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In Palestine
MRS. MOSES P. EPSTEIN
• • •
Hadassah Head
Spurs Medical Aid
Studies Expansion
of Zion Services
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Despite vi-
olence and political tension in
Palestine, Mrs. Moses P. Epstein,
national ,president of Hadassah,
arrived by plane in the Holy Land
"to help launch a more intensive
program of medical aid for ref-
ugee aid for refugee newcomers,
and to approve plans for the ex-
pansion of the Hadassah Medical
Center on Mt. Scopus outside of
Jerusalem."
Mrs. Epstein is scheduled to
go to Zurich, Switzerland from
Palestine in mid-August to attend
a meeting of the World Zionist
Congress actions committee, on
which she sits as a member of
the praesidium. Five other Ha-
dassah delegates will attend the
committee's sessions.
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PIONEERS UNDETERRED
In a statement sent to 669 Ha-
dassah chapters before her de-
parture, Mrs. Epstein declared:
"Upbuilding by Jews will go for-
ward no matter what tragedies
are being perpetrated in Pales-
tine. "Our people have created
a democratic outpost in the Mid-
dle East throughout years of per-
secution, war and international
badgering of their hopes. The
sooner the world realizes that our
constructive pioneering will con-
tinue no matter how brutal the
efforts to stop it. the sooner will
justice be done."
EXPAND HOSPITAL
Building will begin during Mrs.
Epstein's visit on a 200 bed tuber-
culosis hospital which is to be
part Of the Medical Center. Two
annexes totalling 170 beds added
to the present 350 bed Rothschild-
Hadassah-University Hospital will
be completed during her stay.
Plans for a new out-patient de-
partment which is also to become
part of the Medical Center in
preparation for the opening of a
50-student undergraduate medical
school next year will be reviewed
during her tour.
"No more dramatic expression
could be found of the determina-
tion of 250,000 American Jewish
women who comprise Hadassah
to go on with their program of
nation-building in Palestine than
these latest plans for expansion
of the medical and social services.
public health, child welfare, and
other projects conducted by our
group." her statement read.
DUTY OF ALL CITIZENS
"Nothing will prevent the Jews,
whose future despite an Allied
victory is so black in Europe,
from going to their rightful, legal
homeland.
"As Americans, Jews and Zion-
ists, the quarter million women
who comprise Hadassah call upon
their fellow-citizens here to con-
tinue to help them safeguariA
what has already been built, and
to lay new groundwork for fu-
ture democratic progress"
13th District Residents
to Weigh Candidates
The fall city election and its
candidates will be the subject of
a meeting for residents of the
13th congressional district spon-
sored by Americans for Demo-
cratic Action at 8 p. m. Wednes-.
day. Aug. 13 at the Highland
Park YWCA.
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
MAN OF THE WEEK
AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of the Jewish Home for Aged, Ira I.
Sonnenblick has been the human and sympathetic force that
has made that institution as similar to "home" as any synthetic
institution can be.
Sonnenbli•k's thoughtfulness and understanding have stimu-
lated the aged in finding solace
and contentment during the ebb-
ing period of their lives.
"By allowing the residents
freedom to come and go as they
please; by giving them an op-
portunity to discuss their prob-
lems and to express themselves..
we try to make this a real home
to them," Sonnenblick explained.
"We treat them as individuals
and consider them as part of
the Jewish community nut seg-
regated from it."
Sonnenblick pointed out that
there are no inflexible rules at
the Home. "What may be good
for one resident may not be
good for anothe•," he acknow-
ledged. "Therefore, we accept
the residents as they are, and
we don't try to change theii
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personalities.'
In this way, Sonnenblick illustrated, the numerous frustrations
and disappointments which are detrimental to the mental health
of the aged are avoided.
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• TO DISPELL A COMMON misconception about the Home,
Sonnenblick said that money was not the primary factor in gaining
admittance to the Home. "When a bed is available we accept the
applicant in greatest need, regardless of his ability to pay."
So that the residents may have as full and normal a life as
possible, numerous functions are held at the home. "We try to
stimulate their interests, provide recreation, and, wherever possi-
ble, administer occupational therapy," Sonnenblick said.
"Painting a wire fence may seem silly to some, but the thera-
putic values that one 85-year-old man gains from it cannot be
equalled by any scientific invention."
A Talmudic study group meets every Saturday. Orthodox
Rabbis conduct services each week. Monthly birthday parties are
held. The Womens Auxiliary Service Group does chores for the
residents. "But best of all," Sonnenblick stated, "these-,activities
give the residents an opportunity to talk."
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SONNENBLICK WAS BORN in Poland in 1908 and came to
the U.S. in 1924. He graduated from New York University as a
major in social science. He received an L.L.B. degree from St.
Johns University law school, but never practiced. Sonnenblick
has worked in the Jewish education field and in numerous com-
munity centers.
He has been active in Landsmanschaften, the Joint Distribu-
tion Committee and the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
He took over his present position in March, 1947.
Having worked with elderly groups in New York, Sonnenblick
has a thorough understanding of the needs of the aged. With the
strong desire to be of service as his guide, Sonnenblick has dedi-
cated himself to the task of providing peace and comfort to the
old folks.
40 Dolls Shipped to Cyprus
by Camp Chelsea Women
A group of 40 women who at-
tended the Jewish Community
Center's Camp Chelsea in July
demonstrated that they could
not separate their vacation pe-
riod from their community and
social responsibility.
Instead of "forgetting their
everyday worries," they col-
lected $50 to be sent to the Pio-
neer Women's Organization for
the child rescue fund. Mrs.
Clara Eisenberg, Mrs. Lena Za-
ger and Mrs. Rose Jaffe sparked
this drive.
RAISE $38 FOR SOS
-
After discussing the plight of
Jewish DP's, they raised $38 for
Perlman Named
to Top Legal Post
WASHINGTON — The appoint-
ment of Philip B. Perlman, for-
mer assistant attorney general of
Maryland. to the post of Solicitor
General of the United States has
been confirmed by the United
States Senate.
After months of delay in which
Perlman's nomination had en-
countered vigorous but isolated
opposition, 20 Republicans joined
38 Democrats in support of Perl-
man. Twenty Republicans and
one Democrat voted against con-
firmation.
Senator O'Connor, who cam-
paigned for Perlman, lauded the
new Solicitor General's record
and said that "many jurists and
attorneys, irrespective of party
affiliation, testified to his excep-
tional abilities in the field et
jurisprudence."
SOS. Several worked in the
arts and crafts shop and made
40 dolls which were shipped to
Cyprus, and others made 42 ki-
monos and 12 friendship bags
which were sent to Palestine.
As a result of the Tishah Fab
program, telegrams, were sent to
President Truman and Sena-
tors Vandenberg and Ferguson,
urging them to take positive ac-
tion on the Stratton Bill.
THREE TIMES "CHAI"
Following the Jewish tradi-
tion of contributing Zedakah, in-
dividuals in the group gave
three times "Chaff" (18) toward
the support of a young man in a
DP camp in Germany whose
letter was read.
Mrs. Leah Boyaner, Mrs. Rose
Levitt and Mrs. Sarah Moore
were instrumental in carrying
out many of the projects. Camp
Chelsea is directed by Samuel
Neuschatz. Mrs. Jeanette Katz
is in charge of the adult pro-
grams and Mrs. Blossom Neu-
schatz supervises the arts and
crafts department.
Mi
Ferguson Bill
to Admit DP's
Had a Catch
By WILL SHERMAN
fallacy
" of the approach to legisla-
tion to open the immigration
doors to displaced persons as a
means of aiding Jewry was
pointed out with startling clarity
last month when the new Fer-
guson bill woo introduced in the
Senate.
Although to the hasty reader
the differences between it and
the Stratton bill appear to be
minor, the fact is that American
officials in charge of the selec-
tion of immigrants are given un-
der the Ferguson bill a new
authority which can be extreme-
ly dangerous.
WASHINGTON — Basic
LEON GELLMAN
• • •
Mizrachi Leaders
Sail to Conference
PRIORITY SYSTEM SET UP
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Unlike the Stratton bill, the
Ferguson bill sets no limit on
the number of non-quota immi-
grants who may come to this
country in the next four years
from the ranks of the displaced
persons. At the same time, a
system of priority is set up,
cynically recognizing that there
is little chance for unrestricted'
immigration.
The bill then declares, "subject
to the above priorities, so far
as practicable, there shall be
admitted under the program con-
templated by this Act persons
possessed of special trades, skills,
professions or aptitudes as will
best meet the economic needs
of the United States and con-
tribute to its cultural, religious,
economic or industrial welfare
and prosperity."
NO NEW LAWS
There are no new laws to
qualify the foreign service officers
on whose judgment aspiring dis-
placed persons must depend
when it comes to determining
how well they will meet the
economic needs of the United
States and "contribute to its cul-
tural, religious . . . welfare."
While those closest to the sit-
uation are uneasily predicting an
early "explosion" among the dis-
placed persons in Germany, the
State Department is suddenly
hiding behind the skirts of the
United Nations as it refuses ac-
tion on the Palestine problem.
We must •wait for the United
Nations Commission to report,
lest we weaken the United Na-
tions, Secretary of State Mar-
shall told a Senate group, while
in Paris UN was being bypassed
and in Athens and Ankara UN
was being bypassed.
Poland's Deadline
on Claims Dec. 31
Zurich Parley Due
to Revamp Setup
NEW YORK—Headed by Leon
Gellman, national president of
the Mizrachi Organization of
America, a delegation of seven
national leaders of the religious-
Zionist movement today sailed
aboard the S.S. America for a
special consultative conference of
the general Mizrachi movement
Aug. 15 in Zurich, Switzerland.
The conference, arranged
through the initiative of the
American Mizrachi movement,
will be attended by an estima-
ted 75 leaders of the General
Mizrachi mov)ments in England,
Switzerland, France, Belgium,
Holland, Palestine, United States,
and the Jewish DP camps in the
U.S. zones of Germany and
Austria.
Called for the purpose of cre-
ating a new international orga-
nizational structure of the Miz-
rachi movement, the parley is
expected to formulate proposals
for reconstitution which will
subsequently be submitted for
ratification to the World Miz-
rachi Conference during the
coming winter.
The world conference,lhe first
to be held since 1939, will be
attended by representatives of
all the religious-Zionist bodies
which consist of the General
Mizrachi movement, Hapoel Ha-
mizrachi (religious labor), Miz-
rachi Women, Junior Mizrachi
Women and Noar Mizrachi (Miz-
rachi youth).
Labor Zionist Unit
to Meet Tuesday
Chapter 7 of the Labor Zionist
Organization of Detroit will meet
at 8 p. m. Tuesday in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell M.
Rabbi Shlomo Gliksman's cor-
Lowe, 3336 Lawrence avenue.
respondence office advises that
the Polish government has set a
The following are the new of-
Dec. 31 deadline for claiming ricers of the chapter: Mrs. Saul
rights on the property of rela- Stein, president; Lowe, vice-pres-
tives killed by the Nazis in Po- ident; Mrs. Arnold R. Axelrod,
land.
treasurer; and Mrs. Lowe, sec-
The power of attorney grant- retary. Newly elected members of
a person in Poland the au- the executive board are Louis
thority to represent the claim- Rosen, Mrs. Boris Katz, Mrs.
ing party's rights must also be Harold Noveck and Emanuel
Bauman.
submitted by that date.
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