Page Six Bnai Brith Highlights Friday, April 29, 1949 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE Campaign Leaders 'for "The Day 0 0 Brandeis Chapter A skit prepared by the dramatic group will highlight the Mother's Day banquet set by the Louis D. Brandeis Chapter fur May 4 at the Mayfair Room. For informa- tion, call Mrs. ESter Sherr, WE. 5- 4151, or Mrs. Jean Howell, WE. 5- 1000. . • • • Keidan Lodge Harry B. Keidan Lodge will meet Tuesday evening, May 3 at the Book'Cadillac hotel. The meeting has been designated "Charter Members Night," in honor of lodge members since its inception in 1925. Past Presidents include Sidney Karbel, Harry Rott and Samuel Kovan. Morris Direnfeld is president. • • • Tikvah Chapter Mrs. Irving Tobes was elected president of the Tikvah women's bowling league. Other officers are Mesdames Jerome Kirschbaum, Leonard Mason, Alfred Helgott and Joseph Dvorin. Trophies will be awarded at a luncheon set for 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 18. Women interested in joining the bowling league, call Mrs. Kirsch- baum, UN. 2-1793. • • • Marshall Chapter The Louis Marshall Women will have an election of officers at 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 4 at Workman's Circle. Mrs. Joseph Rodman, president, will submit her annual report. • • • Handler Chapter Philip Handler Chapter will meet at 8:30 p.m., May 5 at the Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg. A pro- gram will be presented by Mrs. Boris Bronson, BBYO chairman. • • • • On the theory that a good solicitor must first be a good contributor, division chairmen and secre- taries tabulate the pledges made by captains and workers who had signed for duty on "The Day," last Sunday, when 2000 women covered 14,000 pledge slips. At a report meeting at the home of Mrs, William B. Isenberg, volunteer workers included, left to right, seated, Mesdames Harold R. Nelson, David Randleman, Sander Hillman, Abraham M. Bookstein, Herbert Frank, Sam Croll and George Bremen; standing, Mrs. Sidney Karbel, Mrs. Charles Rubiner, and Mrs. Selden Koblin and, standing in rear, Mrs. William Gelb. BBYO CHATTER By GEORGE BLUM and PIERRE BERG A T TIIE monthly meeting of the " Bnai Brith Youth , Council plans were laid for a BBYO out- ing, to be held during the latter part of May. Earl Sirup was chosen temporary chairman. He said that he would investigate the possibility of an AZA-BBYM all star baseball game. ... Helen Diskin, ex-Central athlete and delegate from Deborah, lobbyed for a YW-YM volley ball game. • • • Also reported at the meeting was the acquisition by donation of 150 Jewish comedy records. Records will be sold . . . profits toward youth program. BBG'S are planning annual mom and daughter get-together. . affair slated for latter part of May. Triumvirate of Ilene Sabin, Bernice Stewart and Marilyn Grosseberg handling arrange- ments. and the Youth Organization, to the anniversary affair set for May 1 at the Center. This was done to enable everyone to hear the talk by Harold Russell. There will also be music by a 30-piece orchestra and a buffet - style luncheon. Russell will speak over CKLW from the Center, so the program will start promptly at 2. • • • The BBYW will present its Mother and Daughter affair May 15 at the Mayfair Room on Dex- ter. Sharona Group Slates Banquet Gigl Kannon will be installed president of the Sharona group of Pioneer Women at a mother Pisgah Lodge and daughter banquet set for Thursday, May 5 at the Wilshire "Bellefaire Night" will be hotel. staged by Pisgah Lodge Monday Other officers who will be in- at the Center. Bellefaire, re- stalled include Bess Lipson, Helen gional Jewish children's home lo- Stein, Mollie Sala n, Lillian cated in Cleveland, was founded Bricker, Rothe Goldfarb, Bluma by Bnai Brith in 1868 to care for Aston, Barbara Linden, Helen orphaned children of Civil War Woluk, Thelma Zak, Natalie Cha- soldiers. Since that time it has • • • cared for more than 5,000 chil- . . . David Marcus and Allen tach, Evelyn Cohen and Audrey Mogi II. dren. Alexander Horowitz, re- Becker, Benton Harbor AZA gional supervisor from Belle- boys, and Bill Remes, Grand faire, will present a movie, "More , Rapids lad. w'll be in town for the Brazil Leaders Ask Than Half a Chance," showing Spring 1);.nce and the Anniver- for Hebrew Teachers the work of the home in story sary celeb. Sid Rubenstein, prexy JERUSALEM— (MNB) — To form, of the Michigan Regional AZA strengthen ties between Israel council, has called a meeting of and South America, and in or- his all-powerful executive board der to foster dissemination of for Sunday. Len Caminer, only Hebrew culture, it is imperative upstate officer will be present. that a contingent of well-trained . . . Sobole group invaded fields Hebrew teachers be sent imme- - JERUSALEM —(MNB)— Msgr. of democratic action in recent diately to Brazil, Argentina. and George Hakim, Arab bishop of campaign to "insure freedom of other South American countries, the Greek Orthodox community expression" in High School. Group a Brazilian delegation headed by in Galilee, has returned to Israel headed by Alvin Goldberg have A. Levinson of Rio de Janero. been met favorably by board offi- and B. Flit of San Paulo told singing a new tune. Minister of Religions Rabbi J. L. Prior to recent hostilities, Bish- cilas of city. • • • Fishman. op Hakim was notoriously anti- Larry Wiener and Maynard Ka- Zionist. When Arab-Israeli war- fare broke out, he fled to Beirut. lef, chairmen of the AZA Spring Samuel Schafer Dies; From there he left for Europe Dance, stated that ticket sales where he traveled extensively were going well, but there will One of AZA Founders DENVER — Samuel Schaefer, preaching anti-Zionism. This be tickets on sale at the door for month, the Bishop returned to persons who didn't purchase them executive director of the Na- tional Jewish Hospital at Den- Haifa on a United Nations plane, earlier. Don't forget! April 30 at Ma- ver for 25 years, died at his home accompanied by three clergymen. here April 20, following a heart He visited Rabbi Jacob Herzog, sonic Temple. Dancing to the music of Frankie Carle from 9-1. attack. director of the ministry of reli- • • • One of the founders of AZA, gion's Christian bureau. After The Detroit BBYO Council has Mr. Schaefer was a member of being granted permission to re- decided to invite the public, as tho governor's commission for turn to his flock, the bishop ex- well as members of Bnai Brith DP's. He was 54. pressed his gratitude to Rabbi Herzog for the courteous attitude of the Israeli government. Bishop Returns, Changes His Tune Israel Independence Day Celebration `Halevy on the Air' Starts 6:30 Sunday "Halevy on the Air," a new radio program, will start at 6:30 p. m., Sunday on WKMII, 1310 on the dial. The Halevy double quartet and a symphony trio will provide music. News of the world and Israel will be broadcast. Mapam Deplores Soviet Barriers Bak Ca gers Win 2nd Title Successfully defending the title they took last season, the Pfc. Joseph L. Bale Post cagers, JWV, defeated Allen Club, 45-31, for the championship of the Major Division of the Center basketball league. Ted Bale and Bernie Schneider paced the winners with 11 points each. A trophy will be awarded the team and each individual at a • banquet slated for 8:30 p. m., Wednesday, May 4, at the Center. The Bale cage squad was com- posed of Schneider, Bale, Murray Weiss, Lou Levine, Markey Taub, Eli Kaplansky and Jerome Man- chel, and was coached by Jerry Wetsman. Maurice S• totsky was league supervisor. Mort Letvitsky, Carl Bayer and Iry Collens officiated. Cincy Sachs was adviser, and Sam Levy is the Center health education supervisor. Jewish POW's Returned to Israel JERUSALEM--(MNB)—Lining the streets of Jerusalem, crowds enthusiastically greeted the last contingent of Jewish prisoners- of-war released early this month from prison camps in Mafrak, Transjordan. The ex-POW's, who had num- bered 600, drove up to the Jes- hurun Synagogue where they ceremoniously turned over their Sefer Torah to Synagogue of- ficials. Among the former POW's were seven defenders of the destroyed religious colony Kfar Etzion, and the Old City of Jerusalem. They were welcomed by the Chief Rabbis, the Synagogue wardens, and the military Rabbinate of the Jerusalem area. TEL AVIV—(Palcor)—Al Ham- ishar, press organ of the left wing Mapam, the United Labor Party, declared that the anti- Zionist policies adopted recently in Romania and Hungary "do not shake our faith in the Soviet Un- ion and the Peoples Democra- cies." The paper warned how- ever, that these policies are "harmful to the interests of those countries and to socialism." The paper feels that Israel has a right to demand the free emi- gration of Jews from eastern European countries and the con- tinued operation of "progressive Zionism" there. We shall continue to fight against the present mis- Senator Homer Ferguson is understanding," Al Hamishar one of five senators who have says, been pressing the Senate judi- ciary committee to speed action on several amendments aimed to improve the present DP admis- sions law. Their amendments are aimed NEW YORK — An ambitious to correct several faults in the program for vocational training law which- discriminate against in Israel during the current year, Jews among others and which adopted by the National Council have permitted only 12,000 DP's of the Israeli ORT and based to enter in nine months. upon the economic needs of the Israeli economy, has been launch- Jewish Chronicle news deadline ed. is noon, Mondays. An agreement between the American ORT Federation and the Joint Distribution Committee CELEBRATE provides for a JDC grant of $1.- 500,000 to ORT from the collec- tions of the United Jewish Ap- peal, through which the JDC re- Peace - Democracy - Economic ceives its funds. Security - Socialism Ferguson Urges DP Lair Action Big 1949 Program Planned by ORT MAY DAY GUEST SPEAKER BO& THOMPSON Outstanding hero of World War II . Michigan's Red Arrow Disision. and One •f the 12 Indicted Communist Leaders. LOCAL 157 HALL 5961 FOURTEENTH Sunday, May 8, 3 p.m. Admission: 50c, tax intl. Auspices — Michigan Worker 1 14■ ••••=104=0*• ■ •••• ■ •• ■ •••••••••• ■ •• ■ •••••* , ■ ftml***•• ■ •••••• CLOTHING SHOWER AND LUNCIEON given by the North Woodward Branch Wednesday, May 4, 1949 European Welfare Organization at the Monday, May 2, 1949 - 12:30 P. M. Labor Zionist Institute 13722 Linwood Avenue The Labor Zionist Movement (120A-Farband-Pioneer Women-Habonlm) invites all labor Zionists and friends to its Israel Independence Day celebration on 1om Ilaatzmauth, The Israel Independence Day. PROGRAM AND REFRESHMENTS at the MAYFAIR ROOM Proceeds for Orphans In Israel — Admission $1.00 ■•■■■ •II •MIo•IM/Mbe•