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Synagogue Activities
Northwest Hebrew
Friday, June 21, 1946
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
Page Sixteen
At the annual election meeting
of the Men's Club of Congregation
Bnai David, Ben Fellows was elec-
ted President for the ensuing
year. Mr. Fellows has served as
vice-president for the Men's Club
for the past year and as chair-
man of the Entertainment Com-
mittee. Following are officA elec-
ted for the year 1946.47:
Max Sampson, past president,
was elected as Chaplain, Harry
Pearson, • vice - president, Louis
Weiss, Recording secretary, Dave
Liebow, treasurer, Samuel Trai.
son, corresponding secretary, Ar-
thur Meizels, financial secy. and
Harry Warsh, sgt.-at-arms.
Installation of officers will take
place on- Thursday eve., June 27
in the Bnai David Social Hall, at
which time the various commit-
tees will be appointed. A pro-
gram is being planned for the
evening. The public is invited.
MRS. MAX II. GOLDSMITH
Jewish Scientist D s
LONDON, (JTA)— Prof. Ernst
Freund, one of the foremost Aus-
trian medical scienti‘s and direc-
tor of the Pearson Foundath,n
for cancer research, died here at
the age of 82.
Dr. Freund, a Jew, was forced
to flee Vienna in 1938 when the
Nazis took power. When Dr.
Freund arrived in England, Fred-
erick Pearson established another
foundation to permit him and
other scientists to continue their
research. He was an authority in
nutrition and food chemistry, and
during his 55 years of work he
concentrated his fight against
cancer in these fields.
Freund's loss will be felt keenly
in the field of cancer research. His
work will be continued by younger
scientists but his wisdom and ex-
perience in the field will be diffi-
cult to be replaced.
Young Israel
The first postwar convention
of the National Council of Young
Israel will be held the week-end
of June 21.24 at the Pineview Ho-
tel in the Catskill Mountains of
New York. Over 500 Young Israel-
ites from all parts of the United
States will attend. The Detroit
Delegation will be headed by
Samuel W. Platt chairman of the
board.
In addition to Mr. Platt, the
Detroit delegation will include:
Mrs. Platt, Jerome Kelman, Mr.
and Mrs. David I. Berris, Mr. and
Mrs. David Applebaum, Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Grossman, Mr. and
Mrs. Maurice Harris, Harold Platt.
Daniel Schwartz, Arnold Cohen,
and Miss Florence Sleeper.
Shaarey Zedek
The Young People's Society of
Cong. Shaarey Zedek will hold an
installation dance on Sat., June
29, at 9:30 p.m. in the social hall
of the Synagogue.
The dance will feature the
music of Jules Klein and his or-
chestra. Refreshments will be
served.
BETH AARON SISTERHOOD
The Beth Aaron Sisterhood s
meeting of June 10 resulted in the
following list of new officers, who
will be installed at the fall re-
opening of the Sisterhood's meet-
ings: Mesdames Estelle Harris,
president; Sophie Goldberg, 1 st
vice-pros.; Betty Becker, 2nd vice-
pres.; Marion Levine, financial
secy.; Florence 'tanners. corres-
ponding secretary; Frieda Schneid-
er, treas.; Betty Krup and Rae
Gell, trustees: and Belle Strasner
and Belle Levine, sergeants-at-
arms.
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Americans are peculiar animals. They can be aroused quickly for
war. Once the war is over, they want to go home and they want to
be back in civilian life as fast as possible. Your husband, as many
others, has been highly trained for one purpose. The end of the war
The completion (Slum) of Ge-
makes him and others impatient because there has been a letdown
more Shaboth will take place at in his tension. The objective of military service is less clear now and
8:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, in action is limited to patrol or guard duty. The fun, the glamor, il
l;
the social hall of Congregation hardships, the danger are all gone.
Mishkan Israel, Rabbi Isaac
Your husband would be unusual if he didn't complain. H e has
Stollman announced.
new objective, going home to his family. He has done his she
The Daf Yomi is an institution fighting and now he is selfish enough to want his personal objective
which was founded in Poland by
realized quickly.
the late Rabbi Meyer Shapiro,
Griping Is Healthy
dean and founder of Yeshivah
The American soldier is a good soldier. He is also a complainer.
Chachmey Lublin, with the pur- His complaints are not serious. They are merely his way uf letting
pose of disseminating the index off steam; they act as his safety valve. Undoubtedly your husband'
s
of study in the Talmud.
letters have let sore of this steam creep into them. He is all the
Three years ago, Rabbi Stollman more adjusted if he can openly voice his complaints, rather than
successfully organized the Daf
suppress them.
Yomi in Detroit with the result
The families of servicemen want to do the right thing. A few
that many congregations and in-
general principles may be stated. If your husband or brother or son
dividual groups now join in the
was a healthy, normal and well-adjusted person before he went into
study.
military service, if he had work experience, you need not worry
Local rabbis will participate in
about him, short of unusual events. People take a shorter or longer
the evening's program. Ref resh- time to return to the old routines. You may expect your husband to
ments will be served by tile Ladies want a bit of time to pick up the loose ends he left, to find out what
Auxiliary of the Congregation has happened while he was away. Generally we counsel patience, Um,
Mishkan Israel assisted by the a period of re-acquaintance.
Merkaz. The public is invited.
It may be just as difficult (or more so) for a wife to re-adjust
herself to a husband who has been in service. She may need more
help than he. She will have to give up being father and mother to
the children, give up looking after the financial and domestic duties
of the home. The husband wants to take his old place as head of the
Fifty-two Jewish chaplains, who house, as the father, and as the breadwinner.
Such stable soldiers need cause their families no alarm. They
have served or are still in service
with all branches of the armed normally settle into a routine and go to work quickly, once they return
forces of the United States and to civilian status.
A number of youngster's went into the service, fairly immature
Canada, were the recipients of
"scrolls of honor" at the inaugu- individuals. They have had tremendous experiences and have matured
ral dinner of Yeshiva University, They too should give no concern. They have gone back to school, to
Tuesday night, June 11th, at the work. They too are doing all right.
The Unstable
Waldorf-Astoria, according to an
Some men went into service with a known civilian history of
announcement by Dr. Samuel Bel-
kin, president of the University. inadequacy, of instability, of getting into mischief. Sonie of these men
served well under battle conditions and that experience has been
The dinner, which marked the a stabilizing one to them.
expansion of Yeshiva into a Uni-
Generally, however, these men were in difficulty in the army or
versity, the first to be established navy. They were AWOL frequently. Without backbone, with pthir
under Jewish auspices in the emotional makeups, they were a source of difficulty. They were sent
Americas, was attended by more to disciplinary barracks. These men will probably give their families
than 1,000 religious, educational continued anxiety but none different than they knew as civilians.
These men, fortunately not a majority, will be in civilian trouble, ai
and communal leaders.
The men expressed their grati- some of them 'already are. These are the men who will require official
tude in brief talks as they am or unofficial supervision. The probabilities of success with teem are
generally held to be limited.
cepted the scrolls.
Mishkan Israel
Bnai David
The annual meeting and in-
stallation of Officers of the Sister•
hood of the Northwest Hebrew
Congregation and Center was held
on Wednesday evening, June 12th,
at the Bagley School.
The annual report of Mrs. Max
H. Goldsmith, President, showed
year of progress and a large in-
crease in membership. Committee
Chairmen submitted their annual
reports.
Besides Mrs. Goldsmith, who
was reelected President, the fol-
lowing officers were installed by
Mrs. David J. Cohen, Installing
officer: Mrs. Ira Kaufman, Mrs.
Sam Gold and Mrs. Alfred Helf-
gott, vice-presidents; Mrs. Meyer
Rubin, recording secretary; Mrs.
Philip Helfman, corresponding
secy.; Mrs. David Samelson, mail-
ing secy.; Mrs. Sam Bishop, finan-
cial secy.; Mrs. Charles Charlip,
treasurer; Mrs. David Tchor,
chaplain, and Mesdames Joe Gor-
don and Mitchell Schram, Sgts. at
Arms.
The above mentioned officers,
together with the following, will
constitute the Board of Directors
for the ensuing year: Mesdames
Norman Allen, Dan Aidem, Joseph
Beck, Louis Berman, Ben Brod-
man, Al Brook, Barney Golden,
Max Haidy, Herbert Harris, Max
Fineman, Zangwell Garber, Ben
Levy, Joseph Markel, Joseph
Mehr, David Miller, Alex Moss .
Morris Nosanchuk, Manny
Sidney Pozen, Albert Potiker, Mal-
com Rivkin, Abe Sacks, Morris
Singer, David Taylor, Allen Wal-
ler and Miss Michelle Tchor.
Personal Problems
Jewish Chaplains Get
Honor Scrplls at Dinner
ITS- TAKES MONEY
TO RUN A CITY..
This is L simple story about Detroit city taxes.
It is a part of the story about what happens to the money with which you pay your electric bill.
In 1945, in addition to state and federal taxes of even larger amounts, The Detroit Edison Com-
pany paid $1,487,857 in taxes to the City of Detroit.
That $3,487,857 was a part of your electric bill that had nothing to do with charges for electricity
or service. It did go a long way toward paying the cost of your city government, and that is the
way those costs do get paid under the American form of government.
Take the total 1944.45 cost of operating the offices of the Mayor, the Auditor General, the City
Clerk, the Controller, the Treasurer and the Corporation Counsel and add to that the total cost
of the Common Council, the Election Commission and the Civil Service Commission. The 1945
Detroit Edison tax was enough to cover all of that, with nearly enough left over to pay the
$1,097,762 it took to operate the Detroit Recorder's Court.
The city tax paid annually by The Detroit Edison Company would pay the cost of more than
25 general city elections.
Last year the sum was sufficient to pay the total operating and maintenance costs of the Public
Lighting Commission, with $214,000 to spare. -
The Detroit Edison Company, as a citizen of Detroit, recogni:es that necessary public services
must be supported.
It must be remembered, however, that the $3,487,857 was on your electric bill but was NOT a
charge for electricity. Let's keep the record straight and the facts clear.
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