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Kol Nidre services on Yom
Kippur eve, Tuesday, will be
chanted at 6.
Rabbi Joshua Sperka will
preach on "The Material and the
Spiritual."
Services on Wednesday will
begin at 8 a.m. Yizkor will be
recited at 11 a.m. Rabbi Sperka
will preach on "The Soul of
Man."
Cantor Hyman J. Adler and
his choir, directed by Harry Se-
gal, will chant all services.
Friday evening services Oct.
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Tcn-month-old Ilerzl Weiner of Brooklyn greets the New
Year. The son of Ben Weiner, national director of Masada,
Young Zionists of America, he will leave in several months
with his paren6, who will undergo Ilachshara (pre-Israel
training) before 'making their home in Israel as Chalutzim.
Throngs Hail Dr. Weizmann
as e rrives in /srael`y
TEL AVIV (Special) — Dr.
Chaim Weizmann was wildly ac-
claimed on his arrival in Israel
last week to assume the presi-
dency of the Jewish State which
he helped to found.
The arrival of the 73-year-old
scientist from Geneva was kept
a secret for security reasons.
Only a small group of govern-
ment officials was permitted at
art air base near Tel Aviv to
greet him as he landed.
But word of his arrival spread
rapidly and crowds lined Tel
Aviv's central thoroughfares to
cheer Dr. Weizmann on his
way to a special session of the
provisional state council.
"This is a great and sacred
moment for me," Dr. Weizmann
told the assembled officials. He
promised that the political ex-
perience gathered in his long
career would be "placed un-
reservedly at the service of the
State."
"We are fighting for the ex-
istence of our nation," he as-
serted, "but the Jewish people
are a peace-loving people" and
are "all anxiously looking for-
ward to the day when we can
convert the sword into a plow-
share.
"We have no illusions," he
concluded, "that our path at the
beginning will be smooth and
clear. But this is not the first
time that we shall have to show
our ability to overcome obsta-
cles."
The UN General Assembly
will reject the late Count Berna-
dotte's recommendation that the
Negev be torn away from Israel
and handed over to the Arabs.
Maj. Gen. John Hilldring pre-
dicted at the $100 dinner climax-
ing Hadassah's Honor Roll cam-
paign last Saturday at the Stat-
ler.
Gen. Hilldring is former head
of American Military Govern-
ment in Europe and former dele-
gate to the General Assembly
which approved the partition
plan that originally allotted the
Negev to the new Jewish State.
WILL KEEP ITS HEAD
"The UN will not permit the
Bernadotte slaying to becloud the
basic issues," he said, "and will
stick, to its decision of last No-
vember." ". -
"What has happened in Israel
in the 10 months since that de.
cision is nothing short of amaz-
ing,. and credit for the new
State's magnificent strides must
gOlOts leadership, the logic of
its arguments before the. UN and
to the extraordinary her-'sm and
exemplary restraint of it people.
"Tonight Israel exists and we
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3,000 Israeli Soldiers
Reported Lost in War
LEEDS, ENGLAND (JWNS)—
At a public meeting, Capt. Lewis
Harris who recently arrived from
Palestine, reported that in the
battles following the proclama-
tion of the new Jewish State, Is-
rael lost 3,000 men, "of the best
and youngest of the nation."
Plan Programs for Groups
from bombs. No Israeli planes
rose to intercept the enemy
craft.
WARTIME HOLIDAY
Air raid sirens imposed them-
selves on the tranquility of the
holiday. Synagogues were
thronged with record crows in
the morning and thousands spent
the afternoon on the beaches
and in the cafes. War workers
and soldiers left their posts for
their first real holiday in many
months.
Meantime, the government of
Israel told UN delegations at
Paris, where the Assembly is
in session, that it must reject
the portion of the Bernadotte
report recommending the as-
signment of the Negev to the
Arabs.
VITAL TO SETTLEMENT
Israel told the 58 states in
a surrender of even a portion
the UN that the Negev area is
vital to Israel's long range re-
settlement plans and that the
Jewish State could not agree to
of the desert lands.
The loss of the Negev, Israel
said in its memorandum "would
cut .off about two-thirds' of Is-
rael's territory, deprive it of the
only land reserves available for
development, cripple existing
and potential prospects for the
scientific utilization of natural
resources and stunt Israel's
progress and growth for genera-
tions to come."
FEAR IMMIGRATION
T h e .Jewish memorandum
pointed out that the Arabs had
always argued that pressure of
Jewish immigration would force
the new State to covet more
land. If the Negev is taken
from the Jews, it contended,
"Arab fears would be intensified
and the prospects of pacific co-
operation between Israel and its
neighbors would be prejudiced."
The Associated Press reported
that King Abdullah of Trans-
jordan has been asked by the
other Arab states whether he is
attempting to annex Arab Pal-
estine and whether he will rec-
ognize the Jewish State.
MUFTI IS PRESIDENT
This was the newest develop-
ment in the rift among the
Arabs. Earlier, it was reported
that the exiled Mufti had been
proclaimed president of the Pal-
estine Arabs' national assembly.
From Parjs came a report that
Israeli Foreign Minister Shertok
had conferred with Secretary of
State Marshall for 30 minutes.
Jewish Hospital
Eyes New Drive
Jew Is Candidate
for Vice-President
NEW YORK CITY (Speeial)—
ill Jew is running for vice-presi-
dent of the United States.
Among the 22 nominees for
this high office is Symon Gould
of the American Vegetarian Par-
t/•
In addition to being associate
editor of the American Vegetar-
ian, official organ of vegetarian-
ism, Gould, who is a born-and-
bred New Yorker, is also direc-
tor of public relations of the
Vegetarian movement which
■ umbers, according to a recent
Gallup poll, 3,000,000 adherents
In this country.
Detroit Jewry
Arab Planes Scout
Israel on Holiday;
Negev Plan Rejected
Hilldring Doubts
Partition Change
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The trAitional singing of Kol
Nidre will usher in the observ-
ance of Yom Kippur,
Dr. B. Benedict Glazer will
preach the sermon at the early
evening service at 7, Tuesday,
and Rabbi Sidney Akselrad will
speak at the late evening ser-
vice at 9.
On Wednesday, services will
be held all day beginning at 10
a.m., with Dr. Glazer preaching
at the morning worship and the
memorial service in the after-
.
noon.
The liturgical music by the
Temple choirs will be under the
direction of Jason H. Tickton,
1nusic director and organist.
The children's Yom Kippur
afternoon service will be at 2,
Wednesday, with Rabbi Akselrad
preaching the sermon. Suzanne
Altman, Max .Fleischman, Janet
Katz and Ronald Seltzer of the
1948 confirmation class will read
the service.
Yom Kippur services in the
chapel will be conducted by
Rabbi Robert P. Jacobs of St.
Louis at 7 p.m., Tuesday, and
all day Wednesday, starting at
)0 a.m.
Sabbath of Repentance ser-
Vices will be at 11 am., Satur-
day, Oct. 9, with Dr. Glazer
preaching the sermon.
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of Service to
(Special to the Jewish Chronicle)
TEL AVIV—Arab planes marred Israel's celebration
of Rosh Ilashonah when anti-aircrift guns were forced to,
fire on high-flying warplanes over Tel Aviv and Haifa.
Two explosions were heard in the outskirts of Haifa
but there was no official statement on whether they were
In solemnity and With confi-
dence in the mercy of the Al-
mighty, Jews , of Detroit will
leave their homes just before
Sundown to participate in the
stirring - rites of the ancient Day
of Atonement, when man's fate
for the coming year is sealed
on the basis of the sincerity of
his prayers and his contrition.
Not until the single blast of
the Shofar sounds after twilight
the next day will the long fast
of the worshipers crowding the
Synagogues be broken.
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Third of a Century
FkAttty, October 8, 1948 10c a Copy $3 Per
Year
The age-old Kol Nidre
chant will launch the 24-hour
observance of Yom Kippur,
Jewry's Sabbath of Sabbaths,
before sundown Tuesday.
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Leaders in the program planners institute of the Jewish Community Council are shown above.
Left to right, seated, Mrs. J. R. Sauls, Mrs. Samuel Aaron, Lawrence W. Crohn, co-chairman
of the Council's culture commission; Aaron Droock, Council president; and Mrs. S. Silverstein,
Standing are Oscar Cohen, executive director of the Council; Norval Slobin, Sam Rabinowitz
and Norman Drachler. Not shown is Rabbi Morris Adler, chairman of the culture commission.
About 150 program planners from 67 organizations attended the meeting. The Council has
printed materials and films and recordings suited for programs of Jewish organizations. For
information call Cll. 1657.
The Jewish Hospital Associa-
tion is negotiating with the
Greater Detroit Hospital Fund
for its inclusion in a citywide
drive for new medical facilities,
it was announced this week.
Contributors were urged to
pay the balance on their pledges.
"Our status as partners in the
citywide plan will be enhanced
by a showing of the amount of
money we already have at
hand," said Max Osnos, associa-
tion president..
His statement also revealed
that a financial plan to meet in-
creased costs of construction will
be presented to contributors
soon.