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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, November 20, 1942

at's Happening in Detroit

HE REIvIARKABLZ success of the Detroit War
Chest calls for granting credit where it is right-
fully due. While the entire community set-up grew in
stature as a result of. this drive, and the Community .
Fund staff contributed a great share of campaign ex-
perience to the great humanitarian effort, the work of
the Jewish Welfare Federation and Allied Jewish Cam-
paign executives was in great measure responsible for
the triumph attained by the War Chest.
Percival Dodge, director of the Community Fund,
Credited Isidore Sobeloff with a major share of the
success of the campaign: While Mr. Sobeloff remained
in the background, the War Chest staff knew all along
that he was one of the mainstays in the campaign.

A Take-Off on Campaign Sessions

Thursday noon workers rested from their labors for
the War Chest. They were to meet at the Victory
Dinner instead of the usual campaign luncheon. The
staff took advantage of the holiday to hold a luncheon
of its own during which they staged a "take-off" .on
campaign luncheons. Mrs. Henry Wineman, who
watched the proceedings from an adjoining room,
was enthused over the hilarious event which was
justified by advance information received by the
staff that the campaign was going over the top.
. Mr. Sobeloff was master of ceremonies—and he is as
adept at that as he is at campaign management. Louis
Miriani of the Legal Aid Bureau acted the part of a
Scout. Esther R. Prussian had a Aare in the take-off
which assumed the form of a minor celebration of the
War Chest drive's success. And it was a well-earned
party even if it was self-arranged by the staff.

Detroit's Gift to the Z.O.A.

Simon Shetzer, who is expected in.Detroit this week-
end for the Bar Mitzvah of his nephew, William Shetzer
Frank, played an important role at the recent annual
Convention of the Zionist Organization of America, held
in New York.
As national executive director of the Z. 0. A., Mr.
Shetzer submitted his first report and indicated a large
increase in members and a substantial reduction in the
deficit.
Detroit Zionists are gratified with the esteem in
Vtril ich Mr. Shetzer is held nationally because he is this
community's gift in manpower to the national move-
ment.

Coming Events

Nov. 22-85th anniversary celebration of Pisgah
Lodge of Bnai Brith, at Hotel Statler.
Nov. 29—Jewish National Workers Alliance con-
cert at Masonic Temple featuring Bronislaw Huber-
man, world-famed violinist, and Emma Shever, pop-
ular Detroit soprano.
Dec. 1—Jewish Book Week celebration at Jewish
Community Center.
Dec. 7—Monthly meeting of Detroit section, Na-
tional Council of Jewish Women, 12:30 P. M., at
- Jewish Center. Speaker, Dr. B. Benedict Gldzer.

Jewish Workers Earn Their

Spurs in War Chest; Sobeloff
Praised by Community Leader;
Huberman Makes Second Visit
To Detroit; Pisgah's Founders
Listed on 85-year-old Charter;
Rabbis Assemble En-Masse

Huberman's Second Visit Here

Our attention is called to the fact that Bronislaw
Huberman's concert at the Masonic Temple on Nov. 29
will be his second visit to Detroit.
Mr. Huberman first appeared here as soloist with
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra six years ago, and
was a great sensation. He was here on invitation of the
late Ossip Gabrilowitsch who was greatly interested in
the Palestine Symphony Orchestra of which Mr. Huber-
man was the founder.
Many rate Mr. Huberman is the world's greatest
living violinist. He has earned it from the Jewish people
that a packed house should welcome him when he
comes here on Nov. 29.
Emma Shever, the popular Detroit soprano who has
appeared in concerts in several countries, will be
Huberman's assisting artist at his Detroit concert. •

Pisgah's 85-Year-Old Charter

Pisgah Lodge, whose 85th anniversary will be ob-
served this Sunday, is at present a part of District No. 6
of Bnai Brith. Originally it was part of District No. 2.
Pisgah received its charter on Nov. 24, 1857. It was
signed by Rabbi Isaac M. Wise, founder of Reform
Judaism in America and of Hebrew Union College of
Cincinnati, who was president of Bnai Brith District 2.
Besides Aaron Droock, who was president of District
6 three years ago, two other members of Pisgah Lodge
served as presidents of District 6: the late Adolph
("Daddy") Freund and Bernard Ginsburg.
Charter members of Pisgah Lodge were: Jacob Silber-
man, Emanuel and Seligman Schloss, M. E. Fechheimer,
Louis Benfy, Marcus Cohen, S. Sykes, Herman Fried-
man, L. Bressler, Simon Heavenrich, S. Schwab, A. Hart,
Moses Hershman.

Rabbis, Children Honor Dr. Hershman

Dr. A. M. Hershman's departure on Tuesday for a
sabbatical semester of rest was the signal for numerous
gatherings in his honor. The two most significant were
the luncheon of the Detroit rabbis and the assembly of
the Shaarey Zedek Sunday School pupils. There were
other events, including several private parties and the
Sholosh Seudos at the Shaarey Zedek Saturday after-
noon.

day, 1:30 P. M., at Bnai Moshe.
Parkside Study Club, Wednes-
day, 1:30 P. M., Parkside Talmud
Torah.
Woodward Club, Wednesday,
1:30 P. M., at Jewish Center.
Classes in English and Citizen-
NEWCOMERS' NIGHT
ship are being resumed by Lin-
AT JEWISH CENTER
wood-Dexter Club, at Tuxedo-
The Jewish Center is the meet- Holmur Talmud Torah, Mondays,
ing place for newcomers in the Wednesdays, 9 to 11 A. M.; Fen-
city.
kell Mothers' Club, at Parkside
On Monday nights there is an Talmud Torah, Mondays and
out-of-town war workers' party Wednesdays, 1 to 3 P. M> Those
sponsored by the Center hostess living in either district are in-
: committee.
vited to join.
* * is
On Wednesday night the Sen-
RUSSIAN
SOUND
FILMS
for
Victory
Club
is
sponsoring
•
An all-Russian film program
but-of-town young women.
Thursday night, the business will be presented at the Jewish
and professional girls sponsor a Community Center on Monday.
.program consisting of bowling The four are "For Honor, Free-
from 5 to 6:15, supper in the dom and Country," "Russia's
adult lounge ; and a special pro- Millions Mobilize," "Russia Stops
. gram. The next speaker will be Hitler," and "The Red Army."
Miss Catherine Jefferies of the The program, to be held in the
Adult Lounge of the Center, at
N.Y.A. personnel staff,
Newcomers to Detroit should 8:30 P. M., is free for members,
non-members.
contact Miss Segal, at the Jewish with a 17c fee * for
*
. Center, Madison 8400.
THANKSGIVING DANCE
* * *
The social committee of the
MUSIC STUDY CLUB CHORUS
. JOINS SYMPHONY ON NOV. 24 Jewish Community Center has
The Michigan Symphony Or- completed plans for a second
• chestra, under the direction of "Holiday Hop"—a Thanksgiving
.Valter Poole, will give its sec- dance next Thursday evening, in
- ond concert at the Jewish Com- the auditorium of the Center.
Dancing, prizes, refreshments
munity Center on Tuesday..
Detroit Music Study Club and surprises are included in the
Chorus under the direction - of admission price of 40 cents to
Charles Frederic Morse will par- Center members and 60 cents to
non-members.
ticipate in this concert.
Miss Ethel Shur heads the
Admission is free. -
* * *
committee for the dance; Blanche
Weiss is in charge of program;
MOTHERS' CLUB MEETINGS
Helen Kaplan, decorations; Ann
AND CITIZENSHIP CLASSES
Mothers' Clubs of the Jewish Stern, refreshments; Daniel Ras-
Community Center will meet this kin, publicity. They are assisted
by Julia Barahl, Ben Britman,
coming week as follows:
Fenkell Club will sponsor all- Bernard Cohen, Leon Cohen,
Russian program, including re- Murray Cohencious, Sophie Edel-
view of "Quiet Flows the Don," stein, Robert Gerson, Charlotte
by Sholochov, winner of Pulitzer Greenberg, Goldie Levenstein,
Prize, and group of Red. Army Harry Moses, Tobie Reichman,
songs, Tuesday, at 8 P. M., at Frances Rotman, Rose Shur and
Sidney Zeitlin.
Parkside Talmud Torah.
Young Women's Study Club,
Will our boys in uniform be
Tuesday, 1:30 P. M., at North-
heroes or martyrs? War Bonds
west Branch, Lawton at Tyler.

Jewish Center
Activities

Linwood-Dexter Club, Tues-

will decide it.

The gathering of the rabbis was significant because
it was the first occasion when all the rabbis of the city
had assembled at one event. Rabbi Isaacc Stollman was
the only one missing, having been out of the city. All
the Reform, Conservative and Orthodox rabbis were
present. Addresses were delivered by Dr. Leo M. Frank-
lin, Rabbis Moses Fischer, Leon Fram, Morris Adler,
Max J. Wohlgelernter and Joseph Thumin. Rabbi Jos-
hua Sperka presented Dr. Hershman with a gift on be-
half of the rabbis, and Rabbi Joseph Eisenman led in
offering the traditional prayer. Dr. B. Benedict Glazer,
throilgh whose efforts the affair was arranged, presided.
At the assembly of all the 1,200 pupils of the Shaarey
Zedek Sunday School on Sunday morning, Rabbi Hersh-
man was honored at impressive ceremonies. Rabbi
Adler presided and Sanford Perlis spoke for the pupils.
Rabbi Hershman responded in brief remarks in which
he told the boys and girls of their importance to the
synagogue and the community. Miss Shirley Subar and
Cantor J. H. Soneriklar led the assembly in singing.
Dr. Hershman delivered the sermon at the Sabbath
morning services in Shaarey Zedek, and the congrega-
tion bade him farewell at that time.

Twenty Years Ago This Week

Compiled From the Records of the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

BERLIN—The Cuno Government has dissolved the
anti-Semitic National Socialist party in Prussia,
ordering the disbanding of all its propaganda offices.
Only the Munich office remains.
LONDON—Support of the. Zionist policy was given

by three candidates for Parliament in Birmingham
in a letter to Rabbi Cohen of that city. The endorse-
ments came from Austen Chamberlain, former leader
of the House of Commons; from his brother, Neville
Chamberlain, Postmaster-General; and from Col.
Leopold Amery, Minister of the Admiralty.
MOSCOW—Reconstruction activities among the
Jews in Russia have begun on a large scale with
the arrival here of Dr. Joseph Rosen, special repre-
sentative of the Joint Distribution Committee. JDC
offices have been opened in Odessa, Kiev, Kharkov
and Yekaterinoslay.
NEW YORK—Dr. Boris Bogen, just returned from
Russia after eight months as representative of Joint
Distribution Committee, told the New York Times
that conditions are returning to normal and that the '
Soviet Government is cooperating with all relief
agencies in ameliorating the conditions of thousands
of people faced with famine.
PRAGUE—Dr. Eduard Benes, foreign minister of
Czechoslovakia, has promised to intervene with the
Hungarian Government in an effort to stay the ex-

pulsion of Jews from the Slovakian region.
PARIS—A series of lectures on Palestine and the

Zionist movement will be given at the Sorbonne
here with Dr. Weizmann and Nahum Sokolow among
the lecturers.

SPEAKERS AT THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR PALESTINE I Jews

in Uniform

By BEN SAMUEL

(This - column is based on informa-
tion supplied by the National Jew- ,
ish Welfare 'Board).

Copyright, 1942, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.

He Finally Signed Up Mrs. F.D.R.
For five years Private Harry
Goldstein, A.E.F., of Newark, N.
J., broke wishbones, greeted the
first twilight star and blew eye-
lashes off his palm, always with
the same little wish in mind: "If
only Eleanor Roosevelt would ,
give me her autograph." This had
been going on ever since he tried
and failed to get her signature
during a visit to Washington.
Recently, however, Mrs. Roose-
velt was visiting the Women's
Voluntary Services canteen in
London. Private Goldstein, who
had stopped in at the canteen
that day, little dreaming how
close he was to the realization of
his dream, gave a whoop of joy,
whipped out a blank piece of
paper and reeled toward the
First Lady.
Sorry, said she, but how could
she sign her name when there
was nothing to lean on? But the
private beat Fate to the draw
this time. "Mrs. Roosevelt," he
said gallantly, "may I offer you
These are among the notable speakers At the session of the National Council
for Palestine of the United Palestine Appeal to be held, at the Hotel Biltmore the use of my back?" Saying
in New York City on Sunday, December 6th.
which he doubled over while
Jews, are on trial in Budapest, Mrs. R. fashioned her signature,
accused of "sabotage and pro- her pen resting against the splen-
did curve of Harry's spine. So
Russian activity."
grateful was Goldstein for this
Berlin Executes American Jew
LONDON (JPS) — An Amer- courtesy that he remained in
position while the lady did the
GENEVA (JPS)—Moishe Rok- ican Jew, whose name is -not dis- honors on another blank piece of
each, oldest son of the Belzer closed, has been executed in Ber- paper for one Private Alfred For-
Rebe, together with his wife and lin for "sabotaging" the Nazi estieri of Wilmington, Del.
entire family, was murdered by anti-Jewish laws, according to
the Nazis during the recent po- the Swedish Swenska Dage-
Myron Selznick, one of the
grom on the Jews in Prszemysl, bladet.
toppermost agents of the Cinema
Thousands
of
Bodies
Unburied
it is revealed by reports reaching
KUIBYSHEV (JPS) — Thous- village, has placed his business in
here.
other hands for the duration. He
A German baker and a Polish ands of Jewish bodies were left
leaves to act as a government
unburied.
in
the
neighboring
woman were executed by the
aide in the Lend-Lease office.
Birkensker
Forest
following
the
Nazis in Poland for giving bread
• • •
to two Jews, who were likewise Riga pogrom, it is disclosed by
After
entertaining
the A.E.F.
executed, according to an official eyewitnesses who have escaped
in London, Edward Robinson
reached
from
Riga
and
have
now
report in the Krakauer Zeitung.
leaves for a tour of Scotland.
Sixty persons, including 47 the Russian lines.

New Nazi Murders
Of Helpless Bared