March 7, 1941
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle
14
H. R. Knickerbocker
To Speak March 19
At Temple Beth El
Cantor Sonenklar Elected
President of Detroit Can-
tors' Association
Dr. A. L. Sachar
To Address Pisgah
Lodge March 17
Jack Leader Leads Way to
Aid War Sufferers
Hadassah Will Have
Purim Oneg Shabbat
Jack Leader of the Leader
The Detroit chapter of Hadas-
Carpet Cleaning Co. is donating sah will celebrate Purim with an
At the annual meeting of the
24 sheet posting and newspaper Oneg Shabbat on Saturday after-
Detroit Cantors' Association held
Dr. Abram L. Sachar, national advertising to aid war relief or-
H. R. Knickerbocker, ace war Feb. 14, Cantor Jacob H. Sonen- director of Bnai Brith Hillel ganizations in securing funds for noon, March 15, at the Shaarey
Zedek Synagogue. The program
correspondent for the Internation- kla• of Congregation Shaarey Ze- Foundations, will address an open
will begin at 2:30 o'clock in the
al News Service, who has been dek was elected president. This meeting of Pisgah Lodge No.
social hall. Mrs. Walter Field,
in the thick of the fiercest fight-
34 of Bnai Brith on Monday
Oneg Shabbat chairman, an-
ing in the Nazi blitzkrieg on Hol-
night, March 17, at the Jewish
nounces the following program:
land, Belgium, France and Eng-
Community Center. This meeting
Rabbi Morris Adler, guest speak-
land, will give an eye-witness ac-
will officially close the city-wide
count of what he saw in Europe
er; singing of Purim songs by
Bnai Brith membership drive and
on Wednesday evening, March 19,
a group of children from the
the members of Louis Marshall
in the main auditorium of Temple
United Hebrew Schools, and a
Lodge No. 1203, Detroit Lodge
Beth El. This is another in the
brief talk on the timely import-
No. 1374 and Theodor Herzl
annual lecture series sponsored by
ance of the Jewish National Fund
Lodge No. 1377, will join with
the Temple Men's Club, and it is
by Mrs. Philip Lipson. Mrs.
Pisgah Lodge in welcoming the
open to the public.
George Finernan and her com-
guest speaker.
Mr. Knickerbocker, who spent
mittee are planning a social
Dr. Sachar has just completed
17 years in foreign correspond-
five months of intensive organ-
hour following the program, and
ence and covered three other wars
ization of the newly founded Bnai
all Hadassah members and friends
before he was assigned as a cor-
Brith Hillel Foundations at Brook-
will be welcomed by the hospi-
respondent to the British forces
lyn College, Brooklyn, N. Y.
tality committee, of which Mrs.
in Holland last spring, will talk
Under his guidance, Bnai Brith
A. Kasle is chairman.
on the subject "Should America
Hillel Foundations have grown,
The March meeting of Hadas-
Enter the War?" He was in Ethi-
until today 55 campuses have ac-
sah will be held in conjunction
opia when Haile Selassie's dusky
tive foundations.
with the Central States Regional
troops tried to hurl back Musso-
Dr. Sachar is one of the most
Conference which will convene
lini's legions, he covered the civil
popular speakers in the country.
in Detroit on March 30 and 31.
war in Spain and was in the
He has written several books
The miniature convention which
Far East during the early months
which include "The History of the
has become the annual March
of the Japanese invasion of China.
Jews" and "Sufferance is the
JACK LEADER
orogram of Detroit Hadassah will
Frequently referred to as the
Badge."
"Richard Harding Davis" among
the real sufferers of the war— be presented at that time.
Movies,
a
one-act
comedy
by
contemporary foreign correspond-
Mrs. Philip Lipson and Mrs.
Pisgah's Dramatic Guild and music the civilians, women, children, the
ents, Mr. Knickerbocker has lit-
David Seligson, chairmen of the
will round out the evening's pro- aged and the helpless.
CANTOR
J.
H.
SONENKLAR
erally roamed the world for news
In addition to contributing ad- Jewish National Fund for the
for the past decade on a roving is Cantor Sonenklar's sixth term gram.
Detroit Chapter of Hadassah, an-
The
city-wide
Bnai
Brith
mem-
commission for the International in that office and his election was bership drive officially comes to vertising space to this worthy nounce the following contribu-
News Service. In 1930 he won the by acclamation. Cantor Snyder a close on March 15. The com- cause, Mr. Leader is donating a tions:
Pulitzer Prize for foreign cor- was elected vice-president and mittee is engaged, under the week's gross income from his or-
woos: In memory of Abraham Ka-
respondence. He has twice been Cantor Shkolnick, secretary of the chairmanship of Aaron Droock, ganizations' rug cleaning to a dish, fattier of Mrs. Morris Adler by
war
relief
society.
Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Wetsman. In
named in Mott's "100 Best News association. Cantors Katzman, past president of District Grand
It is Mr. Leader's hope that memory of Ititehel Leah Buchhalter, bv
Stories" and is the holder of an Shulsinger, Singer, Mogill and Ro- Lodge No. 6 of Bnai Brith, in a
Joseph Wetsman, Mr. and Mrs. .
award from the Atlantic City senfeld were elected to the board last week of concentrated effort, his efforts will result in many or- Mrs.
se Saulson, the St einbergs of New
ganizations following his leader- Mot
Headlines Club.
York,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Davidson,
of directors.
with a special meeting for work-
in securing funds for the un- Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Frank. Mr. and
This distinguished journalist
The Cantors' Association pledg- ers on Sunday, at 10:30 a. m., at ship
was in Europe when the war ed itself to cooperate in all im- Pereira's, 9925 Dexter. Men of fortunate people who are being Mrs. David S. Diamond, 110:41' Diamond.
and Lillian Gordon. In honor of the
broke out in the fall of 1939. He portant communal affairs and to the community, who have not bombed daily.
11 wedding anniversary of I ■ Ir. and
It is everyone's duty to do as tit
covered it throughout the dra- render service wherever possible been approached during the drive
Mrs. Herman A. August, by Mrs. It. J.
much
as
possible
to
relieve
the
matic early months and then re- so that Jewish gatherings and can join by calling Cadillac 4053.
Rosenfield. In memory of Ilarry Wine,
starvation and incredible hard- by the Steinberg's of New York .
turned to the United States in meetings shall be enhanced by the
memory of Nathan GroSsman ol riN . N In
ship
that
the
people
of
England,
December fo ra lecture tour. He rendition of traditional and mod-
1111.1 Mrs. Kollinan Shapiro, ' Mill. . 11iir.
r.
Poland and Greece are having to amt
sailed back to Europe in the ern melodies, It is also planned
I. Nalra Silas Feinberg: In memory
endure.
spring, however, and was in to establish a small fund through
litutter. by Mr
Mr. Leader states that the more and '11.1-1 ::: 1 ki::.'.thhanHue,; ere,M. 11ilir.omaind
France when the great Nazi of- a concert sponsored by the Can-
rugs that are sent to his estab- Mrs. Frank Wetstnan, Mrs
fensive began on the Western tors' Association, proceeds to be
Horwitz, Mr. and Mrs. Harry II.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Immer- lishment for cleaning during the JOSII
Front. He was immediately as- used to assist refugee cantors in
iSolornon ; Study Group of the II. & I . ..
week
of
March
3
to
10,
the
larger
man
and
family
are
now
domiciled
signed to the British army as a this country as well as to aid
knernory of Ha( bet Leah Buell-
correspondent and was with the American cantors who are in need. in their new home at 1103 Burns the contribution will be to the alter; In honor of Myra Sarah Dorf -
1
an•a
first birthday, by Mrs
Mrs. A nn e
Drive,
Essexville.
of
humanity.
Cause
British soldiers in Holland, Bel-
;-
The Detroit Chapter of Hadas- Seegman. In memory of Harry
gium and the disastrous battle of
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Kahn
Ail" Morro Enna. in memory
:
,':'
1
.
r
l
a
"i„1
sah
will
introduce
a
new
course
;:
are
spending
this
week
in
Mt.
Flanders.
Mrs. Naomi
in child psychology to be added IttivhltalPY•r
ni t' ■ Itrry
.
ornf e.
After the capitulation of the
•
harry
in
ar
Clemens, Mich.
Cantor, by Sadye .
to
the
list
of
activities
already
French, he flew to England and
Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Voight
II;on
or
or
Drivld
Tbirlinittn.. 'son
Mt'
l:
Rabbi Eric Friedland conducted returned from Detroit, after visit- oven for all members.
continued his reporting of the
riii,Atri
. i i, ime
s l . Milton Itarkman. East Tawas,
war from English soil. Long be- the Sabbath services Feb. 28 and ing their children, Mr. and Mrs.
The first meeting of the child
I
mory of Rachel Leah IMO'.
fore Munich the Nazis put a price spoke on the Torah portion of Morris Leppell, who were recent- psychology course was held Mon- halter. .3, Annie Iluehhalter, Naomi
MatWee Finn,. In honor of re-
on Mr. Knickerbocker's head. Hit- the week. His sermon topic was ly married.
day, at the Jewish Community ( Hoch.
1 .0,‘
1 , •ory
., of Augusta Brodsky, by R. & P.
ler hated him because so often "Life is an Altar." Miss Edith
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Harrison Center. Mrs. Foster of the Uni- a w i it,aln,z o by
ai, ory i f: f , IS.1 rs 4,I
. DaVid Zak%
Mr. Knickerbocker had written Zlotnick rendered the choral re- spent the past week-end with versity of Wayne conducted
u.s
dispatches warning of his plans sponses. A social hour followed. their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos- the c ass. There will be no It. Lipson. III memory Cr li,(' '''lart'''nont:1
l l%est
WeNt011. la memory or
charge to the membership. Mrs. in- Ethel I'. It. Margolis,
for world domination.
eph Scharff of Canton, 0.
The
March
meeting
of
the
Sis-
Margolis,by NHOIlli 14111 . 11-
Mr. Knickerbocker first went to
Mrs. George Kahn and Mrs. Harold Ehrlich and Mrs. Royal i:Ifitaitt la11:,11.
1 i iiil a , irs , 70 7r o(t)ir S t udy (;rout ,
Europe in 1923. Though he had terhood of the Temple Beth Jacob A. B. Roman were joint hostesses Maas are chairmen of the project.
It.
8,
the
be held on Tuesday, March
worked on several New York news- will
on Friday at a dessert bridge,
The dramatic class headed by of Cliamisho I isor b'Slivat, by "( .a.t8ni rt-'
4,
with
Mrs.
Abe
Lapides
presid-
papers, he had decided to give
(''' ,, :th
it. ,l lii
& I'. memory of Mrs.
at the home of the latter, for Mrs. John Frazer meets every "' • m '''''
tra 1 "g
I i 0::,,,
up newspaper work and study ing. The program committee has the benefit of Hadassah.
Monday, 2 to 4 p. m., at the Friedland
mi,.h..
of I iii1,111
i 3 I s h 1.' it
r leit,i, 1 -
succeeded
in
obtaining
Mrs.
Ar-
medicine. Hitler's abortive "Beer
Mrs. Jerome D. Folkman, of Jewish Community Center. This
or rontiao,..
House Putsch" in November of thur Selden to review a current Grand Rapids, Mich., president of Monday there will be casting for
Maurice Landau. In memory of
b ra
II:tullsh. by Mr. and Mrs.
that year ended his studies at the book.
the Michigan State Federation of plays for the program to be 1‘ , 1‘118r,
arry I,. Jackson. In memory of Harry
University of Munich and plunged
Temple
Sisterhoods,
will
be
the
given
at
the
miniature
conven-
wni,•,
and
'Airs. Jambs. by Mr. and
The business meeting of the
him back again into journalism.
speaker at a luncheon of the Tem- tion on March 31.
Mrs. Maurice Landau. In memory or
Pontiac
Bnai
Brith
Lodge
No.
850,
From Munich, Knickerbocker
!WOW] I.Ntll liWil halter, by Ittr. and
ple Sisterhood on March 17, at
Mrs. Nathan Bronstein. Mr. and Mrs.
went to Berlin as official repre- was held Feb. 26. Edward Cohen, the Wenonah Hotel.
traveling
secretary
of
the
Dis-
1Villiam Gersh•nson. Mr. and
Mrs.
sentative of the Philadelphia Pub-
Irving
B.
Anthony,
son
of
Mr.
Harry I,. Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Maur-
lic Ledger and the New York Eve- trict Grand Lodge, addressed the and Mrs. H. F. Anthony, received Vyvyan Donner in "Drama- ice Landau.
ning Post. Two years later he group. About 40 members were his B. S. degree from the Uni-
tizing Fashions", Elsie
went to Moscow for the Interna- present,
versity of Michigan, having corn-
Mae Gordon in "Behind "Mannerheim Line" With
tional News Service, where he
. y pleted his course in electrical en-
b
wrote among other brilliant ar-
the Broadcasts" at Cass Narrations in English at
gineering,
ticles, the series on "The Red
Jack Cole at Jewish
Town Hall
Cinema Theater
Trade Menace," which won for
To celebrate their 30th wed-
Center Sunday
him the Pulitzer Prize for the
ding anniversary, Mr. and Mrs.
Detroit Town Hall, at the Cass
best foreign correspondence of
"The Mannerheim Line," now
Jack Cole, currently appearing I. Voight were entertained at Theater, will close its 12th sea-
1930. Then came Spain, Ethiopia,
dinner at the Wenonah Hotel on son Friday morning, March 14, at the Cinema Theater, is a first-
at
the
Bark
Casino
and
recog-
Vienna, China, Jerusalem, Prague, nized as the foremost exponent of Sunday.
at 11 o'clock, presenting in a hand account of naval and mili-
South America, and finally Paris oriental and exotic dance in the
double program two American wo- tary operations of the Russo-Fin-
and London once more.
Mrs. Nate Seitner will be the men, Vyvyan Donner, motion pic- nish War. This is the most un-
country,
will
appear
at
the
Jewish
Hubert Renfro Knickerbocker
Center, Woodward at hostess at the Temple Sisterhood ture director and producer for usual document ever produced. It
was born at Poakum, Tex., the Community
Holbrook,
in
a lecture-demonstra- meeting on March 10, at her the past 10 years of the famous is the first and only complete film-
son of a Methodist minister. He tion on "Dance
the Orient" on home, followed by a dessert bridge and popular Fox Movietone Fash- ing of an entire military cam-
was educated at Southern Metho- Sunday, March of
to raise funds for Braille, a pro- ion Newsreels, and Elsie Mae paign. Filmed under extreme hard-
9,
at 3 o'clock.
dist University and at the Colum-
ject sponsored by the National Gordon, radio's most versatile act- ships with a temperature oiler as
Mr.
Cole's
work
includes
Cuban
bia University School of Journal- primitive, Hindu, Javanese, Bale- Federation of Temple Sisterhoods. ress and creator of radio roles, low as 40 below zero, it shows in
ism. His first newspaper job was nese, Indo-Chinese, and other of
revealing secrets of the studios. complete detail the story of a
on the staff of the Newark Morn- our civilizations' most primitive
Mrs, Jennie Robinson, 74, resi-
Miss Donner is now releasing vast mechanized attack in arctic
ing Ledger. His next job was with dances. His work is unique in dent here over half a century, her weekly pictures of Fashion weather.
the New York Sun and he was that he performs these most an- died Friday at her home, 801 N. News in Technicolor and is the
orking for the New York Post cient primitive forms to the ac- Henry St., after an illness of Winner of the 1939 award The
GIFTS TO CHILDREN'S
when he decided to go to Europe companiment of swing music. His six months. Mrs. Robinson was sets and entire productions of
BUREAU
to study psychiatry.
born in Russia, March 14, 1866, her features are designed and di-
costumes
are
authentic
having
Tickets for the Knickerbocker been copied directly from Mus- and came to Bay City 55 years rected by Miss Donner. Her
The Jewish Children's Home
lecture may be purchased at Tern-
ago. Her husband, Isaac, died sev- unique talk is styled "Drama-
pieces.
ple Beth El, Congregation Bnai eum
acknowledges receipt of donations
eral years ago. Surviving are four tising Fashions."
There
will
be
no
admission
Moshe, Shaarey Zedek, Grinnell's charge and the public is invited.
sons, Louis and Sam, of Bay
Elsie Mae Gordon's talk "Be- from the following: Storkland
or from any member of the Tem-
City; Harry of Detroit, and Rob- hind the Broadcasts" introduces Incorporated; Mr. and Mrs. Jack
ple's Men's Club.
ert Robinson, of Indianapolis, Ind.; the real person of your favorite Booze, in memory of Samuel
EQUALITY CLUB
The committee in charge in-
and a sister, Mrs. M. Robinson, radio character "face to face" Leow; Mrs. Frances S. Cohn and
cludes Benjamin Wilk, Murray
of Cay City. Another son, Frank, giving a peep behind the curtains Buddy Cohn, in honor of the
Equality
Club
will
meet
Wed-
Sutkin and Norman R. Thal.
nesday evening, March 12, at the died only a few days ago as a to the realm of the radio. Miss Bar Mitzvah of Edgar Simons;
Gordon was one of America's Mr. and Mrs. Harry I. Buher-
home of Clara Breitman. Final result of an auto accident.
grandest entertainers before she stein.
plans will be made for a card
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Hias Convention Called to party to be given April 6, at the Moritz Mezerik, 79, 2309 N. was adopted by the radio and
Buren St., died at the Brown few people on the American stage JUNIOR CONGREGATION OF
Plan Refugee Rescue Work Maccabees Auditorium. Proceeds Van
Convalescent Home early Friday have such a gift of characteriza-
SHAAREY ZEDEK
will go for Mo'os Chitim.
morning following a lingering ill- tion.
At
the
last
meeting
a
report
NEW YORK. — Plans for ac-
ness. Born in Russia, he came to
The Sabbath Service of the
celerating the "Rescue Through was given that 35 tons of coal the United States at an early age
Junior Congregation of Shaarey
Emigration" activities in the Uni- were given to poor families.
Equality Club congratulates to make his home in Bay City. HOME RELIEF SOCIETY Zedek will be held Sabbath
ted States and abroad will be
He is survived by two daughters,
morning, March 8, at 9:30, in
submitted and decided upon at Jennie Jeffe and Rose Tanner, on Mrs. Jacob Berner, of Bay City,
A board meeting of the Home the Kate Frank Memorial Build-
the
birth
of
their
first
born
grand-
the 1941 convention of the Hebrew
and Mrs. H. J. Druckman, of De- Relief Society will be held on ing. Lorraine Turken will re-
Sheltering and Immigrant Aid So- daughter.
troit; and two sons, Robert, of Friday, March 14, at 12:30 p. m., view the portion of the week,
The
next
meeting
will
be
at
ciety which has been summoned
Detroit, and Abraham, of New at the home of Mrs. Peter Miller, while Leah Crohn will summar-
the
home
of
Minnie
Bloom
on
for Sunday, March 16, at the
2085 Atkinson Ave.
York City.
ize the prophetical selection.
March
26.
Hotel Astor, New York City.
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