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Friday, Mlrch 3, 1944
THE JEWISH NEWS
Page Five
Pekarsky Named to Direct
tCouncil of Social Agencies
Council, Center
Purim Festival
. r Acting Executive Director of Jewish Welfare Federation
• Selected to Succeed MacRae as Managing Director;
Sobeloff Returns to J'NF Position in June
Will Take Place Wednesday Frank L. Weil, Welfare Board President, Says USO Has
Demonstrated That the Three Faiths Can Find
Evening; Drama Concert
Ways of Living and Working Together
Set for March 19
CHICAGO—A three-day conference of leaders in Jewish
The joint cultural committee
of the Jewish Community Center Center and Army-Navy activities of the National Jewish Wel-
and Community Council are fare Board was held here during the past week-end.
Speakers on the program, in addition to Frank L. Weil,
sponsoring a folks' Purim concert
next Wednesday, 8:30 p. m:, in president of JWB, and other national leaders, included Mrs.
the auditorium of the Center, Samuel R. Glogower, national chairman of the Jewish Cen-
Woodward and Holbrook.
ter division of JWB, presidente
Herman M. Pekarsky, for the past 10 months acting exec-
: utive director of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit,
has been named managing director of the Council of Social
Agencies of Metropolitan Detroit, it was announced this week
by Dr. Paul T. Rankin, assistant superintendent of schools,
president of the Council of Social Agencies. He will assume
his new duties the later part of April.
Mr. Pekarsky succeeds Robert;
H. MacRae who becomes- execu-
tive vice-president of the Council
of Social Agencies. Mr. MacRae
is also managing clq.ector of the
War Chest of Metropolitan De-
': troit and of the Detroit Com-
munity Fund.
Sobeloff to Return
Isidore Sobeloff, executive di-
rector of the Federation, who took
'leave of absence last May to as-
sist Percival Dodge in forming
Lthe New York branch of the Na-
tional War Fund, will return to
his Detroit post in June, Abraham
Srere, Federation president,
stated this week.
Mr. Pekarsky assumed the act-
ing executive directorship of the
Federation last May after serv-
ing as general administrative as-
sistant of the Federation since
1939. Prior to that time, he served
' as state director of the Bureau
HERMAN M. PEKARSKY
of Old Age Assistapce under then
Gov. Frank Murphy, and later as
state supervisor of the Employ-
ment Practises Section of WPA at
Lansing.
First Social Position
Mr. Pekarsky was educated in
the Grand Rapids public schools
and the University of Michigan
where he obtained his A. B. de-
gree. He also attended the Grad-
uate School of Jewish Social
Work and the Graduate School of
Michigan State College. After
graduating from college, Mr.
Pekarsky was appointed national
executive secretary of Avukah
at New York.
Mr. Pekarsky's first social
work position in 1931 was with
the City Social Service Depart-
ment of Grand Rapids. He subse-
quently became director of trans-
sient activities of the Kentucky
Emergency Relief Administration,
ISIDORE SOBELOFF
and later returned to Grand
Rapids to become director of so-
cial services of the Kent County
Welfare Commission under the
chairmanship of Julius H. Am-
berg, now special assistant to the
Secretary of War.
"Postwar Palestine" Prob-
On Faculty of Wayne
Since Sept. 1939, Mr. Pekarsky
lems to Feature Talks at
has been general administrative
Open Meeting March 12
assistant of the Jewish Welfare
Federation, and has been a mem-
Migdal, young labor Zionists,
ber of the faculty of Wayne Uni-
1 versity School of Public Affairs together with the Jewish Com-
munity Center Cinema Guild,
and Social Work.
Mr. Pekarsky is serving as a will present the fourth in the
member of the program commit- series of movies at the Center
te of the National Conference of Sunday evening. The featured
Jewish Social Welfare, and as films will be "My Native Land,"
chairman of the program com- with narration and songs by Paul
mittee of the Council of Social Robeson. It was substituted for
Agencies of Metropolitan Detroit. "The Golem" which will be
He is also a member of the Inter- shown in April.
There is an admission fee dis-
, Organization Committee on So-
count for Center members.
1 vial Legislation.
From time to time, Mr. Pekar-
On Sunday evening, March 12,
sky has had articles published on Migdal will have an open meet-
social work subject in profes- ing on the theme "Postwar Pales-
sional journals, such as the Sur- tine." A panel composed of Leah
vey, Mid-monthly and Social Levitt, Kurt Kulka, Sidney Al-
Work Technique.
pert and Aryeh Raskin will par-
ticipate in the discussion of po-
litical, economic, cultural and
social problems. An open discus-
sion will follow.
The public is invited to all
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Migdal activities.
Leon Kay, president of the De-
troit chapter of the American
Jewish Congress, will address the
Women's Division of the Con-
gress at 1:30 p. m. next Wednes-
day at the Detroit Institute of
Arts, and will give a resume of
the Conference to Combat Anti-
Dr. Leo M. Franklin will ob-
Semitism, held hi. New York two serve his 74th birthday on Sun-
weeks ago.
day, March 5.
A feature of the program will
March 30 will mark the 38th
be the presentation of the original
skit, "The Blue Hat With the birthday of Rabbi Morris Adler,
_Green Feather," written and pro- who is now serving as Chaplain
_duced by Mrs. William Gottes- in the U. S. Army.
Other birthdays of the month
man. The cast includes Mes-
.dames H. Bookstein, I. B. Dwor- are:
man, S. A. Green, E. Golumbia,
Sidney J. Allen, March 11; Jo-
M. Dushkin, S. Katkin, B. Ko- seph S. Bing, March 3; Mrs. Per-
hen, J. M. Lattin, M. Perlis, E. ry P. Burnstine, March 20; Al-
Sachse, S. Sidell, P. Stellar, F. fred I. Dreyfus, March 16; Dr. A.
Aosenfeld, J, S. Tobias.
Max Kohn, March 14.
This program is the fifth in a
series of seven affairs which aim
to give the Jewish public in De-
troit the opportunity to enjoy
cultural affairs of a high level.
Participating in this concert
will be Aaron Rosenberg, as
master of ceremonies; M. Mich-
lin will read from the Megilah;
Cantor Katzman of Congregation
Bnai Moshe will sing; M. Domby
will read from Sholom Aleichem;
school children will recite; musi-
cal numbers will be performed
by a string quartet and all pres-
ent will be invited to join in
community singing. Purim re-
freshments will be served.
Tickets have already been sent
to organizations affiliated with
the Jewish Community Council.
Since the capacity of the auditor-
ium is limited, it is urged that
tickets be secured as soon as pos-
sible from the Jewish Center or
by calling the office of the Coun-
cil, CHerry 1657. The admission
price is 25 cents.
The sixth affair, on March 19,
will be a concert of drama and
song featuring the Jewish actor,
Zvee Scooler, and the character
singer, Saul Meisels. Organiza-
tions ordering more than 50
tickets for this performance may
obtain them at the reduced rate
of 15 cents each.
Buy War Bonds!
Birthdays
Of the Month
of the Jewish Community Center throughout the country. "The
of Detroit, and Isidore Sobeloff, Center is as important as any
associate New York director of other agency in the community,"
the National War Fund who is he said. "Hospitals treat only the
on leave from his post as ex- sick, social service only the nee-
ecutive director of the Jewish dy. The majority of every corn-
Welfare Federation of Detroit. munity are the healthy and nor-
Mr. Weil told the conference mal and Centers preserve the
that "we must bring over into mental and physical health of
the period of peace to come the those who are well. It also pre-
devotion and sacrifice to the wel- serves the health of the entire
fare of the nation and the coop- community and gives it the
eration between faiths and strength and courage and self-
groups developed during the respect it needs."
war."
In a report on religious activi-
Spirit of Unity
ties' at the afternoon session,
"USO has demonstrated that Rabbi Philip .S. Bernstein, exec-
the three great religious faiths, utive director of the Committee
when faced with a common on Army and Navy Religious
problem, that of serving the Activities of J. W. B., reported
men and women in the armed that 217 Jewish chaplains are
forces, can find ways and means now serving with the Army and
of living and working together," Navy, of whom 75 are overseas.
Mr. Weil said. Mr. Sobeloff warned against
"Is it too much to expect that granting "squatter's rights" to
this spirit of unity and under- organizations, who will demand
standing between groups, devel- responsibility for certain phases
oped under the stress of wartime of rehabilitation work, just be-
conditions, can be carried over cause they have previously done
into our peace-time world, to that type of work.
help meet and solve the common
"In the first place, government
problems of rehabilitation and will have a great deal to say on
reconstruction?
assignment of the rehabilitation
"As the JWB was the agency work," he said. "Whether we
to help bring this unity into be- speak up and indicate the part
ing during the war period, so it we can play or fill in those parts
pledges itself to do everything of the job left undone by social
in its power to carry it over into legislation and government agen-
the period that lies ahead."
cies, it is important that we ex-
Asks Great Expansion
amine our experiences and pre-
Mr. Weil called for great . ex- pare ourselves thoroughly for
pansion of center facilities our part in the program."
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Migdal and Center
Movie Fete Sunday
Kay to Address
Congress Women
Mrs. Glogower, Sobeloff
Address JWB Conference
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