Friday, December 20, 1946 Chronicle DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Page Twelve Vets Take Places in Jewish Centers NEW YORK— Jewish veterans returning to civilian life are rapid- ly taking their place in Jewish community center life, findings of a survey conducted by the Na- tional Jewish Welfare Board (JWB) reveal. More than 30,000 former GI's have already signed up as members of Jewish com- munity centers and YM-YWHA's affiliated with the JWB, and more than 90 per cent of the centers reporting have a free membership policy for the veterans. Thirty-one centers have indi- cated that there are no Jewish veterans in their communities who have not joined the center; 41 centers reported there are at least 12,500 former servicemen who have not joined until now, under the free membership plan. More than 92 per cent of the reporting centers have free mem- bership for all Jewish veterans, and only six use the plan for center members only, more than 94 per cent of the centers give them all membership privileges. More than 54 per cent have free membership for veterans for six months, 37 per cent for one year, and some centers have free vet- eran membership for as long as two years. The majority of Jewish com- munity centers adopted a free membership policy after 1944, al- though 10 centers had free mem- bership for ex-GI's since 1941, and 28 more centers adopted the plan before the end of 1944. `Greatest Show On Earth' Seen by Fun-Starved Tots in Berlin JDC Annual Meeting Set for Jan. 12 in N.Y. NEW YORK—The 32nd annual meeting of the Joint Distribution Committee will take place Sunday, Jan. 12, at the Hotel New Yorker, it was announced by•Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, vice-chairman of the JDC. The meeting will open at 10 a.m. when members of the JDC na- tional council convene to elect council and board members, review 1946 operations and examine plans for a program of expanded activi- ties in behalf of Europe's Jewish survivors during 1947. Greetings of the Season! TRUCK LETTERING IS OUR SPECIALTY One Truck or a Fleet The modern Quixign method guaranteed to outlast the body paint est show on earth" goes back to 1811 when a German family by the name of Blumenfeld started a mittee has supported thousands of circus. The venture was a suc- activities dedicated to the welfare cess and from 1811 to 1933, the of Europe's Jews. Recently, the Blumenfeld Circus was a popular the past 31 years, B ERLIN—In the Joint Distribution Com- H. Friedman Kosher Meat Poultry Market Electrol Oil Burner and \Nikstinghouse Air Conditioning Equipment WM. B. O'DONNELL CO. CADILLAC 4636 1819 GRATIOT AVE. 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Then, however, dreamed of by its founders, al- Nazi law closed the circus. though it, too, was dedicated to • * * the welfare of Europe's Jews — CHANUKAH GREETINGS the Jewish child survivors. JDC CIRCUS REORGANIZED ITS OWNER, ARTHUR BLU- sponsored a circus! AND BEST WISHES TO YOU ALL Acrobats, clowns, "wild" ani- MENFELD, great-grandson of the mals, popcorn, candy, soft drinks founder, was sent to a concentra- —all were included in the circus. tion camp. Recently, after recup- Relief, in the form of laughs and erating from his imprisonment, a good time, was given to 1,500 Arthur Blumenfeld began reor- young Jewish boys and girls from ganizing his circus. Rock heard about the Blumen- the two displaced persons camps in the Berlin area and from the feld circus and also learned that HOGARTH 8000 12000 CLOVERDALE it was to celebrate its 135th an- Berlin Jewish community. niversary by giving its first show * * • since 1933. YANKS SEE SHOW He decided that the proper way LAUGHING, SHOUTING and t— staring wide-eyed at the "daring feats of the master of the tight- Season's Greetings rope and trapeze" were also 100 CHANUKAH GREETINGS American boys and girls, children of American soldiers stationed in Berlin, who were the guests of the homeless DP youngsters. JACK GELLER SAUL CHARNES And having just as good a time as the children, most of whom were seeing their first cir- cus, were Ambassador Robert Murphy, American political ad- viser in Germany; American Army and UNRRA representatives; and 8624 TWELFTH ST. 11414 LIVERNOIS Eli Rock and Henry Levy of the Trinity 2-5252 JDC Berlin staff, the "ringmas- ters" behind the scenes. The story of the JDC's "great- • • SEASON'S GREETINGS! Jerusalem was liberated from the Turks on Chanukah in 1917, Gen. Allenby having entered the city during the Feast of Lights, ASHLEY QUIXIGN CO. 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