Friday, May 21, 1943
THE JEWISH NEWS
Labor Committee Joins
National Conference
Leon Gellman,
Mizrachi Head,
Speaks in City
Decision Marks First Time in History That American Jewry
Visiting Detroit to Organize
Is in Complete Harmony on a Program to Map
Orthodox Jews in Behalf of
Protection of Its Position
Conference Elections
The Jewish Labor Committee has decided to join the
American Jewish Conference, thus making the voice of
Leon Gellman, president of the
American Jewry through the Conference unanimous in the Mizrachi Organization of Am-
demands that will be made for the protection of Jewish erica, outstanding journalist and
rights everywhere..
orthodox Jewish leader, will be
The decision, reached in New York this week, includes
the provision that the Jewish Labor Committee delegates
should support the demands of the Histadruth of Palestine
for free and uninterrupted Jewish immigration to Palestine.
This action for the first time in history creates complete
harmony in American Jewish ranks on a program for the
protection of the Jewish position in the Diaspora and in
Palestine.
Decisions for the implementation of the decisions of the
Conference are being made throughout the country.
In Detroit, an election commission has been set up under
the chairmanship of Abraham Srere.' The action taken by this
committee, the personnel of the committee and the rules for
the election will be found on Pages 10 and 11 of this issue of
The Jewish News.
Center's Indoor Camping
Program to Start July 6
Camp Habonim to Take Registrations for 14th Season
Starting May 24; E. Louis Neimand in Charge;
Miss Kay Pollock Head Counsellor
Camp Habonim, the summer day camp of the Jewish
Community Center, will open its 14th season on Tuesday,
July 6, for an eight-week period ending Aug. 27.
The camp will be conducted in the Center building,
Mondays through Fridays, from 9 a. m. to 3:30 p. m. Ad-
mission is limited to boys and girls between the ages of 6 to
Dr. Glazer to Speak
At Pisgah Initiation
Ceremonies in Honor of Bnai
Brith Jubilee Year to
Be Held May 30
On Sunday evening, May 30,
Pisgah Lodge No. 34 of Bnai Brith
will initiate a large class of new
members in honor of Bnai Brith's
Centennial and Pisgah's 85th an-
niversary .jubilee year, culminat-
ing a successful membership
drive. The initiation will take
place in the main auditorium of
the Jewish Commuditty Center at
8 p. m.
Initiatory exercises exemplify-
ing the teachings of Bnai Brith
will be performed by Pisgah
Lodge's degree team.
Dr. B. Benedict Glazer, Rabbi
of Temple Beth El, will be the
guest speaker of the evening. Dr.
Glazer has been a member of
Bnai Brith for many years. He
has spoken in many communities
throughout the country in behalf
of Bnai Brith.
Following the initiatory exer-
cises, there will be dancing to
Dave Diamond's orchestra, a re-
ception in honor of the new
members and refreshments.
Isadore Starr, chairman of the
membership committee, states
there is still time to join Pisgah
Lodge and to be initiated on May
30. This drive will officially close
on May 29. Those who have not
been approached during this
drive can secure application
blanks by calling Cherry 3372.
On Sunday, May 23, a delega-
tion headed by Rudolph Meyer-
sohn, president of the lodge, will
attend a meeting of the Michigan
Bnai Brith Council to be held in
Lansing. The delegation will in-
clude Aaron Droock, past presi-
dent of District Grand Lodge No.
6, Harry Yudkoff, general com-
mitteeman of District No. 6, Louis
H. SchoStak, State Hillel Founda-
tion chairman, Louis Rosenzweig,
Isadore Starr, Herbert Eskin,
Leonard Radner and Leonard
Peritz. The lodge will also be
represented by two officers of
the Michigan Bnai Brith Council,
Samuel W. Leib, president, and
Milton Weinstein, secretary.
Under the nom de film of
Gayle Lord,. 21-year-old Teddi
Sherman has signed a seven-
year contract with her Dad, Pro-
ducer Harry Sherman. She acted
recently in "Colt Comrades."
and 14, inclusive.
Miss Kay Pollock will be the
head counsellor, with • E. Louis
Neimand, of the Center staff, in
charge of the camp.
Miss Pollock who was head
counsellor of Habonim in 1941,
and has had other experiences
in city and country camps, will
make plans with the camp staff
for an interesting and balanced
program. The children will be
grouped into small units, accord-
ing to age, and a counsellor will
be assigned to each unit. Swim-
ming instructions will be included
in the program. All necessary
precautions will be taken to in-
sure a maximum of safety while
the children are in the pool.
Other Activities
Other activities to be conducted,
such as arts and crafts, singing,
dancing, photography, journalism,
movies and dramatics, will be
under the sponsorship of adult
cdunsellors who are expert in
their particular fields. As in years
past, every effort will be made
to spend as much time as pos-
sible outdoors.
In addition to the regular pro-
gram of educational and leisure
time activities, the children will
be made familiar with the
Civilian DefenSe program and
will be given opportunity to con-
tribute in various ways to the
war effort.
Fee Includes Milk
The season will be divided into
four periods of two weeks each,
and registration will be accepted
only on this basis. The fee of
$3.50 a week includes milk, which
will be served with the child's
lunch, which is to be brought
from home. Special registration
rates will be applied to campers
enrolling and paying for full sea-
son or half season. Appointments
for registration should be made
by calling Madison 8400. Registra-
tion will be accepted beginning
May 24.
LEON GELLMAN
in Detroit on Sunday, to address
a meeting of the Yeshivath Beth
Yehudah, Dexter at Cortland, at
2 p. m.
Mr. Gellman is visiting Detroit
to organize the orthodox Jewish
community in behalf of the elect-
tions to the forthcoming Jewish
Conference. He will present
plans for organizing and uniting
religious Jewry to play a prom-
inent role in this gigantic re-
habilitation effort.
Irving W. Schlussel, president
of Detroit Mizrachi, has issued
an appeal in behalf of the World
rehabilitation program to take
care of thousands of Jewish ref-
ugee children now in Persia who
are clamoring for admittance in-
to Palestine.
Pioneer Women Tea
For Child Rescue Fund
Club I of the Pioneer Women's
Organization will have a social
evening and tea on Monday, at
8:30 p. in., at Lachar's, on 12th
St.
An elaborate pr o g r am is
planned for the Child Rescue
Fund.
Mrs. Sophie Sislin, Chairman
of Club I Child Rescue Fund, re-
ports_ that the club has already
raised $3,000.
All members and their friends
are invited to the tea.
Page Five
Hold Conference Election
For Outstate Area June 6
Rabbi J. D. Folkman, Convenor for All Michigan—Except
Detroit—Gets Ruling on Proxy Votes; Name
State Regional Election Committee
Machinery for the election of one delegate from Michi-
gan, outside of Detroit, to the American Jewish Conference,
has been set up by the Convenor, Rabbi Jerome D. Folkman,
of Grand Rapids, who was appointed to do this work by
Louis Lipsky, chairman of the National Board of Elections
of the Conference.
Rabbi Folkman has received
special rulings from New York
allowing an abridgement of the
procedure in consideration of the
large geographical area included
in the Michigan region. The Pro-
visional Committee and the Elec-
tion Committe have been consoli-
dated, eliminating one extra step
provided for in Sec. 13, Article
VI, of the "Rules of Election."
Election Conference
The Election Conference will be
held at Temple Emanuel, Grand
Rapids, Sunday, June 6, at 3 p. m.
Rabbi Folkman stated this week
that he anticipates a favorable
ruling permitting proxy votes by
delegates unable to attend the
conference. However, he urges all
organizations to select their dele-
gates.
Rabbi Folkman stated:
"Any Michigan communities
outside of Detroit having any
Jewish membership group organ-
ized and functioning prior to Dec.
7, 1941, engaged in recognized
Jewish activities with a member-
ship of more than 50, but not
represented on our Election Com-
mittee by a resident of their corn-
Report Leon Blum
Interned in Poland
LONDON (JPS)—Leon Blum,
former Premier of France, is now
interned in a concentration camp
at Majdanek, Poland, according
to a report broadcast by the un-
derground Polish radio. It was
stated that he arrived there
along with a number of other
Jewish political internees from
all parts of Nazi-occupied Eu-
rope.
There are 10,000 Jewish men
and women, including 5,000
Poles, in the camp. Five thou-
sand of the internees have been
sentenced to death, but the au-
thorities are torturing them by
delaying their execution from
day to day,
The same source states that
the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto
are continuing to resist the Nazis.
Fighting, at the last report, had
been going on for 20 days. Jew-
iSh groups fight to the last man,
it is said, and others take their
places.
munities, are entitled to such rep-
resentation either by organization
or by a member at large.
"Any member of such an un-
represented Jewish community is
hereby requested to notify me at
once so that proper appointment
can be made."
The Committee
The Michigan Regional Election
Committee includes the follow-
ing:
D. E. Weiss. American Jewish Com-
mittee; Ben Morrison, Jewish National
Workers' Alliance; Louis Cohen. Jew-
ish War Veterans; H. J. Bylan, Union
•of American Hebrew Congregations;
Israel Smith, Mizrachi Organization of
America; Max Subar. National Council
of Young Israel. and Manuel Brown,
for the Welfare Federations; all of
Grand Rapids.
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Rabbi S. Z. Fineberg, American Jew-
ish Congress ; Mrs. Louis Lebster. Ha-
dassah and Mrs. Israel Sendler. Pion-
eer Women's Organization. all of Flint,
Abe B. Roman, Bnai Brith, and Mrs.
Louis B. Harrison. National Council
of Jewish Women, both of Bay City.
Rabbi William Silverman. Battle
Creek, for the Central Conference of
American Rabbis.
Mrs. Jerome Fisher, Muskegon. for
the National Federation. of Temple
Sisterhoods.
Rabbi Morton Applebaum, Lansing,
for the Zionist Organization of Amer-
ica.
Rabbi Edward Tennbaum. Saginaw,
for the Rabbincal Assembly Of America.
Sam Goldfarb, Rabbi Eric
Friedland, Pontiac, Paul ce.
ri Benton
Harbor, Jack Paul,- Kalamazoo, Osias
Zwerdling, Ann Arbor, Samuel J. Le-
vine, -Mt. Clemens. Irving Weiss, Port
Huron, and A. H. Glassman, South
Haven, all members at large: and Mrs.
Paul Price. Benton Harbor, for the
Women's Supreme Council of Boat
Brith.
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