Friday, December 29, 1944

THE JEWISH NEWS

Committee Named to Study
Detroit Jewry's Problems

70 Men and Women, Representing a Cross-Section of
Jewish Interest, Appointed to Analyze Educational,
Recreational and Cultural' Activities

Self-analysis by agency boards and staffs has been
recommended by the Citizens' Committee as an essential step
in the Detroit Self-Study of Jewish Educational, Cultural
and Recreational Activities, now under way. Composed of
70 men and women representing a cross section of Jewish
interests, the committee has approved a four-fold goal for

study.
—Discovery of the extent to
which educational and cultural
needs of the Detroit Jewish com-
munity are being met today.
2—A better understanding of
the minimum aims which all
Jewish educational and cultural
agencies should pursue, regard-
less of differences in approach or
total program.
3—Development of principles
for effective cooperation among
the various agencies and organ-
izations in the field.
4—Formulation of plans for a
program which will help to en-
rich the cultural and educational
life of the Jewish community of
Detroit.
Self-Study Approach
To accomplish these objectives
the Citizens' Committee has ap-
proved a self-study approach
which is being watched by com-
munities throughout the country
as a promising departure from
the usual type of survey.
The Citizens' Committee will
have the benefit of advice from
a National Technical Advisory
Committee, composed of repre-
sentatives of the Council of Jew-
ish Federations and Welfare
Funds, the National Jewish Wel-
fare Board and the American
Association for Jewish Education.
Locally, it will utilize the tech-
nical services of Israel B. Rappo-
port, director, and Elias Picheny,
resident director of the Study.
The following study procedures
have been approved by the Citi-
zens' Committee:
1—A series of board meetings
by each individual agency to
make its own self-analysis. The
minutes of such meetings will be
summarized for the Citizens'
Committee.
2—A study of census and school
data to discover the distribution
of the Jewish population in De-
troit and the extent and direction
of its mobility .
Recreation Inventory
3—An inventory of all the
physical facilities for social, edu-
cational and recreational activ-
ities of the Jewish community
and a description of all present
and postwar building plans
4—Obtaining of information on
services rendered to Jewish
children, youth, and adults
5—Compiling of information on
cultural activities of Jewish social
and fraternal organizations in the
community through interviews
with representatives of these
groups.
6—A census of 1000 Jewish
families in Detroit to discover the
extent of their participation in
Jewish cultural activities, their
attitude toward existing programs
and their unmet needs.
Three sub-committees on chil-
dren, youth, and adults, as well as
the entire- Citizens' Committee,
will review the facts gathered
Committee Listed
Abraham Srere, chairman of
the board of governors of the
Jewish Welfare Federation, has
announced the appointment of
the following 70 members of the
Citizens' Committee for the De-
troit Self-Study of Jewish Edu-
cational, Cultural and. Recrea-
tional Activities:

Henry Abramovitz, Leonard Belove,
H. Bendore. Joseph Bernstein, David
I. Berris, Fred Butzel, Abraham Cohen.
Isidore Cohen, Lawrence Crohn,
Aaron Droock, James I. Ellman, Mrs.
Joseph H. Ehrlich, Rabbi Leon Fram,
Isaack Franck. Morris Garvett.
Charles T. Gellman, Rabbi B. Bene-
dict Glazer, Mrs. Samuel Glogower,
Harvey Goldman, Isidore Goodman,
Joseph Heldman. Israel Himelhoch,
Mrs. Israel Himelhoch, Max Holtzman.
Rabbi A. M. Hershman, Morris
Jacobs, Herman , Jacobs, Benjamin
Jaffe, Mrs. Benjamin Jaffe, Bernard
B. Isaacs, William Hordes, Benjamin
Laiken, Louis LaMed, Mrs. Maurice
Landau.
Mrs. Charles Lakoff, Mrs. Julian
Krolik, Dr. S. Kleinman, Samuel
Jacobson, Frank Mersky,
A,
J.
Lachover, Morris Lachover.
A. Meyerovitz, Harry Lipsitz, Louis
Levine, Mrs. Henry Meyers, Theodore
Levin, Rabbi Jacob Nathan, Louis
Robinson, Charles Rubiner.

Heads IJSO Again

Page Five

Palestine Leader Seymour Lipkin, 17, Detroit Jewish
To Speak Monday Pianist, Symphony Soloist Jan. 13

Dr. Wolfsberg, HaPoel Ha-
Mizrachi and Vaad Leumi
Leader, Detroit Guest

Dr. Oscar Wolfsberg, leader of
the Torah v'Avodah movement
in Palestine and the Hapoel Ha-
Mizrachi, member of the Jewish
Agency for Palestine and the
Vaad Leumi, who came to this
country for a short stay to at-
tend the sessions of the World
Jewish Congress, will address a
public meeting at the Bnai
Moshe, Dexter and Lawrence, at
2 P. M. Monday.
Dr. Wolfsberg brings first hand
information regarding latest hap-
penings in Palestine.
Greetings will be delivered by
representatives from the Zionist
Council, Jewish. National Fund,
Mizrachi, HaPoel HaMizrachi,
Women's Mizrachi and Young
Women's Mizrachi. Cantor David
Katzman of Bnai Moshe will
render musical selections.
In accordance with the procla-
mation of President Roosevelt,.
Psalms will be recited for the
armed forces.

Buy War Bonds!

Seymour Lipkin, 17, distin-
guished pianist, son of Dr. and
Mrs. Ezra Lipkin, will appear
as soloist with the Detroit Sym-
phony orchestra on Saturday
night, January 13, at the Masonic
Temple.
A community committee, head-
ed by Mrs. J. S. Sauls, has been
selected to inform Detroiters re-
garding this honor extended the
young Detroit Jewish musician
and to assure a large Jewish' at-
tendance.
He has appeared with national
orchestras and has been heard
and praised by such outstanding
musicians as Serge Koussevitzky,
Eugene Ormandy, Efrem Zim-
balist, Piatygorski, Serkin and
others.
In . 1938, at the age of 11, he
won a scholarship to the Curtis
Institute of Music in Philadel-
phia and three years later ap-
peared as soloist with the Phila-
delphia orchestra, under Eugene
Ormandy. That year he was sol-
oist with the Detroit Symphony
orchestra, under the baton of
Victor Kolar.
In May, 1942, he was awarded
the Curtis Alumni award for
"general excellence." That sum-
mer, Seymour was chosen by

Serge Koussevitsky as the offi-
cial pianist for the Berkshire.
Music Center Orchestra.
In September, 1943, he was
engaged as coach to the Phila-
delphia Opera Co.
Since then Seymour has tour,
ed with Efrem Zimbalist, con- —
ducted the Detroit Orchestra and
appeared in joint recital with
William Primrose.

Publishers Convene
In Chicago Jan. 6, 7

MILWAUKEE, (JTA) — The
first annual convention of the
American Association of English-
Jewish newspapers will be held
at the Oak Park Arms Hotel in
Chicago on Jan. 6 and 7, it was
announced here by Irving •G.
Rhodes, secretary of the Associa-
tion and publisher of the Wis-
consin Jewish Chronicle.
Representatives of most of the
major Anglo-Jewish newspapers
throughout the country are ex-
pected to attend the meeting,
which will discuss ways and
means of strengthening the pub-
lications so as to extend their in-
fluence upon American Jewish
life.

D. SIIECIEL CO.

HENRY MEYERS

Henry Meyers was re-elected
president of USO of Metropoli-
tan Detroit. Fred M. Butzel and
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wineman
were re-elected vice-presidents.

WOODWARD AT STATE

After Christmass CLEARANCE!

Gewerkshaften
Announce Jan. 7
Rally Program

Rabbis Wohl and F r a m,
Peretz Hirschbein Will
Address Annual Event

The Detroit Gewerkschaften
campaign will be launched at a
conference of Jewish organiza-
tions Sunday, Jan. 7, 1:30 p.m.,
at the Shaarey Zedek . Funds
raised through the campaign are
utilized in subsidizing the Hista-
druth, Palestine Jewish Federa-
tion of Labor, in conducting its
labor, educational, cultural, eco-
nomic, medical, athletic and soc-
ial activities, and its wartime
functions.
Rabbi Samuel Wohl, national
labor Zionist leader, rabbi at
Isaac M. Wise Temple, Cincin-
nati, wil give one of the major
addresses of the conference. The
program will also feature Peretz
Hirshbein, well known dramatist.
Morris _Schaver, chairman of
the campaign, and Harry Schu-
mer, treasurer, will submit re-
ports on last year's activities.
The 1945 quota for Detroit will
be set at the local conference.
The program will include
musical selections by Arthur
Grossman, violinist of the De-
troit Symphony Orchestra-.
All organizations are requested
to select their delegates
The conference will be greeted
by Rabbi Leon Fram speaking
on behalf of the Zionist Council
in the absence of the Council
chairman, Philip Slomovitz, who
will be in Chicago attending the
convention of the American
Association of English-Jewish
Newspapers.

$40,000 Given JNF
By Palestine Jew

JERUSALEM. (JPS-Palcor)-
A Palestinian Jew who insisted
that his name be withheld, gave
the sum of £10,000 ($40,000) to
the Jewish National Fund (Keren
Kayemeth), the largest single
donation ever received by the
Fund from a Palestine resident.

Isidore Sosnick, Samuel Sigal, Philip
Slomovitz, Isidore Starr. Emil Stern,
Rabbi Joshua Sperka, Rabbi Moses
Rottenberg, Wolf Snyder, Abraham
Srere, Isaac Shetzer, Simcha Ruben-
stein.
Irwin Tammler, Daniel Temchin,
Mrs. Leonard Weiner Rabbi Simcha
Wasserman, Mrs. Mey
er Weisenfeld,
Rabbi Max wohigelerntner. L Zemel,

Samuel Rubiner. Morris Echo-vex. Rudolph Zuleback.

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