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Friday, December 14, 1945

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CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO

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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Council Institute This Sunday Features Full
Audience Participation; Speeches Are Barred

Conference Scores
Truman's Retreat
On Palestine Plank

Lawrence W. Crohn, chairman
of the Program Committee, will
NEW YORK. — President Tru-
open the Institute with a brief
keynote talk outlining the scope of man's retreat from the Palestine
the topics to be discussed and the plank in the Democratic Party's
procedure to be followed. The election platform was today depre-
topics selected for discussion are cated by the American Jewish
"Community Relations," "Policy on Conference as contrary to the best
Jewish Affairs" and "Community Interests of the United States, of
Cooperation." These subjects cover humanity, and of the Jewish peo-
various aspects of the Council's ple. The President's change of
work such as the fight against mind, as revealed in his withdraw-
anti-Semitism, efforts to strengthen al of support from the Wagner-
do•ocracy in Detroit, action an Taft Senate resolution, and in
vital questions affecting the status statement issued on his authority
and welfare of Jews nationally by David Stern, publisher of the
and abroad, and methods of de- Philadelphia Record, is profound-
veloning maximum cooperatation ly disappointing to American Jews
and harmony among the many de- and may prejudice the findings of
ments in the Jewish community. the Anglo-American Committee of
Joseph Bernstein, Rabbi Leon Inquiry, the Conference declared.
"Mr. Truman's retreat is not
Fram, Leon Kay, Abram Meyero-
witz and Harry Yudkoff have been mitigated by the assurance that
designated to act as chairmen it he still favors large-scale emigra-
-ivy the summaries of the discus- tion of European Jews to Pales-
ions on these topics. Members of tine. Jews in the United States,
Europe and Palestine can no long-
the
Council committee which deal
Olt. SAMUEL C. KOHS
with these phases of work will er regard expressions of sympathy
With the program designed to participate In the discussion, an- as a substitute for deeds, nor can
give the delegates and guests the swering questions and demonstrat- the reiteration of sentiments, no
fullest opportunity to discuss the ing how the committees operate matter how ardently professed,
various questions on the agenda, in making decisions on policy and lessen the impact of harmful po-
litical pronouncements.
the annual Community Council In- action.
"The President's action clearly
stitute this Sunday afternoon and
The
Program
Committee,
in
demonstrates that American pol-
evening will feature four topics.on
planning the Institute in this way, iey has succumbed to British dip-
the general theme, "Our Commun-
was particularly anxious to make lomatic pressure," the Conferen2e
ity Council Present and Future."
It possible for every person pres- statement continued. "This is the
The Institute will take place at
ent to take part in the discussion. r esult of British maneuvering to
the Jewish Community Center,
The only formal address of the silence the expression of American
Woodward at Holbrook. The after-
noon session will open at 2:00 p.m. day will be delivered at the eve- upinion on an issue which is fate-
promptly, with registration begin- ning dinner meeting by Dr. Sam- ful not only for Jewish aspirations
ning at 1:30 p.m. The evening ses- uel C. Kohs, who is now serving in Palestine but for world peace."
sion will begin with dinner at 6:30 as Director of the Bureau of War
Records of the National Jewish
p.m.
In the announcement of the In- Welfare Board.
All sessions of the Institute are
stitute which was sent out to of-
ficers, delegates and other mem- open to the general public as well
bers of the Council's constituent as to regular Community Council
organizations, it was stressed that delegates.
The Program Committee in-
the Institute would be based chief-
ly on open discussion from the cludes in addition to the two co-
floor, rather than on reports or chairmen Mrs. Morris Adler, Sam-
addresses. There will be no pre- uel Brainin, Charles Driker, Rab-
pared speeches on any of the top- bi Leon Fram, Dr. B. Benedict
ics selected for the afternoon ses- Glazer, Joseph Haggai, William
sion, so that the audience will be Hordes, David I. Rosin, Irving W.
able to participate at length in the Schlussel, Mrs. Leonard H. Wein-
er.
discussion.

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Beth El Men To Hear
Nelson Glueck Speak

NW Men's Club
Dinner Huge Success

A great lecturer and scholar
will make his only appearance in
America Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 8:30
o'clock, before returning to Pal.
estinc.
Dr. Nelson Glueck will speak on
Palestine at Temple Beth El,
Woodward at Gladstone, under the
auspices of the Men's Club of
Temple Beth El.
Because of the great interest
in his s ubject at this time among
all Detroit Jewry, this meetin . ;
has been opened to the public.
Pickets at $1.23 each, tax included.
will be on sale at the door the
evening of the lecture, and are
now on sale at Grinnell's, at the
Jewish Community Center, and at
the of film of Temple Beth El.

A capacity crowd of 420 attend-
ed the first annual Chanukah Din-
ner-Dance, sponsored by the Men's
Club of the Northwest Congrega-
tion. Acts from the Latin Quarter
highlighted the floor show and Mel
Snyder, popular m.c. of the RKO
Downtown Theatre, emceed the
production. Max Goldsmith's ten-
or rendition of Eli, Eli and a Yid-
ishe Mama brought an atomic
blast of applause.
Hyman C. Storchan and Max
Haidy, co-chairmen of the affair
announced their regrets at being
unable to fill all the requests for
reservations. Scores had to be re-
fused because of the limited cap-
acity of the hall. Samuel Bez was
ticket chairman and Alfred L.
Brook was in charge of publicity.

Bernsteins Announce
Accountant Partnership Neugarten Medical Aid
Milton Bernstein and his son, Society Meets Dec. 17

Gerson B. Bernstein, certified pub-
lic accountants, announce the for-
mation of a partnership.
Milton Bernstein, an old-time
resident of Detroit who has been
a public accountant since 1918, was
in practice in Detroit until 1935.
when he became a resident of
Cleveland, Ohio, where he subse-
quently established an accounting
office. He recently returned to De-
troit to enter into partnership
with his son. The firm will oper-
ate offices at 2010 David Stott
Bldg., Detroit, and 9P5 Union
Commerce Bldg., Cleveland.

Neugarten Medical Aid will ho'd
its regular meeting on Dec. 17 in
the Conference Room of the Jew-
ish Community Center.
The Board will meet promptly
at 11 a. m., followed by a dessert
luncheon at 1. Election of officers
will then take place followed by
an afternoon of games.
Mrs. Charles Hyman of 3751
Buena Vista was hostess to the
Executive Board in her home, with
Mrs. H. W. Herz acting as co-
hostess.
The 1945 annual luncheon proved
to be most successful.

Mrs. James Ellmann
Will Review Book

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Fram To Discuss
Reform Judaism
And Zionism Dec. 21

Discharged Vets to
Be Guests of Bnai
Moshe Men's Club

"Reform Judaism and Zionism"
will be the subject of the final
lecture in the series which Rabbi
Leon Fram has been delivering
on the theme of evolution, and
significance of Reform Judaism.
The sermon will be delivered at
the Sabbath Evening Service, Fri-
day night, Dec. 21, at 8:30 p. m.,
in the Lecture Hall of the Detroit
Institute of Arts.
Rabbi Fram has been dedicating
this series of addresses to his
Alma Mater, the Hebrew Union
College of Cincinnati, which is
now celebrating the 70th anniver-
sary of its founding at the hand
of Rabbi Isaac M. Wise. The
Congregation will read special
prayers in behalf of the Hebrew
Union College and sing the anni-
versary hymn which has been
written to be sung to the tune of
"America, the Beautiful."
At the Service the Bar Mitz-
vah blessing will be conferred
upon Gary Robert LaBret, son of
Mr, and Mrs. Benjamin La Bret.
After the Service, the entire Con-
gregation will be guests of Mr.
and Mrs. La Bret at a reception
in honor of the Bar-Mitzvah of
their son.

Discharged veterans whose fam-
ilies are affiliated with Congrega-
tion Bnai Moshe will be the guests
of its Men's Club at the get-to-
gether dinner on Thursday, Dec.
20, at 6:30 P.M., in the social hall
of the congregation.
Rabbi Eliczer A. Levi, of Bn',i
Moshe, on terminal leave from the
army Chaplain corps, will lead
an informal comradely "shmoos"
with the veterans, following the
dinner.
A committee under the chair-
manship of Sam Freedman is
making the arrangements for the
affair. Assisting him are Babel
H. Schwarz, Louis Kepes, Edmund
Labe and A. Finkelstein.
Members of the club who have
not yet made arrangements to at-
tend are requested to call the con-
gregation office, HO. 0862, for res-
ervations, at once.

Silver Cables From
Palestine For 250,000
American Zionists

WASHINGTON, D. C. (Special)
Dr. Abba' Hillel Silver, Presi-
dent of the Zionist Organization
of America, in a message cabled
from Jerusalem. where he is at-
tending an extarordinary session
of the World Zionist Executive,
calls upon American Jews "to rally
en masse under the Zionist ban-
ner and join with us in our strug-
gle." Dr. Silver's call was issued
in connection with the campaign
for 250,000 members which has
been launched by the Zionist Or-
ganization of America for the new
year.
Cabling from Jerusalem to Dr.
Emanuel Neumann, who is serv-
ing as Acting President of the or-
ganization, Dr. Silver declares that
the "significance of a strongly
welded force of American Zion-
ists is borne upon me as I confer
with leaders of the Yishuv (Pal-
estine Jewish Community) on
plans vhich may deeply affect the
future of our people."

Yeshivath Chachmey
Lublin Starts New
Radio Presentation

A new radio program, "The
Voice of the Yeshivah," will he
presented by Yeshivath Chachmey
Lublin to the people of Detroit.
Starting this Sunday, December
16, it will be heard every Sunday,
on Weinberg's Jewish Hour, Sta-
tion WJBK, between 10 and 11
a.m.
Mr. Harry Stolsky, secretary of
the Yeshivath, will speak this Sun-
day.
Time for this and subsequent
programs is being donated by the
United Dairies.

Prentis Elected To
JDC Advisory Board

Meyer L. Prentis, of Detroit,
Mich.. was elected to the Advisory
Board and Clarence H. Enggass,
Mrs. Joseph M. Welt and Julian
H. Krolik, all of Detroit, were
elected to the Board of Directors
of the Joint Distribution Commit-
tee at the J.D.C.'s thirty-first an-
nual meeting Sunday, December 9,
at the Hotel Commodore, New
York City.
An audience of over 1,000 Jew-
ish leaders from cities throughout
the country attended the annual
session of America's major relief
and rehabllltetlon agency for dis-
tressed Jews overseas.

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An interesting variation in the
book review brunches sponsored
by Shaarey Zedek Sisterhood will
be a talk on "Poetry for Pleas-
ure" this Tuesday by Mrs. James
Ellmann. The speaker holds a
high place in Detroit literary
circles both for her knowledge of
poetry and her own contributions
`o this field of writing. The
uniqueness of Mrs. Ellmann's sub-
ject and her novel method of pre-
sentation promise an entertaining
and profitable hour to those who
have subscribed to this course.
Mrs. Waiter Field is program
chairman, assisted by Miss Hattie
C,ittleman.
Mrs. Sam Singer and Mrs.
Maurice Zackheim, general co-
chairmen. have appointed Mrs.
Morris Fishman and Mrs. Gen.
Orley to take charge of all culi-
nary arrangements for the brunch,
while Mrs. Albert Green will act
as chairman of the hostess corn-
mittee.
The Shaarey Zedek Red Cross
workroom is open every Monday
and Wednesday from 11 a. m.
4 p. m. There Is plenty of knii.-
ling for experienced knitters. Also,
the unit can use some machine
sewers to make up garments that
are already cut out, ready for
sewing. For further information,
please call Mrs. Wm. Nadler,
Chairman of Red Cross, TO 8-8546.

$4,523 Cabled To
Yeshivoth Abroad

Funds totaling $4,523.60 have
teen raised and cabled to Pales-
tinian and Siberian Yeshivoth in
the period of the last six months
by the following group:
From box collections by Mrs.
Ida Baker, 3751 Calvert, $2.260;
Mrs. Sarah Goldman, 3261 Fuller-
ton. $1,020; Mrs. Zelda Bloom,
$28.78; Mrs. Konikow, $24. Col-
lected by Jacob Baker, $502.82.
Contribution by Mr. and Mrs.
Baker, $597. Contributed by Mrs.
Sarah Goldman, $91.

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