Isaacs Is Named
To Head Kvutzah

Jewish Center Activities

Fenkell Mothers' Club
To Honor Departed
Fenkell Mothers' Club of the
Jewish Community Center will
hold a service honoring the mem-
ory of Mrs. Miriam Steinberg
and Mrs. Sara Maldowski at the
Parkside Talmud Torah, Tuesday
at 8 p. m. Tribute will also be
paid to the memory of Julius
Zarankin, son of Mrs. Sonya
Zarankin, board member.
' The following clubs will hold
their opening meetings of the
season with refreshments and
suitable programs: Center Club,
Wednesday, 8 p. m., at Jewish
Community C e n t e r; Davision
Club, Thursday, 8 p. m.. at Work-
men's Circle, Linwood at Bur-
lingame, in the nature of a
"house-warming."
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Square Dancing Class
To Start at Center
"All jump up and never come
down, swing your honey 'round
and 'round." With such peppy
calls the Jewish Community
Center will offer six Tuesday
evenings of square dancing, be-
ginning Nov. 2, at 8:45. The
group is also open to those who
have had no previous training.
Square, round and longway
dances will be included.
Clare
Tannehaus.
popular
leader and caller, will lead the
dances and do the calling. She
is well known in this field, and
has been active in many groups

at the Center and in the com-
munity. Those interested are
urged to register at the Center,
MA. 8400.
* *
Morton Stables Scene
Of Hay Ride Sunday
Morton Stables will be the
scene of a Hay Ride to be given
by the War Workers and their
friends Sunday. The group will
meet at the Jewish Community
Center at 5 p. m, If possible,
transportation will be shared.
There will be dancing and re-
freshments at the club-house. For
reservations call Madison 8400.
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2 Families Contribute
To Art Scholarship Fund
Contributions for the Art
Scholarship Fund in memory of
Mrs. Izrail Katz have been re-
ceived from: Mrs. Katherine
Keidan and family, and Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Meyers.
* * *
Philippe to Lecture
Of Latest Coiffures
As the first in a series of Wed-
nesday night talks on charm,
Philippe, the hairdresser, will
demonstrate the latest coiffures
on Oct. 27, at 9 p. in., at the
Jewish Center. Mrs. Evelyn
Nobel will talk to the group on
"Manners and Poise" the follow-
ing Wednesday, Nov. 3. Mrs.
Elizabeth Youngjohn of Wayne
University Speech Department
will appear at a future meeting.

Pope Provides Funds Auxiliary of Hebrew
For Ransoming Jews Schools to Sponsor
Afternoon of Music

LONDON (JPS)—Pope Pius
contributed a sizeable sum to-
The Woman's Auxiliary of the
ward the ransom payment ex- United Hebrew Schools will
acted from the Jews of Rome by hold its monthly cultural gather-
the Nazis, according to a radio ing next Wednesday, at 1 p. m.,
report heard in this city. The
in the auditor-
Germans had demanded 50 kilo-
• ium
. . of the Rose
grams of gold in exchange for
Sittig Cohen
the release of 100 Jewish hos-
Building, Law-
tages.
ton and Tyler.
The Germans did not release
This after-
the hostages, following the pay-
noon of Jewish
ment. of the ransom money and
music will feat-
instead instituted a general
ure Cantor
roundup of Jews.
Jacob H. Son-
enklar in Jew-
ish folk music,
J. H. Sonenklar traced from its
earliest source.
He will be accompanied on the
piano by Lillian Robbins.
All members and friends of
the Woman's Auxiliary are in-
CINCINNATI (JPS)—Dr. Juli- vited. The affair will open with
an Morgenstern, president of the a dessert luncheon.
Hebrew Union College, opened
The main project of the Wo-
the new academic year with a man's Auxiliary is the raising
denunciation of "Jewish Nation- of funds for the maintenance
alism." Optimistically envision- of the bus system for the United
ing a postwar world in which Hebrew Schools. The women
"there will be no Diaspora" and also are sponsoring the monthly
"no exile," the anti-Zionist pres- cultural gatherings on the fourth
ident of Hebrew Union College Wednesday of each month.
did not stop at identifying t h e
The president of the Woman's
aspirations towards a Jewish
Commonwealth, endorsed by the Auxiliary is Mrs. Jack Tobin.

Morgenstern Says
Commonwealth Idea
Similar to Nazism

overwhelming majority of Am-
erican Jewry at the American
Jewish Conference, as "practi-
cally identical with Nazi and
fascist theory."
Marshalling his often reiter-
ated arguments to bolster his
adamant anti-Zionist position,
which has been condemned by
his own students, Morgenstern
charged that Zionism "has run
the entire gamut of modern ra-
cial nationalism from the, as we
now see, very modest hope of
restoration of Palestine as the
center of a new, positive and
intensive Jewish cultural life,
to the extreme theory of Jewish
nationalism, practically identical
with Nazi and fascist theory,
which holds that the bonds of
Jewish racial nationalism are
eternally indissoluble, that there
can be only one Jewish home-
land," and that he, the Jew, re-
sides among the nations, as at
present, "only as a temporary so-
journer, that he is in the `Dias-
pora,' Galut,' in 'Exile ... "
The American Jewish Con-
ference's resolution endorsing a
Jewish Commonwealth was des-
cribed by him as a "bombastic
peroration." He expressed con-
cern over "the complete rever-
sion from the free and almost
unrestrained universalism in Ju-
daism of the first two thirds of

Friday, October 22, 1943

THE JEWISH NEWS

Page Twelve

Shaarey Zedek Men
Honor Joseph Cantor

Officers of the Men's Club of
Congregation Shaarey Zedek this
week joined in paying honors to
Joseph Cantor, on the occasion of
his 50th birthday.
Mr. Cantor has been active in
Shaarey Zedek affairs and in the
Men's Club. During the past nine
years, he has continuously served
in the choir of the Shaarey Zedek.
Maurice Seligman, president of
the Men's Club, and Norman M.
Snider, chairman of the program
committee and former president,
announced that suitable resolu-
tions were drawn commending
Mr. Cantor for his services and
greeting him on his birthday.

Detroit Symphony Is Assured
Of Huge Success This Season

Hebrew Cultural Organiza-
The second of a series of 18 weekly presentations by the
tion Hears Reports on Ac-
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, revived under the leadership
tivities During 5703
of Karl Krueger, world-famous American-born conductor,
will
feature as soloist Zino Francescatti, violinist, at the
Kvutzah Ivrith, at a meeting
held last Saturday evening, elect- Masonic Temple, on Thursday, Oct. 28.
A great season is assured under the reorganized Detroit
ed Bernard Isaacs president.

Izrail Katz was elected honor-
ary vice-president. The other
officers are: Sol B. Edelman and
Dr. Aaron Dubnove, vice-presi-
dents; Norman Ruttenberg, re-
cording secretary; Abraham Pan-
ush, financial secretary; Samuel
Lehrman, treasurer; Herman D.
Boraks, chairman of executive
committee.
Noah Nachbush, noted Jewish
actor, was featured on a Succoth
program. Mr. Boraks presided in
the absence of Aaron Teitelbaum,
retiring president.
Mr. Lehrman, who reported as
treasurer, also submitted the
nominating committee's report.
Morris Lachover, chairman of
the cultural committee, reported
on the cultural evenings arranged
by the Kvutzah with such speak-
ers as Dr. Israel Efros, Dr.
Simeon Ginzburg and Simon
Halkin; and the Hebrew lectures
delivered by I. Soref, Morris
Lachover, Harold Silver, Michael
Michlin, M. Atzmoni, Abram
Twersky, Bernard Isaacs, Morris
Plafkin, A. Zalish, J. M. Mathis,
Solomon Kasdan and Dr. Aaron
Dubnove.
M. Michlin, chairman of the
book committee, told of the cir-
culation of Hebrew books and
new literary publications.
J. M. 1VIathis, editor of "Hed
Ha-Kvutzah," Echo of the Kvut-
zah, reported on the publication
of this bulletin.
Mrs. A. D. Markson, president
of the Ladies' Auxiliary, reported
on their activities. This organ-
ization gives substantial financial
support to Histadruth Ivrith,
Hadoar Lanoar, the only chil-
dren's Hebrew paper published
by Hadoar, Tarbuth Ivrith spon-
sored by Dr. Simeon Ginzburg,
scholarship fund of the United
Hebrew Schools and several
other important educational en-
terprises.

Max Chomsky Heads
HaPoal HaMizrachi

At a meeting held at the home
of Miss Zelda Rosenthal last
Saturday night, HaPoal HaMiz-
rachi elected Max Chomsky
president of the Detroit branch.
Rabbi H. A. Greenfield and Miss
Esther Edelman were elected
vice-presidents. Max Temchin
will serve as treasurer.
David Zeitani, Palestine repre-
sentative of the League for Re-
ligious Labor in Palestine, ad-
dressed the meeting on the work
of HaPoal HaMizrachi in Pales-
tine.
This Saturday evening the
Detroit branch will participate
in a M'laveh Malkeh arranged
by the Detroit Committee for
the Religious Labor in Pales-
tine, at Congregation Beth Abra-
ham, Linwood and• Sturtevant.

Palestine Esrogim
Price Is $100 Each

New York (JPS)—Because of
transport difficulties only 120 of
a shipment of 20,000 Palestine
esrogim arrived here in time for
Succoth. Some of these precious
articles were sold at the record
price of $100, tenfold their
peacetime value.
Normally some 30,000 esrogim
are sold annually in the United
State. California and Florida
produced just enough to meet
a third of the demand.

The "'Ezra"

the 19th century to a national-
ism, particularism and isolation-
Women's Division American
ism, in some respects almost
Federation for Polish Jews
more extreme than the reforms
expresses its deepest sym-
of Ezra and Nehemiah."
pathy to the family of the
deceased
Stating that it seems "decid-
CELIA GREENBERG
edly improbable". that a Jewish
Commnowealth will be estab-
an active and untiring
worker of the "Ezra" for
lished in Palestine as an outcome
many years.
of the present war, Dr. Morgen-
MRS. JENNIE WEINBERG,
stern concluded that a "restored
President
Jewish state would . . represent
MRS. SADIE 'WEINBERG,
but another backward swing of
Rec. Sec'y.
the pendulum,"
IMMONMENIMMINIIIIONINIM

Symphony Society, of which
Harry H. Reichold is president.
Only a partial list of board of
directors of the society has been
announced, and includes Fred M.
Butzel, Israel Himelhoch and
Dr. Leo M. Franklin.
Co - operating
-- ...... with the Detroit
Symphony So-
ciety is a newly
organized group
known as the
Friends of the
Detroit S y m -
phony Orchestra
"United Nations
Festival", organ-
ized for the pur-
pose of identify-
ing foreign lan-
Mr. Ellmann guage groups
here with the symphony and
other musical endeavors. The
phenomenal success of the Phila-
delphia LaScala Opera Co., which
recently presented eight operas
here, is largely credited to the
activities of this group.
Ellmann On Committee
The general committee of the
Friends of the Detroit Sym-
phony Orchestra includes James
I. Ellmann, who is president of
the Detroit Community Council,
as a vice-chairman; Mme. Pia
Igy, general chairman', and A. R.
Brasch, auditor. Mr. N. Vam-
asescu is executive director.
The opening concert was held
Oct. 21 and was dedicated to the
memory of the late Ossip Gab- .
rilowitsch, for years conductor
of the Detroit Symphony. The
season will see many of the noted
musicians now in this country as
guest soloists. Included are
Robert Casadesus, French piani-
ist; Jennie Tourel, mezzo-sop-
rano; Lois Craft, American har-
pist; Larry Adler, harmonica
player; and Carl Friedberg,
pianist.

Zionist Youth Council
Sponsors Hebrew Classes

Hebrew classes will be spon-
sored every Wednesday evening
at the Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg.,
Lawton and Waverly, by the
Zionist Youth Council.
There will be two classes—for
beginners and advanced students.
Tuition fee of $1 a term will cov-
er the cost of books.

Daily Hebrew School
Reopens in Pontiac

Rabbi I. Strauss of Congrega-
tion Bnai Israel of Pontiac, an-
nounces the reopening of the
congregation's daily Hebrew
School and Sunday Religious
School. Registration of new stu-
dents begins Sunday, 10 a. m.
Post-Bar-Mitzvah class will
continue to meet twice a week
for advanced instruction.
The Junior Congregation con-
venes every Saturday morning
for Sabbath services and Sun-
day morning for week-day serv-
ices with tallith and tephillin.

20 Arrested for Blowing
Shofar at Wailing Wall

JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Ap-
proximately 20 Jews were ar-
rested here for blowing the Sho-
far at the Wailing Wall follow- !
ing the conclusion of the Yam k
Kippur prayers there. The blow-
ing of the Shofar at the Wailing
Wall is prohibited by the Pales-
tine Administration.

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Simchas Torah
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Ladies' Auxiliary of Yeshivath Chachmey Lublin

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