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Frank A. Barcus
Sobeloff Greets
Hebrew Schools Designer of This
Issue's Illustration
By ISIDORE SOBELOFF

Director, Jewish Welfare Fed.

November 21, 1941

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Checesicla

Annual Mizrachi
Ann
Hillel to Present
Location of Hebrew
'Banquet on Dec. 7
Schools' Branches Forum with Campus
Religious Groups Irving Schlussel, chairman -of
Philadelphia - Byron, 1245 W.

the 30th jubilee banquet coin-

Philadelphia Ave., at Byron.

The University of Michigan mittee of Detroit Mizrachi, an-
Prepared Drawing for Education
David W. Simons, 4000 Tux- Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation, in nounces that plans have bee:•
Month Theme, Appearing
edo, at Holmur.
conjunction with the Interguild completed for the banquet to be
The task of operating the He-
on the First Page
15705 Parkside Ave., at Mid-

brew Schools as they are in be-
Council (Protestant) and the held Sunday, Dec. 7, at Fort
Newman Club (Catholic), will W
half of the children already en Frank Aaron Barcus, Detroit land.
17750 Brush St., at Minnesota. present a series of three lectures
rolled is so great that it is doubly
v ii , IR IYanbebi hi l‘o litle x l. Kirschbaum Of New
gratifying to find the friends of Jewish designer, who is well
Central High School, Tuxedo entitled "The Failure of Skt: pt.l
ork will be the guest speaker,
our United Hebrew Schools, pro- known in art circles, drew the and LaSalle.
cism".
He is a graduate of the Rabbi
Brady
Public
School,
Joy
Rd.
fessional and lay, extending them- illustration with the Education
The first speaker, on Nov. 26, Isaac Elcanan Theological Col-
will be Dr. Morris Raphael Co- ege an d member of the ad
selves beyond these day-to-day Month theme appearing on the and Lawton.
School,
Winterhalter Public
hen, professor of philosophy at ish
duties and reaching out to in- first page of this issue.
sati ve c a ommittees of the Jew-
the University of Chicago. He will ish National Fund, the Keren
form the community at large of
Barcus chose his theme while Broadstreet and Fullerton.
Bagley
Public
School,
Curtis
be
the
Hillel
Foundation's
con-
the broader meaning of the school being
conducted through the vari-
so1, the United Palestime
be
tribution to the series. Dr. Cohen Appeal, and executive secretary
program.
ous class rooms of the Lawton and Roselawn.
has been a professor at Chicago
With a change in the composi- School by Bernard Isaacs, super-
the Mizrachi Organization of
since 1938. Previously, he was a of _, .
tion of our Jewish population, intendant of the United Hebrew
professor at City College of New America.
due to the growing distance from Schools. He was so impressed by
Cantor Jacob Sonenklar of Con_
York, a position which he held
the European past, the decline in
novel method of teaching the Honor Brandeis
gregation Shaarey Zedek will
for 35 years .
immigration and other factors in children the line correct points
e
e
Memory at Servic
M
athic representative, on head the musical program which
American life which affect the o f the Hebrew language that he
The Col
5, will be the Rev. Martin will include Miss Helen S1
at Temple Israel Dec.
attitudes of both our parents and decided to make that idea his
Cyril D'Arcy, S. J. Father D'Arcy Detroit accordianist, Miss Flom
our children, the community's re- focal point. He noticed that every
"Louis D. Brandeis—Champion was born in Ireland, educated at Beckman, well known pianist, and
sponsibility to insure a progres- child took turns in officiating or
sive system of education, geared playing as a sort of vox pop of the Little Man," will be the Oxford and Gregoria University Miss Miriam Bernstein, yours;;
who has
to the habits as well as to the leader for the class, asking ques- subject of the Memorial Address in Rome. He is now a priest and dramatic elocutionist,
t i it a hbli e leracrc ella u ilti t t io i n n
needs of the new generation, be- bons in Hebrew and receiving his to be delivered by Rabbi Leon Jesuit lecturer in Thomstic phil- i i e c e i n vteti l nototn hssidle v
c
answers in practi al speaking Fram at the Sabbath Eve Serv- osophy at Oxford.
comes increasingly important.
The third speaker, on Jan. 18,
while and
the made
teacher
The committee
assisting iiN(k-
e
H brew,
Jewish Education Month is an with
the class
sure sat
ices of Temple Israel in the Mac-
cabees Auditorium, Woodward at will be Dr. Gregory Vlastos, pro- Schlussell include Meyer Be 1l'
appropriate occasion for stressing
the entire community's concern that there were no mistakes in Putnam, in memory of the great fessor of philosophy at Queen's man, president of Detroit Miz-
Ontario, who litchi Isidore
Sosnick and Daniel
• Is
with this problem and this pro- grammar or diction.
American jurist and Zionist Unversity, Kingston,
'
will represent the Interguild Temchm,
vice presidents, Si!
The class room walls and black- leader who died recently.
gram, upon which our nature and
Council.
Iumherg, executive secretary;
out vitality to the great measure boards were covered with Hebrew
In order to strengthen the Con-
'11 be held Choutz, David Edelman, Sid
iee lectures
letters, written and printed. The gregational singing at the serv-
depend.
children are taught to read and ices of Temple Israel a group of at the Rackham Auditorium in i Isaac Rosenthal, Louis Dann, Sol
Ann Arbor at 8:15 p. in. The Edelman, Lazar Levin and Aaron
write legible Hebrew.
men and women will meet in the
Neugarten Club's
ili chin.
Barcus has taken this class Maccabees Auditorium at 8 public is invited to this series of —..
Reservations may be obtained
procedure as his theme for o'clock, one-half hour before the lectures.
Luncheon on Dec. 3 room
his forceful modern design. In service begins, for a singing ses- by calling Sol Lumberg, Ran-
Invitations have been mailed the limitations of pen and ink sion. Miss Miriam Sauls, accom- Mrs. Abraham Danzig Will dolph 333G.
for the victory rally to celebrate he has a message for all Jewish panied by Karl Haas, will train
Address Exchange Club
o t h e
successful efforts of the luncheon parents with an instant appeal. the group in the singing of
Church, Elm and W. Jefferson
of River Rouge
The doctrine "And ye shall Hebrew responses and of Jewish
committee of the Neugarten Sun-
Ave.
teach your children" is from the hymns in English.
Mrs. Danzig has chosen as the
Mrs. Abraham Danzig will ad-
shine
Club.
Mrs.
Martin Krauss, chairman daily morning prayers. In sending
A social hour under the aus- dress the Exchange Club of River theme of her address "The Jew
of the 1941 luncheon, has planned his children or contributing to pices of the Temple Sisterhood Rouge, Tuesday noon, Nov. 25, and His Contribution to Ameri-
an afternoon of mah jong and the support of the Hebrew Schools will follow the services.
at a luncheon in the M. E. can Life".
bridge to be held at the Book the Jew will remember that he
A youth symposium will follow
Cadillac Hotel on Monday, Nov. is promoting the holy and the the social hour.
24, at 1:30 p. in., in the English time-honored cause of religious
Rabbi Fram's class in current
DETROIT BREWING CO. EST. !BOB
Room. and ewish education with all its events will be held next Wed-
Admission to the rally will historic traditions and hopes and nesday night at 8:30 at the
all its significance for character Roosevelt School, 11526 Linwood.
serve as the paid pledge.
Tickets for the annual lunch- and conduct.
Rabbi Fram will lecture on "Shall
Below this effective heading the Jews of Palestine Organize
eon, which is to take place on
Dec. 3, wit be distributed at this Barcus has placed the same a Jewish Army?"
time and all guests wshing to be phrase in its original Hebrew the
The Men's Club of Temple Is-
mentioned in the honor roll of first letter of which is the object rael was organized at a special
the Year Book are requested to of attention through the pointed meeting held last Monday night
bring their filled banks or paid- in the hands of the pupil.
in the Detroit Institute of Arts.
up pledges and receive their
In the background are the He- The group plans to sponsor spe-
brew letters of the first two cial activities in the Religious
tickets.
Mrs. Morton L. Snyder, presi- words of each of the Ten Com- School of Temple Israel and to
.
dent, conducted the meeting at mandments.
sponsor sociability among the
Community Center on Nov. 17.
Barcus is one of the most ac- members of the congregation and
tive individuals in the creative to engage in social service in
arts as architect, engineer, city behalf of the community.
Woman's Auxiliary
planning assistantand commer-
of Hebrew Schools cial artist. He received his archi-
tectural and art training in the
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Chicago Art Institute and the
United Hebrew Schools has a two- Beaux Arts Institute of. Design
fold purpose to raise funds for in New York. For many years
the maintenance of the bus sys- he was an architectural designer
tem of the schools, and to bring for Albert Kahn.
before the womanhood of Detroit
At the beginning of Russia's
the need and urgency of Jewish v a s t industrial reconstruction
program known as the Five Year
education.
The cultural purpose is at Plan, Albert Kahn sent Barcus
tained through the monthly meet- to Moscow as designing and su-
ings to which the entire member- pervising architect. He was occa-
ship is invited, and at which the
_.
• yonally
arrested for making
subject of Jewish education in sktches of such innocent subjects
its broadest terms is the main as monasteries converted into
military headquarters.
topic.
The fund-raising activities are
After one year in Kitai Gorod,
achieved through the member- the heart of Moscow, during which
ship dues and through the an- period Barcus lost more than 40
nual $5 luncheon project.
pounds in weight because of bad
The chairman of the 10th do- and primitive living and work-
nor luncheon is Mrs. Herman ing conditions, he started on his
SHE'S NEW! And
Wetsman. The luncheon will take long treck through the Continent fine medicine! ...
place on Jan. 28.
spending another year in travel-
Mrs. Ben Gould is chairman of ing through Germany, Hollond, For a new thrill
the membership committee; Mrs. Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Austria,
something new
Jack Tobin, chairman program Switzerland, Italy, France and
has been added to
committee; Mrs. Robert Loewen- England.
Old Golds, too!
berg, chairman, social committee.
Barcus is the author of a de-
The officers are: Mrs. Charles
book about the new and
Robinson, president; Mrs. Jack lightful
Tobin, Mrs. Bert Smokier, Mrs. old in Detroit's public artistry,
illustrated with 80 pen and ink
'17.7.7.77n7.777-2—"'"
Herman Wetsman, vice presi- drawings—"All
Around DetroitZ.
dents; Mrs. Meyer Katz, financial
It
is
on
the
shelves
of
all
the
secretary; Mrs. Julius Berman, public libraries and is on the ap-
corresponding secretary; Mrs. proved book list of the Board of
Louis Seiton, assistant secretary; Education. Mayor Edward J.
Mrs. Anna Moss, Jo
Jeffries, Jr., of Detroit said: "I
Joseph
can think of no other publication
96it'S 1.0t0i4.101.
treasurer; Mrs. Moe S. Perlis, of
a-ta-
kind which approaches it
recording secretary; Mrs. Rich- for its
oun ccaL
interesting details and draw-
(Pron
a rare, very
ard A. Cott, auditor.
ings concerning Detroit. I shall
fee=d)
refer to it often."
flay or(ulFstern
Lectures Sunday and Tues- Barcus believes that the Hebrew
Me diterranean to-
day at Art Institute
letter is one of the most fascinat-
'New Olcl Golds
ing elements of design for the
creates an
ded in
"Your Vacation in Mexico", Jewish artist. It is like music to
baccoN'W as " Latakia
completely illustrated with nat- the written language. Speaking of
unique blend—a distinc-
ural motion pictures, will be the Hebrew letters it is interesting
as a "seasoning,
flavor! And Ola
World Adventure Series public to note that Barcus is the design-
new,
lecture subject at 8:30 next Tues- er of all the carved inscriptions
ntirely
cigarette
e
day evening, Nov. 25, at the De- on the facades of the Shaarey
tie,
Gold
finer
has ample ecious
pr Latakia lea(
troit Institute of Arts. Anson Zedek and the Temple Beth El.
in America to assure this better tasting
Brown, author and explorer, will
Barcus plays the violin for
be the speaker.
smoke for years to comel
Next Sunday afternoon, Nov. relaxation and his wife (Esther
23, at 3:30, Howard Cleaves Goodman) accompanies him on
,k. tf lt
naturalist and explorer, will show the piano. Mrs. Barcus is an ac-
P. Lorillard Company, rounded
motion pictures of "Wild Animals complished singer. They have two
1760—blenders of fins tobaccos since N.
at Home" and take his audience daughters, Suzanne, six years
George Washington's day.
on a three-year, 50,000-mile ex- old, and Rachelle, two years old.
pedition all over North America. They live at 250G Blaine Ave.

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