Friday,. January 14, 1444

THE JEWISH NEWS

Page Eleven

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Federation to Hear Peiser
Tell of JDC Work in Africa

Congress Women
to Hold 3rd Rally

Detroit Women's Division Am-
erican Jewish Congress will hold
the third of a series of five rally
teas honoring the • "Five Free-
doms," in connection with' the
"Congress Tea Party" at the
home of Mrs. Milton Prag, 17524
Santa Barbara Drive, Friday,
Jan. 21, at 1:30 p. m.
Mrs. Morris Adler will discuss
"Freedom of Religion." Mrs.
David Kaltman, accompanied by
Miss Flora Beckman, will pre-
sent a program of music.
Vice chairmen and workers
will present reports of activities
under the chairmanship . of Mrs.
Fay D Rosenfeld.
Mrs. Abe Katzman, vice presi-
dent in charge of fund l'aising,
invites members to bring pros-
pective donors and members.
The third annual fund raising
campaign will culini4ate with
the "Congress Tea Party" at Ho-
tel Statler, Feb. 9.

Former Detroit JWF Director to Give Firsf Hand Account
of Jewry's Plight Wrought by Nazis, at Special
Meeting at the Center Wednesday, Jan. 26

The Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit has arranged
a special meeting for Wednesday, Jan. 26, at 8:30 p. m., at the
Jewish Community Center, Woodward at Holbrook, for a
discussion of the work of the Joint Distribution Committee
in North Africa, it was announced by Abraham Srere,
president.

The guest speaker will be Kurt
Peiser, executive director of the
Federation of Jewish Charities
and of the United Jewish Appeal
. of Philadelphia, and former di-
rector of the JWF in Detroit. He
recently returned from a six
month tour in North Africa for
the. JDC.

While there Peiser visited
Spanish Morocco, French Moroc-
co, - Algeria and Tunisia, to su-
pervise the work of the JDC in
- those areas. While in Tunisia he
Saw the devastating effects
wrought upon the Jewish com-
munity by the Nazis. He assisted
in establishing a committee of •
Tunisian Jews which began the
task of giving relief to native and
refugee Jews.

"We have all read, from time
to time, about the work . of the
JDC Committee in North Africa,
and, especially, Tunisia," Mr.
Srere stated; "but the news dis-
patches have been. sketchy. and
told little of the actual day-to-day
work of the JDC. We have invi-
. ted Mr. Peiser to •give us a de-
tailed word picture of the task
which faces the 'JDC and of the
work which has been accomplish-
ed in North Africa."

"Youth Day" Program
To Honor Roosevelt

Sulzberger's Reply
On Father's Article

In a statement to the Inde-
pendent Jewish Press Service,
commenting on the article it re-
leased by his . father, the late
Cyrus L. Zulzberger, on "Patrio-
KURT PEISER
tism and Zionism," Arthur Hays
Sulzberger, publisher of the
New York Times, points out that
this article "was written in 1904
when I was 13 years old .
before I . had any views on the
subject of Zionism."
Mr. Sulzberger states that "the
record would also be more ac-
Organization Will Take Over curate if You indicated . that at
Entire . Ballroom Floor
the close of the last war my
father withdrew from the Zion-
at Book Cadillac
ist movement - and was never as-
The Council of the Pioneer sociated with it thereafter be-
cause he felt that the emphasis
Women's OrganizatiOn announce on nationalism was _a great mis-
that the entire ballroom - floor 'of . take."
the Book-Cadillac hotel will be
utilized for the 13th annual
donor luncheon, Tuesday, Jan.
18, at 12:30 1). tn. " -

Pioneer Women
to Hold Donor
Event Tuesday

-

A "Youth Day" program is
planned by the League of De-•
troit Jewish Youth for Jan. 30
at the Jewish Community Cen-
ter. It will be dedicated to Pres-
ident Roosevelt's birthday. All
the guests will be invited to sign
Chairmen for the Crystal ball-
a scroll on which greetings will rqorri are Mrs. D. J. Warren and
be - inscribed to the President.
Mrs. H. Mondry. Chairmen for
The program will start at 3 the Grand ballroom are- Mrs. • J.
p. m. and will continue until the Schreier and . Mrs.- M. .Michlin.
Center closes Sunday evening. Program:, are to be carried on
There will be group games and simultaneously , in both ball-
swimming, movies, music appre- rooms.
ciation and an "Information
Dr: Maurice L. Perlzweia wilk
Tease" discussiOn.
be guest speaker. Emma Shever
Bluma Nagler is general chair- will '.be soloist.
man tor the affair. Harold No
For • last minute reservations,
veck will be in charge of regis- call the Council office, TY.
tration; Bertha W e i 1, group .7-2880, TO. 8-1239 or TO. 8-8646.
games: Beulah Smerling a n d
Martha. Gleicher, Information
Tease; Lorraine Vellick, dinner;
Mildred _Altman, publicity;
Frances Cohen and • Sam Good-
man, dancing. Reservations for
dinner can be made with Nettie
Seligson, 18601 Kentucky, UN.
3-8446 ; or with E. Louis Neimand
at the Center. •
The 25th anniversary Of the es-
tablishment of the Detl'oil edition
of the Jewish Daily`Fcirward will
be marked by the publication of a
special. edition here on Sunday,
Jan. 23.

Forward to Mark
Anniversary. in
Special .Edition

Dinner Will Honor

Raskin, K.P. Leader

A testimonial dinner-dance
honoring Samuel Raskin, .grand
chancellor commander of the
State of Michgian, will be given
by the Knights of Phythias
Lodge 55, Sunday, at the Ft.
Shelby Hotel.

Two sons in service will come
to Detroit for the occasion. Her-
bert Raskin, ph. m. 1/c, and his
wife, will come from Washing-
ton, D. C., and Pvt. Lawrence B.
Rankin will be in from Ohio
State ..University, Cohuribus, .0.

Joseph Bernstein, manager of
the local Forw,ard, announces
that the edition will contain ar-
ticles on the Jeivish community
of Detroit; the history of the
state of Michigan and Jewish life
the .world over.

The Jewish Daily Forward was
founded nationally, in New York,
in April, 1897, and is today not
only the largest but also the old-
est Yiddish newspaper in the
world. It circulated nationally,
hut. in January, 1919; commenced
to pUblish local editions.

JNF Group Here
Plans Affair at
Center on Feb. 9

NRS to Honor
Rosenwald

RADIO

"Here's to Youth"
Radio Broadcasts

Pekarsky, Levin Attending
Series of 13 Programs to
Meeting in New York
Start Saturday; JWB Is
This Week End
One of Sponsors

William Rosenwald, president
of the National Refugee Service,
will be honored at the •annual
meeting of the NRS at Hotel
Commodore, New York, this
Saturday and Sunday, on the

Beginning this Saturday and
continuing for 12 Saturdays
thereafter, "Here's to Youth," an
NBC Radio Series, will be,broad-
cast nationally from 1 to 1:30 p.
m.
In Detroit, this program will
be presented over Station WWJ.
"Here's to Youth" is the ma-
jor cooperative radio venture. of
a national group of youth-serving
agencies, including the National
Jewish Welfare Board.
The _topic of the first broad-
cast, this Saturday, will be:
"Young Americans in Crisis."
The titles of the 12 subsequent
broadcasts are:
"Danger Mothers Working":
"Trailer Town's .Children;'.'
"Dad's In the Army;" "Brides of
Mars;'' e"Boomtown;" "Our No-
ma,c1 Families;" "Till the Boy
Comes Home;" "Help Wanted;"
"Latchkey Children;" "The Melt-
ing Pot Boils;" "Johnny C o-in e s
Home:" "Strength. for America."
Numerous gatherings are be-
ing planned here and in many
WILLIAM ROSENWALD
cities throughout the land to en-
occasion of his completion of 10 courage group attendance dur-
years of leadership in organiz- ing the broadcast of these pro-
ing refugee activities and . five grams. .
years as its chairman.

The future of refugee im-
migration to the U. S. after the
war will be the Major topic at
these meetingS.

Speakers will be Quincy Howe,
radio commentator and news
analyst, and Dr. Stephen Duggan,
director. of the Institute of In-
ternational Education. Others
will include a .diatinguished ref-
ugee; Prof. Joseph P. Chamber-
lain, chairman of the NRS board
of directors; Charles Riegelman,
chairman of the executive com-
mittee; Joseph E. Beck, execu-
tive director; and Mrs. Rosen-
wald.

• The Detroit delegates at the
meeting . will be Herman M.
pekarsky, acting executive dir-
Showing of Palestine Movie ector of the Jewish Welfare
Federation, and Theodore Levin,
to Feature Hamisha Asar
chairman of the case work corn-
b'Shvat Celebration
mittee of the Resettlement Ser-
vice.
Jewish National Fund 'Council
While in New York, Mr. Pek-
of Detroiteis planning a Hamisha
Asar b'Shvat evening on Wednes- arsky will also attend the joint
day, Feb. 9, at the Jewish , Corn- program committee meeting of
munity Center, William Hordes, the National Council of Jewish
Social Welfare.
president, announces.
A movie, "Homeland in the
Making," will be shown, and
Mrs. Morris Adler will be the
speaker. Refreshments will be
served. Admission cards are
available at the JNF office, Dex-
ter and Burlingame.
Rudolph Zuieback, the presi-
The sum of $60 was raised in dent of the United Hebrew
honor of the 40th wedding anni- Schools ofe
Detroit, announces the
versary. of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan
appointment of Philip Slomovitz,
Gittleman which was observed at
editor of The Jewish News, to
the home of their children, Mr.
succeed Rabbi Morris Adler,
and Mrs. Samuel Gold of 18094
who joined the Armed Services
Oak Drive. The appeal was made
as • Chaplain, as head of the
by Daniel Temchin and Jacob
Committee
on Educational ; In-
Skolnick.
formation for the United He-
brew Schools.
Jewish Doctor Discovers
This committee is responsible
New Method to Use Blood
for the work of Education
NEW YORK (JPS) — D r . Month conducted each year dur-
Lester J. Unger of this city is ing the month of Tishri. It is
credited with participation in also ;n charge of the bulletin
one of the major Medical dis- mailed to the members and
coveries of the year in a round- friends of the schools. The last
up by Waldemar Kaempffert, bulletin was published during
'science editor of the N. Y. Times. Hanukah. The next bulletin will
Jointly with Dr. John J. Moor- be ready in about one month and
head, he discovered a more ef- will feature the Hamisha Asar
fective leay of wing the • blood b'Sh=7at V celebration which will
collected for ba.nkz.
take place on Feb. 9.

Center Art School

Plans New Classes

A new term . in the Jewigh
Community Center Art School
will start in February, it is
nounced by. Mrs. . David tit.
Werbe. of the Art School cont .
mittee.
Classes for adults are held .04
Sunday morning and Tuesday
evening.
Fees for a four-month semev•
ter are $7.50 for Center members
and $10 for non-Members; for
four sessions, $2.50 for Center
members, $3.50 for nonemembers.
An elementary class -for
dren is held on Tuesdays a n d
Thursdays, 4 to 6 p. m., at the
same rates.
Leon Makielski is instructor
in the advanced school. Stanley
Twarddwicz is •the instructor in
the elementary class.
Registrations are being taken
at the Jewish Center, Woodward
at Holbrook, MA. 8400.

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