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Detroit Jewish Chronicle

and The Legal Chronicle

VOL. 44, No. 41.

Jewish Welfare Leaders Discuss
War Chests at Cleveland Conclave

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1942

Many Community Problems Considered at
Meetings Held at Carter Hotel Oct. 10-1 I

JWV Re-Elects
Benjamin Kaufman
National Leader

Detroit Delegation
Attends Convention

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Metropolitan War Chest Campaign
Begins Oct. 26; Goal Is $5,800,000

The 47th National Encamp-
Jewish Workers Will Participate in This
ment of the Jewish War Veterans
of the United States held recently
Greatest Fund-Raising Drive in Local History
CLEVELAND. (WNS) —Jew-
was secondary in importanc• to
ish social welfare agencies must the aims and validity of the in Scranton, Penn. unanimously
re-elected the National Command-
Plans for the War Chest of Metropolitan Detroit
intensify their collaboration, lo- causes and programs financed.
er, Benjamin Kaufman of Tren- are moving forward rapidly. The campaign will be con-
He pointed out that such or- ton, New Jersey. The fifth region,
cally and nationally, with gov-
ernmental and voluntary activi. ganizations as War Chests and of which Michigan is a compon- ducted from Oct. 26 to Nov. 12, with a goal of $5,800,000.
the United Jewish Appeal were
The Allied Jewish Campaign and its constituent
ties to meet effectively America's fund-raising devices and were of ent, elected Frank Baer of Col-
umbus, Ohio as Fifth Regional
mounting war needs,' Harris Perl- importance only in relation to the National Vice-Commander. Philip service is a major beneficiary, along with the 80 Com-
stein, president of the Jewish programs they sustained.
Cantor, Department of Michigan munity Fund agencies, the USO and major war appeals
Charities of Chicago, told the Perlstein Keynoter
Quartermaster, was elected to of the allied countries. The Jewish workers are partici-
eighth annual conference of the
Mr. Perlstein, the keynote the national executive committee
pating widely in this greatest campaign in Detroit's
East Central States Region of the
to serve for three years.
history.
See LEADERS—Pag e 16
Council of Jewish Federations and
Among the principal speakers
Welfare Funds.
The following is a list of the
of the convention was the mayor
workers taking part in the cam-
The two-day conference, held
on;
General
Somervell,
adassah Roll of of Scrant
paign:
at the Carter Hotel here, Oct.
U. S. Arm y; General Hines, the
10-11, was attended by more than
I Advance Gifts Unit
U. S. Veterans Bureau; Mr. Zeff,
130 Jewish welfare leaders and
(a) Majors: Israel Himelhoch
the author; and Honorable Judge
an equal number of guests from
Maxey, Supreme Court Justice
and Mrs. Henry Wineman.
19 communities in Ohio, Indiana,
of Pennsylvania. Rabbi Bush of
(b) Captains: Fred M. Butzel,
Michigan, western Pennsylvania
Scranton conducted the memorial
Dr. Arieh Tartakower
Israel
Sieff
of
London
Abraham
Cooper, Clarence H.
and western Ontario. With the
services, and his subject was,
To Be Principal Speaker Enggass and Henry Wineman;
exception of the Saturday night
To Be Guest Speaker
''In Times of War Prepare for
Mrs. Isaac Gilbert, Mrs. Samuel
session, which was open to the
Detroit Chapter of Hadassah Peace."
The banquet sponsored by the R. Glogower and Mrs. Abraham
public, the conference consisted
Detroiters Attend
Srere.
of a series of working sessions will celebrate the consummation
American Federation for Polish
(c) Team Members: Sidney L.
There were approximately
with attendance limited to dele- of the 15th annual Roll of Honor
eleven hundred delegates at the Jews will take place this Satur- Alexander, Sidney J. Allen, Mrs.
gates officially designated by their
convention, including some of the
Sidney J. Allen, Eugene J. Arn-
respective communities.
following from Michigan: Quar-
feld, Maurice Aronsson, Morton
The delegates devoted consid-
termaster Philip Cantos.; Adjutant
F. Ashner, Julius Berman, David
erable attention to the question
Harty Sherman; Ben Cowan, Dr.
Block, Irving W. Blumberg, Louis
of 1943 financing of Jewish so.
Robert Rosen, Leon Ginsburg,
C. Blumberg, Morris H. Blum-
cial work programs, with the dis-
Morris Singer, Henry Wartarsky,
berg, A. J. Blumenau, Hyman C.
cussion centering about the re-
Harry Carson, Samuel Sinkoff,
Broder, Mrs. Hyman C. Broder,
cent spread of the was chest
Max Weiss, Jack Tarnoff, Mrs.
Mrs. Douglas I. Brown, Miss Em-
movement. More than 300 wa:
Mary Wallace, Mrs. Mae Gins-
ma Butzel, Harry Cohen, Henry
chests have been organized 1,,
burg., Rose Cowan, Louba Lupil-
Cohen, Herman Cohen, Irwin I.
date throughout Inc country and
mr, Lillian Feldman, and Mrs.
Cohn, Mrs. Abraham Cooper, Mrs.
many organized Jewish commu-
Jack Tarnoff.
David S. Diamond, Mrs. Joseph
nities are confronted with tde
H. Ehrlich, Ben B. Fenton and
On
Sunday,
October
17,
the
problem of joining the local war
Barney Smith, Rabbi Leon Fram,
Department of Michigan Jewish,
chests or continuing independent
Harry Frank, Mrs. .H. -J. L.
War Veterans, in co-operation
fund-raisin g campaigns.
Frank, Mrs. Max Frank, Samuel
with the Detroit Jewish Commun-
The agreements effected by the
ity Center, will pay homage with
Frank, Mrs. Seymour J. Frank,
Jewish welfare funds of Cincin-
Dr. Leo M. Franklin, William
many other veteran, civic, and
nati, Detroit and Flint. Mich., iii
Friedman, Harvey H. Goldman,
See KAUFMAN—Page 16
joining the local was chests were
Nathaniel Goldstick, Harry S.
analyzed and discussed for the
Grant, Ben Grosberg, Mrs. Chas.
clarification of local communities.
Hamburger, Mrs. John A. Heav-
Cincinati and Detroit entered the
enrich, Mrs. John C. Hopp, Ben-
war chests under "lump sum"
jamin E. Jaffe, Fred H. Klein,
agreements and will have com-
Max J. Kogan, Mrs. A. Max
plete autonomy in budgeting for
Kohn, Julian H. K•olik, 'Mrs.
ISRAEL SIEFF
their beneficiary agencies. Spe-
Walter Laib, Mrs. Herman Lewis,
cial provision will be made in
Sr., Harry B. Lichterman, Philip
these communities for local and Campaign at the Art Institute
Lipson, Henry Meyers, Mrs. H.
national civic-protective agencies Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 2:15 p.
Meyers, Gus D. Newman, Mrs.
which were not included in the An innovation in this year's cam-
Robert J. Newman, Max Osnos,
war chest.
Mrs. J. H. Polozker, Meyer L.
paign will be the invitation of
RABBI JOSHUA S. SPERKA
Prentis, Mrs. Meyer L. Prentis,
Isidore Sobeloff, executive di- all regular -aid-up members as
rector of the Jewish Welfare Fed-
P. M. in Lachar's Hall, 8939 Herbert D. Robinson, Louis Rob-
well as subscribers to the Roll
inson, Setta Robinson, Meyer
eration of Detroit, stressed that
"Jews In Post-War
day evening, Oct. 17, at 10:00 Rosenbaum,
Samuel
Rubiner,
while fund-raising was important of Honor to this affair.
in Jewish community planning, it
World
to
Be
Subject
See HADASSAH—Page 16
See POLISH—Page 16

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Polish Federation
Banquet to Be
Held October 17

Honor Meeting at
Art Institute

Rabbi M. Adler
Speaker at Forum
of Young Israel

See CHEST—Page 13

Know Mud Brill,

The second in a series of 15
open forums of current Jewish
problems, sponsored by the Edu-

Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of articles summarizing
the place of Bnai Brith in Jewish life, as a prelude to the
85th anniversary of Pisgah Lodge No. 34, Bnai Brith, to be
celebrated Nov. 22.

On Oct. 13, Bnai Brith began in the preamble of Bnai Brith's
its hundredth year, which will be first constitution.
climaxed by the centennial in
When the Bnai Brith was born
1943. In honor of the 85th anni-
versar y
of Pisgah Lodge which in 1843, the American Jewish
will be celebrated on Nov. 22, a community consisted of some
portion of the History - of Bnai 25,000 men, women and children,
Brith by Bernard Postal, national liage numbers of whom were re-
publicity director of Bnai Brith, cent immigrants. Organized Jew-
which will be published in a book, ish life centered around the syna-
"This Is Bnai Brth," is being g L giu pt e iesi. , ]NeA v
i l t ) s t erfic ( . ) ils.n a Jewry
r . y had
released at this time.
❑ ") philanthropic agencies de-
. One hundred years ago,
de-
hheral-minded immigrant Jews 19
-ii-i tached from the synagogue. Nei:
New York City, recognizing the Cher was there any provision for
need for
orientating the immigrants into
some effective medium the American scene.
for b r i ngi ng
together on the same
Such were the ideals that ani-
platform and under a single ban-
no' all Jews in the United States, mated Henry Jones when he gath-
regardless of religious opinion, ere(' around him 11 like-minded
geographical origin or economic men and on Oct. 13, 1943, estab-
status, created the Bnai Brickfished the Bnai Brith with the
(which is the Ilebrew for "Sons mission of "uniting Israelites in
RABBI MORRIS ADLER
1: .f
1 the Covenant") as American the work of promoting their hign-
est
interests
and
those
of
hu-
cational
Committee of Young Is-
"IvrY's first unifying and cul-
tural agencY.
Eitel of Detroit, will be held Wed-
Settin g
With a handful of lodges clus- nesday, Oct. 21, 9 o'clock, at Ye-
no bounds on the flexi-
bility of its program, Bnai Brith's tered along the Atlantic seaboard, shivath- Beth Yehudah, Dexter
founders laid clown a pattern of these pioneers r launched Bnai and Cortland. The speaker of the
se
Brith
Brith on its ca
service which enables t
by adapting evening will be Rabbi Morris Ad-
the organ f Jewish needs, the mutual aid ler of Congregation Shaarey Ze-
1 _11,1h . to wB
_,mi
approach
its
centennial
, wn a policy guided not only benefits, regalia and secrecy of dek, who will lead the discussion
n3'
the
ecessities
of the times. These the early 19th century friendly on the sub iect "Jews in the Post-
:entu r y broad aims enunciated a societies . and fraternal orders, War World." Subsequent sym-
ago
but framed by the adjuncts which were discarded posia will take place on alter-
,
d ims
never altered, were stated
See BNAI BRITH—Page 12
See ADLER—Pag e 12

Jewish Theater Guild to

Continue Its Activities

"We continue unabated our opening of the Guild
this season,
plans for spreading the idea of the primary difficulty being the
a Jewish communal theater for engaging of the actors required
Detroit, for increasing the mem- by the Guild at a time when
bership in the Guild, and for they have already made contracts
founding what will be one of the with other theaters for this sea-
finest Jewish theaters in Amer- son. The committee has, however,
ica," declared Aaron Rosenberg, insured their engagement for the
chairman of the executive com- season of 1943, when the Guild
mittee of the Jewish Theater Theater will begin to function.
Guild of Detroit, who presided
at a large meeting of the mem- Writers Impressed
delegation
emphasized
the
bets and friends of the Guild fact The
that
prominent
New York
that took place Sept. 30 at w the riters and w so deep-
lea ders thee re
Workmen's Circle Educational l
y impressed with
C eihe
n,ter.
conception
of the Guild's communal theater
meeting was called to re- and its high standards that their
ccive
report
from
the commit- faith in the future of the Yiddish
tee that a was
sent
to New
York
by stage in this country was re-
tve
Guild
to
renew
negotiations
15
it h the Hebrew Actors Union. newed and that they foresaw the
The
of creative
possibilities
members of the delegation: revival
for Jewish
theatrical
talent in
Max Holtzman, vice chairman of America, stimulated by the ideas
the executive board; Benjamin M. promulgated by the Jewish Then-
Laikin, chairman of the budget ter
Guild of Detroit and by the
committee, and Mark Yuviller, influx of leading actors, directors
executive director of the Guild, and musicians from European
returned with a gratifying re- countries.
port. The Hebrew Actors Union,
Mr.
Laikin
reported
which had previously failed to were
going
forward
for that plans
come to terms with the Guild,
bringing
Sygmund Turkov
Braz
Brazil
finally recognized the important to Detroit, to act as from
the arti
stic
principles embodied in the concep- director of the Guild's theater
tion.of the Jewish Theater Guild and its dramatic school.
of Detroit and accepted all the
Mr. Tur-
basic terms which the Guild has kov's wide experience in directing
consistently refused to waive the first Jewish Theater Guilds
in Detroit
Poland
will
ble
to
be
inavlua
an ex-
However, because the prolonged . the
Guild.
He
has
negotiations have extended into tensive repertoire, which
the current theatrical season,
he has
technical difficulties prevent the

See GUILD—Page 16