Friday, March 30, 1945 THE JEWISH NEWS Congregational Activities From to Talk On Weizmann Next Friday "Chaim Weizmann, Scientist, Statesman, Nation-Builder," the book published to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the great Jewish leader, will be the theme of Rabbi Leon Fram's lecture at the Sabbath Eve services of Temple Israel Friday night, April 6, at 8:30, in the Auditor- ium of the Detroit Institute of Arts. The volume was edited by Meyer W. Weisgal,- and it con- tains an introduction by Felix Frankfurter. . Rabbi Fram will summarize the interpretations which many great men and women have of- fered on the significance of Chaim Weizmann's contributions to science, to statesmanship and to the solution of the problems of the Jewish people. Lecture Timely Now This lecture is timely in view of the probability that the plight of the Jewish people will be given consideration at the San Francisco conference of the United Nations, and that Dr. Chaim Weizmann will be invited to plead for the fulfillment of the Balfour promise of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Temple Israel Quartet, direct- ed by Dan Frohman, will sing traditional Sabbath melodies in support of Cantor Robert S. Tulman, while Karl W. Haas will be at the console of the great Auditorium organ. The services will be followed by a symposium on the topic: "What may the Jewish 'people expect of the San Francisco Con- ference?" Memorial Services Next Wednesday morning, April 4, Temple Israel will ob- serve Yizkor Memorial Services at 10:30 in• the Lecture Hall of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Rabbi Fram will preach on the subject, "The Message of Moses To Our Time." This Friday night, Temple .Israel :will observe Passover Family Sabbath Eve. Parents are invited to come with their children. The Confirmation Class of 1945 will appear as a Youth, Choir. Rabbi Fram's sub- ject will be, "The Message of Elijah To Our Time." Rabbi Leon Fram has ad- dressed a special Passover mes- sage to all members of Temple Israel households who are serv- ing in the armed forces of Am- erica. The rabbinical letter has gone to the battlefields of the Pacific and of Europe, as well as to camps in America. Dr. Gaster Is Chief Of Hebraic Section At Congress' Library —.— WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Dr. Theodor Herzl Gaster, professor of comparative religion at Drop- sie College, Philadelphia, has been appointed chief of the He- braic section of the Orientalia Division of the Library of Con- gress, Dr; Luther H. Evans, acting librarian, . announce.d. He will "direct the preparation of bibliographies and guides de- signed to increase the usefulness of the library's Semitic collece tion of approximately 40,000 volumes." Dr. Gaster, born in London, is the son of the'late Moses Gastor, chief rabbi of the Sephardic Congregation of London. He was curator of Semitic and Egyptian Collections at Wellcome Research Institution at London in 1928 to 1932 and from 1936 to 1938; re- search staff member of Library of Jewish Information of Amer- ican Jewish Committee from 1939 to 1942 in New York City and in 1942 consultant biblio- grapher in Davidson Library at the Coflue of the City of New York. Joyous SEASON Council of Churches' Passover Greetings Hail Brotherhood The Detroit Council of Churches has issued a - statement greeting the Jewish community on Pass- over. The statement, signed by Dr. A. G. Studer, president, and Dr. T. T. Brumbaugh, executive secretary, offers the following salutations: "Preceding by only a few hours our Christian ovservance of Good Friday and the joyous- ness of the Easter Day, you who follow the faith from which our own derived so much that is sacred and unique in our He- brew-Christian culture, will be thanking God for the sign of the Passover which preserved for the world the lofty religious and ethical concepts of your forefathers. "We want you to know we share with you the deep signi- ficance of that far-off Divine event. For, while no less fascinated and inspired by the further revelation Of God's character and purpose in the sublimity of that which we as Christians commemorate during the Lenten season, we are at the same time ever more conscious of the bond of spiritual and moral unity we have with you who inherit the exalted tradi- tions of Judaism. May God grant us all grace and power to be worthy of the love He has be- stowed upon His creatures." Passover Celebration At Farband School Wayne Professor To Address Temple Israel Sisterhood Temple Israel Sisterhood will have an open meeting and des- sert luncheon for members and friends in the lecture hall of t h e Detroit Institute of Arts, Monday, April 9, at 1 o'clock. Mrs. Nathan Kolb will be chair- man. Prof. John C. Sullivan, asso- ciate professor of educational psychology at Wayne University, will be the speaker. Prof. Sulli- van specializes in child psycho- logy, recently has written a book and published several articles in the Michigan Educational Jour- nal. His subject will be "The Mod- ern Child and his up to date Parents." Mrs. Samuel B. Danto, presi- dent, invites all women inter- ested in this program ,to be guests of the Sisterhood. The social hour preceding the meeting, will have as chairman Mrs. Julian Weber, assisted by Mrs. Saul Benyas, Mrs. Ran- dolph Weber, Mrs. Harry Plis- kow, and Mrs. Irving Wartell. Dr. Glazer to Address Beth El Sisterhood At the monthly meeting of the Sisterhood of Temple Beth El on Monday, April 9, at 2 p. m., in the Brown Memorial Chapel, Dr. B. Benedict Glazer will re- view some of the outstanding books of the current season. This annual lecture by Dr. Glazer, instituted three years ago, is always a "highlight" in the Sisterhood calendar. A dessert luncheon will be - served in the social hall at 1:30. Rome's Jewish Council To Choose New Rabbi A Hol Hamoed Passover cele- bration, arranged by the Far- band Schools, will be presented at 3 p. m. Monday, at the Far- band School, .1912 Taylor. The Children's Choir will sing PaSsoVer songs under the direc- tion of Dan Frohman. The meaning of- Passover will be ex- plained and Passover refresh- ments• will be served. All Far- band Schools' children are urged to be present at 3 p_m. Rabbi Stollman to Give Three Passover Sermons Rabbi Isaac Stollman will de- vote his PaSsbver sermons to organizing the community in the furtherance of Jewish religious activities. For the first day of Passover Rabbi Stollman's topic at Con- gregation Mishkan Israel will be "A Lasting Peace—But How?" At the Bnai Zion, on t h e second day, his address will be "The Four Freedoms." The following Saturday, Rabbi Stollman will deliver his sermon at Congregation Beth Aaron on the topic, "The Song of Songs." ROME (JTA)—A new chief rabbi of Rome, to succeed Israel who became converted to Catholicism, will be choien this week at the first. meeting . of the 15 members of the new Jewish Community Council, which. was elected this week. The council, which was elected with the sanction of the Italian Government and the Allied Com- mission, will name one of its members president. Vitale Mi- lano, a prominent member of the Rome Jewish Community, has been mentioned for the post. EAGLE COAL CO. Page Twenty -Fiv e National President to Address Beth El 'Sisterhood Sabbath' "Sisterhood Sabbath" will be observed at the Sabbath Eve services of Temple Beth El on Friday, April 13, at 8:15. Mrs. Hugo Hartman, president of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, which corn- prises 395 Sisterhoods in six countries, wil speak' on "Peace and Religion". Members of the Sisterhood will participate in the services and Dr. B. Benedict Glazer will in- troduce the guest. Mrs. Hartman, a prominent speaker and an outstanding communal worker and club lead- er in. Winnetka and Chicago, has served the National Federation as treasurer, chairman of the national committee on Young Folks Temple Leagues, and as a member of the executive board,. She nas been active in religious educational work, is a past pre- sident of the Mothers' Aid of the Chicago Lying-In Hospital, a member of the executive board. of the Union of American He- brew Congregations and of the board of governors of Hebrew Union College, and member of the Jewish Advisory Council of the National Board of the Girt Scouts. On Friday afternoon, Mrs, Hartmann will be the guest of the Sisterhood board at a tea. This Friday evening, March 30, Dr. Glazer will preach on "Are We on the Road to Serf- dom or Freedom?—A Passover Message". Banquet in May Dr. Alvin D. Hersch will con- duct the services and preach the The board of the Sisterhood of sermon on the concluding day Northwest Hebrew Congregation of Passover, Wednesday morrk., and Center, at a meeting at the ing, April 4, at 10:30. home of Mrs. S. Nosanchuk, heard a report from Mrs. Ira G. Zion Needs $16,000,000 Kaufman regarding the program Worth of Machinery JERUSALEM (ZOA)—Pales- for the Mother and Daughter dinner to be held May 9 at the tine industry needs machinery Wilshire. to the value of $16,000,000 to re- The Sisterhood's Junior Auxil- place and re-equip wartime iary is planning a membership wear and tear of existing instal- tea, April 15, at the home of lations, is the view of experts Ruth Goldman, 16194 Monte quoted by W. Duesterwald in Vista. For information call "Palestine and Middle East" Economic Magazine. Michelle Tchor, UN. 1-8563. The Brownie Girl Scout Troop, No. 497, sponsored by the Sise terhood, will entertain at the Passover Greetings USO on April 9. Each member will bring a box of cookies and a book or record as a gift. Mrs. Norman Allan and Mrs. David Miller, representatives of the Sisterhood, together - with sev- eral mothers of the members, General Real Estate will accompany t h e Troop,: which is under . the leadership of and Property Mrs. Phillip Kessler. The Troop recently made • and Management and Insurance contributed a number of woolen dolls to the children's wards at Providence Hospital; also a num- - See us about Mortgage Money ber of paper hospital bags to the Children's Hospital. 300 Lafayette Bldg. The next regular meeting of CAdillac 7700 the Sisterhood will - be held at the home of. Mrs. Norman Allan, R. BLISS WOLFE, Pres. 18507 Northlawn, Wednesday, April 11, at 8 p. NW Hebrew Cong. Sisterhood Plans Hannan Real Estate Exchange, Inc. Welcome To The Delegation from Teizer Yeshiva of Cleveland We take great pleasure in announcing to Detroit Jewry that a delegation from the Telzer Yeshiva, now hi Cleveland will visit our city during the Pesach holiday, The 1843 ILLINOIS delegation will be headed by the great scholar and educator, Rabbi Elijah M. Bloch, head of the Telzer Yeshiva. We, the Detroit Rabbinate, heartily greet their arrival and call upon all Torah-loving PASSOVER GREETINGS Jews to give them their full support. We Kamil Management Co. especially call upon all the presidents of Commerc;a1 Leases — Improved Property Manager delegates to address their respective con- I 20 1 -3 Detroit Savings Bank Bldg. synagogues to make it possible for the gregations in order to explain to them what the Telzer Yeshiva is and what it means to American Jewry in general and Detroit in particular as a neighboring city. 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