THE JEWISH NEWS

Frklay, February 23, 1945

Local Brevities

What Is the Detroit Self-Study?

Garvett Views the Program
As Aid to Youth, Adults

Must Study Our Jewish Educational, Cultural, Recreational
Needs Now and Make Effective Plans to Do a Better
Job in the Future, Committee Chairman Writes

By MORRIS GARVETT

(Chairman, Citizens Committee, Detuait Self-Study of Jewish
Education, Culture, and Recreation)

Do we Jews understand and appreciate our own history
and our own culture? Are we keeping alive those Jewish
cultural and ethical traditions that give point and value to

LOUIS ROTHENBERG CLUB
held its monthly meeting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Roth-
enberg of Gladstone Ave. Twenty
packages are being sent to the
Polish Relief, $25 will be donated
to the Red Cross and $25 to the
Moos Chitim for Europe. Re-
freshments were served.
* * *
GALLOW FAMILY CLUB will
hold its annual charity card
party on Wednesday, March 14
at Pereira's, 9225 Dexter. Pro-
ceeds will go towards buying an
artificial limb for a wounded
serviceman.
* * *
A charity party, in behalf of
the Child Rescue Fund sponsor-
ed by the SHOLEM ALEICHEM
READING GROUP 3, was held
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Isadore Cohen, , 3225 Coiling-
wood, Feb. 17. The program in-
cluded Louis Levine, Lil Rob-
bins, Leah Winokur, Mr. and
Mrs. Blonk, Mrs. Sarah Freed-
man, Mrs. Charles Dricker and
Morris Domby. H. Schnider, dir-•
ector of the Sholem Aleichem
School, spoke. A total of $206
was donated to the fund. Mrs.
Francis Shane was chairman of
the evening.
* * *
M A R J O RIE SILBERBLATT
will be heard in a broadcast over
WKAR, East Lansing, at 2:15
this Friday. Miss Silberblatt is
being presented by the Music
Department of Michigan State
College.
* * *
MISS LEE YA-CHING,
"China's First Lady of the Air",
will substitute for Margaret
Bourke-White at Detroit Town
Hall in the Fisher Theater, Wed-
nesday, Feb. 28, at 11 a. tn.
* * *
'NACHMAN DRACHLER will
speak on the subject "Three
American Best-Sellers Discuss
the Jewish Question," at the
Sholem Aleichem Folk Institute
this Friday evening.
* * *
Herman A. Schmier, Abe A
Schmier and Leslie R. Schmier
(formerly attorney with U. S. De-
partment of Labor, specializing
in the laws pertaining to wages
and hours and other labor mat-
ters) announce the formation of
the law partnership of Schmier
and Schmier at their new offices,
2815 Barium Tower.

our continued existence as Jews?4,
Do we meet the non-Jewish world
with the calm and friendly dig-
nity that comes of self-under-
standing, self - respect, and the
knowledge that as-Jews we have
something of special meaning to
contribute to American life?
It is evident that the happi-
ness and security of individual
Jews and of the Jewish commu-
nity as a whole depends upon the
way in which we can answer
these questions, but Detroit, like
other American Jewish commu-
nities, would be unable to respond
today with a satisfying and gen-
eral affirmative.
Make Effective Plans
We may hope that our response
will be more encouraging five to
25 years from now, but it will be
so only to the extent that we
study our Jewish education needs
today, analyze what we do and
MORRIS GARVETT
do not accomplish in meeting
them, and make effective plans Harry C o h e n, Isidore Cohen,
to do a better job in the future. Lawrence Crohn, Aaron Droock,
The Self-Study of Jewish edu-
cation, culture and recreation is James I. Elimann, Mrs. Joseph
Detroit's way of facing the prob- H. Ehrlich, Rabbi Leon Fram,
lem. It is a study that is con- Issac Franck, Morris Garvett,
cerning itself not only with the Charles T. Gellman, Dr. B. Bene-
Jewish education that can come dict Glazer, Mrs. Samuel Glo-
through formal schooling, but also gower, Harvey H. Goldman, Isi-
with the education that can re- dore Goodman, Joseph Heideman,
sult informally from cultural and .Israel Himelhoch, Mrs. Israel
recreational activities. It is a Himelhoch, Max Holtzman, Rabbi
study that will try to point the A. M. Hershman, Morris Jacobs,
way only for education of our Herman Jacobs, Benjamin E.
children but also for the educa- Jaffe, Mrs. Benjamin E. Jaffe,
tion of our yoUth and our adults. Bernard B. Isaacs, William
It is also a self-study, in fact as Hordes, Benjamin Laikin, Louis
well as in name. A Citizens' Com- LaMed, Mrs. Maurice Landau,
mittee, composed of professional Mrs. Charles Lakoff.
and lay leaders representing a
The others are Mrs. Julian Kro-
cross-section of Jewish interest lik, Dr. S. Kleinman, Samuel
in formal and informal education, Jacobson, Frank Mersky, A. J.
is assuming full responsibility for Lachover, Morris' Lachover, A.
its direction as well as for the Meyerowitz, Harry Lipsitz, Louis
formulation of conclusions.
Levine, Mrs. Henry Meyers, Theo-
Analyze Own Activities
dore Levin, Rabbi Jacob Nathan,
The boards and staffs of the Louis Robinson, Charles Rubiner,
individual organizations involved Samuel Rubiner, Morris Schaver,
are analyzing their own activities Isidore Sosnick, Samuel S i g a 1, Zelik Reznik Exceeds
for presentation to the Citizens' Philip Slomovitz, Isidore Starr, $100 Again in JNF Box
Committee. And a committee of Emil Stern, Rabbi Joshua Sperka,
William Hordes revealed this
Detroit women are engaged in Rabbi Moses Rottenberg, Wolf week that Zelik Reznik, Dexter
house - to - - house interviews with Snyder, Abraham Sr e r e, Isaac Boulevard clothier, continues to
1,000 Jewislt families, in order to Shetzer, Simcha Rubenstein, Ir- hold the record of collecting the
find out from Detroit "consum- win Tammler,, Daniel Temchin, highest sum of money for the
ers" themselves what they want
Leonard W e i n e r, Rabbi JNF through collections in his
in the way of opportunities for Mrs.
Simcha Wasserman, Mrs. Meyer JNF box. Mr. Reznik again has
Jewish learning and Jewish ac- Weisenfeld, Rabbi Max J. Wohl- exceeded $100 through the col-
tivity.
gelernter, Harry Yudkoff, I. lections of small coins for the
Through these and several other Zemel and Rudolph Zuieback.
past year.
methods, the Citizens' Committee
aims to discover the extent to
which the educational needs of
Detroit Jews are being met today,
to reach a better understanding
of the minimum aims which all
Jewish educational, cultural and
recreational organizations, regard-
less of difference, should pursue,
and to develop principles for
effective and efficient co-opera-
tion among the many organiza-
tions involved. Above all, it will
seek to plan for a satisfying and
MINERAL or
fortifying educational and cul-
For the
tural program for the Jews of
TURKISH BATHS
Treatment of
Detroit.
Rheumatism,
Advisory Committee
The_ carrimittee is being aided
Arthritis,
-
in its efforts 'by u .A11.9tional Tech-
Sciatica,
nical Advisory Committee,._ com-
Neuritis
posed of representatives of -6.1.:_te
Council of Jewish Federations and
Attendant's Fee
Welfare Funds, the National Jew-
ish Welfare Board, • and the Amer-
Open
50c each bath
ican Association for Jewish Edu-
Day
cation. Mr. Israel B. Rappoport,
Director of New Studies frit. the
Jewish Education Committee of
New York, and Mr. Elias Picheny,
Night
associate director of the midwest
Section of the Jewish Welfare
Board of Chicago, are serving as
Depts.
technical consultants on the local
scene.
Members of the Citizens' Com-
mittee, are: Henry Abramovitz,
Leonard Belove, H. B e n d o r e,
Joseph Bernstein, David I. Berris,
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Fred M. Butzel, Abraham Cohen,
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Page Seventeen

Gen. Benjamin Makes Plea
For More Brigade Recruits

Commander of Jewish Army Says Enlistments Must Be
Speeded in Order to Enter Active Service; Reveals 23
Units Now on Duty; Future Training in Egypt

TEL AVIV (Palcor) — Brigadier Ernest F. Benjamin,
introduced by his Hebrew name, Levy Benyamin, addressed,
with opening words in Hebrew, a rally for new recruits for
the Jewish Brigade. He told the rally that he was bringing
them and Palestine Jewry greetings from those already
serving in the ranks of the Jewish Brigade. The Brigade,

he said, needed more recruits to7
bring up its strength and to pro- Brigade to Train in Egypt,
vide replacements.
Officers in England
He said he realized that one of
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Al I
the difficulties involved in get- future training of the Jewish
ting new recruits was that Pales- Brigade will take place in Egypt,
tinian Jews had joined up so with the exception that officers
freely before the Brigade was will be trained in England, Brig.
formed.. He stressed the shortage Ernest Frank Benjamin told a
in the infantry and explained press conference here.
that the War Office would not
Benjamin said he did not know
permit the disbanding of existing when the Brigade would go into
Palestine units in order to bring combat, stressing that preparing
the Brigade up to its full strength, a unit for battle was a long and
owing to the valuable services arduous process. He said that
that these units are rendering.
he had no information as to the
23 Units on Duty
Brigade's postwar future.
The Brigade commander told
Besides the Jewish Brigade,
there are 23 other Palestine units reporters that he was here to
on active duty, Brig. Benjamin speed recruiting for the unit so
declared at a press conference in that it may be brought to full
strength as soon as possible. He
Jerusalem.
Predicting early entry by the said that his men are "extremely
Brigade into front-line service, fit and keen."
He described the intensive cul-
Brig. Benjamin added that there
was very little sickness in the tural activities in which the
Brigade members engage, disclos-
Brigade, and no absenteeism.
He was introduced by Moshe ing, at the same time, that He-
Shertok, chief of the Political De- brew was used largely in giving
partment of the Jewish Agency, orders to the men and in • the
who said that hundreds had en- various drills, but that English
listed in the last few months, but was used in communications with
the rate of enlistments in the headquarters and other units.
Brigade must be doubled or
trebled. He added that Brig. Ben- Lord Gort Reviews
jarnin presented to Dr. Chaim Tel Aviv Police Parade
TEL AVIV (Palcor)—Viscount
Weizmann, president of the Jew-
ish Agency for Palestine, 10 Jew- G o r t, High Commissioner of
ish National Fund Golden Book Palestine, reviewed a parade of
certificates subscribed by t h e Tel Aviv Police on Feb. 12 at
Brigade Group, in Dr. Weizmann's the Maccabu Stadium on the sea-
honor, on his seventieth birthday. shore.

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