Friday, January 26, 1945 THE JEWISH NEWS Detroit Self-Study Program To Be Started in February 150 Interviewers to Visit 100 Jewish Families During First Two Weeks for Survey on Behalf of Program; Organization Reviewing Activities ' During the first two weeks in February, 150 interviewers will visit 100 Jewish families in Detroit to determine their attitudes to- wards Jewish educational, recreational, and cultural activities. This consumer survey will help the Citizens' Committee of the Detroit Self-Study to decide what recommendations it should make for the improvement of the Jewish educational programs in the community and what new programs it should recommend. Some of the questions the interviewers will ask are: How do you like the Jewish school your child attends? If your child does not attend any Jewish school, why not? How do you spend your leisure time? What leisure time activities are you interested in? What new activities do you think should be organized in Detroit? Cooperation Urged• Mrs. Maurice A. Landau,. chairman of the Consumer Survey Committee, has expressed the hope that all families visited will co- - operate with the interviewers who have volunteered to make this survey. Mrs. Landau expressed her appreciation to the following who have undertaken to act as zone supervisors and who will be in charge of the interviews in their neighborhoods: Zone 6:—Mesdames Maurice A. Landau, Ephraim Ralph, Harry Pernick, S. Bank, Albert Green, Harry Buchman, Harold Shapiro, Theodore Levin and Max J. Wohlgelernter. Zone 21:—Mrs. Oscar Zemon, Mrs. Jacob Weissman. Zone 2:—Miss Janet Shiffman. Zone 4:—Mrs. J. J. Marks. Mrs. Landau also expressed her gratitude to the following women's organizations which have to date recruited interviewers for this part of the study. National Council of Jewish Women, Sisterhood •of Temple Beth El, Womens' Auxiliary of Jewish Home for the Aged, Business and Professional Women of Bnai Brith, Sisterhood of Bnai Moshe and Ladies Auxiliary of Jewish National Fund. Organizations Plan Self Study Programs The self-study of education and cultural activities in Detroit has also stimulated Jewish institutions to review their programs and the services they render. Among those organizations which have appointed committees to plan their own self-study programs are: The Jewish Community Center, The United Hebrew Schools, The Jewish Community Council, and Yeshivath Beth Yehudah. Under the co-chairmanship of Mrs. Samuel R. Glogower and Mrs. Charles Lakoff, the self-study committee of the Jewish Community Center has conducted two meetings and is planning to review the entire Center program in the light of new developments in Detroit and relationships to all groups in the community. Rudolph Zuieback, president of the United Hebrew Schools, has announced the appointment of a self-study committee under the chairmanship of Lawrence Crohn. This committee is planning to review the aims and purposes of the Unitetd Hebrew Schools and its relationship to other Jewish 'agencies in Detroit. Yeshivah Board Discusses Program Rabbi Max J. Wohlgelernter has informed the Citizens' Com- mittee that the board of directors of the Yeshivah has devoted a full meeting to a discussion of its program and is planning to continue its study in the early part of February. Amon°. other organizations which have indicated an interest in such a self-study are Temple Israel and Congregation Shaarey Zedek. It is the hope of the Citizens' Committee that all Jewish educa- tional organizations in Detroit will complete their self-study pro- grams by the end of February. A summary of these self-study acti- vities will help give the Citizens' Committee a total picture of edu- - cational life in the community of Detroit and will help it determnie the community's needs. - Social Legislation Committee to Hold Benefit Music Affair Social Legislation Committee of Detroit will sponsor a music festival at 8:30 p. m. next Wed- nesday in the Lecture Hall of the Detroit Institute of Art, to raise funds for the Institute on the American Jewish People. Tickets are available at Grin- nell's and will be sold at the door on the night of the event. Two Negro choirs—The Dukes, a male quartet, and DuPrettes, a women's sextet—will be featured. The Robert Nolan Choir will be presented by Gil-Bias Jackson, Negro baritone, and Miss Doro- thy Wilson, soprano. Thomas As- ken will be pianist. Modern dancing by Miss Ruth Cottler and miss Emma Pelavin of the Wayne University Dance Group will include a Mexican dance. Miss Shirley Lachman, pianist, also will be on the pro- gram. Page Nine Local Brevities Mizrachi Quits PERCY GRA INGER, cele- National Council brated pianist, and one of the most colorful musical personali- ties of the age will appear at Detroit Town Hall in the Fisher Theater next Wednesday morn- ing, at 11 o'clock. Grainger will give an hour and a half pro- gram beginning with Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Bach, and ending with Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody., • * * * Sunday's attraction at the World Adventure Series will be a natural color motion picture, "ADVENTURES IN THE FLOR- IDA :KEYS" with famed James B. POnd serving as narrator. D e e p s e a fishing, sports and scenic highlights of Florida are featured. /The picture starts at 3:30 p. m. * * * NORMAN LIPSCHUTZ, whose Bar Mitzvah was observed last Saturday at Petach Tikvah Syna- gogue, had his name inscribed in the Sefer Bar Mitzvah of the Jewish National Fund by Mr. and Mrs. William Hordes. His par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Lipschutz, who were hosts at a dinner to relatives and a few friends Sunday evening, are plan- ning to aid an important Pales- tinian cause in their son's honor. * * * MR. AND MRS. MAX GEL- FAND of 9627 Martindale, cele- brated their 50th wedding an- niversary Sunday at Lachar's. Mr. Gelfand is 75 and his wife 71. They were married in Minsk, Russia, where both were born. Mr. Gelfand came to the U. S. in 1904 and his wife joined him in 1910. They have four sons, Maurice, David, Jack and Lewis; a daughter, Mrs. Irving Siegan; 12 grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. • * * JERUSALEM (JTA)— Rabbi Meir Berlin, leader of the world Mizrachi organization, has re- signed from the Jewish National Assembly and the Jewish Na- tional Council in protest against domination of Yishuv affairs by • the Mapai, the Jewish labor party, it was announced this week. Rabbi Berlin issued a state- ment declaring that "the Miz- rachi and the Poale Mizrachi have not received what was promised by the Mapai during five months of negotiations." Meanwhile, the central com- mittee of the Poale Mizrachi criticized recent statements by Dr. Chaim Weizmann and Moshe Shertok, charging that they were straying from the Biltmore policy, which calls for the im- mediate establishment of a Jewish Commonwealth in Palestine. It urged the return of .Dr. Abba Hillel Silver to the chairman- ship of the American Zionist Emergency Council and sharply attacked the policy pursued by Dr. Stephen S. Wise and Dr. Nahum Gcldmann. Rome Zionists Ask Pope, Allies Act to Save Surviving Jews ROME (JTA)—An appeal to the Pope and to the leaders of the democracies to act to save the surviving Jews in German- held areas was issued here at the closing session of the Italian Zionist conference, the first to be held since 1938, when. Musso- lini introduced anti-Jewish laws. The meeting also expressed gratitude for the assistance given Jews by Italian Catholics and by the Catholic church during the German occupation, enabling many to escape death and depor- tation, and also thanked the lib- erating Allied troops, the Jewish soldiers in the Allied armies and the Palestinian units of the Brit- ish forces. It sent greetings to the Italians "now fighting the common enemy, especially the • partisans with whom are many of our brethren," and to the Jewish Brigade. The delegates adopted a reso- lution backing the world Zionist demands for the opening of Palestine to unrestricted Jewish immigration and colonization and for the establishment of a Jewish Commonwealth. r . * D E T R O I T LODGE NO. 55, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, will meet every Tuesday evening at Castle Hall, 10350 Dexter Blvd. A program of important speak- ers on current events is being planned. The Lodge has purch- ased a lot on Dexter Blvd. for the erection of a Castle HalL Hebrew Schools Observe Hamisha Asar Monday Hamisha Asar b'Shevat will be observed in all branches of the United Hebrew Schools on Mon- day. All classes in all branches will have parties and the children will plant trees in Palestine through their gifts to the Jewish National Fund. They will be served traditional refreshments at their parties. Buy War Bonds! Dr. James G. McDonald Chairman of President Roosevelt's Advisory Committee on Political Refugees AMERICA'S OUTSTANDING AUTHORITY ON REFUGEE PROBLEMS splendidly A colorful, free-swinkin , sple proportioned overcoat in ragged -.. A great Morton Leslie Tweed S : . winter competitor — a td Will Speak TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 8130 O'CLOCK most noteworthy value! You insFitection is Invited . . . . at the Jewish Community Center WOODWARD AND HOLBROOK Under auspices of the Jewish Welfare Federation and the Detroit Service Group. 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