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Temple Beth El Centennial Issue

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Temple
Envoy of
Good Will

By G. MENNEN WILLIAMS
Governor of Michigan
It is most fitting that the
100th anniversary of Temple
Beth El, Michigan's oldest
Jewish congregation, should

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be honored in a special issue
of Michigan's oldest English-
Jewish newspaper, the Detroit
Jewish Chronicle.

Through 100 years of constant
change, the members of Temple
Beth El congregation have clung,
steadfast and unshaken, to their
fathers' ancient faith. Many have
been outstanding leaders who
contributed in no small measure
to state and civic progress. Al-
ways Bic), have been active in
promoting inter-faith relation-
ships and furthdring the welfare
of their fellow citizens.
On behalf of the people of
Michigan, it is my privilege—as
governor to congratulate the
Temple Beth El congregation on
a century of splehdid achieve-
ment. May the 100th milestone of
your road of steady progress
mark the start of another 100
years of service to your members,
your city, state and nation.

Temple Beth El will mark its
100th anniversary with a ban-
quet to be held at 6:30 p.m., Sat-
urday at the Book Cadillac Hotel.
A host of outstanding personali-
ties in the Jewish world and the
general community will be pres-
ent.
—The participants wit! be Dr.
Nelson Glueck, president of the
Hebrew Union College - Jewish
Institute of Religion; Dr. Mau-
rice N. Eisendrath, president of Dr. Eisendrath
Dr. Wise
the Union of American Hebrew
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Congregations; Dr. Solomon B Diocese of Michigan; the Rev.
Frechof, rabbi of Temple Rodef Chester A. McPheters, president
Shalom, Pittsburgh, and a past of the Detroit Council of
president of the Central Confer- Churches; Dr. David Henry, pres-
ence of American Rabbis; Dr. B. ident of Wayne University; Nate
Benedict Glazer, and Rabbi .
nay Akselrad.
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Mennen Williams; Mayor Albert
E. Cobo; The Rt. Rev. Richard S.
Emrich, bishop of the Episcopal

Unselfish
Service

I S. Shapero, president of Temple
Beth El and the Honorable
Charles C. Simons, chairman of
the centennial anniversary com-
mittee who will act as toast-
master.
By ALBERT E. COBO
Mayor of Detroit
The musical program will be
rendered by the Little Symphony
One hundred years of serv-
of Detroit under the direction of ice.
Valter Poole.
The mere statement is elo-
The 100th Anniversary service quent. As mayor of the larger
will be held at 8:15 p.m. Friday.
Dr. Jacob R. Marcus, president
of the Central Conference of
American Rabbis; Dr. Jonah B.
Wise, rabbi of Central Syna-
gogue, New Yo•k,and son of Dr.
Isaac M. Wise, founder of Reform
Judaism in America; and Dr. B.
Benedict Glazer will be the main
speakers.
Local Participants will be:
Rabbi Leon Fram of Temple
Israel and Rabbi Morris Adler
of Congregation Shaarey Zedek.
The 100th Anniversary Pag-
eant, to be presented by the Re-
ligious School children,- will be
held at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Jordan Talks
Wait Elections, Good of All
By HOMER FERGUSON
U.S. to. Seek
U. S. Senator•
Premier Says
I am very pleased that I
TIBERIAS—(Special) — Israel may join
in celebrating the, End to Arms
wants peace with its Arab neigh-
bors as quickly as possible and 100th anniversary of Temple
on a basis of the present de Beth El,' the oldest Jewish Aid to Arabs
facto frontiers, Prime Minister

WASHINGTON — (WNS) —
President Truman will "reinforce
his efforts in stopping" the sup-
plying of arms by Great Brit-
aM to the Arab nations, House
u l e s Committee chairman
Adolph C. Sabbath was reported
to have declared in a letter to
Eliahu D. Stone, vice-president
of the Zionist Organization of
America.
Rep. Sabbath, who conferred
with the chief executive on the
issue of British shipment of arms,
wrote that he had "obtained the
President's assurances and was
informed that he was presently

David Ben Gurion said in an in-
terview with the correspondent of
the New York Times.
Ben Gurion revealed that nego-
tiations with Transjordan were
marking time. "Our representa-
tives meet from time to time.
After the forthcoming elections in

Jordan we expect to start formal
negotiations, "• he said:
"Israel never had nor has it
any intention of attacking or har-
boring aggressive intentions
against the territory of others,"
Ben Gurion stated.
Pointing to the necessity of
building up the country and re-
ceivingf immigrants on a large
scale, Ben Gurion stated: "Peace
is of paramount interest to our
policy."

UN Strangles Jerusalem
to Death, Eban Warns

GENEVA—(WNS)—A' warning
that the United Nations' attempt
to impose a "corpus seperatum"
(separate b)dy) status on Jerus-
alem would mean "economic
death" for the city was sounded
here by Aubrey S. Eban, Israel
delegate to the United Nations.
Addressing the UN Trusteeship
Council, which has been grap-
pling for weeks with the problem
of establishing a status for
Jerusalem under the General As-
aembly's decision to place the
city under international aegis,
Eban cautioned that separating
Jerusalem from Israel would
transform the city into "an eco-
nomically backward area." '
"If Jerusalem "is not made
part of an infinitely more produc-
tive unit, its economic autonomy
will be .a veil for a permanent
decline," he told the Council,
adding that "very word corpus
seperatum" was a "euphemism
for economic death."

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Beth El Mark 100th Year City Given

Dynamic
Force for

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See Report
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Speech
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He pointed out Israel contrib-
uted 28,000,000 pounds to the
current 24,000,000 pound budget
of the city and he asked how that
expenditure would be met under
an international regime.
His statement drew angry re-
sponses from Iraqi and Syrian
spokesmen.
Dr. Fadhil al-Jamali of Iraq
said 'Mr. Than was maintaining
that Jerusalem could not be kept
alive by the outside world at a
time when the whole of Israel
was being supported by outside
world.
"If the • world can support
Israel, why cannot it support
Jerusalem?" he exclaimed.
In the meantime, it was reported
that the UN Palestine Concilia-
timi Commission had reached a
deadlock in its efforts at direct
peace talks here between Israel
and the Arab countries.
The Arab states have consis-
tently refused to sit at the same
table with Israel's representatives.

looking into this important mat-
ter and into the report that I

gave him."

SEN. FERGUSON
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congregation in the state and
one of the four largest in the
nation.

It has been my privilege for
Many years to observe the accom-
plishments of Temple Beth El's
rabbinic and ray leadership which
have contributed so much to pro-
moting inter-faith relationships
and community activities. While
rearing generations of Detroit's
citizens in the faith of their fath-
ers, Temple Beth El's influence
has been felt as a dynamic force
for good among all the people of
the city and consequently of the
nation.

Arabs May Expel
Jordan at Parley

CAIRO— (Special) —Members
of the Arab League are reported
considering a proposal to expel
Jordan because of her alleged
contacts with Israel during and
after the war in Palestine.
Several figures in the Arab
League are known to want Jor-
dan out of the league.

Dr. Steinberg,
Rabbi, Author,
Dies at 46

NEW YORK— (Special) —Dr.
Milton Steinberg, rabbi of the
Park Avenue Synagogue, New
York, died March 20 after a brief
illness at the age of 46.
A well-known author and lec-
turer his most famous work was
"Basic Judaism." He also wrote
- "A Partisan Guide to the Jew-
ish Problem"; "As a Driven Leaf";
and "The Making of a Modern
Jew."
Dr. Steinberg was active in the
Zionist Organization and served
on the editorial board of "The
New Palestine."
He leaves his wife Edith and
two sons.

JORDAN ELECTIONS
TEL AVIV— USD —One mil-
lion ballots have been printed
by the Jordan government for
elections to be held in Jordan
and Arab Palestine on April 12,
according to the Arab newspaper,

Falastin.

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community to whose spiritual
and material progress the
smaller community of Temple
Beth El has contributed so
much, I offer my most heart-
felt congratulations in the
name of all the people of De-
troit.
It is my privilege and duty to

offer more than congratulations.
The thanks and gratitude and the
deep appreciation of all citizens
are due to an organization which
has been guided through all the
years by the highest ideals of
good and constructive citizenship.
There is no means of measuring
the contribution made by Temple
Beth El to the growth and great-
ness of Detroit. If measurement
were possible it would be best
indicated by listing the names of
individuals whose inspiration de-
rived from their membership in
this splendid congregation.
In that list would • be 'fotind
scores, yes hundreds of the men
and women of whom this city is
very proud and to whom it is
deeply indebted for able arid un-
selfish service rendered.
"I will name only one, Dr. Leo
M. Franklin, a really great man
whose spirit lives on and who
needs no eulogy here.
My predecessors have called
many times upon Temple Beth
El and its members for help and
support in civic affairs, and have
never been disappointed.
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle
does well in dedicating this issue
to a great service institution.

Ellis Gimbel
Dies at 84

PHILADELPHIA — (Special) —
Ellis A. Gimbel, civic leader and
chairman of the board of Gimbel
Brothers, Inc.. died March 17 at
the age of 84 after a four-day
illness.
He was the last survivor of the
seven brothers who founded the
Gimbel chain.

