Friday, January 26, 1945
THE JEWISH NEWS
Dr. McDonald to Lecture
On Refugees Here Tuesday
Public Invited to Hear Chairman of Roosevelt's Advisory
Group on Political Refugees, at the Center; Federa-
tion, Service Group Sponsoring Appearance
Dr. James G. McDonald, America's outstanding author-
ity on refugee problems, chairman of President Roosevelt's
Advisory Committee on Political Refugees, will speak at the
Jewish Center next Tuesday evening, under the auspices of
the Jewish Welfare Federation and the Detroit Service Group.
The public is invited, admission being free. There will
be no solicitations.
Dr. MacDonald, whose recent
addresses in behalf of the United
Palestine Appeal and the Chris-
tian Council for Palestine, in
Chicago, Cincinnati and St.
Louis, attracted nationwide at-
tention, began his career of pub-
lic education in international
relations in 1918 when he founded
a committee which later became
the Foreign Policy Association.
Community Leader
He has held a traveling fellow-
ship from Harvard in France
and Spain and has taught at
Harvard, Indiana University and
Radcliffe College. He has served
on" the editorial staff of the New
York Times and has been a lead-
er in important community edu-
cational movements.
In October, 1933, Dr. McDonald
accepted the post of League of
Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (Jewish and other)
coming from Germany, which
he retained until the close of 1935.
Raised $10,000,000
During this time about three-
fourths of the 80,000 refugees
from Germany were placed in
new homes through the efforts
of the High Commission, and
organizations throughout the
world raised a fund of $10,000,-
000.
He was the recipient of the
Town Hall Club annual Award
of Honor conferred upon the
New York citizen deemed' to
have done most for the com-
munity, and the Pi Lambda Phi
Medal as an exponent of toler-
ance.
Folks Committee
For Soviet Relief
To Meet Sunday
Organization Delegates
Called to Conference;
Adler, Speeka Billed
The Folks Committee for Rus-
sian War -Relief has called a
conference of organizational dele-
gates and interested individuals,
to broaden the scope of Russian
war relief efforts in Detroit, for
Sunday morning and afternoon
at Webster Hall.
Philip A. Adler of the editorial
staff of the Detroit News and
Rabbi Joshua S. Sperka will be
the guest speakers. Anatol
Yekovleve, secretary of the So-
viet Consul, wil speak for the
Soviet authorities.
Organizations have been called
upon to select three delegates
each. Further information may
be secured by calling the con-
ference headquarters, 202 Dono-
van Bldg., RA. 3925.
Aaron Rosenberg, chairman of
the Folks Committee for Russian
War Relief, announces that
Sunday's conference will be di-
vided into two sessions—the first
from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the
second from 2 to 5:30 p. m.
Rabbi Fram Will Address
Zionist Chapter Thursday
Rabbi" Leon Fram, president of
the Zionist Organization of De-
troit, will speak on "Zionism in
America—Its Sources and Con-
temporary Leadership," at the
meeting of the Zionist Chapter I,
on Thursday evening, Feb. 1, in
the Conference Room of the
Jewish Center.
Akivah Drasnin, president, an-
nounces the appointment of
Eyelyn Eiselman as Jewish Na-
tional Fund chairman.
An invitation to attend Thurs-
day's meeting and the social
hour to follow is extended to
young men and young women by
Harold Weisman, membership
chairman.
Karbel Heads
Keidan Lodge
Of Bnai Brith
Sidney J. Karbel was chosen
president of the newly-organized
Harry B. Keidan Lodge of Bnai
Brith, at a recent meeting held at
the Detroit-Leland Hotel.
Other officers are: Harry Rott
and Barney Smith, vice-presi-
dents; Jack Abel, recording sec-
6,200,000 Jews
Slain in Poland
Sommerstein
Pave rife
Yiddish Folks Verein
Holds Anniversary
Dinner This Sunday
ersmith, treasurer; Mrs. H. W.
Small, financial secretary; M. J.
Segal, recording secretary; K.
Nemer, Mrs. Yoskowitz and Mrs.
Cohen, hospitalers.
Yiddish Folks Verein will hold
its 33rd anniversary dinner at
5 p. m. Sunday at the Beth
Tefilo Emanuel Hall, Taylor and
Woodrow Wilson.
The following officers will be
installed:
Abe Nusbaum, president; L.
Warren, vice-president; M: Coop-
Julius Chajes and Marguerite
Kozenn, prominent Detroit mu.-
sicians, will be featured on. the
musical program, at the dinner.
During 1944, the Yiddish Folks
Verein contributed $8,779 to the
War Chest, Jewish National.
Fund, Federation of Polish Jews,
Gewerkshaften drive, Russian
War Relief, Red Cross and other
charities.
D. SI1ECIEIL CC.
WOODWARD AT STATE
Broadcast on Lublin Radio
Reports Only 15,000 Still
in Liberated Areas
LUBLIN (JTA)—Only 15,000
Jews survive in liberated Poland,
Dr. Emil Sommerstein, chair-
man of the Jewish Relief Com-
mittee here, said this week, in
a Yiddish broadcast on the Lub-
lin radio beamed to Britain, the
U. S. and Palestine.
Dr. Sommerstein said that 6,-
200,000 Jews have died in Poland
since .the outbreak of the war.
Of them 3,000,000 were foreign
Jews brought to German death
camps from all parts of Europe
and the others were Polish Jews.
"Not all of them died from
physical and mental torture," the
Jewish leader said.
Anti-Semitic Activities
Protested by Jewish Deputy
LONDON (JTA)—E man u el
Szerer, Jewish deputy in the
Polish National Council, parlia-
ment of the government-in-exile,
has protested to Premier Tomasz
Arciszewski against the contin-
ued anti-Semitic activities of the
Endek party, which is represent-
ed in the government.
Szerer cited the publication last
week in Mysl Polska, a semi-
official organ of the Endeks, of
an article stating that "powerful
Jewish organizations in Britain
and America should have ar-
ranged for the emigration of the
surplus Jewish population of
Poland to Palestine, instead of
helping to establish unhealthy
economic competition with the
Poles."
Sommerstein Cited;
Two Jews Appointed
To Lublin Cabinet
LUBLIN (JPS)—Dr. E in i 1
Sommerstein, prominent Zionist
and acknowledged leader of the
Jews in liberated Poland, w a s
awarded the Polonia Restituta
Order by the National Council
of Poland at a recent session
here, for the "special service he
has rendered in the reconstruc-
tion of the Polish state."
The Grunwald Cross was
awarded by the Krajowa Rada
Narodowa, National Council, to
two Jewish members of the Lub-
lin cabinet: Jacob Berman, Vice
Minister of Foreign Affairs, and
Hilary Minc, Minister of Indus-
try. Minc is a young economist,
and Berman, who has received a
religious-national education, is
the brother of Dr. Adolph Ber-
man, a leader of the United Jew-
ish resistance movement in Po-
land during the German occupa-
tion. Jacob Berman and Hilary
Minc were prominent in the left-
ist movement in pre-war Poland.
$5,000 Gift Presented
Hebrew Union College
CINCINNATI—Sam Daube of
Ardmore, Okla., has advised He-
brew Union College that he is
making a gift of $5,000 to that
Reform Jewish seminary, it is
announced by Dr. Julian Mor-
genstern, president of H.U.C.
"Hebrew Union College is
America's oldest Reform Jewish
seminary and was founded by
the late Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise
70 years ago. Dr. B. Benedict
Glazer, Dr. Leo M. Franklin and
Rabbi Leon Fram are H.U.C.
graduates.
SIDNEY J. KARBEL
retary; Nathan Silverman, finan-
cial secretary; Meyer M. Fish-
man, treasurer; Morris Direnfeld,
monitor; Jesse Rosen, assistant
monitor; Maurice L. Klynn, war-
den; John C. Stillman, guardian;
Edwin B. Oppenheim, Max C.
Handler and Milton I. Kushnir,
trustees.
The lodge, whose next meeting
will be held Feb. 6 at the Detroit
Leland Hotel, has already grown
to a membership of 250. The or-
ganization will be formally pre-
sented with a charter on March
6 when Mr. Karbel will announce
committee appointments.
The lodge's aim, according to
Mr. Karbel, will be to further the
ideals of the late Judge Keidan,
whose name the organization
adopted.
Mr. Karbel was born in Bay.
City, where he: attended the pub-
lic schools, was gradauted from
the University of Michigan Law
School in 1927, passed the Bar
and started practice of law in
Detroit that year. He is a mem-
ber of the law firm of Karbel
and Eiges. The Karbels reside
at 19630 Stratford Road. They
have two children.
$1,000,000 Campaign
By Labor Committee
NEW YORK—A campaign for
$1,000,000 to finance a program
of rescue, relief and reconstruc-
tion in Europe, and to intensify
the struggle against racism, in-
tolerance and anti-Semitism in
the U. S. was proclaimed by the
Jewish Labor Cornmitte, 175
Broadway, New York 2, N. Y.,
according to Adolph Held, na--
tional chairman of the committee.
The Committee revealed that
the N. Y. affiliates of the Inter-
national Ladies' Garment. Work-
ers' Union, headed by David
Dubinsky, at a special meeting
of all their managers and heads
of the dress and cloak joint
boards, resolved to raise $150,000
as their share toward the drive.
Young Peoples' Society
Of Shaarey Zedek in
Oneg Shabbat Program
The Young Peoples' Society of
Shaarey Zedek will participate
in this Friday's Oneg Shabbat
program, at 8:30, at the Shaarey
Zedek social hall. The group will
discuss "Youth Views the Syna-
gogue as an Integrated Com-
munity".
Participants will be Miss
Shirley Malach, Morris Schultz
and Manuel Simon. Adeline Co-
hen will speak about the organ-
ization.
There will be congregational
singing under the direction of
Cantor J. H. Sonenklar. Re-
freshments will be served by the
Sisterhood.
Dr. A. M. Hershman will
preach the Sabbath sermon, Jan.
27.
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