DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle ROBERT LURIE PRINCIPAL SPEAKER AT DISGAH 85Ih ANNIVERSARY BANQUET Plans for an afternoon and evening celebration of Pisgah Lodge's 85th anniversary at the Stainer Hotel On Sunday, Nov. 22, have been completed, accord- ing to Ben F. Goldman, general chairman of this event. Robert Lurie, national dinictor of Bnai Brith's War Service Department, will be the principal speaker at the banquet. Mr. Lurie is a dynamic and powerful speaker and from reports of his talks elsewhere he has presented his message in a way that held his listeners captive. This will he Mi. Lurie's first appearance in Detroit and he has a message of unusual interest. From the beginning of the emergency, Bnai Brith has recog- nized the complete necessity to utilize its manpower for further- ance of the cause of democracy. When the bombs fell on Pearl Harbor, Bnai Brith, which had been operating in the defense field for many months, immedi- ately moved its machinery into high gear for an all-out war effort and created Bnai Brith War Service Department. This new department has attained the same national prominence as is occupied by other Bnai Brith activities under the direction of Mr. Lurie. Rabbi Folkman To Speak The day's festivities will com- mence with the exemplifications of the teachings of Bnai Brith by the degree team of Pisgah Lodge, which will initiate the new members who joined during the 85th anniversary membership drive. The principal address of the afternoon will be delivered by Rabbi Jerome D. Folkman, president of District Grand Lodge No. 6, Bnai Brith. The banquet in the evening will be addressed by Robert Lurie, as well as leading govern- mental and Bnai Brith digni- taries. The speakers' program will be interspersed with solos by prominent vocal artists. At the conclusion of the banquet pro- gram there will be dancing to Dave Diamond's orchestra. Drive Successful Pisgah Lodge, oldest and larg- est Jewish organization in De- troit, is now engaged in an ex- tensive membership drive in hon- o• of its 85th anniversary. Isador SALE—APARTMENT PROPERTY American Way of life as we know It—worth fight- ing for. Land of free opportunity. the Golden rewards again await ambitious—the alert. All Facts and from Mr. Bedford. $7,200 DOWN—Small cash begin- ning leads to fortune. Modern tan hk 19 units 3 to 4 rooms baths with showers vac steam new stoves carpet halls. Net after tax all ex- pense $6,000 or $2,200 surplus cash for yourself after % paymts. $14,000 DOWN-31 units bk stone steel marble fine cond. New baths new steam new stoker all like new. Entire prb e $32,000 worth double. Rent $11,000 nets $6,500. $15,000 DOWN-27 apts new re- frig new stoker. Important rental center. Nets $7,200. Cost $95,000 to build. Estate heirs demand their money. 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Members who are called into the armed forces will have their du 3s waived for the duration,which has been the policy of PIigah Lodge since Pearl Harbor and will also apply to members who join at this time. Rudolph M yyersohn, president of the lodge, urges members and Recently two Portuguese vessels readied Baltimore with 452 refugees from war-ridden Europe, bringing to a total of 7,3(10 the number of victims of Hitlerism evacuated since Pearl Harbor to the Western Hemisphere and Palestine, through the aid of the Joint Distribution Committee, with funds raised by the United Jewish Appeal. The J.D.C., which buys up space on Portugues e ships for refugee transportation, is continuing to arrange railings for refugees front Lisbon. The resources for this and other phases of its rescue program are provided through the nation-wide campaign of the United Jewish Appeal for Refugees, Overseas Needs and Palestine, in which the J.D.C. is represented together wits the United Palestine Appeal and National Refugee Service. ROBERT LURIE friends to make their reservations early for the banquet. As on past occasions, events of this charac- ter sponsored by the lodge have drawn capacity attendance. Res- ervations for the banquet and dance are now being taken by Harry Yudkoff, associate general chairman of the 85th anniversary committee, at Randolph 8009. Movie Night at Pisgah On Monday, Nov. 9 Monday night, Nov. 9, Pisgah Lodge No. 34, Bnai Brith, will present a night of movies in the main auditorium of the Jewish Community Center at 8:30. The latest war films and other films of interest to men will be shown, according to Max Blumenthal, chairman of the entertainment committee. This is another of Pisgah's 85th anniversary jubilee programs, and Rudolph Meyer- sohn, president of the lodge, states that the ticket of admis- sion on this night will be to bring a non-member to the meeting. Last Monday night a large number of applications to mem- bership in Pisgah Lodge in honor of its 85th anniversary were voted upon. Reports of all of the committees of the 85th anniver- sary program were heard. Fol- lowing the business meeting a scholarly address on "The Post- War Economic Problems" was eloquently presented by Jacob Margolis, publisher-editor of The Detroit Jewish Chronicle. On Nov. 16 Pisgah Lodge will hold its first open meeting of the season with a past-presidents' night. This meeting will be ad- dressed by Dr. Leo M. Franklin, rabbi-emeritus of Temple Beth El and honorary past president of Pisgah Lodge. A delightful musical program and other in- novations will round out the eve- ning's program. 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A group of nurses and doc- tors has already left this coun- try for Portugal to supervise the crossing and to take care of the refugee youngsters. Did you notice that during the debate on the teen-age draft Sen- ator Bilbo of Mississippi recalled that "the first conscript army in recorded history will be found in the Fourth Book of Moses," and pointed out that the lower age limit in that draft was 20. Professor Albert Einstein will deliver an important address over a national and international radio hook-up in the near future. There is one clipping in Ed Sullivan's scrap-book which the Irish columnist cherishes particu- larly . . . It is a story in a He- brew paper about his participa- tion in a Jewish benefit perform- ance. JEWISH NEWS Dr. Stephen S. Wise and Dr. Nahum Goldman are now in Mex- ico in the interests of the World Jewish Congress . . . Dr. Wise will also address some general meetings to be held in behalf of the American war effort. Too bad that Mrs. Wise was forced by illness to cancel her trip. Don't be surprised if Alfred A. Strelsin, chairman of the Ex- ecutive of the Committee for a Jewish Army, should be drafted for an important defense job. Meyer Grossman, who is now the news editor of The Day, has resigned from the Committee for a Jewish Army . . . He rendered this cause come very important services during his tenure of of- fice as vice-chairman of the Com- mittee.. Yehudith Simchonith, that charming labor leader from Tel Aviv, Palestine, is flying back to Eretz Israel after a year of de- voted service to the Pioneer Wo- men's Organization of America. . . . She says she belongs on the battlefront. . . . LITERARY SIDELIGHTS Did you know that Vladmir Jo- botinsky, the late Revisionist lead- er, whose book "The War and the Jew" is about to be published here, was the only foreigner in the British Army in the first We've lust learned that the mother of Anna H. Rosenberg. New York regional directorof the War Manpower Commission, is, a writer well-known for her juvenile fiction . .. Her name is Charlotte Lederer. Shalom Asch, the great novelist, has joined the sponsorship of the Jewish Army under the auspices of the Committee for a Jewish Army . .. If the wishes of Mrs. Rose Gershwin, mother of George Gershwin, are followed, the role of the late composer in the forth- coming biographical film about him will be played by Clifford Odets. who has written the scen- ario for the picture . . . Not that the prospect is too alarming, since Odets did. after all, start out as a Group Theatre actor. We hone your city will have the opportunity to see, this winter, the Yiddish play "Nations in Flames," in which dramatist Ossip Dymow presents a Zionist theme in his usual fascinating way . . . The play has its premiere at Newark a couple of weeks ago, and arrangements are being made to show it throughout the coun- try. THE ARTS To vour list of men in uniform odd the name of Elias Newman, the painter particularly known for his Palestine landscapes, and for his book on "Art in Palestine" . . . Who do you suppose was playing the clarinet in the Tos- canini-conducted National Broad- casting Company Symphony Or- chestra's presentation of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" last week? . . . Why, none other than our old friend Benny Good- man, also known as the king of swing. Luther Adler and his missus, Sylvia Sidney, are expected back on Boardway this season in a play which they will direct and appear in together. Thanksgiving Day will he a big day in Ted (High-lint) Lewis' life, for it will mark his thirty- fifth anniversary in show busi- ness . . . Producer Oscar ("Life with Father") Serlin will be in the army before the month is out . . . And bandleader Abe Ly- man hones to be wearing a ma- jor's uniform soon. ABOUT PEOPLE Bernard M. Baruch, Washing- ton whispers, is in line for the chairmanship of a new central war board, the function of which will be to coordinate all phases of our war effort except the purely military and naval. Col. Hebert H. Lehman, who in the meanwhile still is Governor of New York, will most probably be advanced to the rank of Ma- jor General when his term ex- pires . . . When he leaves Al- bany he will be drafted for a post in the Service of Supply. The prediction is that Sidney Hillman, the labor leader, who has been quite ill, but is now fully recovered, will return to Washington as head adviser on labor problems . . . Congratula- tions to New York's New School for Social Research on the acqui- sition of Dr. Abrahm S. Yehuda, who is probably the outstanding Orientalist in the world, as its Professor of Middle Eastern and Near Eastern Civilization. Morris Margulies, former sec- retary of the Zionist Organiza- tion of America, is going to di- rect the fund-raising campaign for the United War Relief of the American Jewish Congress. More people should follow the example of composer Jerome Kern, who has arranged With a dealer for the delivery of a hundred phonograph records to some Army, Navy or Marine post each week. THE CLASS STRUGGLE The story is told of a meeting between Mme. Maxim Litvinoff, wife of the Soviet Ambassador to Washington, and a British peer- ess . . . Herself English-born, Mme. Litvinoff mentioned this cir- cumstance to the noble lady, Ado immediately, as women always do, began to wonder whether they might have any mutual acquaint- ances ... "Do you know Countess So-and-So?" inquired the peeress. And Mme. Litvinoff replied that she (lid not . . . "But surely you know the Duchess of Thus-and- Thus?" continued the other . . Again Mme. Litvinoff acknowl- edged that she had never met the woman. . . Finally the peeress commented that it was strange that the Ambassador's lady knew none of the fashionable women of her own native land . . . And Mme. Litvinoff who had grown up in the literary circles of Lon- don, explained: "You see, I had to marry a Soviet Commisa to get the opportunity to mingle p i ith the British aristocracy." Bnai David Sisterhood The Bnai David Sisterhood held an open meeting, Monday, Nov. 2, at which time Mr. Ravitz gave a very interesting talk on the War Chest. It was decided that all proceeds from the annual keno feather party which will take place Monday evening, Nov. 9, will go towards the sisterhood's pledge to the War Chest. It was reported that plenty of fowl will be on hand for the lucky; also many door prizes. The Sisterhood is contributing jars and tubes of shaving cream for the service men's kits. Nov. 23 will be Sisterhood night at the U.S.O. in the Hammond Bldg.., The seventh annual donor will be held Tuesday, Nov. 17 at the Jericho Temple, Joy Road, at 12:30.