Friday, May 12, 1944
THE JEWISH NEWS
5-Year-Old, Now in Zion,
Lived 30 Months in Forest
Page Elevert
Jewish Center
Activities
Touching Story Told About One of New Arrivals in
Palestine; Twenty Settlements to Be Erected for
Veterans From All Lands
Season's Last Saturday
Night Dance on May 13
The Intermediates of the Jew-
ish Community Center will have
HAIFA (JPS-Palcor) — A five-year-old Orphaned Jew- their
last dance of the season on
ish boy, who shifted for hiniself alone in a forest for two Saturday, sponsored by Sufolla
and a half years, feeding on herbs and roots, arrived here Girls, -a Center club. Music again
with a group of 153 Jewish refugees from Romania, of whom will be provided by Iry Field and
130 are orphaned children.
his band. There will be refresh-
The five-year-old boy, whose parents were apparently ments and games.
among the deported Jews who
Eighth Holiday Hop of
perished in Transnistria, did not
they had been beaten by Ger- Season at Center May 21
know his family's name. He did
The eighth Holiday Hop of the
man and Romanian soldiers.
know that he was called
JeWish Community Center will
"At the railway station at
"Libele." He was nicknamed
be a Spring„, Dance on Sunday,
Istanbul, when they saw passen-
"Tarzan" by his co-passengers.
May 21, at 9 p. m. Bill Gail and
ger coaches, they asked, 'Where
are the cattle cars for us?' The his orchestra will provide the
Refused Ordinary Food
music. It will be the last Hop of
children could not believe they
Joseph M. Levy, New York
would be allowed to travel in a this 'season's successful series.
Times correspondent, cables his passenger car."
Decokations will carry out the
newspaper from Istanbul that as
spirit of spring. Refreshments
the only newspaperman to be al- To Erect 20 Settlements
and prizes will be available.
lowed to visit the SS. Belasitsa For Palestine's Volunteers
War Workers to Sponsor
which brought these refugees to
"Night in Tel-Aviv" June 3
JERUSALEM
(JPS
-
Palcor)--
- Palestine he had occasion to
The War Workers and various
Provisions
for
non-Palestinians
see the 5-year-old. Levy re-
other groups of the , Jewish Com-
are
included
in
a
vast
program
lates that "for several days he
munity Center will have a Pal-
refused ordinary :food and ate of rural settlements and urban estine program, entitled "Night-
grass. • He was called 'Little housing projects for Jewish Pal- In Tel Aviv" on Saturday, June
estine's volunteers when they re-
Lion.' "
3.
turn from service with the Brit-
Mr. Levy also cabled:
ish forces, it was revealed here. Make-Up Expert to Speak
"All the children and some of The plan calls for the allocation to Charm Group Wednesday
the adults on the Belasitsa were of one-fifth of all future Jewish
The Charm Group of the Jew-
survivors of Transnistria whence National Fund purchases for ish Community Center will have
they traveled, some on foot, veterans' settlements and hous- Miss Linda Malcolm as its guest
to • Bucharest. From October, ing.
speaker next Wednesday night.
1941, when they were de-
The provisiohs for Jewish vet- Miss Malcolm, a cosmetic expert,
ported to Transdniestria until
erans from other countries are will give a make-up demonstra-
their arrival in Bucharest they
tion.
made in a scheme for the con-
had not tasted a piece of bread.
struction of 20 agricultural vil- Shevuoth Program for
Their meals, which were re-
Juniors on May 21
lages for ex-servicemen.
ceived only once every two or
The Juniors of the Jewish
One of the 20 villages will be
three days, consisted for the most
named for the. late Brigadier Community Center will have a
part of thin barley or potato
Frederick Kisch, chief engineer Shevuoth program on May 21,
soup. Those who were able to
of the 8th Army, who died in ac- with games, movies and refresh-
obtain potato peelings considered
tion in the Western Desert cam- ments:-
themselves most fortunate.
paign.
Marriage Counseling Course
"Elisabeth Kerstein, aged 11,
In connection with the alloca- On Thursday Night
said, 'My parents died of hunger tion of land for urban housing
The Women's Marriage Coun-
and cold, and so did my two old- for the veterans, it was an- seling Course of the Jewish
er sisters.'
nounced that 1,000 units have Community Center is continuing
Expected Beatings
already been reserved for this on Thursday night, under the
"The children on the Belasitsa purpose near Haifa, and 750 near tutelage of Mrs. Betty Koronsky
Ketchum.
had a scared look•in their eyes. Tel Aviv.
They jumped at the slightest
Mothers' and Daughters'
noise and often raised their As Palestine Goes, So Will
Banquets of Mothers' Clubs
hands to protect their faces as if Middle East, Says, Mowrer
Thq Mothers' and Daughters'
NEW -YORK (JPS)—"As Pal- banquet of the Dexter Club will
expecting beatings. They said
estine goes, so will in time go the take place on Tuesday evening,
Middle East," according to Edgar May 23, at the Jewish Commu-
Ansel Mower, U. S. correspond- nity Center. Mrs. New, ex-presi-
ent cabling from Ain • Geb, Pales- dent of the club, will act as
tine, to the New York Post. He toastmistress. Mrs.. Lazar will
reports that "on a tiny scale, the speak for the mothers. Mrs. S. J.
Zionists are out to prove the pos- Allen and H. C. Broder, presi-
sibility of everything most peo- dent of the Jewish Community
Mrs. Louis Glasier was elected ple thought impossible. Foreign-
president of Detroit Chapter of ers in this area divide, dispute Center, will be guests of honor.
The Fenkell Mothers' and
Hadassah at the annual meeting and quarrel as fiercely about
held Tuesday at the Shaarey Zionism as they did about Soviet Daughters' Banquet will take
place on Thursday evening, May
Zedek.
Russia."
25, at the Jewish Center. Mrs.
Reporting that "there are , no Sara Avrin, organizer and first
Other officers elected at this
meeting are:
failures to date" in the Zionist president of the club, will speak
Vice-presidents, Mrs. Theodore reclamation of the sand dunes of for the mothers. Esther Etkin
Levin, Mrs. Milton Maddin and Palestine, 'he states that "this Mossman will speak for the
Mrs. Philip Lipson; recording writer is now convinced that daughters. Mrs. L. Aptekar will
secretary, Mrs. George Bremen; with such agricultural - methQds open the affair with a prayer,
corresponding secretary, Mrs. a n d through industrializatibn and Mrs. R. Marshak will be the
Joseph Fenton; financial secret- 3,000,000 people could -arive toastmistress.
ary, Mrs. Harry Fenkel• trea- on this tiny territory" and that
surer, Mrs. William Isenberg.
"furthermore, except for funds
Newly-elected members of the needed to finance further immi-
board include Mesdames Sey- gration, Palestine is now a per-
mour Simons, Samuel Chase, Jo- manently self-supporting soci-
seph Fenton, George Bremen, ety." "The strongest force in the
H. C. Broder, Louis Daniels, country," Mr. Mowrer writes, "is
Barney Salinger, Arnold Frank, the Jewish Labor Party. Some
Harry Frankel, William Isen- agricultural settlements go far
YOUR
berg, Theodore Levin, M. S. Per- beyond 'Russia and have estab-
lis and Louis Zlatkin.
lished complete collectivism,
The guest speaker at Tuesday'g share and share alike, regardless
meeting was - Dr. Henry M. of natural gifts."
Busch, professor of sociology at
As for Jewish Palestine's
Western Reserve University, struggle against the White Paper,
who was one of the Cleveland Mr. Mowrer says: "Little can—
delegates to the National Con- under censorship — be related
ference on Palestine convened from here. Suffice it to say that
by Christian leaders in this in one way or another, the Jews
country.
are beating the White Paper."
Mrs. Louis Glasier
Elected President
Of Hadassah Here
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Self-Help Holds
Day Camp Plans
Meeting at Center Made at Center
Self-Help will hold its first an-
nual meeting at 8 p. m. Sunday Six-Week Program to Open
at the Jewish Community Center.
Early in June; Popular Ac-
Speakers at this meeting, at
tivities on Program
which offi4ers will be elected and
annual reports presented, will in-
Plans are now being made for
clude Dr. Samson R. Weiss, Dr.
J. K. L. Bihl and Dr. Gabriel Camp Habonim, Day Camp of
the Jewish Comfnunity Center,
Steiner. ,
which will open early in June
The meeting will be utilized to for an eight-week season.
bid farewell to Dr. Weiss who is
The program will include
leaving, to assume national post many _activities popular with
in New York.
home campers—swimming, dra-
Members, friends and sponsors' matics, photography, arts and
are invited.
crafts, dancing, hiking, movies
and outdoor play.
TOMBSTONE UNVEILING
A competent director and staff
The family of the late Rebec6 will be in charge of the camp
Rice announce the unveiling of a from 9 a. m. to 3:30 p. m. Camp-
tombstone over her grave, to ers will be asked to bring their
take place at 1:30 P. M. Sunday, own lunches, but milk will be
May 14, at Clover Hill Park served at the Center.
Cemetery. Relatives and friends
Further details on rates and
are invited. Mrs. Rice passed date of registration will be given
away on March 26, 1943.
at a-later date.
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