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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

RABBI FRAM TO SPEAK ON PIERRE VAN
PAASSEN'S "THE FORGOTTEN ALLY"

"The Forgotten Ally," the book
written by Pierre Van Paassen,
the Christian champion of a Jew-
ish homeland in Palestine, will be
the subject of Rabbi Leon Fram's
sermon at the Sabbath Eve serv-
ices of Temple Israel in the Au-
ditorium of the Detroit Institute
of Arts, Friday night, Jan. 14,
at 8:30.
Dan Frohman will direct the
choir of Temple Israel which will
render special anthems for the
occasion and sing in support of
Cantor Robert S. Tulman. Karl
W. Haas will accompany them on
the great organ of the Auditor-
ium of the Detroit Institute of
Arts.
At this service, Stuart Kallman,
son of Lieutenant Commander and
Mr. R. Robert Kallman, will cele-
brate his Bar Mitzvah and read
from the Scroll of the Torah. In
accordance with the custom of
Temple Israel, Mrs. Kallman,
whose husband is in service over-
seas, will be hostess to the Con-
gregation at a reception in the
balcony foyer of the Auditorium
at the close of the services in
honor of her son.
In the course of his sermon on
"The Forgotten Ally," Rabbi Leon
Frani will explain the campaign
which all American Jewry, with

Rabbi Joshua Sperka
Celebrates 10 Years
With Cong. Bnai David

Members of Congregation Bnai
David, friends of Rabbi Sperka
and the community at large are
invited to attend the dedicatory
service this Friday evening, Jan.
7, at 8:30 p. in., at .the syna-
gogue, Elmhurst and 14th Sts.
Following the service a reception
will be tendered to the rabbi in
the social hall of the •synagogue.
Rabbi Sperka has completed
10 years of service to Congre-
gation Bnai David and to the
community and has earned for
himself an enviable reputation
and innumerable friends. They
are invited to come and greet
him on this occasion.
Cantor Irving Ringel of the
congregation will conduct the
musical portions of the service
and will present a very rich pro-
gram of liturgical and modern
Hebrew music. He will be assist-
ed by a choir and a children's
choir of the Religious School.
This is the first in the series
of Bnai David late Friday eve-
ning forums. On Friday, Jan. 14,
the forum will be devoted to the
problem of child delinquency in
war time and the speaker will be
Garret Heyns, Director of Cor-
rections of the State of Michi-
gan, whose topic will be "Crim-
inals—Delinquents Grown Tall".
Because of his position, Dr.
Heyns is an outstanding author-
ity on this vital topic of today.

Bnai David Sisterhood
Games Night Jan. 24

Mrs. S. Traison is chairman of
the annual fund raising event of
the Bnai David Sisterhood in the
form of an evening of games.
The event will take place on Mon-
day evening, Jan. 24, at 8:30
p. m., in the synagogue social
hall, Elmhurst and 14th. Mem-
bers and friends of the synagogue
are urged to call Mrs. Traison at
Townsend 6-0889 for tickets.
On Tuesday, Jan. 11, the an-
nual membership party will take
place at the Wilshire Hotel. Mrs.
L. Garvin is chairman of the
event and Mrs. David J. Cohen is
in charge of the program. Fea-
tured on the program of the eve-
ning will be a review of "Under
Cover".
Members of the Sisterhood will
act as hostesses at the reception

January 7, 1944

Community Council
Presents 'It's Up to You'

Mrs. Danzig To Speak at Miss Irma Unruh To
Young Women's Mizrachi Be Hadassah Guest
Donor Luncheon Jan. 11 Speaker on Jan. I I

the cooperation of such Christian
friends as Pierre Van Paassen, is
unanimously waging against the
Mrs. Abraham Danzig of New
Child welfare will be the phase
British White Paper which is York and Rockford, Ills, national of Hadassah activity to be fea-
scheduled to go into effect on the vice president and midwest re- tured at a luncheon meeting to
first of March and which is in- gional chairman, will be guest be given by the Detroit Chapter
tended to exclude Jews from Pal-
of Hadassah at the Jewish Com-
estine.
munity Center on Tuesday, Jan.
Christians, as well as Jews, who
11, at 12:30 p.
are interested in this vital issue,
Luncheon arrangements, which
are invited to come and hear the
will follow as closely as possible
Rabbi's statement. The Sabbath
the school luncheons served to
Eve service of Temple Israel has
the children in Palestine, are being
been especially moved from the
supervised by Mrs. Benjamin Gor-

small lecture hall to the large

auditorium of the Detroit Institute
of Arts on this Friday night to
accommodate the numerous De-
troiters who will want to hear this
challenging address.

Jr. Hadassah General
Meeting Sunday, Jan. 9

don and Mrs. M. S. Perlis. The
price of the luncheon is 59 cents
and proceeds will be allocated to
the Child Welfare Fund of Ha-
dassah.
Miss Irma Unruh, supervisor
of the Nursery and Extended
School Service of the Board of
Education, in charge of nursery
schools and canteens in Detroit,
guest speaker, will have as her
topic "Nursery Schools in War
Time,"
Miss Unruh, a graduate of
Newcomb College, has received
additional training in the care of
children of working mothers at
MRS. E. LEIBSCHUTZ
the Rachel McMillen Nursery
speaker at the fourth annual do- School, London, England. She has
nor luncheon of the Young Wom- received an M. A. degree from
en's Mizrachi, at Congregation Wayne University for her work
Shaarey Zedek, Tuesday, Jan. 11' in nursery school and parent edu-
at 12:30 p. cation, has done settlement work
Mrs. Emanuel Liebschutz, cul- in the Henry Street Settlement
tural and program chairman, as- House, New York, and was for-
sures all guests that an interest- mer supervisor of the Minnie E.
ing program has been arranged. Jeffries Nursery School, Detroit
Mizrachi women have recently Dept. of Public Welfare.
taken several hundred children
Mrs. Milton Macklin, chairman
from Teheran into their homes in of Hadassah Child Welfare Fund,
Palestine and are providing them which provides school luncheons
with every necessity, in an en- for children of working mothers
moment which has a religious in Palestine, will review the inl-
and cultural background.
portance of this phase of Hadas-
Mrs. Harry Shuman, president, sah activity in promoting the•
thanks all members and friends war effort of the United Nations
of this organization for their in Palestine.
continued cooperation.
Mrs. Morris Adler will preside
at this meeting.

The Detroit Chapter of Junior
Hadassah invites prospective mem-
bers of the organization to at-
tend its general meeting to be
held Sunday, Jan. 9, at 2:30,
in the prayer room of the Shaa-
rey Zedek. Bernard Isaacs, guest
speaker for the afternoon, will
lecture on "Hebrew Language
and Literature".
Fund-raising chairman Alyse
Geer will disclose more details of
the plans for the donor luncheon
to be held Feb. 22 at the Book-
Cadillac Hotel. Membership chair-
man Gertrude Goldman said that
the drive to reach their quota
is still on and the committee is
busy formulating plans.
Jan. 11 is the (late for an-
other Hadassah Study Group lec-
ture to be held at the Hadassah
offices, 9144 Linwood, at 8 p. m.
Lawrence Crohn will be the
speaker for the evening. His sub-
ject will be "Palestine and Great
Britain". This is a widely dis-
cussed problem among all Zion-
ist groups. All plans for the fu- Dr. Efros To Address
tuer of Palestine hinge on the
Citizenship Classes at
decisions of Great Birtain in her Kvutzah Ivrith on
regard. Junior Hadassah invites
Yeshivah Building
all other organizations to hear Saul Tchernichowsky
.
what Mr. Crohn has to say on
Aliens of foreign birth resid-
the subject, and to participate in
Dr. Israel Efros, noted Hebrew ing within the northwestern sec-
the singing of Hebrew songs at poet and orator, will speak on tion of Detroit are afforded the
the close of the lecture and dis- Saturday evening, Jan. 15, at opportunity to join the class in
cussion.
8:30 o'clock, in the auditorium becoming American citizens. The
of the Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg., course is offered by the Depart-
on the poet Saul Tchernichowsky, ment of Michigan, Ladies' Auxili-
who died three months ago in ary to the Jewish War Veterans

Rabbi Blumenkrantz To
Address Pre-Campaign
Rally of Yeshivah

Monday evening, Jan. 10, at
8:30, Rabbi Jacob Blumenkrantz
of Windsor, Ont., will address
the first pre-campaign workers'
rally of Yeshivath Beth Yehu-
dah. Rabbi Blumenkrantz, who

enjoys the reputation as a great
scholar and brilliant orator, will
speak on education and commu-
nity life.
The rally to which members
and friends of the Yeshivah are
cordially invited, precedes the an-
nual drive of the Yeshivah to be
held during the period from Feb.
5 to March 5. Morris Mohr, chair-
man of the journal committee.
will preside at this function. The
ladies of the Yeshivah will serve
refreshments and act as hostesses.

Tel Aviv, Palestine.
Tchernichowsky was one of the
most versatile writers. He was
very prolific, both in original
writings as well as in transla-
tions. He was the translator of
Homer and Plato into Hebrew, of
the Finnish epic "Kalevala," for
which he received the award of
the Finnish White Rose. His last
book of Hebrew poems is en-
titled "See Here, Earth," for
which he received the Blank
prize.
This lecture is being sponsored
by the Kvutzah Ivrith jointly
with the Zionist Council. The fol-
lowing committee, which was ap-
pointed by the chairman of the
council, Philip Slomovitz, is in
charge of the program: Nathan
Spevakow, chairman, William
Hordes, B. Laikin, Mrs. David
Scharaga, E. Sislin, Lawrence W.
Crohn and Bernard Isaacs for the
Kvutzah Ivrith.

Hebrew School Membership United Jewish Charities
Enrollment Is Still On

The membership enrollment
project of the United Hebrew
Schools is in full progress. The
committee and the workers are
holding frequent meetings at
which they generally submit their
reports and spend much of the
time in discussing problems per-
taining to Jewish education.
These meetings are of great
value as open forum gatherings,
at which all phases of the work
on Friday evening, ,Jan. 7, at the of the United Hebrew Schools are
synagogue, honoring Rabbi Joshua being discussed.
cro••• 1,;••
The chairmen of the member-
IVe•Sa•y
i :. •nrollment committee are
Bernstein, Julius
Fishman.
which ail
held

Donates Encyclopedias
To Public Library

The United Jewish Charities
has donated to the Detroit Public
Library three sets of the Uni-
versal Jewish Encyclopedia, ac-
cording to an announcement by
Judge William Friedman, presi-
dent of the agency.
The Jewish Community Center
has also been given a set of the
encyclopedia. These volumes were
purchased by the United Jewish
Charities from funds of the
Joshua S. Cohen Estate, as a
library memorial to the late
Joshua S. Cohen.

Rabbi Wohlgelernter
Attends Hahatzalah Meet

Rabbi M. J. Wohlgelernter of
Congregation Beth Tefilo Eman-
uel attended the annual Valid
'ahatzalah meeting Wednesday
Thursday, Jan. 5-6, at the
hian Plaza, New York, and, as
man of the national Vaad
committee of the
ical Council of America,
d with Harry L. Lurie,
director of the Council
Federations and Wel-
qds.

of United States, and directed
by the Board of Education, every
Tuesday and Thursday evening
of each week from 8 to 10
o'clock, at the Yeshivah Bldg.,
Cortland corner Dexter. Mrs.
Bertha Baskin is the teacher in
charge.
Included with this second term
will be a special lesson on how
to write letters and address mail
in English to those serving with
the armed forces.
Those interested may enroll
now, and must remain steady for
six months in attendance to re-
ceive examination for a gradua-
tion certificate.
The general public is invited
to join without tuition fees.

Lawrence Crohn To Speak
For B&P Hadassah Women

The next meeting of the B. &
P. Division of Hadassah will
held on Tuesday evening, Jan.
II, at the Hadassah office, 9144
Linwood Ave., at 8:30 o'clock.
Lawrence Crohn, former pres-
ident of the Zionist organization,
will speak on Palestine and Great
Britain.
Members are urged to bring
prospective members and friends.
The honor roll luncheon of
the B. & P. group will take
place Sunday, Jan. 30, at the
Lee Plaza Hotel, it has been
announced by the co-chairmen,
Mrs. Samuel J. Caplan and Miss
Sophie Kutlov.

A successful and educational
play, "It's Up To You," was pre-
sented by the Bnai Brith Pisgah
Women's Players, under the spon-
sorshi- of the War Efforts Edu-
cational Committee of the Jew-
ish Community Council, last Wed-
resday evening, Dec. 29, at Tem-
ple Beth El.
The capacity attendance was

intrigued by the urgent and time-
ly message conveyed by the gov-
ernment-approved play, which
stressed adhering to OPA food
regulations.
The Jewish Community Coun-
cil thanks the following °•ini-
zations for their financial as-
sistance in this educational pro-
gram:
Kesheneve• and Bessarbier Un-
terstizungs Verein, Berdechewer
Progressive Beneficial Society,
Jewish War Veterans of the
United States of America, Dept.
of Michigan 20, Bnai Brith Pis-
gah Lodge, Bnai Brith Louis
Marshall Lodge, Bnai Brith East
Side Lodge, Bnai Brith Detroit
Lodge, Bnai rith Theodore Herzl
Lodge, Bnai Brith Theodor Herzl
sa Progressive Aid Societ• Mac-
cabees Mattathias Ten 1005, Pin-
sker Progressive Aid Society,
Maimonides Medical Auxiliary.
The Jewish Community Council
is thankful to Mrs. Saul Rosen-
Man, Bnai Brith dramatic direc-
tor, for the reappearance of her
group, by popular demand, for
the return engagement. The War
Efforts Educational Committee
for this function included: Mrs.
Edward R. Robbins, chairman,
Mrs. Samuel Aaron, Mrs. William
Caplan, Mrs. Erwin Green, Miss
Min Gross, Mrs. Edward Kahn,
Mrs. S. Kleinman and Mrs. David
Kliger.

Atlantic City Hotelmen
Acquire Miami Sites

To Detroit Jewry, which is
rapidly becoming acquainted with
the charms of Miami Beach,
aptly named "The. Winter Capi-
tal," conies good news for a
promising season, prepared to ac-
commodate the vanguard of the
annual holiday throngs. Miami
Beach will this winter again
prove the most popular mecca for
social activities.
Joseph E. Kaufman, prominent
attorney and executive director
of the Loraine Hotel in Atlantic
City, N. J., and Harry Brick,
proprietor of the popular Holly-
wood Hotel in the same city, have
acquired "The Ortega" and the
"Village Hotels" in Miami Beach,
Fla., where they will offer every
vacation requisite without high
cost.
Only a short distance from
the famous Lincoln Road shop-
ping center, the Village Hotel,
located at Washington and Es-
panola, and the Ortega Hotel, at
Espanola at Drexel, offers tradi-
tional hospitality, now modern-
ized and thoroughly delightful.
Guests may be as gay and active
as they like, or just relax and
rest. They will enjoy the many
new features, the new appoint-
ments, fine surroundings (bathing
from hotel) and the society of
congenial people.
The Village and Ortega Hotels,
both operating on the European
plan, will remain open during t he
entire year.

Lithuanian Federation To
Hold Restaurant Day

The Federation of Lithuanian
Jews will hold a restaurant day,

Jan. 9, at the Workmen's Ceqter,
Linwood and Burlingame.

Complete meals will be served
for reasonable prices. All mem-
bers, their friends and
are invited to come and enjoy a
good dinner.

Two can carry three times as
much as one.

