Friday, May 21, 1943 Rabbi Danzig Of Wyandotte Gets New Post THE JEWISH NEWS Sabbath Services Will Aid Legion's Poppy Day May 27 Officers Named At Conference Of Synagogues The Detroit District Associa- Moves to Rockford, HI., to Be tion of the American Legion has Sixty accredited delegates, in issued a call to rabbis to set addition to many guests, repre- Spiritual Leader After aside this Sabbath as Poppy Day senting 20 Detroit congregations Six Years Here Sabbath, as an aid to the Poppy and five out-state communities, Rabbi Abraham Danzig of Wyandotte has accepted the post of Rabbi of the Rockford, Ill., Jewish community. He assumed his post this week. Mrs. Danzig, their two daughters, Rebecca and Ida, and young son, Bezalel, will join him shortly. In Wyandotte for the past six years, Rabbi and Mrs. Danzig have been active in Mizrachi and Bnai Brith and have been in- strumental in cementing a friendly r e 1 a- tionship between Jews and Christ- ians in the down- river section. They conducted forums in vari- ous churches, spoke for inter- Rabbi Danzig f a it h organiza- tions and presented the Jewish viewpoint before numerous civic groups. Rabbi Danzig was vice-presi- dent of the Miziachi Organization of Detroit and of the Michigan Synagogue Conference. Born and educated in Palestine, he was or- dained Rabbi by the late Chief Rabbi Kook. Two other sons, Howard Sher- win and Jeremiah, are studying in the Yeshivah Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem in New York, and an older son, Morris Judah, seaman second class in the Hospital Corps, is studying in the Great Lakes Navy Medical School, Illi- nois. B e f or e leaving Wyandotte, Rabbi Danzig was presented with a check as a token of Congrega- tion Beth El. The presentation was made by Dr. M. B. Zeff, president of the synagogue, who expressed the community's .grati- tude to Rabbi Danzig for his services. Zion Mizrachi Sisters Hear Mrs. Wohlgelernter Mrs. M. J. Wohlgelernter will be guest speaker at the Mothers and Daughters luncheon of Sis- ters of Zion Mizrachi, at 7 p. m. on Wednesday, at Pereira's on Dexter. Miss Shirley Subar will lead the gathering in the singing of the national anthems. Entertain- ment is planned. Members and friends are invited. Reservations may be made by calling the chairman, Mrs. M. New, TO. 5-1357, or Mrs. E. Abrams, TY. 7-5733. Day collections to take place participated last Sunday, at the Yeshivah Bldg. on Dexter Blvd., here next Thursday. Rosenwald Post of the Ameri- in the semi-annual meeting of can Legion is taking an active part in preparations. for Poppy Day and its members and their families and friends will assist in the solicitations. The American Legion appeal this year is that contributors `give dollars instead of dimes' in order to provide adequate help for victims of the war who are now in Veterans' Hospitals. Dr. Kohler's Volume In Limited Re-Issue Long out of print, "Jewish Theology — Systematically and Historically Considered," by Dr. Kaufmann Kohler, late president of the Hebrew Union College, has been reissued in a limited edi- tion, by his daughters, Rose and Lili Kohler, through The River- dale Press, Cincinnati. Immediately upon the publica- tion of this volume in 1917, it became the standard work on the subject of Jewish theology, which heretofore had been a field neglected by Jewish scholarship. The 100th anniversary of Dr. Kohler's birth was commemorat- ed at special serivces at the Hebrew Union College on May 8 and the announcement of the re- issue was made to coincide with that observance. Mrs. Katzin Chosen J.W.E.W.O. President Jewish Women's European Welfare Organization, at a recent meeting, elected Mrs. R. Katzin president; Mesdames Osnos, Se- der, Israel, Golden and Ginsberg, vice-presidents; Mrs. Ida Gold- smith, treasurer; Mrs. Agnes honorary secretary; Mesdames Bagdade and Levin- thal, corresponding secretaries; Mesdames Lewis, German and Linenthal, trustees; Mesdames Rosenberg and Winer, hospital- ers. Aaron Rosenberg was guest speaker. M. Greenberg and Miss Robinson entertained with songs and dances. The sum of $125 was cabled to Palestine and other centers to aid orphans. Arrangements were made for tag days to be held May 22 and 23, and for a complimentary membership luncheOn on May 26 at Bnai Moshe. OSIAS ZWERDLING Michigan Synagogue Conference. Reports were submitted on the years work, and plans were for- mulated for the 1943-1944 pro- gram. Dr. Samson R. Weiss, dean of the Yeshiva h, delivered a memorial address for the victims of European massacres. Harry Stolsky .reported on credentials and Irving W. Schlussel was chairman of the nominating com- mittee. Officers Named The state-wide union of ortho- dox Jewish congregations will be directed next year by the follow- ing: President, Osias Zwerdling, Ann Arbor; regional vice presi- dents: Morris Mohr, Detroit, V. - i10 will serve as chairman of the board, Rabbis Joseph Krickstein, Mt. Clemens, and S. Z. Fineberg, Flint; secretary, Rabbi M. J. Wohlgelernter; treasurer, David I. Berris; committee chairmen, admissions, Rabbi Joshua S. Sperka; finance and budget, Isaac Gendelman; religious and educa- tional, Rabbi Moses Fischer; Vaad Ha-Yeshivath, Rabbi Joseph Eis- enman; youth and campus, Rabbi Jacob J. Nathan. Guest speaker of the conven- tion was Dr. Samuel Nirenstein, former secretary to New York State's Supreme Court Justice McCook, who now presides over the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, with which Michigan Synagogue Con- ference is affiliated. The brilliant lay leader of traditional Judaism in America told of the program pursued by the national body in various fields. Pisgah Auxiliary Active in Red Cross --- Red Cross unit of Bnai Brith Pisgah Auxiliary No. 122 is meet- ing with increasing success, it is announced by Mrs. Irving Ras- kin, chairman. So far this year, 800 articles of clothing were sewn for men, women and children. In addition, $500 was donated to the Red Cross, and 30 army and navy sweaters were knitted from yarn bought wi th proceeds realized from card parties given by Mrs. Jack Raskin and Mrs. Jack Biberman. Mrs. Raskin and her co-chair- men, Mrs. J. Nosanchuk and Tes- sie Freeman, are largely responsi- ble for the enthusiastic spirit of the many members who attend the meetings of the Unit each Tuesday, at Lawton and Davi- son, from 12:30 to 4:30 p. m. For the convenience of those whose time is somewhat limited, Mrs. Harry Sucher of 19570 Strat- ford Ave. offers her home for these meetings on Wednesdays between 12:30 and 4:30 p. m. "Sefira" • is a Hebrew term meaning "counting." The word designates the seven weeks from Passover to Shabouth, because the 49 days between the two festivals are "counted" in ac- cordance with. Biblical law. Page Seventeen Round Table Lists Program for Week Detroit Round Table of Cath- olics, Jews and Protestants, will present Rabbi Leon Fram of Temple Israel, at the First Methodist Church in Ferndale, Sunday, at 6:30 p. m. The Round Table also will pre- sent a goodwill program before a community gathering in the Central Junior High in Saginaw, Monday evening. Speakers will be Dr. Morton Goldberg, Rabbi of Temple Bnai Israel of Toledo; Dr. Edgar DeWitt Jones, pastor of Central Woodward Christian Church, and Fr. John Quinn, S. J., Dean of the College of Art and Science at the University of Detroit. The film, "The World We Want to Live In," and Goodwill teams, presented by the Detroit Round Table of Catholics, Jews and Protestants, will be featured at assemblies of the following De- troit High Schools next week: Chadesy, Wednesday, at 9:40 a. m.; Northwestern, Thursday, at 8:45 a. m.; Northeastern, Fri- day, at 10 a. m. OPA Asks Cooperation To Prevent Inflation The Office of Price Administra- tion and Office of Civilian De- fense have asked The Jewish News to cooperate in bringing before the Jewish community the importance of rigid price con- trol as a vital means of helping defeat our enemy. "The subject of price control still largely remains a mystery," the OPA declares. "We know that the stabilization of prices is es- sential to prevent a runaway in- flation. We know, too, that rising prices put a drain on our pocket- books. Every cent available is Graduations Set by UHS Week of Shovuoth Selected By United Hebrew Schools for Commencement The 1943 commencement exer- cises of the United Hebrew schools will take place on Sun- day and Monday, June 6 and 7. The week of Shovuoth, the festival commemorating the giv- ing of the Torah on Mount Sinai, was selected as an appropriate time for the Siyum of the schools, marking the conclusion of the prescribed Hebrew course of study. A boys' and girls' choir of 100 voices is being trained to par- ticipate in these exercises. One group of students com- pleted successfully the elemen- tary course of study, stressing mainly the Torah, the Five Books of Moses, the earlier Prophets and Jewish history. Two more groups were successful in com- pleting the junior high school course featuring such subjects as major prophets, advanced history, Mishna and Gemara. 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