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THE JEWISH NEWS

Center Health Department
Served 17,154 During 1944

Health Education Division Headed by Robert J. Newman;
Health Club Provided Facilities for 377 Adults; Varied
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Program Includes Games, Gymnasium Work

Center Participates
In Education Study

-Sub-Committee Selected to
Conduct Self-Study of
Agency's Status

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An impressive record of 47,154 men and women and
boys and girls served by the health education department
of the Jewish Community Center was reported this week.
A graphic demonstration of the recreation program of
the Center, presented to the members of the board and com-
mittees, showed that this large number of participants took

advantage of the variety of ath-
letic events, games, swimming
and dancing, in the Center's two
gymnasia, the Aaron DeRoy
Natatorium, handball and squash

R. J. Schwarz R. J. Newman
courts, health club and women's
department, bowling alleys, ping
pong and billard rooms.
Robert J. Newman, an officer
of Hadley Finsterwald Co. and
the Newman Development Co.
and the Newman Farms, Inc., is
chairman of the health education
division of the Center's board of
directors. Mr. Newman stated this
week that visitors are welcome
to inspect the facilities of the
Center health department and
that arrangements are made for
guests to try them out.

377 Adults Served
Robert J. Schwarz heads the
health club committee which has
served 377 adult men and women
last year in the health club. He is
assisted by Harry Bauman, Saul
Saulson, Matthew Shufro, Isa-
dore Starr and Dr. Milton White.
Mrs. Philip Lipson, head of the
women's committee, is assisted
by Mesdames Morris Bachman,
Sam Olsher, Ann Schiff, Lilyan
Schurr and Julian Zemon.

General Gym Work
Geheral gymnasium work of-
fering basketball, volley ball,
badminton, calisthenics, boxing,
wrestling, weight lifting and
fencing, is in charge of a com-
mittee headed by George Keil
and including Mrs. Sylvia Albert,
Benjamin Bagdad, Sidney Broida,
Annie May Goldin, Morton Le-
vitsky, Judy Rosner, Philip
(Cincy) Sachs, Shirley Siegel and
Oscar Zemon.
Milton Gordon, assisted by
Sander A. Hillman, Howard
Lionel Rycus and Alvin G. Skel-
ly, are in charge of acquatics,
directed by Joshua Borodkin, in-
cluding swimming, diving, life
saving and the Aqua Ballet now
in preparation.

Games Department
The games department with its
bowling alleys and billiard and
ping pong tables operates daily
beginning at 2 p. m. and is high-
ly popular. Ruben Rabinowitch
is in charge of this department.
The committee co-chairmen, N.
B. Koploy and Harry Jacobson,
are assisted by Benjamin Bagdad,
Mrs. • Irving T. Oberfelder, Mrs.
Milton J. Doner and Harold
Zivitz.
Dr. Saul Rosenzweig, chief of
the medical staff of North End
Clinic and consultant in cardiol-
ogy at the Induction Station, is
medical consultant of the Cen-
ter health department.
Center health education pro-
grams are directed by Samuel A.
Levy, who is assisted by Helen
Grau and part-time specialists.

Jewish Center
Activities

President's Birthday Ball
Saturday at 12th St. Center
With total proceeds pledged to
the Infantile Paralysis Fund, a
President's Birthday Ball will be
held this Saturday at the Twelfth
Street Council Center, under the
sponsorship of the Intermediate
Council of the Jewish Commun-
ity Center and the intermediate
committee of the 12th St. Center.
Iry Fields and his band will be
featured.
Irving Herkowitz is chairman
of the program committee.
* * *
"Advice to the Lovelorn"
Program Next Thursday
"Advice to the Lovelorn" will
feature the first Intermediate
Council program next Thursday.
Sue Grossman, chairman of the
committee, has announced that a
"Board of Sages" composed of
boys and girls will answer ques-
tions on boy-girl relations asked
by the audience. A Question Box
has been set up in the Lounge
for the convenience of anonymous
questioners. Irving Canter, di-
rector of intermediate activities,
will participate as group discus-
sion leader and consultant.
* * *
Fencing -Tournament at
Jewish Center Sunday
The Amateur Fencing League
of America will present a fencing
tournament at the Jewish Com-
munity Center on Sunday, at
12 noon.
Gerald Taines, Center fencing
instructor will defend the Saber
Championship, representing the
Center.
The tournament is open to the
public free of charge.
* * *
Mothers' Clubs
Some groups of the Mothers'
Clubs will discuss the Dumbarton
Oaks Proposal at their meetings
this week, while others will-dis-
cuss the significance of Hamisha
Asar b'Shevat.
* * *
Film Program Wednesday
A film program will be held on
Wednesday in the Adult Lounge
of the Jewish Community Center,
at 8:45 p. m. "Battle Wreckage,"
"Film Communique 14" and
"Story of the Black Cat" are on
the program. The public is in-
vited without charge.

In Charge of Aquatics
At the Jewish Center

Russ Clothes Drive
Wins Big Response

The bitter winter in eastern
Europe and the success of the
Red Army offensive against the
Nazis are stimulating Detroiters
to generous donations of used
clothing in the drive by Russian
War Relief. The organization is
approved by the Community
Fund and is affiliated with the
National War Fund.
Clothing should be brought to
any fire station in the city, or it
may be left at other receiving
centers. The nearest may be lo-
cated by phoning Russian War
Relief, RA. 3925. Clothes should
be fit to wear—that is, clean and
mended. Anything that is wear-
able will be welcome to the peo-
ples of eastern Europe as they
return to their devastated homes
after the Germans have been
driven out.
Clothing will be shipped over-
seas as soon as it is collected and
baled.
Many volunteers are needed
as the drive draws to its climax
the week of Feb. 4 to 11. Phone
Russian War Relief or drop in at
its office in the Donovan Bldg.,
Woodward and Duffield.

Halevi to Address
KvIEtzah Auxiliary's
Luncheon on Feb. 6

The Ladies' Auxiliary of Kvut-
zah Ivrith, the Hebrew cultural
group of Detroit, will have its
annual luncheon on Tuesday,

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MORDECAI HALEVI

Feb. 6, in the Moss Catering
Hall, Joy Road and Grand River.
The guest speaker will be
Mordecai Halevi, educational di-
rector of the Bureau of Jewish
Education in Cincinnati, a grad-
uate of a Palestinian Teachers'
seminary who studied in the
United States and was awarded
the degrees of Bachelor of So-
cial Science and Master of Arts
at Columbia University.

While in Palestine, Mr. Halevi
was at the head of a Hebrew
High School. In this country he
first served as principal of He-
brew schools in Brooklyn and
New York. He is very active in
the Zionist movement and is in-
terested in the advancement of
Hebrew culture in all its aspects.

Start Art Classes
At Jewish Center

Mrs. David B. Werbe, chairman
of the art committee of the Jewish
Community Center, Woodward at
Holbrook, announces the opening
of the spring semester of art
classes at the Center.
Life classes are held Sunday
mornings at 10:30 a. m. and Tues-
day evenings at 7:30 with Leon
Makielski as instructor.
A children's class is held Tues-
day and Thursday afternoons, 4
to 6, with Stanley Twardowicz
as instructor.
Registrations are being taken
for a modelling and sculpture
class; with Robert Broner as in-
structor. The meeting day of the
modelling and sculpture class will
be set to suit the convenience of
those interested.
Further information can be had
by calling the Center, Woodward
at Holbrook, MA. 8400.
Art Lecture Monday
The art committee of the Cen-
ter announces the second of its
series of art lectures, to be given
Monday, at 8:30 p. M. in the
Adult Lounge. Albert de Salle,
who will talk on "Modern Trends
in American Painting," is well
known in art circles as a scintil-
lating speaker, connoisseur and
collector of pictures. He will il-
lustrate his talk by using color
reproductions. A discussion peri-
od will follow the lecture.

There will be a musical pro-
gram with Cantor Jacob Sonen-
klar as soloist.

Ladies' Auxiliary of the Kvut-
zah has as its aim the propa-
gation of Hebrew culture, and as-
sists the Kvutzah's cultural en-
terprises. It gives financial sup-
port to Histadruth Ivrith of
America and Keren Hatarbuth
of Palestine, supplies pupils of
higher classes of the United He-
brew schools with Hebrew read-
ing material and subscribes to
Hebrew papers and periodicals.

Mrs. Bledsoe to Address
New Detroiters Saturday

Mrs. Geraldine Bledsoe of the
War Manpower Commission will
address the New Detroiters' Dis-
cussion Group on Saturday, at
8:30 p. m. on the subject "Race
Relationships After the War," in
the Conference Room of the Cen-
ter.

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BAGLEY SCHOOL AUDfTORIUM

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PRINCIPAL SPEAKER: FRED M. BUTZEL

"The Relation of the Synagogue to the Cornmmunity"

Milton Gordon is in charge -of
the popular aquatics program at
the Jewish Community Center.
The complete health education
program of the Center, which
served 47,154 last year, is de-
scribed in an adjoining column.

PUBLIC IS INVITED

Complete Reports Will - Be

Mode

Service

Grosse Pointe

Monday, January 29, 8 P. M.

MILTON GORDON

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Art Lecture to Be Given
Monday Evening by
Albert de Salle

Will Be Held On

UHS Auxiliary Presents
3d Program on Feb. 28

The Woman's Auxiliary of the
United Hebrew Schools is enter-
ing into the third phase of its
series of programs.
The next program will be in
charge of the daughters of mem-
bers of the Auxiliary. They
will enact a dramatic presenta-
tion of Ada Jackson's poem "Be-
hold the Jew," on Wednesday,
Feb. 28, at 1:30 p. m., in the
auditorium of the Rose Sittig
Cohen Bldg.

Sharing in the Jewish Educa-
tion Study of Detroit the Jewish
Community is conducting a self
study under the auspices of its
board of directors.
The study is based on discus-
sions by a sub-committee headed
by Mrs. Samuel R. Glogower,
with Mrs. Charles Lakoff as vice-
chairman, . and including Mrs.
Benjamin E. Jaffe, Edward Kahn,
Samuel H. Rubiner, Henry 'Mey-
ers, Mrs. Aaron DeRoy, Louis
LaMed, Saul Saulson, Herman
Jacobs and E. Louis Neimand.
Elias Picheny, resident direc-
tor of the education study, and
Abe L. Sudran, assistant director
of the Jewish Welfare Federation,
attended as ex-officio members.
This committee will -take into
account the present program of
the Center and appraise it
against the background of the
original objectives of the institu-
tion as defined by experience in
the 11 years since the Center
was established in its present
form.
Plans call for consideration by
each Center committee of its
own work. From their reports an
inquiry will be made into the
principles underlying the present
program.

Friday, January 26, 1945

of the Congregation's Progress to Date

Sabbath Services Held Every Saturday at 9 A. M. at the Bagley School

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