THE JEWISH NEWS

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Appointment of Friedman
To Court Post Commended

Street in Tel Aviv
Named for Ussishkin

Friday, September 17, 1943

Pisgah Lodge Installation
Of Officers Next. Monday

TEL AVIV, (JTA)—One of the
main thoroughfares of this city
Gov. Kelly Names Native Detroiter as Worthy Successor was renamed for the late Zionist Special Program Arranged at Jewish Community Center;
to the Late Judge Keidan; New Circuit Judge
leader, M. M. Ussishkin, at cere-
Droock to Be Installing Officer; Rabbi Adler
monies attended' by Mayor Ro-
Active in Field of Social Service
to Speak; Entertainment Listed
kach, members of the Ussishkin
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Will Serve Until 1944 General Election
Mr.. Friedman will serve .until the general election in
November 1944, when Judge Keidan's successor will be
• elected to serve the balance of the term until Dec. 31, 1948.
Born in Detroit April 1, 1880, Mr. Friedman has had an
interesting career as a community leader. He has watched
Detrei.t Jewry grow from a few thousand at the end of the
: last century to close to 90,000.
A practicing attorney—head' of the law firm of Fried-
man, Meyers and Keys—his major interests have been in
the field of social service causes. His deep-rooted religious
feelings have guided him in his activities and have won for
him the esteem of the entire community
- Before practicing law, Mr. Friedman taught night school
and served as principal of the Norvelle Night School for
four years. He also taught for a time at the University of
Detroit Law School. As a young man, he taught at the
Sunday School of Shaarey .Zedek. He has been active in
Shaarey Zedek affairs and served on the board of directors
of the. synagogue.
Graduate of Michigan Law School
A graduate of the University of Michigan Law School,
Mr. Friedman has been practicing law here since 1901. His
office frequently is referred to as the "downtown office of
the Jewish Welfare Federation," because ,so many com-
munity problems are discussed there.
One of his associates, Henry Meyers, a former president
of the Jewish Community Center, is now president of the
Metropolitan Detroit USO. Another partner, Myron A. Keys,
is chairman of the board of the Home for Aged. This
partnership is now in its 27th year.

Headed DIIC Commission
Mr. Friedman has served as a
member of the Commission of
the Detroit House of Correction
since 1926, when he was appoint-
ed by the late Mayor John W.
Smith. He was reappointed by
Mayors John Lodge, Frank Mur-
phy, Frank Couzens and Edward
J. Jeffries. He served as presi-
dent of the House of Correction
Commission four times.
He is chairman of the Wayne
County Draft Appeal Board No.
2. The only appeal possible from
the decisions of this board must
be directed to the President of
the United States.
In point of service, Mr. Fried-
man's longest association is with
the United Jewish Charities, on
whose board he has served un-
interruptedly since 1907. He was
president of this agency from
1921 to 1924, when it was . the
central philathropic organization
'in the Jewish community, before
the formation of the Jewish Wel-
fare Federation. Since 1937 he
has again been serving as presi-
dent of the United Jewish
Charities.
Other Affiliations
Among his other affiliations
are memberships on the boards
of the following: United Hebrew
Schools, Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion, Jewish Community Council,
Clover Hill Park Cemetery of
Congregation Shaarey Zedek. He
has previously served on the
boards of numerous other move-
. ments.
Closely affiliated with the Bnai
Brith, Mr. Friedman has been a
member of Pisgah Lodge since
1908. He is an ardent Zionist and
is a member of the President's
Club of the Zionist Organization
of America. He is also a member
of the executive committee of the
Detroit Round Table of Catholics,
Jews and Protestants. He was for
six years a member of the board
of the Detroit Community Union.
Mission in Europe
Of particular interest in Mr.
Fredman's career is the fact that
after the last war he went on a
mission to Europe with Morris
D. Waldman, now executive vice-
president of the American Jew-
ish Committee. He had an op-
portunity to visit his mother's
birthplace — Suwalke — a n d
brought his mother's sister to the
U. S.
Mr. Friedman's parents were
married in Detroit. His mother,
at the time of her death, was the
oldest member of Shaarey Zedek
in the number of years of affili-
ation.

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CARD OF THANKS
Mrs. Sadie Hertz and family
wish to thank all their friends
and relatives who were of such
great solace to t .- the time
of their recent
. ernent.

UHS Auxiliary
To Hear Program
On Chaim Bialik

First in Series of Educational
Gatherings. Will Be Held
Next Wednesday

The first edUcational monthly
gathering of the Women's Auxi-
liary of the United Hebrew
Schools will be held Wednesday,
Sept. 22, at 1:00 o'clock in the
auditorium of the Rose Sittig
Cohen Building, Lawton and
Tyler. All members of the Wo-
men's Auxiliary and their friends
are invited.

The meeting will open with a
dessert luncheon prepared by the
Auxiliary's social committee.

Featuring the program will be
a talk by Miss Zelda Rosenthal
on Chaim Nachman Bialik, great
Hebrew poet. This talk will be
illustrated with some of Bialik's
songs which became popular,
both in Palestine and in the
Diaspora. Miss Drora Selesny
will render the solos.

. Mrs. Jack Tobin, president of
the auxiliary, will preside at this
Meeting which will mark the
opening of the series of educa-
tional gatherings.

Officers are: Mrs. Jack Tobin,
president; Mrs. Charles Robin-
son, first vice-president; MrS:

Newly elected officers will be installed at an open
meeting of Pisgah Lodge No. 34, Bnai Brith, in the main
auditorium of the Jewish Community Center next Monday
at 8:30 p. m. A special program has been arranged to be
followed by a reception and refreshments.
Rabbi Morris Adler of Congregation Shaarey Zedek will

MENAHEM USSISHKIN

family, and representatives' of
the Jewish National Fund, which
Mr. Ussishkin headed until his
death in 1941.

To comemorate the 80th birth-
day of Ussishkin, the JNF execu-
tive board voted to establish an
annual award of 100 pounds for
an essay dealing with Zionist
history. It also was announced
that the annual "Call of the
Land" conference will be held
in Jerusalem this year on the
second anniversary of Ussishkin's
death. It is expected that similar
meetings will be held by JNF
groups in the democratic coun-
tries.

Bert Smokier, second vice-presi-
dent; Mrs. Morris Krause, third
vice-president; Mrs. Max Hyman,
financial secretary; Mrs. Moe S.
Dann, recording secretary; Mrs.
Julius Berman, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Louis Seiton and
Mts. Anna . Moss, assistant cor-
responding secretaries; M r s.
Richard A. Cott, auditor; and
Mrs. A. B. Stralser, parlia-
mentarian.
The Women's Auxiliary co-
operates with the United He-
brew Schools and finances the
transportation of children to the
schools in outlying districts. The
Auxiliary also assists the schools
in holiday and other observances.

speak on the subject: ''The
sponsibility of American Jewry
in' the Post-War World."
Henry Siegl, outstanding De-
troit violinist, will lead the pro-
gram of entertainment. He is a
member of Detroit Symphony
Orchestra and the WJR orchestra
and has appeared as a soloist
with both groups.
Install Officers
Aaron Droock, past president
of District Grand Lodge No. 6
of Bnai Brith, will install the
following officers: Isadore Starr,
president; Milton Weinstein and
Jack Leeds, vice-presidents; Max
Goldhoff, treasurer; Leonard Be-
love., financial secretary ; Leonard
R a d n e r, recording secretary;
Jack Lawson, assistant monitor;
Harry Schwartz, warden; Ru-
dolph Leitman, guar d i a
trustees, Lewis L. Steinberg, A.
J. Piel and Robert Wallach..
Rudolph Meyersohn, retiring
president, assumes the office of
monitor.
Special Presentation
Harry Yudkoff, second vice-
president of District Grand
Lodge No. 6, will make a special
presentation to Rudolph Meyer-
sohn, the outgoing president.
Samuel W. Leib, general com-
mitteeman of District Grand
Lodge, will make several pres-
entations in behalf of District No.
6. A musical program will round
out the evening's program.

High Court Post Given
Jew in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG, S. Africa,.
(WNS)—Judge Leopold Green-
berg, president of the South Af-
rican Keren Hayesod and active
community leader, was appoint-
ed last week to the Appellate
Division of the Supreme Court,
one of the highest judicial tribu-
nals in South Africa.

JUdge Greenberg, the first
Jew ever to be named to such
high judicial post in South
America was presiding justice of
the Transvaal.

TO FIND YAHRZEIT DATES

AND BAR MITZVAH DATES!

Heinz 24-year Hebrew-English
Calendar still offered free
to our readers.

VILBUSHEVITZ, VETERAN
ENGINEER, DIES IN ZION

JERUSALEM (JPS-Palcor) --
Gedalia Vilbushevitz, veteran
engineer, died here at the age
of 78. Arriving in Palestine in
1892, Mr. Vilbushevitz built the
Technion and Reali Schools and
the Shemen and Nesher factories
in Haifa. He also planned the
avenues and public buildings in
Damascus.

All Hebrew dates, 1925 to 1949.
Jewish holidays to 1964.
For free copy, address postcard
or letter to:
II. J. HEINZ CO. - Dept. J2
Pittsburgh, Pa.

An Important Message
to the Synagogues of Detroit
and their Affiliated Memberships:

This Is A Call To All To Send

A Message of Cheer and

ncouragement to Palestine!

The Detroit Jewish Community is repeating the tradition of sending
a New Year Scroll to the Jewish Homeland, with our pledge of uninterrupted
support to the Builders of Zion.
You and your families are again called upon to affix your names to
the Rosh Hashanah Scroll—at $1.00 for each inscription.

.Please respond. promptly and liberally. Your gifts will be used for
tke sacred task of land redemption through the Jewish National Fund.
Send your contribution for the inscription either through your Syna-
gogues or affiliated organization, or to the Jewish National Fund office,
11608 Dexter Blvd.

THIS ACT OF MERCY
is repeated many times
a day in pharmacies
throughout the land
where trained seien-
tists compound and dis-
pense the remedies
that bring relief to the
suffering.

Mettler Drug Co.

Over 52 Years of Service

Detroit
Birmingham Grosse Pointe

Rosh Hashanah provides the means of our continued
cooperation in the land-redemption program of the Jewish
National Fund by affixing a J. N. F. Stamp on each Syna-
gogue Admission Card.
When you secure your tickets for the High Holy Day
Services, be sure you ask for the J. - N. F. Stamp and make
a liberal contribution to the Fund.

The Synagogue Committee of the Jewish National
Fund Council or Detroit—whose membership includes
Rabbi Joshua S. Sperka. Rabbi Morris Adler, Irving
Schlussel and Isidore Sosnick—will be prepared to
offer you all necessary assistance in both Synagogue
High Holy Day Projects.

WILLIAM HORDES

President, Jewish National Fund Council of Detroit

DETROIT HEADQUARTERS OF THE JEWISH NATIONAL FUND

11608 Dexter Boulevard

TOwnsend 8-8658