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The Detroit Jewish News, 1943-07-23

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Friday,

juiy,23, 1943

THE JEWISH NEWS

Detroit Zionists Re-Elect
Abraham Cooper President

Cohen Honored
By Zionists Here

-Page Seven 1

ikhoels, Feffer to Address
RallyHere f: Sunday, Aug. 1

Harry Cohen,.. chairman of the .
membership .drive • of the ZiOnist ?Cultural . EMissaries. - of2 -RUSsian )-e.vir to Stop _Off Here
Organization:Of' 'Detroit, was
To
Greeted by..Mayor„.thdn - Go to :Chicago
nally honored at
Before Malciiiiij PulDlic..Appearance
the annual meet:.
4ig
of
the
organ
Abraham Cooper was re-elected president of the Zionist
Prof. Solomon Mikhbels, preSident of the JeWish Anti-
ization, on July Fascist Committee of the USSR
Organization of Detroit for a second term at the annual
director ot.the Jewish
15.
meeting held July 15 at the Shaarey Zedek.
In recognition State Theater of MosCow, and Lt. -Col. Itzik Feffer, poet,
Others officers elected at that meeting are:
of his past serv- cultural emissaries of Russian Jewry and the fighting people
Rabbi Morris Adler, Rabbi Leon Fram and Harry Cohen,
ices, and in of the Soviets to this country, will be the guests of the Jewish
-vice-presidents; Lawrence W. Crohn, secretary; Walter
honor of his hav- community of Detroit at a rally at the Masonic TeMple, at
Field, treasurer; Mrs. Albert
ing directed the 7 P. M. on Sunday, Aug. 1. €.
Feldstein, executive director. -
Announcement - of their. ap- People'S Artist of the Soviet
Work i.which en-
Members. of the board of 'dir
- abled the enroll- proaching visit • was made this Union and the Order of Lenin,
ectors are: Dr. Harry E. August
Harry Cohen ment of 763 new week by the Detroit Reception highest Soviet award, is a mem-
Morris H. Blumberg; Philip J
members this year, his name was Committee for the Russian Dele- ber of the City Council of Mos-
Cutler, Morris G. Drapkin, Mrs
inscribed in the Golden Book of gation. Fred M. Butzel is chaii- cow and chairman of the Soviet
J. H. Ehrlich, James I. Ellman;
man of the reception committee Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee.
the Jewish . National Fund.
and Aaron Rosenberg is execu-
Dr. David H. Fauman, Maurice
The Soviet officials have ruled
tive secretary. -
Floch, Issac Franck, Philip J.
that he can render greater ser-
Gilbert, Julius Green, Dr,
Arrives Saturday .
.
M.
vice in 'civilian life, and have de-
Hershman;
Mr. Butzel announced that the nied him the right . of enlistment
Russian
emissaries
will
visit
De-
Others on Board
in the armed forces" of his coun-
troit this Saturday, to •be wel- try. He • has organized many
Bernard Isaacs, William B.
comed by Mayor Edward J..Jef- front-line theaters in the form of
Isenberg, Herman Jacobs, Morris
fries and 'the reception Commit- mobile Units which travel from
M. Jacobs, Abe Kasle, Leon Kay;
tee. They will then proceed to front- to front, bringing to the
Maurice A. Landau,. A. C. Lap-
Chicago, where several events fighting forces the world's great-
Memorial
Meeting
Planned
pin, _ Philmore • Leernon, . B. IVI.
have been arranged in their hon- est masterpieces, which are being
For Sgt. Bader, Cpl. Nash
.Lewis, Sol Lifsitz, Robert Marwil;
or, and will return to Detroit for interpreted by the Soviet's finest
Herman M.. Pekarsky, . Dr. M.
Next Tuesday
the public meeting on Aug. 1.
actors.
S. Perlis, Eugene Roth„ Judge
Tickets for' the Aug. 1. meet-
Charles .Rubiner, Shetzer,
Lt. Col. Feffer, because of his
The Jewish - National Fund ing will be available from the
Simon Smetzer;
Council of Detroit will honor the reception committee and at 603 long military career, is known
Aaron • Silberblatt, Philip Slorn-
as..`.7he ,Fightirig Poet." He was
memory of two Detroiters who Barium Tower.,
ovitz, Cantor J. H. Sonenklar,
in jail in 1919 when he began
died
in
action
in
the
Pacific
re-
Reception. Committee
ABRAHAM' COOPER
Rabbi J. S. Sperka, Nathan Spey-
his literary career-translating the
cently, at a special meeting at
The reception committee under Yiddish., poems of an Ukrainian
akow, Abraham . Srere;
the •Jewish National...Fund in Jewish National' Fund headquar- the chairmanship Of Mr. Butzel
fellow-prisoner who was later
JoSePh Yolles, 'Maurice H. recognition of his services, dur- ters, 11608 Dexter Blvd., next
includes the. following:. . ••• 'executed: -•
Zackheim and Rudolph ZUieback. ing many years and especially Tuesday evening.
Dr. B. B. Benedict Glazer.
. -Major. August and Pvt..Leemon for his efforts in enrolling 763
Wrote 12 Books . '-
The two heroes to be honored Rabbi Morris Adler, Rabbi Le6n
are serving in the armed forces... new members duffing' the current
are: 'Master 'Sgt. Peter Bader and Fram, Dr. Leo M. Franklin, R.a.b -. The 12: books he subsequently
Delegates to Convention
membership drive.
Cpl. Sam Nash.
bi M. J. Wohlgelernter, Abra 7 , wrote have made him famous
, The following were named de-
Thanks Co-Workers
A grove of trees have been ham Srere, R. J. Thomas, krank among' the Yiddish:reading mas-
egates to the 46th annual con-
Mr. Cooper expressed thanks to planted in Palestine in memory Martel, Mayor Edward J. J. ses -throughout the• world. Be en-
vention of the Zionist Organiza
hiS co-workers 'for 'their Coopera- of M/Sgt. Bader, and Cpl. Nash Jeffries, Judge Frank Picard, listed_ in the Soviet army. • on the
tion of America, to be held in
tion during the past year and in- has been honored by having his Judge Charles C. Simons, Rev. day of Germany's invasion of
Columbus, 0., beginning Sept. 11.
vited their continued support name inscribed in the Golden Charles Hill, Ilya Schkolnick, Russia, took part in the battles
Rabbi Morris Adler,: -.Mrs. Mor-
during the coming year. He re- Book of the Jewish National Aaron Droock, Herman Osnos, around Tarnapol and assisted in
ris Adler, Morris H. Blumberg.,
the evacuation of thousands of
Clarence H.* Enggass, Israel
ported on the following achieve- Fund in Palestine.
Henry Carnick, Harry Cohen, ments:
William Hordes, president of elhoch, Herman Pekarsky, Her- Jews during the advance of the
Abraham Cooper, Lawrence W:
The sum of $2,700 was raised the Jewish National Fund Coun- man Jacobs, Philip Slomovitz, Nazi hordes.
Crohn, Philip J. Cutler, Morris
During the fight at ProSkurov,
towards
the completion of the cil of Detroit, extends an invita- Philip Adler, Mrs. Douglas I.
G. Drapkin, Mrs. Joseph H.
tion to all interested to attend Brown, Mrs. Harry L. Jackson, on the Kiev front, Feffer con-
J.
H.
Ehrlich
Forest,
through
the
Ehrlich, Mrs. Albert Feldstein,
Mrs. Bayre Levin, Prof. Samuel ducted radio broadcasts from the
this memorial meeting.
Walter L. Field, Rabbi Leon efforts of a committee headed by
M. Levin, Mrs. Esther Gitlin, front lines for the fighting men
Fram, Philip J. Gilbert, Julius Mrs. Maurice A. Landau.
Sam Weisman, Sam Lifshitz.•
on the entire front. At the end of
Under
the
chairmanship
of
Abe
Green, Dr. A. M. Hershman, Ber-
Mikhoel's Services
each broadcast, he read a poem
nard Isaacs, Morris M. Jacobs, Kasle, the sum of $3,817 was rais-
Prof. Mikhoels is director and which he wrote that day about an
Abe Kasle, Leon Kay, Maurice ed for the Vaad Bitachon.
star of the Moscow Jewish Art individual hero of the previous
A. Landau, Mrs. Maurice A.
Members bought $150,000 in
Theater, holder of the title of day's fighting.
Landau, Dr. M. S. Perlis, Isaac War Bonds during a week's
Shetzer, Simon Shetzer, Philip period, and subscribed $13,000 to
Proposal of Administrative
Slomovitz, Cantor J. H. Sonen- the Jewish National Fund loan.
Committee
May Move Con-
klar, Nathan Spevakow, Abraham
SAVE WAR BONDS FIRST . .
$10,250 for Institute
Srere, Joseph Yolles, Maurice H.
vention
Seat
from Columbus
THEN IMPROVE YOUR HOME!
.
Under
Mr.
Cooper's
chairman-
Zackheim and Rudolph Zuic-
ship,
$10,250
was
raised
for
the
back.
NEW ORK (JPS)—The 46th
Sieff Institute in Palestine to en-
Cooper Wins Praise
able Dr. Chaim Weizmann and annual convention of the Zionist
Mr. Gilbert, as chairman of the his associate chemists to continue Organization of America, origin-
nominating committee, praised important research work.
ally scheduled to, eb held in Col-
the efforts of Mr. Cooper as pres-
umbus, 0., on Sept. 11, may be
The sum of $1,000 was contri- held instead in Atlantic City in
ident during the past year, and
declared that his re-election as buted by Detroit Zionists to help accordance with a proposal ad-
president was a mark of recogni- wiep out the National Zionist de- opted at a meeting of the ad-
ficit.
tion of his services.
ministrative committee of the
Reporting for the Zionist Youth organization.
Reports were submitted at the
annual meeting by the following: Commission, Mr. Field announc-
The administrative committee
Mr. Field, treasurer; Judge ed that a Detroit boy and girl heard a report from one of its
Rubiner ; chairman -of the pro- will be • sent to the National members that the • American
gram committee, who reviewed Youth Commission Camp in the Council for. Judaism, anti-Zionist
the cultural meetings of the year East.' •
group organized by Rabbi Louis
Mr. Cooper praised the loyalty Wolsey of Philadelphia and Rab-
as well as the two 'Town Hall
Zionist meetings that were plan- and devotion of Mrs. Albert -Feld- bi Morris Lazaron of Baltimore,
ned by Mr. Field, and Mr. Cooper. stein, the executive director. He has launched upon an intensive
The name of Harry Cohen was stated that Mrs. Feldstein had nation-wide campaign to combat
inscribed in the Golden Book of kept in constant touch with all the activities of the Zionist move-
Zionist affairs and relieved him ment. It was stated that repre-
of many responsibilities, thus en- sentatives of the Council have
abling the movement here to been dispatched to all parts of
function more efficiently during the United States to create a per-
the past year.
manent organization.



Adler, Fram and Cohen are Named as Vice-Presidents;
Delegates Selected to Attend 40th Annual
National Convention in Columbus

and

L.

JNF to Honor
Detroit Heroes
Killed in Action

A.

Zionist Conclave
In Atlantic City



Women's Council
Directs Booth
For Bond Sales

A War Bond and War Stamp
Booth is being supervised at the
Book Building by the Detroit
Section, National Council of
Jewish Women.
Members of the League of
Jewish Women's Organizations
are called upon to cooperate
with Council members in spon-
soring the sale of Bonds and
Stamps.
Mrs. Edward Stein of Afton
Road and Mrs. I. R. Myers of
Longfellow Ave., head a com-
mittee of 22 members in taking
charge of this booth.
Mesdames David Hubar, Mel-
vin Baer, Sol Wolf, Mark Rafel-
son and Joseph Roseman serve
as day chairmen, each being
responsible for the booth's sales
on a certain day in the week.
Telephone solicitations are
also being made to spur the sale.

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