Friday, March 30, 1945 THE JEWISH NEWS Jewish Welfare Board Sets $1,800,000 Budget for 1945 Jewish Committee Wins Variety Award For Radio Programs Current Needs Exceed Last Year's by $300,000; Frank L. Weil Re-Elected President; 124 of 267 Jewish Chaplains Serving Overseas NEW YORK—Because of its exceptionally distinguished ser- ies of broadcasts presented dur- ing the past year, the American Jewish Committee has received one of Variety Magazine's cov- eted radio awards for 1944. A signal honor in the radio field, the Variety annual "show man- agement review citations" usual- ly are given only to radio pro- grams or stations, and the American Jewish Committee is conspicuous as the only organi- aztion named among this year's recipients. Praising the Committee's utili- zation of the facilities of radio in making a "home front contribu- tion toward breaking down prejudices," the citation ap- proves the Committee's motive of fostering understanding by presenting the historical and re- ligious life of a people "with dignity and honesty." Among the Committee's im- portant broadcasts in 1944, heard on the NBC and Mutual net- works, were: "Behold the Jew," with Florence Eldridge, based on a poem by Ada Jackson; "Cour- age Is Their Badge," with Fred- ric March, a tribute to the Danes and Swedes who rescued thous- ands of Jews; "The Third Com- mandment," with Philip Merl- vale, the story of a group of unwanted Jews in Nazi Europe; "The Golden Calf," with Jose Ferrer, dramatizing the repent- ance of a German who bowed before false Nazi gods; and the "Battle of the Warsaw Ghetto,", with Raymond Massey. NEW YORK (JTA)—The Na- tional Jewish Welfare Board will seek $1,800,000 in 1945 for serv- ice to the armed forces, the re- turned veterans and the Jewish Centers and Y's of the country, FRANK L. WEIL it was announced here following a meeting of the Board's execu- tive committee at the Vanderbilt Hotel at which Frank L. Weil was re-elected president of the organization for his sixth con- secutive term. The current budget of the Jewish Welfare Board will be about $300,000 higher than last year when. the Board ,sought to raise $1,520,340. The annual meet- ings of the organization were suspended in 1941 for the dura- tion and all governing powers vested in the executive commit- tee. Mr. Weil reported that there are 267 Jewish chaplains serv- ing in the U. S. armed forces, 124 of whom are overseas. He read a letter from Major Gen- eral William H. Arnold, Chief of Chaplains, asking the JWB to provide 36 more Jewish chap- lains to serve in overseas areas. Center Plans Program of Activities For Young Women; First Affair Sun. The Jewish Center is embark- ing on a program of activities for young women, it was an- nounced by Mrs. William Isen- berg, chairman of the Center's committe on women's activities. A varied program of activities has been planned by the Cen- ter, the first program in this series to be a "Tea Talk" on Sunday afternoon at 3:30. Miss Laurentine Collins, pro- fessor of education at Wayne University and director of school and community relations for the board of education, will be guest speaker on the subject "Do You Like Being a Woman". In addition to her activities in the field of education she serves on the Mayor's Committee on Youth Problems and is a mem- ber of the Women's Division of the Community Fund of Detroit. Musical Program A . musical program will be furnished by Rosina Betman •aKritz, dramatic soprano who last year sang the part of Esmeralda in "The Bartered Bride" which was presented by the Detroit Friends of Opera. She will be accompanied by Dora Bregman. There is no ad- mission charge. Passover re- freshments will be served by a committee headed by Mrs. Nate Schirmer. The women's activities com- mittee also is planning a series of eight discussions on Pre- Marital and Marriage Counsel- ing subjects on Wednesday eve- nings. Subject of the first pro- gram on April 11 will be "The Sexes—Where They Stand To- day". Mrs. Ann Chapin is chair- man of the sub-committee which has planned this series. Through the Center Service Wives and the Red „cross Sew- ing and Knitting Unit, oppor- tunities are being provided for young women who are seeking to make a contribution to the war effort. Service Wives parti- cipate in the JWB-USO Serve- a-Camp-Project, serve in the USO, sell War Bonds and volun- teer their services to civic cam- paigns for Infantile Paralysis, Red Cross and War Chest. Sew- ing and knitting units are en- gaged in making articles for men in service and for the needs of peoples in liberated areas. Health and Recreation A program of health and re- creational facilities also is avail- able to women through the Center Health Education De- partment. Activities specifically planned for women include fencing, gym, badminton, mod- ern dancing, swimming, health clubs. The Center's Women's Activi- ties Committee in 'addition to Mrs. Isenberg as chairman, in- cludes Mrs. Ann Chapin, Sylvia Collins, Mary an Fleisher, Ruth Friedland, Mrs. Helen Gips, Mrs. Mildred Grossman, Sophie Kut- loy, Mrs. Miriam Lewis, Mrs Frances Markowitz, Mrs. Sydney K. 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It will become part of the religious and cultural assets that serve the students at Northwestern Uni- versity and will help to meet the growing need for an interfaith pattern through which Protes- tant, Catholic and Jewish stu- dents can get to know each other better and respect each others' traditions in a laboratory of dem- ocratic living. Mr. Baumgarten is the owner of the Hillsdale Manufacturing Co., which produces boys' and girls' wearing apparel. In addi- tion to the plant in Hillsdale, Kvutzah Ivrith's program fea- turing original literary creations by members will be presented this Saturday evening at the Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg. The participants and their contributions will be: Abram Twersky, poem; A. Meyerowitz, essay; B e r n a r d Isaacs, sketch; Michal Atzomi, essay; Simha Rubenstein, short story; Michael Michlin, light article. Myer Mathis will be chairman. The public is invited. Admis- sion is free. 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