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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

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Detroit's Own Leonard Schwartz
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Returns for Birntingham Exitt it

Friday, March 2, 1951

Young Israel Crows

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By MRS. ROBERT BREWS
DETROIT
JEWISH
COMMUNITY
honored the homecoming of its personal prodigy, Leonard
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Schwartz, noted young sculptor, at a reception last Wednesday at the Jewish Center. The affair
was sponsored by the Center's art committee. Pr of. Ernest Scheyer of Wayne University's art de-
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partment introduced Leonard.
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Leonard belongs to the corn- 7.'"!! !,
Leonard wishes to share his
glory with the Jewish Commu-
munity in a very real sense since ' •
he is actually its foster son, be- y
nity of Detroit. He states that
in his travels he has absorbed
ing raised as an orphan through
many cultures, and attached him-
social service support.
He has returned to Detroit
self to no country, but that he
with his English bride of three
always felt the need to return
weeks for an exhibition of his
to the community which helped
work at the Little Gallery, 915
him develop his talent.
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*Ito rvw4ffto PUZ4,1J,
East Maple street, Birmingham.
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Leonard had always believed
Peggy DeSalle, gallery direc-
Marking another milestone in Young Israel's annals, the organ-
himself to be an orphan until
tor. saw Leonard's work at a
by mere chance an article on
ization has just completed the purchase of land on Wyoming
New York exhibit and invited
him, appearing in the Detroit
avenue near Seven Mile road, on which will be erected another
him here for a show. His sculp-
youth center. This modern edifice for religious, cultural, social
Jewish Chronicle, caught the
tures, along with the paintings of
and recreational activities, is being designed by Arnold A. Weitz-
eye of a sister of his in Cleve-
William F. Calfee, will be on dis-
man, architect and engineer, well-known for his work in syna-
land who wrote to the paper
play until March 24.
gogue and social center structures. The building which will in-
asking his whereabouts. The
"Leonard" is the signature with
clude an auditorium, gymnasium, club rooms, art studio, music
Chronicle immediately began
which he signs his creations. His
room and library, as well as facilities for catering to GOO people,
to trace Leonard and finally
.work has won acclaim in Paris,
located him in southern France.
has been designed to meet the needs of the growing population
Mexico and New York, but he
in the northwest area.
The result was that Leonard
first exercised his talents in De-
was
reunited
with
his
sister
and
troit.
father as well as •discovering
He was raised in Detroit, and
other relatives.
lived with Rabbi J. Epel from five
LEONARD SCHWARTZ
to nine years of age. At 10 he
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"I supposed myself to be an
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was placed under the care of
orphan," said Leonard, "and did
play
of
light
and
shade,
he
re-
the Jewish Child Placement Bur-
arranges them to suggest his not have a definite home, but
eau, and from then on lived with monument to the idea it con- because of our self-conscious
An invitation to help get "a relations in our own city, for
many families.
community which fulfills its re- big job" done has been extended recreational facilities for our
veys."
Jewish servicemen and women
"I feel very fortunate," said
After the expiration of Leon- sponsibility to its unfortunate
Leonard, "that my first home, ard's GI grant, he won a Gug- members, I have had that impor- to all members of the Jewish wherever they are stationed, for
which I remember very clear- genheim fellowship which took tant feeling of "belonging" to community by Abe Kasle, 1951 employment counseling of new
- ly, was with a man such as him all over Europe for further our Jewish Community.
Allied Jewish Campaign chair- Americans, for housing new im-
Rabbi Epel—it gave me a solid study, and then to Mexico.
"Whatever fame and glory man, who stressed that "all of migrants in Israel."
'contact with Jewish living.
Kasle added that he has been
Mexico's national museum will shall come my way, I want my us will be needed to work and
"deeply moved by the volunteer-
"I had been fortunate that the shortly exhibit his works.
"family" to share it."
to give the best of our abilities"
ing by many of our outstanding
social workers of the agencies
to make the campaign — "our campaigners to take on arduous
were so very understanding, and
primary community job for the responsibilities in the campaign
always treated me naturally.
coming months"—an all-out suc- and I want to extend a personal
Irwin
of
However, the interest
cess.
invitation to all of our good work-
Shaw, then director of the Fresh
"The Allied Jewish Campaign ers to join in our drive to get our
Air Camp, was the predominant
holds
a
unique
place
in
our
com-
job done soon, and well."
influence in my life.
"His recognition of my talent • The Detroit Unit of Junior Ha- constructive, able citizens of Is- munity life," Kasle said. He
Anyone who wishes to volun-
pointed out that it is the one cam-
for sculpturing through the les- dassah is giving a children's rael.
teer to work in the Allied Jewish
paign
that
includes
"every
cause
To help them, send any clothes,
Campaign, in a trade and profes-
sons which they gave there in shower in honor of Meier Shfe-
we have agreed deserves our sional division, in the women's
yah on March 14 at the home of food, toys, or drugs you wish to
clay modeling, proved decisive.
united
support."
It
is
the
one
From then on it was my one Edna Horowitz, 13221 La Salle donate to Edna Horowitz's home, campaign, he added, that trans- division or ,in the junior divson,
13221 La Salle, or bring them on
is invited to call Miss Green, WO
aim in life to express through the boulevard.
lates our work and our generosity
Wednesday,
March 14.
'medium of sculpturing, the one-
In order to help their children
into a world of service for all 5-3939.
For further information con-
ness of mankind with the earth who live in Meier Shfeyah, and
Jewry.
—therefore, I carve from stone. the other children residing there, cerning the shower call Violet
The Allied Jewish Campaign,
"The stone tells me what I Junior Hadassah will try by giv- Messer, UN. 3-3473 or Edna Hor- Kasle stressed, is the "one cam-
will sculpt. Sometimes in my ing this shower to collect clothes, owitz, TO. 7-5459.
paign where one gift provides for
mind I 'walk around' a stone for toys, writing material, and drugs
our aged here at home and the
weeks before I carve anything." to be shipped direct to Meier
FRANKFORT — (W N §) —
old people of Israel, for the Jew-
"When I was 16, the Jewish Shfeyah.
ish education of Detroit boys and Arthur Gershon, an American
Center gave me a small room in
girls and for the care of Jewish official of the International Refu-
There is now a state of emer-
which to work, and encouraged
children overseas, for community gee Organization, is being held.
gency
confronting
Junior
Hadas-
me. Samuel Cashwan, well-
in Bremen in $10,000 bail on the
known Detroit sculptor, saw my sah concerning Meier Shfeyah.
charge of receiving $10,000 worth
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work, and taught me every day Youth Aliyah (immigration of
of gold smuggled into Germany
for two years, without pay, only youth) is no longer assisting in
in cans marked "Kosher Meat."
the
care
of
the
youth
sent
by
my promise to work hard.
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A delegation of employes of the
Authorities suspect this might
"Later a MacGregor scholar- them to Meier Shfeyah, and it is
be part of a big smuggling op-
Jewish
Community
Center
called
• ship took me to Wayne Univer- now entirely up to Junior Ha-
eration with links in New York.
sity, but when World War II dassah to look after these chil- at the offices of the Community
dren.
Fund to discuss salaries, it was
came, I joined the navy, which
South African Jews
If the full cooperation of the reported by the Social Service
consequently entitled me to a
The Women's Institute of the
GI grant to continue my studies. members of Junior Hadassah and Employers Union.
Midrasha is sponsoring a four- Number 104,156
"I went to Paris, and learned those people interested in help-
(The Jewish Community Cent- session institute on "Events of
JOHANNESBURG— ( WNS) —
more from the noted Ossip Zad- ing the children of the village is
er is a Community Fund Agency). the 'Day—Their Sources and In- According to the latest national
not forthcoming, Meier Shfeyah
kine."
They were unable to get a hear- terpretation." The institute will census, results of which have just
Paris recognized the genius will have to close.
of Leonard, and toasted and
Meier Shfeyah was the first co- ing. In protest they picketed the discuss and interpret them as been announced, South Africa
acclaimed him at receptions, educational, coperative children's building and distributed leaflets. they appear in various periodi- contains a Jewish population of
104,156 in a total white popula-
A previous request for an ap- cals and publications.
and Paris' Billiet Caputo Gal- village in Palestine. 1t has been
These sessions will be held tion of 2,372,690.
lery gave one-man exhibits. in existence for over 25 years, pointment had been refused on
Only 14,984 Jews gave Yiddish
John Devoluy, art critic of the and in that time there have been the grounds that the Center em- on Wednesday of each week be-
or Hebrew as their mother tongue,
and
con-
ployes
must
deal
with
the
Center
ginning
with
March
7
28.
Y.
Herald
Tribune
of
Paris.
over 1,000 children graduated, of
N.
while all the rest declared them-
tinuing through March
in his long article about his whom 598 have been sent to Shf- board of directors.
The board of directors, how-
Members of the planning com- selves to be English-speaking.
eyah by the service agencies of
work, said:
'There are three things that the country and 406 by Youth ever, claims to have no control mittee are Mesdames Bert L.
ISRAEL POPULATION
over salaries paid Center em- Smokier, 17612 Prairie; Sidney
strike you forcibly and imme- Aliyah.
JERUSALEM—(ISI)—
Israel's
A. Krause, Herbert Eskin, 2671
diately. His sense and instinc-
It was the first place in which ployes.
tive knowledge of the variety children participated in the actual
(The employes' fight for high- Ewald Circle; Sam Aaron, Ger- Jewish population is expected to
and texture of material offered running of the village, and it was er salaries has been going on for son Be r r is, 2930 Calvert; F. reach 1,300,000 by June, thus
Shrier and Jack Axelrod, 18215 doubling the population of May,
the sculptor, the intensity of the the first children's institution to several months.—Ed.)
1948, when the state was founded.
point of departure of each idea, which oriental-Jewish children
Center employes' salaries are Fairfield.
They represent Hadassah, Na-
and the monumental potentiality were sent when Youth Aliyah based on the "Hecock Plan," a
SABBATH OBSERVANCE
of the tiniest sketch.
started bringing these groups in- salary schedule set up in 1944 tional Council of Jewish Women,
MONTREAL—( WNS )—Jewish
Pioneer Women, and Women's
"By choosing the simplest ele- to Palestine.
and not revised since 1948.
accountants in this city will no
ments of a figure for the subtle
The Center employes' union Auxiliary of the United Hebrew
Junior Iladassah, through Mei-
longer be required to take ex-
Schools,
respectively.
er Shfeyah, has been able to help claims that these salaries are in-
The seminar will be held in aminations on Saturdays, fol-
adequate
and
requests
an
in-
boys and girls from broken homes
the auditorium of the Rose Sit- lowing a request by the Canadian
and from lands where they have crease of a minimum of $5 week-
tig Cohen Bldg. from 11 a.m. to Jewish Congress.
faced persecution and death, to ly, and the right of collective
noon.
find a normal life and become bargaining.
The Chronicle deadline is oa
• —An afternoon of Jewish drama
Tuesday noon.
and music will honor the 100th
anniversary of the birth of J. L.
If yo• turn the
Peretz at 2 p.m., Sunday at
of 30 when he was invited by Berlin's circus
Music Hall.
MUNICH — (WNS) — An interesting story
Jacob Ben-Arai, one of the
director Krone to take over the job of taming
about a Jewish beast tamer, Karl Lichtental, who
founders of the Jewish theater,
24 lions, bears and other ferocious animals.
is currently celebrating the 40th anniversary of
In 194( he escaped from Germany and hid in
end Bertha Gersten, who has his unique profession, appeared here in a recent
been associated with the Maurice
Belgium against deportation by the Nazis to
issue
of
the
"Neue
Yiddishe
Zeitung."
Schwartz Co., will participate in
Poland.
Lichtental, said to be the only Jewish beast
When he returned to Berlin, the theater en-
a program of Peretz' works.
tamer
in
the
world,
is
currently
connected
with
The musical portion of the
gaged him as manager of the circus although
the Krone Circus in Berlin, where he was born
WINES
program will be performed by
Lichtental claims he can still do a lot of beast
a kosher butcher shop.
and
where
his
father
had
MILAN
WINERIES
OEM111. MICHIGAN
the concertina artist, Leon E.
taming.
The 70-year-old Lichtental was a young mau
_Malatuut.

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Volunteer Workers Needed
by Allied Jewish Campaign

Junior Hadassah Shower Set
for Meier Shfeyah Orphans

Kosher Meat Cans
Hold Illegal Cold

Center Staff
Still Battling
for Wage Hike Midrasha Una

Sets Series on
`Events of Day'

Works of Peretz
Set at Music Hall

Jewish Beast Tamer Marks 40th Year

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