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DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, SEPT. 20, 1946
Heads Hillel
to Join Talks
on Palestine
BRITISII PLAN 'DEAD'
The Agency members in Pales-
tine are to be informed that the
Agency executive feels that the
British scheme for "provincial
autonomy" in Palestine has been
killed by the Arab opposition to
it and that the time has come for
discussion of alternatives, among
them the partition plan offered
by the Jewish Agency.
The final decision on Zionist
participation was expected to come
at today's meeting of the Zionist
Inner Council in Jerusalem.
The contention of Zionists in
London that it would be helpful
if the British released Zionist
leaders detained in Palestine was
'backed by an editorial in the
powerful Manchester Guardian.
Meanwhile, the conference con-
tinued to mark time waiting the
completion by the Arabs of their
counter-proposals for Palestine.
WILL ASK ARAB STATE
An Arab committee worked out
the final draft Thursday and It
was to be submitted today to all
Arab delegates for study and ap-
proval.
The plan is not expected to
propose anything different from
the familiar Arab demand for an
independent Palestine as an Arab
state.
(In New York, Lord Strabolgi,
labor leader in the House of Lords
and great friend of the 21ontst
cause, urged that Palestine receive
self-governing status within the
British Commonwealth.)
Field Marshall
Smuts, prime minister of South
Africa, visited Dr. Chaim Weiz-
mann, president of the Jewish
Agency, Wednesday and urged him
to advise participation in the con-
ference.
Dr. Isaac Herzog, chief rabbi
of Palestine, said in Dublin Thurs-
day that the violence In Palestine
was due to British policy which
has brought Palestine Jews "to the
verge of despair."
At Shaarey Zedek
RABBI IIERSCIIEL LYMON
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Rabbi Lymon
Heads Hillel
at the U of M
ANN ARBOR —Rabbi Herschel
Lymon, formerly assistant rabbi
at Temple Beth El, Detroit, has
been appointed head of the Hillel
Foundation at the University of
Michigan.
Hillel at Michigan is one of the
oldest and largest of the 142
campus foundations and counselor-
ships throughout the country. It
is estimated by Rabbi Lymon that
this year it will serve approxi-
mately 1,800 Jewish students, an
unprecedented enrollment.
Rabbi Lymon, who recently re-
turned from overseas where he
served as chaplain in the Tenth
Army on Okinawa, succeeds Rab-
bi Jehudah M. Cohen, who is en-
gaged as regional Hillel director
on the West Coast.
Rabbi Lymon is a graduate of
Hebrew Union College and re-
ceived his academic degree at the
University of Cincinnati.
The foundation's activities will
begin with High Holy Day serv-
ices, Sept. 25 and 26 in the Lydia
Mendelssohn Theater on the cam-
pus. Students will assist Rabbi
Lymon in conducting the services.
U. S. Awards Honor
Hershman Nephew
JERUSALEM, (ZOA) —The Air
Medal and two Oak Leaf Clusters,
equivalent to two additional Air
Medals, have been awarded post-
humously to Dr. and Mrs. Samuel
Lewin-Epstein for their son, the
late Capt. Noah Lewin-Epstein,
U. S. Army Air Forces, by the
American consul general at Jeru-
salem, L. C. Pinkerton.
Capt. Lewin-Epstein was shot
down over Germany. Born in Tel-
Aviv, he was 22 at the time of his
death. He was a nephew of Dr.
and Mrs. D. M. Hershman of De-
troit.
50,000 to 150,000.
"We could use .50,000 for house-
maids In New York City alone,'
he said.
At Lake Success, N. Y., a pas-
sionate appeal to the govern-
ments of the United States, Bri-
tain, Canada and Latin American
countries to open their doors, La-
Guardia declared there punt be
no refugees in Europe after three
years.
He demanded that an interim
commission be established by the
United Nations to carry on UN-
RRA activities for displaced per-
sons in the event that the pro-
posed International Refugee Or-
ganization is not ready to function
when the UNRRA winds up its
activities on June 30, 1947.
Australian Ambassador J. 0.
Makin told a news conference
that his country wanted, in time,
to take in many displaced per-
sons. At present, he said, Austra-
lia is especially interested in tak-
ing children.
He said his government was
hoping that some of the refugees
would, be tradesmen who could
help in the Australian housing
crisis.
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O'Dwyer Asks 250,000-
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Mayor
William O'Dwyer proposed this
week that thi United States admit
250,000 refug e and displaced Jews
from Europr to this country with-
in five year I. He spoke at a din-
ner of the fruit and produce divi-
sion of th., United Jewish Appeal
of Greater New York, Which was
held at the Biltmore Hotel.
"While the diplomats discuss
whether the Jews will be permit-
ted in Palestine, why can't we
take 250,000 Jews here?" Mayor
O'Dwyer asked, adding: "If any-
one says there isn't plenty of
room here, I'll show him where
there is within 100 miles of New
York City."
Speaking as an "immigrant who
was admitted to the United States
and was given the privilege of ci-
tizenship," he advocated that
"something more" than fund rais-
ing was needed to help the Jew-
ish survivors in Europe.
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Rosh Hashonah
Throng Awaited
in Synagogues
Rabbis Return
from Service
WASHINGTON, (J T A)
—UNRRA Director-Geiferal
LaGuardia this week told a
press conference that UN-
RRA would recommend
that the "fixed number" of
refugees that President
Truman indicated he would
ask Congress to admit to
this country be raised from
LONDON, (Special) —
The feeling grew in London
today that Zionist leaders
would join the Palestine
conference within the next
few days.
That view gained strength
when it was learned that
David Ben Gurion, chair-
man of the Jewish Agency
EARLY HISTORY
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La Guardia Triples
Truman Figures
Ben Gurion Asks
for Participation
executive, had authorized the par-
ticipation of the Agency after a
conference with Nahum Goldman,
Berl Locker and Prof. Brodetsky
of the Agency executive in Paris.
The three were authorized to
approach Foreign Secretary Bevin,
it was learned, to propose Jewish
participation.
UNRRA to Ask
Admission of •
150,000 to U.S.
a.
SHAAREY ZEDEK'S
RABBI IIARRY W. KATCHEN
Radio to Waft
Shofar Sound
Over the City
Two Rosh Hashonah programs
will be broadcast Sunday and Mon-
day, Sept. 22 and 23 over WWJ.
At 9:30 a. m. Sunday, Rabbi Joshua
Sperka of Congregation Bnai Da-
vid will deliver a New Year's mes-
sage and at 10:30 p. m. Monday
the Temple Israel choir will be
heard in a program of Rosh Ha-
shonah music.
Rabbi Sperka in his talk will
interpret the holiday particularly
for the Christian community. Can-
tor Hyman Adler will participate
on the program.
Soloists in the Temple Israel
presentation will be Cantor Rob-
ert S. Tulman, Rhoda Zahavi and
Dorothy Ornest Feldman. Rabbi
Leon Fram will serve as comment-
ator and will interpret the music
of the New Year.
The Shofar will be heard over
the radio with Irving Dworkin,
who sounds the Shofar at Temple
Israel services, playing the instru-
ment of ancient Jewish tribes.
"This radio program of Jewish
High Holy Day music is intended
not only for Jewish listeners," said
Rabbi Fram, "but is presented to
the general public as a concert of
inspirational music."
The choir will be conducted by
Dan Frohman and will be ac-
companied on the organ by Karl
W. Haas.
Koller h Ready
for Palestine Trip
Joseph Koller, president of the
local chapter of the Hapoel Ha-
mizrachi, is leaving Detroit Sun-
day evening for an extended visit
to Palestine. While there he will
spend most of hi.5 time in the set-
tlements of the organization.
Koller lives at 4045 W. Buena
Vista avenue.
Refugees From Poland Line Up for Nourishing U.S. Food
With thousands returned
from the armed forces and
congregational memberships
soaring to record highs, De-
troit synagogues and tem-
ples will be thronge1 with
worshippers for Rosh Ha-
shonah services from sunset
Wednesday through Friday.
Along with traditional
prayers of penance many a silent
prayer of gratitude will rise for
the return of loved ones and many
will be the pleas for a • year of
peace and of joy.
Because of a resurgence of the
religious spirit and resultant large
membership rosters, several syna-
gogues have been forced to drop
supplementary services for non-
members to accommodate their
own communicants.
Several new rabbis will make
their holiday debuts at services
the day of Rosh Hashonah serv-
ices and others who last year con-
ducted worship for men in Europe
and the Pacific will be back to
lead their own flocks as of old.
RABBI ADLER BACK
Back in the pulpit at Congre-
gation Shaarey Zedek will be Rab-
bi Morris Adler who last year
served as an Army chaplain. He
will preach the sermon at services
In the main auditorium the sec-
ond day of Rosh Hashonah, Fri-
day at 8:15 a. m.
Dr. A. M. Hershman, who has
recovered from a lengthy Illness,
will deliver the sermon the first
day of the New Year, Thursday.
His subject will be "Our Three-
Fold Task."
High Holy Day services at Shaa-
rey Zedek will begin at 6:30 p. m.
Wednesday with Cantor Jacob H.
Soncnklar chanting the services in
the main auditorium. He will be
assisted by a choir made up of
Max Titel, Arthur Scher, Joseph
Cantor and Max Somberg.
SUPPLEMENTARY RITES
Because the full membership
cannot be seated in the main syna-
gogue, services will also be held
in the social hall where Rabbi
Harry W. Katchen of New York,
assistant director of field activities
for the Jewish Theological Semi-
nary of America, will serve as
rabbi. Cantor Israel M. Breitbart
of Philadelphia will lead the
prayers.
At Temple Beth El, Wednesday's
services will start at 7:30 p. m.
and Thursday's at 10 a. m.
Dr. B. Benedict Glazer will of-
ficiate and preach the sermons in
the main auditorium. Dr. Abra-
ham Cronbach of the Hebrew
Union College faculty will lead the
services in the Brown Memorial
Chapel.
DEDICATE PRAYER BOOK
"A New Prayer for a New Day"
will be the theme of Rabbi Leon
Fram's sermon at the Rosh Ha-
shonah eve services of Temple Is-
rael at 8 p. m. Wednesday in the
auditorium of the Institute of
Arts. It will ben sermon of dedi-
cation of the new High Holy Day
prayer book which the congrega-
tion will begin using at this
service.
Overflow services will be held
in the Institute lecture hall where
Rabbi Milton Aron of the Hillel
Foundation at Wayne University
will conduct the devotions.
On Rosh Hashonah morning, et
10 a. rn. Thursday, Rabbi Fram will
follow his annual custom of pre-
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Ida Lippman Picked
for Korea Police Job
Some 60,000 Polish Jews, fleeing anti-Semitism in their native land, are seeking a haven in the
American zones of Germany and Austria. Already 30,000 have crossed into Czechoslovakia,
Above are a group of refugees before a JDC center waiting for a hot meal. At the left, long
separated brothers at a New York pier, reunited through the National Refugee Service, a United
Jewish Appeal beneficiary.
Ida Lippman, Detroit lawyer
and former policewoman, will join
seven others in the state in taking
over executive police jobs In
Seoul, capital of Korea.
Miss Lippman was one of the
original members of the Detroit
women's division wnen it was
originated in 1921.