Friday, March 17, 1944

THE 'JEWISH NEWS

Three-Session Institute
Of Jewish Center Sunday

Non-Jews Head UJA
Drive in Hammond

In Hammond, Ind., James Post,
a
non-Jew,
heads the campaign
Basic Problems Confronting Agency to be Discussed
"High
Command"
for the unified
by Community Leaders Under Direction of Dr.
drive in behalf of the Joint Dis-
Nathan E. Cohen of New York
tribution Committee, United Pal-
Inspired by rapid changes caused by the war, com- estine Appeal and National Refu-
munity leaders are setting aside the day of Sunday, March gee Service.

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THEATER

Dina Halperin, Great Yiddish
Actress, to Star at Littman's

Dina Halperin, who, since her outside of New York was in
arrival in this country five years Chicago recently. Her Detrtoit
ago, has been hailed as one of appearance is being looked for-
the greatest actresses on the ward to with keen interest.
Yiddish stage, is coming to De-
Tickets for the Dina Halperin
troit as guest star at Littman's performances are now on sale
Yiddish People's Theater, 12th at Littman's.
and Seward.

19, for the studied consideration of the basic problems con-
Putting his business obligations
fronting the Jewish Community Center.
aside, Mr. Post is these days
This day, to be observed as a boareinstitute, is designed
This Sunday matinee and eve- TOSCANINI TO CONDUCT
primarily for the benefit of members of the board, committee spending all his time in organiz- ning and on Tuesday evening, GM SYMPHONY ON SUNDAY

members, volunteers and others
identified with the work of the
Center. Board members of other
agencies have also been invited
to participate in the proceedings.
The discussion of basic ques-
tions will be conducted under the
leadership of Dr. Nathan E.
Cohen, director -of the Jewish
Centers Division of the National
Jewish Welfare Board.
Area of Discussion
The committee headed by Ed-
ward Kahn, assisted by Mrs.
Philip R. 1Vlarcuse and Louis Ta-
bashnik, has outlined the fol-
lowing area for discussion: Jew-
ish ' Philosophy of the Center;
programs for various age levels;
the place of a women's organiza-
tion; functions of an • annual
! meeting; place of a civic forum
in the Center program; responsi-
bilities of Center to non mem-
bers; extent to which Center
should be self supporting; board
Members' -responsibilities and an-
derstanding of the Agency.
The Institute will convene at
2:30 p. in. for the first session.
St will recess at 5 for an in-
lormal subscription supper. At 7
it will reconvene for the final
session and summary of the day's
•deliberations. That session will be
opened with the brief exercises
of the 1944 annual meeting of
the Center, and will include elec-
tion of officers, a review by the
outgoing president, Mrs. Samuel
R. Glogower, and election of new
board members. New nominees
:are Miss Bertha M. Robinson,
Robert H. Schwarz and Charles
Wolok.
The Nominees
Miss Robinson has been en-
gaged for many years in the
Guidance Department of the
!Public Schools now serving as
Department Head of Counselling
at Chadsey High.
Mr. Schwarz, -associated with
Packers Outlet Company, a mem-
ber of the health club of the-
Center since 1940, is president of
•the Men's Club of Congregation
Bnai Moshe, and for many years
has been a leader in Aesculapian
Society.
Mr. Wolok, a member of the
Center since his youth, is en-
gaged in war production and is
identified with many local com-
munal causes.
All sessions will be held at the
Jewish Community Center and
are . open to the public.

Scooler-Meisels
Concert Sunday

On Sunday evening, March 19,

in the Jewish Community Cen-

ter Auditorium, two outstanding
Jewish artists will be presented
to the Detroit public.
Zvee Scooler, a member of
Maurice Schwartz' Jewish Art
Group, and Saul Meisels, char-
acter singer and interpreter of
the Jewish song in its various
forms, will by presented in a
. program which will include a
•dramatic presentation entitled
"Proclaim Liberty," which will
be performed in English by both
artists, with Mrs. Ida Ruth Mei-
sels at the piano. The perform-
. ance contains drama, song and
humor.
This is the sixth affair in the
series of seven programs ar-
ranged- by the joint cultural
committee of the Jewish Com-
munity Center and Community
Council. The doors to the aud• .-
torium will open at 8:30 p. m.
Since a large number. of tickets
have been purchased in advance
by many Jewish organizations,
those possessing tickets will be
admitted first and a limited
number of tickets will .be avail-
able at the door. The concert
will begin at 9 p.

Pilpel Goes to
Lisbon for JDC

Robert Pilpel, a member of
the executive staff of the Am-
erican Jewish Joint Distribu-
tion Committee, Inc., major Am-
erican agency for aid to Jews
abroad, will leave shortly to join

ing the Jewish communal `forces,
conferring with Jewish leaders,
studying prospect cards and go-
ing over the general campaign
strategy.
It is reported that the entire
Jewish community of Hammond
has been stimulated to a high
pitch of enthusiasm by Mr. Post's
devotion to the cause of Jewish
survival and rehabilitation.

Miss Halperin will have the
Works of 4 composers, Haydn,
leading role in William Siegel's Weber, Strauss and Respighi,
"Orphans of the Street," which will be conducted by Arturo
has many new musical numbers. Toscanini on the General Mo-
Niece of the famous actress tors Symphony of . the Air pro-
Esther Rochel Kaminsky, Miss gram Sunday (NBC, 5 to 6 p. m.
Halperin is said to be equally EWT).
as -great. Her appearances at the
Charles F. Kettering, vi c e
Public, National and other the- president of General Motors and
aters have brought her fame in directing head of its Research
New York. Her first appearance Laboratories, will speak briefly.

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ROBERT PILPEL

the Committee's expanding over-
seas office at its European head-,
quarters in Lisbon. He will as-
sist Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz,
European director of the Joint
Distribution Committee, in rout-
ing relief and emigration aid to
refugees in Portugal, Spain,
Switzerland and Sweden.
Mr. Pilpel, a graduate of Har-
vard University and New York
Law School, is an attorney who
has been associated- with the
Joint Distribution Comthittee for
the past five years as secretary
of its committee on refugee re-
habilitation in Latin America.
He has also served as secretary
of the American Jewish Joint
Agricultural Corporation. He is
a member of the board of gover-
nors of the Ethical Culture
Schools.

COATS
SUIT

Congress to Hear

Conference Report

The Detroit Chapter of the
American Jewish Congress will
meet next Thursday evening at
the Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg. to
hear a report on the recent Con-
ference to Combat Anti-Semi-
tism, held in New York.
Leon Kay, president of the
Detroit chapter,• who was one
of the delegates, will • preside.
Reports on the conference ses-
sions will be submitted by the
following delegates: Rabbi Leon
Fram, Mrs. David Sheraga, Mrs.
M. Mendelson, Mrs. S. Lichten-
stein, S. Weiss, Eugene Franz-
blau and H. M. Kamiener.
The public is invited to hear
these reports and to participate
in the discussions.

Negro Group Contributes
to United Jewish Appeal

Expressing their deep sympa-
thy for the Jewish people
"whose extremity of anguish is
unmatched in the history of
modern civilization," • 77 of the
foremost leaders in American
Negro life sent a contribution to
the United Jewish Appeal for
the rescue of oppressed and
homeless Jews through its con-
stituent agencies, the Joint Dis-
tribution Committe e, United
Palestine Appeal and National
Refugee Service.
The sum of $755 was contrib-
uted by Lester ,B. Granger, ex-
ecutive director of the National
Urban League.

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