Friday, June 21, 1946

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Page Two

Chautauqua Helps lien of Prominence Pay Tribute to,
Spread Tolerance Edmund I. Kaufmann, Public Servant

ENCYCLOPEDIA EDITOR HEAD SYNAGOGUE COUNCIL
Dr. Isaac Landman (right), editor of thN"Universal Jewish Ency-
clopedia" and director of the Academy for Adult Jewish Education,
Brooklyn, was elected president of the Synagogue Council of
America, succeeding Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein (left). The Council
is the only body embracing all national religious organizations (lay
and rabbinical), Reform, Orthodox and Conservative. Dr. Landman
pledged his administration to "restore to the American Jewish scent
the historic primacy and authority of the synagogue."

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"Again expressing our deep ap-
Men of great prominence, in- be called a publicity
preciation to your Society . .. Al- eluding such men as Herbert Bay- many persons are familiar with
fred University Library!" An- and Swope, Judge Samuel I. Ro- his work. All Zionists know that
other letter in the day's mail at senman, Rabbi Jonah Wise, Dr. he has served as the president of
the Jewish Chautauqua Society, a Stephen S. Wise, gathered recent- the Zionist Organization oi Amer.
letter telling a new success story. ly to honor Edmund I. Kaufmann ica. His recent work for th
Alfred University in New York I; on the occasion of his sixtieth Weizmann Foundation of Selene
in Rehoboth has been outstand.
but one of 250 colleges to which
birthday.
books have now been sent by the
At this dinner, it was an- ing. His labors for the UJA are
Jewish Chautauqua Society to tell nounced that a total of seventy of course well known to all those
the facts of Jewish I le and his- million dollars has been raised actively associated with this ef.
tory. Its story is In teal of the toward the goal of one hundred fort.
At 60 years, all American Jew.
success of a new method of millions sought by the United
ry joins in wishing him a happy
creating brotherhood.
Jewish Appeal.
E d nl u n d I. Kaufmann has birthday, "bis 120", as the Jewish
When Alf red University was
approached about placing books played a significant part in rats- expression has it.
But the birthday greeting which
concerning the Jew on its shelves, ing this sum, and it was fitting
as were all colleges to which the that he should be honored. Mr. Mr. Kaufmann has asked of the
Jewish Chautauqua Society sends Kaufmann is not a man whose Jewish people is that they con-
speakers, it was willing to co- name too frequently appears in tinue their efforts for the UJA
operate, even to the extent of pay- print. He seemingly prefers to re- until the full one hundred million
ing part of the cost of the books. main in the background while do- dollar goal is achieved. As Mr.
At that time it had 75 books trig his good work. Others who Kaufmann pointed out, even this
about the Jew on its shelves, have achieved much less are per. sum will only suffice to cover the
among which were the violently haps better known, but that is minimum needs of the surviving
anti-Semitic "International Jew" Mr. Kaufmann's way. Jews of Europe, so great is the
Despite this lack of what might need.
published by the Dearborn Inde-
pendent and the vicious "History
of the Jewish People" by Schu-
rer. Of all the recommended
books of the J.C.S. lists it had
but two.
The village of Alfred, New
York, had but two Jewish fami-
lies in it and the number of Jew-
ish students at the University
was small. Even so, the Librarian
was able to write, when request-
ing the books, "There Is definite-
ly a trend on our campus away
from any, discrimination . . this
year the all-student religious or-
ganization, known .as the Alfred
Christian Fellowship, has changed
its name to The Religious Fel-
lowship of Alfred, so that it
might be an all-faith organiza-
tion."
In reply, 23 books, modern, fac-
tual accounts of the glory and
travail of the Jew, were sent to
the Library free of charge. The
response was immediate. ". . . we
Here is a part of a class in mechanical dentistry conducted by
placed them on exhibit in the ORT-- Organization for Rehabilitation through Training - in the dls.
main reading room . . . for ten placed persons camp in Landsberg, Germany. With this training they
days . . . You will be pleased to will be able to earn a livelihood wherever they settle. Funds for such
know that several of them accu- training are raised through the American ORT FEDERATION.
mulated waiting lists . . .others
have been placed on reserve for
man on promises elicted from La-
use of students in some of the
tin American nations for incressod
famine relief aid during his South
classes on religion."
American tour.
After which was noted "Jewish
WASHINGTON -Herbert Hoov-
services are being held regularly
every Friday evening in Kenyon er will confer with President Tru-
Hall Chapel this year. The service
is conducted by students, with a
sermon by some faculty man."
This, from what was but "a rela-
tively smal' number of Jewish
Specialiting in
students."

Teach DP's Mechanical Dentistry

Hoover Sees Truman
On Famine Relief

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Waiting for the bus that will take them to the HIAS Shelter,
landing from the Marine Flasher, the Bernstein family happily mun-
ches a typical American delicacy. The family is entering the United
States under President Truman's immigration directive. Left to right:
Israel, Dora, baby Paula, and her father, Juda.
the Scandinavian Section of the
PRESENT SCROLL TO CONSUL Vaad Hatzala, presented a Scroll
to the Swedish Government.
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—
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