THE 'JEWISH NEWS .

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J. D. C., Hadassah Leaders Honor
Memory of Dr. Israel J. Kligler

Jewish, leaders in this country,
in England and in Palestine join-
ed this week in paying tribute to
the memory. of
Prof. I s r a e
Jacob Kligler,
leading he alt
pioneer in Pales:
tine and *holder
of • the chair o f
bacteriology and
hygiene at the
Hebrew Univer,
sity, who died
in Jerusalem at
the age of 55 on
July 23.
Dr. Kligler
•A statement issued • in New
York by Joseph C. Hyman, ex-
ecutive vice-chairman of the
American Jewish Joint Distribu-
tion Committee, declares:
"The American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee notes
with deep 'sorrow word of the
death of Dr. Israel Jacob Kligler,
who was long associated with the
activities of the J. 'D. C. in Pal-
estine and elsewhere. In 1922,
Dr. Kligler headed an anti-ma-
laria unit organized by the JDC
in cooperation with the Hadas-
sah and attached to the medical
department of the Government
of Palestine, which included a
Survey Section of the Rockefeller
Foundation. It was due largely
to the efforts of that unit that
the incidence of. Malaria in the
Holy Land was reduced substan-
tially.
•
Distinguished Service
"Dr. Kligler served as a mem-
ber of the Middle East Advisory
Committee of the J. D. C. - In that
capacity, he rendered distin-
guished service.
"Recently, • he visited -Aden to
deal with the health problems
of several thousand Yemenite
Jews who had reached that coun-
try and were in a critical condi-
tion as a result of a typhus epi-
demic.
"Dr. Kligler's untimely death
dealt a very 'great blow not alone
to his associates and to . the many
organizations to which he gave of
himself with self-sacrifice and
devotion, but also to the many
thousands of persons who were
dependent upon hiS administra-
tive and scientific , skill. He was
a modest, unassuming figure
whose work remains an unperish-
able monument to his great heart
and his large achievement in be-
half of his fellow-men in Pales:-
tine and elsewhere."
Hadassah's Tribute
Mrs. Moses P. Epstein, presi-
dent of Hadassah, said in tribute
to Dr. Kligler:
"When Dr, Kligler went to Pal-
estine, 50 per cent of the popula-
tion was being attacked by ma-
laria. It was in no small measure
because of his quarter century of
pioneering work in malaria con-

trol that Palestine was designated
by the Allied Military at the out-._
break of the war in North Africa
as the only territory in the Mid-
dle East free enough of the ,dis-
eaSe• to present no hazard to our
fighting. men. In the last few
years the incidenCe of malaria in
Palestine was so small that it
was not classifiable as a disease
of epidemic character. All Allied
were, therefore, permit-
ted to go there freely on fur
lough.
"Dr. Kligler's • death is a Cruel
loss to science the world over,
but in Palestine his monument
will stand forever written, not in
stone, but in the miraculous vic-
tories over diiase which are at-
tributable to his years of hard
work, selfless devotion and pas-
sionate belief in the Jewish na-
tional home."
Family in Baltimore
Active in reaserch in Pales-
tine since 1921 Prof. Kligler,
whose family resides in Balti-
more, returned to Palestine in
May, 1943, after an 18-month
visit to the United States, and
immediately launched the prep-
aration. of large quantities of
anti-typhus vaccine for. the Pol-
ish, forces; for which he was
recently awarded the Polish
Golden Cross for Meritorious
Service.
The deceased was born .in
Austria April 24, 1889. He came
to the United States at the age of
11. He was affiliated, in the
course of his career, with the
New York City Department of
Health, the Museum of Natural
History, Roekefeller Foundation,
and was a member of the Yel-
low Fever Commission to Mex-
ico and Peru in 1920. In_1921-
22 he was director of laboratories
for Hadassah in Palestine; : direct-
or of the malaria research unit.
in Palestine, .1923-25; member of
the Yellow Fever Commistion,
West Africa, 1926; and, since,
1926, professor of bacteriology
and hygiene at the HebreW Uni-
versity,

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Classes Planned
For Girls by Beth
Yehudah Ladies

Offer Religious Education
During After School Hours
at Two Places

Facilities are being provided
for the religious education of
girls, after public school hours,
on week days and Sunday morn-
ings, at the Beth -Jacob School
for Girls maintained by the
Ladies of Yeshivath Beth Yehu-
dab, 12330 Dexter, and at Beth
Tefilo Emanuel, Taylor and
Wodrow 'Wilson. , - •
These classes are parallel to
the afternoon elementary depart-
inent of Yeshivath Beth Yehu-
dah, which also conducts the
Hebrew Day School (first and
second year) ancl kinclergtarten
meeting from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Mondays through- Fridays.
Beth Jacob School for • Girls,
organized in May„ 1943, follows
the tradition of the Beth Jacob
movement in European countries
and Palestine. Similiar to the
aim of the classes for boys at
Beth Yehudah, the Beth Jacob
School gives its students basic
Torah information and prepares
them for living in conformity
with Jewish religious law.
Three young women have been
added to the teaching personnel
of Yeshivath Beth Yehudah, to

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Friday, Octo6er 6, 1944

Zionist Groups
Murphy Honored Jewish Congress
Help Clear JNF For HumaneWork Women Here to
Boxes Wednesday Justice Frank Murphy, of the Hold Symposium

Semi-annual clearance of Jew-
ish. National Fund Blue and
White Boxes will commence next
Wednesday. Mrs. A. Twersky,
chairman of the JNF Box Com-
mittee, announced this week...
Mrs. Twersky said that repre-
sentatives of all local Zionist or-
ganizations are cooperating ' in
clearing the boxes.
' Members of the Ladies' Aux-
iliary of the JNF, Hadassah, Jun-
iorr. Hadassah, Mizrachi and youth
groups are mobilizing commit-
tees for box clearance work.
William Hordes, president of
the Jewish National Fund Coun-
cil, has asked all groups to be
prepared tocooperate in the col-
lections.
Mr. Hordes announces that . the
record sums collected here come
from the box in S. R. Reznik's
store, Reznik-Stylist for Men,
11832 Dexter. Mr. .-Reznik's box
is cleared four times a year and
his last box, opened last week,
yielded $28. Mr. Reznik makes it
a point to encourage customers
to supplement expenditures with
contributions to the JNF.

Zionist Parley
Program Listed

WASHINGTON,. a C.—The
47th annual convention of the
Zionist Organization of America
which will be held Oct. 14-17 in

United States. Supreme Court,
has been selected by the League
of Fraternal and Benevolent Or-

JUSTICE, FRANK MURPHY

ganilationS of the Jewish Ethi-
cationaL Committee of New York
as the American whO has made
the most significant centributicin
to humane brotherhood during
:the.'last year. Announceinent of
. the award was:.-made 'by Jerome
Edwards, chairman of awards, to
delegates attending the third
annual convention of the league
at Hotel Astor, New York.
The first 'award, tendered two
years ago, went to President
RoOsevelt.' Last year's award
went to Professor Arthur H.
Compton, co-chairman of t h e
National Conference of Chris-
tians and Jews. The award to
Justice Murphy will be present-
ed formally Jan. 28 at a dinner
at the Astor.

300 Refugee Rabbis
in Palestine Assured
$9,000 Fund by JDC

Dr. Magnes Delivers .
Eulogies at Funeral
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Dr.
Israel J. Kligler, American head
of the' Hebrew University's De-
partment of Bacteriology and
Hygiene, was buried on the
Mount of Olives following im-
pressive funeral services and a
eulogy delivered by Dr. Judah
L. Magnes, president of the uni-
versity.
Hundreds of persons, including
American Consul-General Lowell
C. Pinkerton, the Polish consul,
members of the faculty of the
Hebrew University and repre-
sentatives of all Jewish institu-
tions and scientific groups, at-
tended the funeral.

Appropriate observance of Rosh
Hashanah was assured the more
than 300 refugee rabbis now in
Palestine by reason of a special
holiday grant of $9,000 voted by
the emergency administration
committee of the Joint Distribu-
tion Committee.
DANIEL FRISCH
-Action was taken upon recom-
Atlantic City will concern itself mendation of the JDC's cultural
with the position of Palestine in committee, of which Rabbi Leo
the postwar world and also deal Jung of New York is chairman.
with issues relating to the Euro
pean Jewish situation and plans
for Zionist - integration into the ning Oct. 12, including, sessions
of the pre-convention advisory
American Jewish scene, accord-
ing to the tentative program committee and of the national
made public by Daniel Frisch, ZOA Executive Committee.
(Detroit =will be represented
national chairman of the con-
at the convention by nine dele-
vention committee.
Although the formal opening gates and nine alternates. .Each
have charge of the Beth Jacob
of
the convention will take place delegate represents a total of
Girls' classes: Miss Esther Carle-
on
Oct. 14, a number of major 300 enrolled members in the
lach, Miss Sema Eisenberg and
flionist Organization of Detroit).
Mrs. Leonard Oschry. Miss Carle- functions are scheduled begin-
bach, who received her teacher's
training in England, is now as-
sociated with the Detroit Board
-
of Education. Miss Eisenberg is
KOSHER
a graduate of the College of Jew-
ish Studies in Chicago, where
Restaurant and Dining Room
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she also directed Hashomer Had-
Private Dining Room for Parties
ati groups. Mrs. Oschry (Rivka
NOrthlawn 9786
12017 DEXTER BLVD.
Pitkovsky), who attended Polish
and Canadian schools, has taught
in Toronto and Detroit.
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At 5 p.m. on Monday (Shmini
Atzeres), special celebrations for
young girls have been arranged
'n both branches of the Beth
Jacob School. After a program
of stories, songs, games and re-
freshments, the girls will be
given Simchas Torah flags and
march into the main synagogue
auditoriums of Yeshivath Beth
Yehudah and Beth Tefilo Eman-
uel respectively, for participation
in the Hakofos, the procession
with the Torah Scrolls.
TUN! CHARM! ROMANCE!
Students will therefore have
to be in attendance by. Sunday,
Oct. 15,- and Monday, . Oct. 16.
Waivitow
1:41u9
No new enrollments for begin-
wok Mt, ElAnt4 at/113044h
ners will be taken after the date.
• New, different kind of radio show! You'll
Milton Berle is sending out
be enchanted with ED WYNN
as "King Bubbles"—what a king!
the first • 10,000 copies of his
book, "For_ Laughing Purposes
Only," to service divisions all
over the globe. The public will
not glimpse the tome until_ the
C ElordsaCia..
middle of November.

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'Know Your Congress'
Theme of Meeting Wednes-
day at Shaarey Zedek

A symposium on the 'theme,
"Know Your Cangress;" will fea-
ture the meeting of the Detroit
Women's. Division of the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress, at Kate
Frank Memorial Bldg. of Shaa-
rey Zedek, next Wednesday.
Mesdames Sanitiel Olsher, Arr
thin. Gould, Milton. Prag a n d
.Benjamin.Kohen will review the
Work of the . American and World
Jewish. Congresses, Institute of
Jewish Affairs and Inter-Ameri-
can Conference.
The program is - under - the di-
xection of Mrs. David Bernstein,
Vice-president in• charge of edu-
cation, and Mrs. Saul Makman,
program chairman.. The meeting
is open to the public. •
Mrs. Max Dushkin, president,
announces Mrs. Samuel. Baker as
ch-airin.ari of the w a r records
committee. Mrs. Joseph New-
man, .4628 Sturtevant, HO. 4868,
is chairman of the remembrance
fund. Mrs. Philip Ash, 4261
Sturtevant, HO. 1127, is the new
War Bond chairman, who will
receive order's for bonds with
checks made payable to the Fed-
eral ReserVe Bank.
Mrs. Philip Stellar, chairman
of legislative action committee,
will be in charge of distribution
of pamphlets prepared by the
Non-PartiSan League. of Women
Voters giving the voting records
and views on pending legislation
of candidates to be . voted , on
Nov.. 7.

