrymo•e, Mady Christians
ON THE OCCASION OF PASSOVER MAY WE BE PRIVILEGED
Philomathic Debating Club ana
and Hiram Sherman.
TO EXTEND TO YOU ALL THE HOPE THAT YOU MAY BE
A glamorous opening is as-
On Tuesday, April 9, Philo- sured with the announcement
BLESSED WITH HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY.
matic presnted a debate for the that Ruth Chatterton will open
Dexter Mothers Club at the Dex- the run with Shaw's "Pygmal-
IT IS OUR WISH THAT WE AMERICANS MAY HAVE
ter branch of the Jewish Cen- ion."
ter. The participants were Sher-
PEACE IN THIS WAR - TROUBLED WORLD.
The second week will bring
win Molinon and Harold Landis. a colorful presentation of
The subject was: "Resolved, that Shakespeare's seldom-done com-
a central committee for Jewish edy "The Winter's Tale," with
Funds be organized."
the Vienesse actress Mady Chris-
At its meeting on Sunday, at tians, recently Maurice Evan's
Congregation Shaarey Zedek, leading lady.
Philomatic set the date for its
Model Meeting, to be held at the
Jewish Community Center on Special Meeting of J. W. E.
Thursday, May 16.
W. 0. April 24; Theater
The program of the day con-
Show April 30
sisted of a congressional plan de-
bate on "Continuance of the Dies
A special meeting of the Jewish
Committee is to the best inter-
ests of the American People." Women's European Welfare Or-
The contestants were: Affirma- ganization will be held Wednes-
tive, Miles Meyerson, Lewis Le- day evening, April 24, at 8 p.
Affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations
vin and Morris Green; Negative, at Congregation Bnai Moshe, Dex-
Abraham Fetter, Ernest Schwartz ter and Lawrence.
Emergency relief cases of refu-
and Ralph Raimi. Norman Lee-
GEO. R. ADDES
mon was critic of the day. The gee orphans will be taken up.
R: J. THOMAS
International Sec'y-Treas.
negative team won the audience Final arrangements will be made
International President
decision and Morris Green was for the benefit show to be given
elected best speaker of the pro- at Littman's Theater, Wednesday
night, April 30.
p am.

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