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Vol. 49, No. 47

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Spirited
Into Eretz
JERUSALEM (Special) —
british forces were scouring
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Pisgah 90th Anniversary Hailed

Photo by Jack Hlgelmnn

Principal speakers at Pisgah Uodge banquet Tuesday celebrat-
ing its 90th anniversary. Left to right, Judge Joseph Moy-
nihan, the Rev. Walton E. Cole, Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld and
Herbert Eskin. (For full details, see Bnai Brith Page).

JNF Schedules

Citywide Rally

A citywide conference of con-
gregations, organizations a n d
landsmanshaften is being called
by the council o: the Jewish
National Fund of Detroit with
the purpose of stimulating par-
ticipation of these groups in
JNF activities.

The meeting will take place
Dec. 14 at the Detroit-Leland
Hotel, and will be divided into
morning and afternoon sessions.

Detroit Jewry to Honor
Dora Ehrlich Monday

The Detroit Jewish community
The affair will climax weeks of
will pay tribute to Mrs. Dora preparation under the chairman-
Ehrlich Monday.

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That evening Detroit Jewry is
expected to fill the social hall of
Congregation Shaarey Zedek for
a dinner in her honor, which is
being held in conjunction with
the Detroit campaign for the He-
brew University—Hadassah Med-
ical School of which Mrs. Ehrlich
is local chairman.
Guest speakers will be Dr.
Hahn Yassky, director of the Ha-
dassah Medical Organization in
Palestine, and Mrs. David de Sole
Pool, co-chairman of the national
campaign.
Rabbi Morris Adler, honorary
chairman, will preside, and Rab-
bi Leon Frain will deliver the
invocation. Dr. David Henry,
president of Wayne University,
Ok
will extend greetings.
Musical selections will be pre-
sented by Cantor Jacob H. So-
nenklar and Mrs. Abraham
MRS. DORA EHRLICH
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Cooper, and a campaign report
will be read by Leonard N. Si- ship of Simons,-Frank A. Wets-
mons, one of the dinner chair- man and Alex Schreiber.
men.
Detroit is seeking to raise be-
The final meeting of the doe- tween $75,000 and $100,000 in the
tors' division is being called for drive, with the doctors' quota set
Sunday in the Jewish Corn- at $10,000. Mrs. Ehrlich has al-
munity Center. A meeting of the ready raised $38,000.
full committee is slated for 1
For reservations write to
p.m., Sunday.
Wetsman, 610 Fox Bldg.

Dr. Neumann
to Speak Here
on UN Sunday

Dr. Emanuel Neumann, presi-
dent of the Zionist Organization
of America, will give Detroiters
a first-hand report of develop-
ments on Palestine at the United
Nations at 8:30 p.m., Sunday at
the Northwest Congregation.
Dr. Neumann has been in vir-
tually constant attendance at the
Assembly sessions at Lake Suc-
cess along with Moshe Shertok
and Dr. Nahum Goldmann as
representatives of the Jewish
Agency.
His special role has been in de-
vising formulas and compromise
solutions on difficult points as
they arise or reconciling conflict-
ing points of view between dele-
gations.
As a member of the world
Zionist executive and as presi-
dent of Keren Hayead, Dr. Neu-
mann has exerted a significant
influence on the shaping of world
Zionist policy.

Lunehe,on to Fete
,Conferenee Heads

The Chicago Jewish commun-
ity will be host at a luncheon
reception to the presidents of
national organizations affiliated
with the American Jewish Con-
feren4 participating in the
Fourth Session, Nov. 29 through
Dec. 1.
The luncheon will take place
Sunday Nov. 30.
Four hundred delegates and
alternates have signified their
intention of attending t h e
Fourth Session to study the for-
mation of a permanent Jewish
organization.

Jr. iladassah Conclave
in Chicago, Nov. 27.29

NEW YORK—"The Dynamics
of Zionist Action" in the Zion-
ism of the Jewish State will be
the theme of the 24th annual
convention of Junior Hadassah,
Nov. 27.29 in Chicago

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Who Is Detroit Jewish Boy or Girl
Most Likely to Be Future Leader?

of Haifa, for 187 refugees
from the immigrant ship,

Aliyah which evaded the Brit-
ish blockade and beached itself
on the Naharia shore.
According to informed sources
most of the 187 were youngsters
between the ages of 18 and 20
who had been trained for a
"beachhead landing." The Ali-
yah, a small schooner, was tow-
ed into Haifa Monday.
Meanwhile, 781 visaless Jews
who arrived in Palestine aboard
the blockade runner Kadimah
were transshipped to Cyprus
aboard the British deportation
ferry Runnymede Park.
NOTE TO BRITISH
The 50-ton Aliyah was found
beached 100 feet from shore.
British police found no evi-
dence of life except footprints
in the sand and a chalked mes-
sage in t "ebrew ,saying, "This is
the Ha anah ship Aliyah. We
have landed in spite of the Brit-
ish blockade."
Haganah members were re-
ported to have taken the passen-
gers to the anonymity of agri-
cultural colonies in cars and
carts.
SHOW GRATITUDE
A Jewish newspaperman, the
N. Y. Herald Tribune reported,
said he interviewed one man,
who told him: "We couldn't be-
lieve we were free, that we
weren't going to Cyprus. When
we reached the shore of Pales-
tine and weren't molested, we
all kneeled down and kissed the
ground."
The successful landing appar-
ently was made possible by a
confusion in signals between the
British army and navy, Unit-
ed Press said.

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WHO IS THE Detroit boy or
girl most likely to be a
future leader of the Jewish
community?
The Jewish Chronicle, through
its "Teen-Age Sophisticates"
column run by Helen Tennen-
baum, is sponsoring a citywide
contest to find out.
Will it be some student at
Shaarey Zedek, Bnai Moshe,
Temple Beth El, Temple Israel
or where?
Teen-agers, do you have a»
idea who will he chosen b,
cause of his personality, his
qualifications of leadership
and devotion to Jewish teach-
ings and causes?
If you do you will have a
chance to vote for your favorite
And for the top five candidates
there are some wonderful prizes.
big loving cups, and for the
winner a scholarship or a trip
with all expenses paid by the
Chronicle.
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IERE ARE the rules:
Zligibility: Any Detroit Jew-
ish student, boy or girl from
grades 9 through 12, is eligible.
Qualifications: Candid ates
must he a student of preemi-
nent leadership in his school
and community. Personality,
character, and scholarship will
also be considered.
Time Limit: The contest starts
with this issue' of the Chronicle
and will end at noon Jan. 19.
1948. Ballots postmarked after
that date will not be counted.
Balloting: Ballots are avail-
able in this and all future. edi-
tions of the Chronicle until the
end of the contest. They must
be properly filled in and mailed
to Youth Leadership Contest Edi-
tor, THE DETROIT JEWISH
CHRONICLE, 548 Woodward
avenue, Detroit 26 Mich.
Additional ballots will be
made available at Jewish schools
and centers.

Palestine
Decision
Assured
LAKE SUCCESS (JTA)—

The current session of the
UN Assembly will not ad-
journ without taking a final
decision on Palestine, Chair-
man Dr. Oswaldo Aranha as-
sured Jewish Agency leader

Independent Jewish and
states will be established as of
Oct. I, 1948, under a unanimous
decision reached this week• by
the four-nation working group
on implementation of partition.
The group decided that the
states were to become inde-
pendent two months after the
evacuation of the last British
troops, taking official note of the
British statement last week that
the withdrawal of its military
forces would be completed by
August 1.
U. S. DROPS AQABA
It was learned that the Ameri-
can delegation,' under pressure
from the State Department, has
reversed itself with regard to
leaving the Aqaba area of the
Negev in the Jewish State as
recommended In the UNSCOP
report.
At an open session of the par-
tition sub-committee the dele-
gates of Pdltind and Uruguay
pleaded for inclusion of the Jew-
ish section of Jerusalem in the
Jewish State. The American, Ca-
nadian, South African and other
delegates urged internationaliza-
tion of the whole city under a
UN trusteeship.
BRITAIN BALKS
Speaking for the Soviet dele-
gation, Boris Stein, opposed an
international trusteeship for Je-
rusalem, suggesting instead a
special regime which would
protect the lioly Places and pre-
serve religious interests.
The British government, al-
though it will not take any ac-
tion contrary to a decision of the
UN, will not actively participate
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in implementing the solution of
ONLY ONE VOTE may be the Palestine problem which is
cast by any student in the 9th not agreeable to both Jews and
Arabs, Sir Alexander Cadogan
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said.

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Pythias and JWV Unite
to Provide Playground

The block surrounded by Dex-
ter boulevard and Waverly, Pe
toskey and Holinur avenues was
nothing but a dumping grounds
a few weeks ago.
Today it is a fine playground.
From it emanate the happy
shouts of children, who recently
had no place to play.
This all came about when
juvenile officers of the 10th Po-
lice Precinct, Petoskey station.
complained about the inadequacy
of recreational facilities in that
area.
Their lamentations were heard
by a member of Detroit Lodge
No. 55, Knights of Pythias, and
then things started to happen.
At a meeting, the group named
Sidney Alexander, attorney, as
a committee of one to look into
the situation.
lie inquired as to the owner-
ship of the lot, and discovered
it belonged to the Jewish War
Veterans.
"Certainly we will be glad to
turn it into a playground," the
vets said.
The lodge pen contacted Fred
G. Nagel, who is on the staff of
the parks and recreation depart-

ment. It wasn't long before the
city had bulldozers on the spot.

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SIDNEY ALEXANDER
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The story isn't finished yet.
Sanford Elden, Pythias mem-
ber, is in charge of a committee
drafting dedication plans. By
next year, the lodge hopes it
will have the field completely
equipped.
But right now, plenty of use

is being made of the playground.

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