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THE JEWISH NEWS
Prid'ay, Yanuary 29, 1943
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What's Happening in Detroit
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RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S 61st birthday, occur-
on Saturday, Jan. 30, will be observed by all
faiths who make up the great American people. The
birthday message sent to President Roosevelt by Dr.
Israel Goldstein, president of the Synagogue Council
of America, who speaks in behalf of Orthodox, Re-
form and Conservative Rabbis and Congregations
throughout the country, is featured as a guest editorial
on the first page of this issue of The Jewish News.
What promises to be the biggest and most talented
stage show ever seen in Detroit will be presented at
the Fox Theater at midnight this Friday, to replace
the annual President's Birthday Ball. The show will
be made up of performers from Detroit's theaters,
night clubs, and hotels, and all the proceeds will be
donated to the President's Fund for the relief of
infantile paralysis.
It will give Detroiters an opportunity to contribute
to an exceptionally worthy cause, while enjoying what
promises to be the most outstanding vaudeville pro-
duction ever offered in Detroit.
All the money collected will be spent on treatment
and experimentation to find successful methods of
combating the disease. Half of what is collected in
Detroit will be spent here, with the other half going
towards national relief.
UHS Tests at Simons Branch
Public examinations will be held in some of the
classes of the David W. Simons Branch (Tuxedo and
Holmur) of the United Hebrew Schools on Sunday at
11 a.m. A class in Hebrew and the Bible will be ex-
amined. The instructor is Abraham Twersky, and prin-
cipal of the school is Solomon Kasdan. The following
Sunday, Feb. 6, at 11 a.m., two classes will be examined
—A. Schachter and Louis Panush's.
Plan Nachlath Flint in Palestine
Due to inclement weather, the annual Hamisha Asar
b'Shevat celebration of the Flint Jewish community has
been postponed until Feb. 7.
The drive to establish Nachlath Flint in Palestine
will. be inaugurated at that time.
Julius Chajes and Marguerite Kozenn of Detroit will
be featured in the musical program. Speakers will in-
clude Rabbi S. Z. Fineberg. A sketch prepared by Flint
Hadassah will be staged.
School Board Takes Over Classes
F. C. DeGalin, supervising director of adult educa-
tion, informed the United Hebrew Schools that the De-
troit Board of Education plans to take over the WPA
classes in English • and citizenship in the Rose Sittig
Cohen School, Tyler and Lawton.
There will be no break in the class meetings. ~ The
class is scheduled to meet Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 1 to 3 p.m., beginning Feb. 2.
Zionist Activities on Many Fronts
Dr. Efros to Address Kvutzah Ivrith
Zionist activities are being conducted on many
fronts in Detroit.
The opening of the Gewerkshaften campaign for
labor Palestine, the renewal of youth activities, Jewish
National Fund work are all gaining new adherents.
The Zionist Council of Detroit, composed of spokes-
men for all elements in Zionist ranks in Detroit, plans
to pursue a program of expansion to enlist the aid
of all Detroit Jews in support of the Palestinian pro-
gram.
Lawrence W. Crohn has retired as president of the
Zionist Council after serving in that office for two
years. He is succeeded by Philip Slomovitz. Other
officers are: Vice-presidents, Benjamin M. Laikin and
Meyer Beckman; Secretaries, Mrs. Albert Feldstein
and David Sheraga; Treasurer, Morris Lieberman.
The Zionist Council has endorsed the Gewerk- -
shaften campaign for labor Palestine.
Dr. Israel Efros, Hebrew poet of note, whose recent
poem, "Zahav," won first prize of the Louis La Med
Fund, will speak for the Kvutzah Ivrith, Hebrew
cultural group of Detroit, Saturday evening, at the
Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg.
Dr. Efros is president of Histadruth Ivrith of
America and the Hebrew P. E. N. Club. He is the
head of the department of Hebrew at Hunter College.
The subject of his lecture will be "The Develop-
ment of Modern Hebrew Literature."
Meetings of the Kvutzah take place every other
Saturday night at the Rose Sittig Cohen building.
The president is Aaron Teitelbaum. Cultural activities
are supervised by Morris Lachover and Bernard
Isaacs. Chairman of the executive committee is Her-
man D. Borakso.
Dr. Efros will speak on 'The World and the Bible'
at congregation Sharrey Zedek this Friday at 8:15
P. M.
Zionist Youth Plant Forest for Freedom
J.N.F. Youth Committee has launched a fund rais-
ing project in the form of planting trees in the Forest
for Freedom in Palestine. This campaign was started
at an Oneg Shabbat last Friday, and will be in honor
of the Jewish boys who are serving in the armed
forces of our country.
Certificates will be issued for all trees planted. For
further information, call Trinity 1-3991, or Townsend
5-6705, from 1 to 9 P. M.
Suwalker Aid the War Effort
Suwalker Independent Progressive Association will
hold its ninth annual dinner and dance at the Bnai
Moshe, Dexter and Lawrence, at 7 P. M. on Sunday.
Proceeds will go for charitable purposes.
The Suwalker have sold more than $50,000 of War
Bonds.
Warm Clothing Needed in Russia
An appeal was made to Detroiters to share their
surplus warm clothing with the civilians and guerilla
fighters of the Soviet Union, battling the Nazis in a
second grim winter of total war.
The appeal came from headquarters of Detroit's
chapter of Russian War 'Relief, Inc., 1217 Penobscot
Bldg.
"Russia's need for all kinds of clothing at this time
is very great," Myrtle Powell, executive secretary of
the local chapter in charge of the clothing drive, said.
Russian War Relief will set up receiving depots for
the clothing throughout the city. Theaters, churches,
clubs, stores and Union headquarters are asked to call
RA 3925 and volunteer to set up a depot, in commun-
ities where they are favorably located.
In addition to -the temporary depots, clothing' may
be taken to the RWR warehouse, 159 W. Jefferson,
2nd floor, between the hours of 9:30 A. M. to 5:30 P. M.
Hordes Elected on Yivo Board
Classes in Citizenship Start
William Hordes, Detroit Zionist leader, president
of the local Jewish National Fund Council, was noti-
fied this week that he had been elected a member
of the national board of the Yivo, the Yiddisher
Wissenshaftlicher Institute, whose headquarters in this
country are 535 W. 123rd St., New York City.
Mr. Hordes was notified of his election by Dr. M.
Weinreich, director of the Yivo, and N. Feinerman,
secretary. The election took place at the national
conference held in New York Jan. 8-10.
The Yivo, whose headquarters have been moved
from Wilno' to New York with the outbreak of the
war, collect historical data, encourages Jewish authors
and approaches the Jewish educational needs on a
scientific basis. /.=
The Ladies' Auxiliary of Jewish War Veterans of
the United States is sponsoring classes in citizenship
for foreign-born at the Yeshivah on Dexter and Law-
rence as well as at the Wayne County Bldg., Room 23.
Classes at the Yeshivah are held Tuesdays and
Thursdays, 8 to 10 P. M., and at the County Bldg.
Mondays and Wednesdays, 7 to 9 P. M. The classes
are supervised by the adult education department of
the Board of Education. Mrs. Hattie Cohen is chair-
man of the committee in charge
Wayne U. Honors 1,000 Men in Service
More than 1,000 Wayne University men who are
serving in the armed forces of the United States were
honored at the military ball sponsored Jan. 22 at the
Masonic Temple by the Wayne University Army and
Navy Reserve Clubs. Bernard Moray and Jack Perl-
man, presidents of the Army Reserve Club and the
Naval Reserves, were co-chairmen of the dance com-
mittee, and among those who assisted them were Mil-
ton Gordon; Leonard Moss, Ernest Baker, Nat Finkel-
stein, Louis. Share and Jerome Sonenklar.
Coining Events
Jan. 30—Address by Dr. Israel Efros before
Kvutzah Ivrith.
Jan. 31—Party in honor of 22nd anniversary of
Junior Hadassah, arranged by Senior Hadassah, at
Belcrest.
Jan.' 31—"March of Dimes" Dance at Jewish
Center.
Jan. 31—Meetings of Michigan Synagogue Coun-
cil and Vaad Hayeshivoth.
Feb. 2—Musicale at Jewish Center.
Feb. 2—Joint meeting of Hadassah and Zionist
Organization of Detroit. Speaker: Rabbi Jacob J.
Weinstein of Chicago.
Feb. 3—Victory Luncheon and Variety Stage
Show of Youth Education League, at Fort Wayne
HOtel.
. Feb.
of Gewerkshaften, at Lachar's.
Feb. 5 $to March 7—Torah Month of Yeshiva%
Beth Yehtidah.
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• Feb. 8—Meeting of League of Jewish Women's
Organizations in Brown Memorial Chapel of Tern.
ple Beth El. Speaker, Prof. Francis A. Arlinghaus
of University of Detroit.
Feb. 10—Tea of Women's Division of American
Jewish Congress.
. Feb. 15—Address by Dr. Edgar de Witt Jones
on "Washington and Lincoln" at meeting of Pisgah
Lodge.
Isaac. Franck on Award Board
Isaac Franck, director of the Jewish Community
Council, has been named one of the judges for the sec-
ond annual literary competition for the Tompkins Me-
morial Awards at Wayne University.
Dr. John Wilcox, associate professor of English and
member of the board of awards, announced that other
judges are Dr. James A. Work, assistant professor of
English; George A. Peck, English instructor; Frank L.
Kemmer, associate professor of history; Anna Mary
Wella, novelist.
Offered for the first time a year ago to honor the
memory of the late Frank G. Tompkins, first professor
of English at Wayne University, the awards are de-
signed to stimulate interest in creative writing among
the members of the student body at the University.
Last year's prizes went to Robert McGuire for his
story, "A Supernatural Touch;" to Lisbeth R. Gore for
her group of poems entitled "Trivia Mundi;" and to Leo
Sierpial for "Stars and Bread," also a collection of
verse.
In addition to Dr. Wilcox, the Board -of Awards in-
cludes Dr. D. D. Henry, executive vice-president of the
University; Dr. W. W. Whitehouse, Dean of the College
of Liberal Arts; Dr. C. B. Hilberry, professor of Eng-
lish; and Donald C. Marsh, assistant professor of so-
ciology.
UP TOWARD THE SUNLIGHT
Bnai Brith Opens Bond Drive
The Bnai Brith Million Dollar War Bond Drive
officially opened Sunday evening at a rally in Temple
Beth El.
Frank- N. Isbey, chairman of the U. S. Treasury
War Savings Campaign for Michigan, commended the
Bnai Brith for inaugurating this war effort. Harry
Yudkoff presided at the rally. Harry McDonald sang
a number of songs.
At the conclusion of the meeting it was announced
that $500,000 in War Bonds had already been sold by
the Bnai Brith. A call to CH. 3372 will bring a Bnai
Brith representative to those people who desire to
purchase Bonds through the organization.
Pisgah Lodge Sets Program
Next Monday night, Pisgah Lodge will hold its
annual Father and Son night at the Jewish Center.
A program of entertainment has been arranged.
Pisgah Lodge and its Bowling League have sold
$150,000 in War Bonds.
In honor of the Bnai Brith Centennial celebration,
new members are being enrolled in Pisgah Lodge.
Louis Rosenzweig, chairman of the program com-
mittee, announces that the -speaker at the open meet-
ing on Feb. 15 will be Dr. Edgar DeWitt Jones, who
will speak on Washington and Lincoln.
Downriver Bnai Brith Meeting
Palestine was the subject for discussion at the meet-
ing of the Downriver Bnai Brith Lodge on Monday eve-
ning.
William Hordes spoke on the work of the Jewish.
National Fund and the members undertook to dis-
tribute 100 Jewish National Fund boxes.
David Sesling, director of the Gewerkshaften drive,
spoke on the work of the Histadruth in Palestine. The
members pledged to support the drive. Rabbi A. Danzig
of Wyandotte cooperated with the Zionist leaders in ar-
ranging for the appeals.
Hold Synagogue Parley Sunday
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The Michigan Synagogue Conference will hold its
quarterly meeting at Congregation Beth Abraham, Lin-
wood and Sturtevant, on Sunday.
The meeting will open with Shachrith prayers.
Breakfast will be served by officers of Congregation
Beth Abraham. Business sessions begin at 10:30 a.m.
Vaad Hayeshivoth. Board Meets
The board of directors of the Vaad Hayeshivoth will
hold its bi-monthly meeting at Congregation Beth Ab-
raham, Linwood and Sturtevant, Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
Financial reports are policies for the next six months
are to be discussed.
Twenty
Years Ago This Week
Compiled From the Records of the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
• BUCHAREST—Anci-Semitic, circles around the
notorious Professc.: Cuza boast that the anti-Jewish
movement in Rumania is under the personal prb-
tection of Crown Prince • Carol, according to reports
in two local _ewspapers, which demand that the
government investigate these statements.
LONDON—Vladimir Jabotinsky's letter of re-
signation, from the Zionist executive and organiza-
tion, which was made public here, denounces the
present tactics of the Actions Committee and the
"political weakness" of the Zionist Executive which,
he charges, are leading the Zionist movement to its
downfall.
WARSAW—The government of Premier Sikorski
obtained a vote of confidence in the Sejm by a vote
of 230 to 110. Only the Jewish deputies refrained
from voting.
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* INFANTILE
*PARALYSIS*
Contributed to The 1943 Infantile
by Harry Ares,sier
Paralysis campaign
PARIS—Thousands of people attended the fun-
eral of Dr. Max Nordau, the veteran Zionist leader,
following the Zionist flag-draped coffin as it was -
taken for burial.
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MOSCOW—The Soviet Government- has approv-
Od the establishment by the ICA of a network of
Jewish credit institutions in the Ukraine and other
parts of Russia. The agreement between the Gov-
ernment and the ICA will be in force for three
years.
JERUSALEM—Prof. Albert Einstein is due to
arrive in J erusalem on February 1 to observe the
progress made by the Hebrew University in which
he is greatly interested. Professor Einstein will be
guest of High Commissioner Sir Herbert Samuel
at : Government House on the Mount of Olives.
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