Friday; January -26, 1945

Pvt.• Grossman
First Gold Star
At Shaarey Zedek

Dies 3 Days After Suffering
Wounds In Belgium, Just
Before 20th Birthday

Pvt. Mordecai Grossman, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Grossman,
2688 Glynn. Ct., died of wounds
suffered Dec. 20 during the Ger-
man breakthrough in Belgium,
his- parents have been informed
by the War De-
- • partment.
H e
died Dec. 23.
His will be the
first gold star on
Shaarey Zedek's
. roster of ser-
vicemen. -
P v t . .Gross-
man, who would
• have been 20 on
Jan. 3, was in
Patton's Third Pvt. Grossman
Army. In.ducted in April 1943, he
served in the Engineering Corps
and• had been doing office work
in England when he requested a
transfer to combat duty at the
•front.
The young soldier • was grad-
uated from Central high in 1942.
He also was a. graduate of the
United Hebrew Schools and of
the Shaarey Zedek •Sunday
School. He had been active in
Hashomer Hatziar and other
Jewish groups and his ambition
•was to go to Palestine.
Prior to his induction he at-
tended Wayne University. While
in camp he conducted services in
the absence of the Jewish
chaplain.
Dr. A. M. Hershman, rabbi of
Shaarey Zedek, eulogized Pvt.
Grossman at Sabbath services.

To Mordecai Grossman

Killed in Action in France
December 23, 1944
BY ABRAHAM CAPLAN

- Slaclagn not the tempo of the Hora,
Though he no longer sets the pace of
the dancing.
k: It. was not the dance which so enthrall-
ed him;
This whirling • of young people was
but the token
Of a nation, old so long, coming again
into flower.
Tall, broad-shouldered, kerchief around
his neck,
His untutored voice singing his be-
loved Hebrew,
He looked beyond the driving prepara-
tory tasks
Assigned to him by other fervent
youths
To fruitful exertions as workman and
Halutz
In the land which was sweeter to him
than very life.
This restless child of freedom who
divined his mission
Hurled himself into the battle at the
enemy's gates
And challengingly fought his war and
died
For majestic liberation—Israel's and
the world's.

Slacken not the tempo of the,. Hora,
You who knew and greatly 1ored him.
Remember the sacrifice which dar-
ingly he brought
And keep the name of your fallen
comrade glowing
4
With the unabating flame of pure,
adoring hearts.

Sgt. Horvitz Gets
Gallantry Award

Detroiter Wins Silver Star;
Volunteers to Evacuate
Wounded in France

"For gallantry in action near
Dornot, France", reads the cita-
tion announcing the award of the
Silver Star to Sgt. Harry S. M.
Horvitz.
During the battle on the Mo-
selle River while fighting with
G e n . Patton's
3,
Third Army, Sgt.
Horvitz, a mem-
ber of a recon-
ftaissance p 1 a -
toon, volunteer-
ed to drive an
ambulance for
the medical sec-
tion. He repeat-
edly evacuated
the wounded
Sgt. Horvitz despite heavy
enemy fire. Sgt. Horvitz is also
the recipient of the Purple Heart.
A graduate of Central High,
he has been in the army since
Feb. 12, 1941 and overseas since
April, 1942. He spent 18 months
in Iceland and from there was
sent to England and Ireland. In
July, 1944 he was transferred to
France and then to Germany.
He is married to the former
&papa Kovargky.

/

THE JEWISH NEWS.

Martin Selik Gets
Promotions in Navy

During the past two months
Martin Selik has
received two
promotions, h i s
more recent to
the rank of
Pharmacist
Mate Third
Class.
In civilian life
he was a regis- •
ter ed pharma-,
cist in the
ploy of the Ash- PM 3/c Selik
erson Pharmacy.

T-Sgt. M. Benson
Awarded Bronze
tar in France

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Benson,
18490 Strathrnoor Rd., have re-
ceived word that their son, T/Sgt.
Morton E. Benson, ha:w.: been
awarded the Bronze Star for
heroic action in
Fran-ce. Having .?".•
fought on four
different fronts,
he wears four
battle stars.
A Central
high graduate,
T/Sgt. Benson,
operated a
sportswear es-
tablishment on
E. Jefferson Ave. T/ftt. Behson
before entering service almost
three years ago. First sent to
England, he has been overseas 18
months. He is attached to the
ground crew of the air corps.
His wife, Sylvia, resides with
her parents in Yonkerq, N. Y.
A brother, S/Sgt. Arthur, is
serving with the medical corps
at Ft. Lewis, Wash.

DeRoven Conducting
Friday Evening
Services Overseas

Detroiter Makes Use of His

Knowledge of Hebrew at
His Post in Belgium

Pfc. Clarence 'DeRoven, 22, is
utilizing his knowledge of He-
brew in conducting Friday eve-
ning services for the Jewish men
in t his area.
Since there is
no Rabbinical
Chaplain, P f c.
DeRoven has as-
sumed the Ire-
sponbility of ar-
ranging and ex-
ecuting the re-
ligious -services
for the men of
his faith.
The son • of Pfc. DeRoven
Mrs. Laura DeRoven, 2753 Hazel-
wood Ave., he is a graduate of
Northwestern and of the United
Hebrew Schools. He had com-
pleted two years at the Walsh
College of Accountancy and was
employed in the accounting de-
partment of the Hudson Motor
Car Co., while continuing his
course in night school.
Inducted on Dec. 30, 1943, he
received his basic training in
Texas and his ordnance training
at Ft. Snelling, Minn. He was
sent to England in July, 1944,
and from there to France. At
present he is stationed some-
where in Belgium.

Pfc. DeRoven is attached to a
Railway Operation Battalion of
the Transportation Corps.

Organizations Serve
Functions of USO, JWR

Navy Promotes
Rabbi Mark to
Lt. Commander

Page Twenty-One

Pfc. cavern Wins
Bronze Star for
Actiot at Metz

Brothers Reunited
On English Visit;
Sgt. Klein Wounded

.

Detroiter's Brother Chaplain
at Pearl Harbor; Praises
USO Photo Service.

Mrs. Harry Buchman of. 3410
Chicago Blvd. was informed this
week that her brother; Rabbi
Julius Mark of
-Nashville, Tenn.,
has been pro-
moted to
tenant - Com-
mander in . his
Chaplain's post
in the U. S.
Navy.
Lt. Comm.
Mark, well"
known to many .
Detroiters, hay- It. Comm. Mark
,ing lectured at Temple Beth El
and before the Jewish National
Fund, is believed to hold the
highest rank among Jewish
Chaplains in the NaVy. He has
held his Nashville Post for 17
years. He at present is stationed
in Pearl Harbor. He received his
Ph. D. degree from Vanderbilt
University.
Commenting on the photo
services being rendered by the
Detroit USO, under the direction
of Isidore Arnold Berger, es-
pecially during the special ser-
vicemen's event arranged by the
Men's Club of Congregation
Shaarey Zedek at which the
Buchmans' photographs also
were taken to- be sent to relatives
in service, Dr. Mark commended
highly the USO and the Shaarey
Zedek Men's Club.

Sgt. Levine Meets
Lt. Woll in Italy

Sgt. Arnold Levine has had the
good fortune to be stationed with
his close friend, - Lt. Louis Woll,
somewhere in Italy. Lt. Woll,
son of Mr. arid
Mrs. Woll of
Dexter
'had been report-
ed missing sev-
eral months ago,
but since then >:
has returned to
his unit.
' Sgt.
Levine,
w h 0 received
the Presidential
citation in De-
Sgt. Levine
cember, was inducted into the
army on Jan. 18, 1943. He pre-
viously had owned and operated
a tavern. Born and educated in
Pittsburgh., he had been living
in Detroit for nine years.
Sgt. Levine, overseas since
January 1944, is the -husband of
Mrs. Sharon Levine and the son
of Mrs. I. Levine both of 3305
Elmhurst.
A sister-in-law, Yeoman _ 3/c
Ruth Cohon is serving with the
navy at Washington, N. C.

HA2 C Alan M. Kohn
Gets Boot Training

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Seaman Hospital Apprentice
2nd Class Alan M. Kohn, son of
Dr. and Mrs. M. E. Kohn of 1039
Vinewood Ave., is completing his
boot training at Great Lakes Na-
val Station, Illi-
nois, and is ex-
pected home in
two weeks for a
brief furlough.
HA '2/c Kohn
was a pre-med-
ical student at
the University
of Michigan:-.
when he enlist-
ed in the Navy
last November. HA 2/C Kohn
He was graduated with honors
from ''Western High School 1 a s t
June - and was editor-in-chief of
the - school publication, • "The
Round-Up." He studied at the
Shaarey Zedek school, was grad-
uated from Temple Israel High
School and was Bar Mitzvah at
Congregation Bnai Moshe.

Organizations which served at
the Downtown USO, and at oth 7
er Jewish Welfare Board and at
Romulus Air Base functions
dude the following:
Women's Auxiliary of Jewish
Home for Aged, Women's Auxil-
iary of United Hebrew Schools,
Young Women's Mizrachi, Sister-
hood of Bnai David, David Horo-
doker Independent Ladies' So-
Painting Paperhanging
ciety, Sisterhood of Shaarey Zed-
Paint
That Washes--Guaranteed Jobs
ek, 'Youth. - :Education League,
RCArner Progresive Verein.
M. Green & Son
HO. 4020

.

Sgt, Klein
Capt. Klein
Sgt. Herman Klein, 20, and his
brother, Capt. Sander P. Klein,
were united in England when a
visit was arranged 'by •the Red
Cross after Sgt. Klein had been
sent to England for hospitaliza-
tion. Serving with infantry
in France, he was wounded in
the thigh by mortar fragments.
The son of Mr. and Mrs: Simon
Klein, 17572 Stoepel Ave., he is
a Central High graduate and was
attending Wayne University as
a pre-medical student until his
enlistment on July 1, 1943. First
stationed at Camp Grant, Ill.,
he had been overseas for six
months.,
Capt. Klein is with the medical
corps in England.

Bnai Moshe Votes
Free Membership
For Ex - Servicemen

Congregation Bnai Moshe
board has voted that free mem-
bership for one year be granted
to veterans honorably discharged
in order to encourage participa-
tion of ex-servicemen in the
synagogue, and to help them
avail themselves of its facilities.
. Already, ex:servicemen have
availed themselves of this oppor-
tunity. This is one of the many
plans that are being - -made to
facilitate the reorientation and re-
adjustment of servicemen to the
synagogue.
Congregation Bnai Moshe has
at present close to 300 men in
all branches of the service.
Letters signed by Rabbis Moses
Fischer and Jacob J. Nathan, are
to be sent to Bnai Moshe serv-
icemen, informing them of this
resolution.

•

Pfc. Stanley M. Gavern, with
the 95th Infantry Division in
Germany, has been awarded the
Bronze Star for courageous and
meritorious service against. the
enemy in his division's successful
operations against Metz, his par-
ents, Mr. an d
Mrs. Meyer Ga-
vern of 3332 Cle-
ments, have
learned.
An ammuni- •
tion handler,
Pfc. Gavern roll-
ed wire from
his own unit to
the leading ele-
merit in the as-
sault undergoing
heavy enemy Pfc. Gavern
fire and then directed his mortar
'crew to a position behind a fort
from which accurate fire was
brought down upon the enemy
in support of the attack.
Pfc. Gavern is still hospitalized
in • England, recovering from a
Wound received on Nov. 16. He
is the recipient of the Purple
Heart. •
Pfc. Cavern, 19, was graduated
from Cass High in January 1944,
having majored in mefalurgical
chemistry. In the army since
February 1944, he left for Eng
in September and from there
was transferred to France.
His brother, Lt. Allan J., is
stationed at the base weather sta-
tion at Abilene, Tex.

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