THE JEWISH NEWS

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JDC East Central Region
To Convene in Cleveland

Large Detroit Delegation Expected at Sessions Nov. 1 1;
Will Hear Reports on Conditions of Surviving Jews
in Europe; 150,000 Children Require Help

The condition of the surviving million and a quarter.
Jews in continental Europe and the large-scale relief and
rehabilitation activities in their behalf now being carried on
by the Joint Distribution Committee will be reported at a
JDC East Central Regional- Meeting at the Cleveland Hotel in
Cleveland on Sunday, Nov.. 11.

Leaders of Jewish communities
in Western Pennsylvania, Ohio;
Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky
will attend the meeting. A large
Detroit delegation is expected.

• The Cleveland meeting will be
• for educational purposes only
and no funds will be solicited.

•

Palestine Leader
Corning to U. S.
For UPA Parley

East Central States members
20th Anniversary Conclave
from Detroit serving on the JDC
in N. Y., Oct. 21; British
board of directors include Sidney
J. Allen, Fred M. Butzel, Meyer)
Official to Speak
L. Prentis, Abraham Srere and
Henry Wineman.
NEW YORK—Leo Herrmann,
In the United States the JDC one of the leaders of Palestine
receives its income from the Jewry, international secretary of
campaign collections of the Unit- the Palestine Foundation Fund,
ed Jewish Appeal. In Detroit fund-raising instrument for the
UJA funds are secured through upbuilding of Jewish Palestine, is
on his way to the U. S. and is ex-
the War Chest.
pected to address the 20th an-
The JDC is currently providing
niversary conference of the Unit-
food, medicines, clothing and ed Palestine Appeal to be held
other urgent supplies to Jews in
at the Hotel
almost every country of Europe
Commodore
in need of help. The majority of
here, on October
650,000 Jews in Hungary, Ro-
21, it was an-
mania and Bulgaria depend for
nounced by Rab-
their sustenance on the life-sav-
bi James G. Hel-
ing programs of the JDC. • In
ler, national
Budapest JDC feeds daily 70,000
chiarman of the
persons.
United Palestine
Appeal, through
which American
Jewry contribu-
Leo Herrmann ted to the Pales-
tine Foundation Fund and the
Jewish National Fund.
Sir Simon Marks, prominent
More than 40 organizations British industrialist and philan-
were represented at the confer- thropist, will be among the parti-
ence of the Detroit Auxiliary of cipants at the UPA conference.
the Los Angeles Sanatorium held Sir Simon is chairman of the
last Sunday morning at the United Palestine Appeal of Brit-
ain and head of Marks & Spencer,
•Workmen's Circle Building.
one of the great department store
A call went forth. from this
chains in the British Isles.
conference to all local groups to
Authoritative reports on cur-
participate in the $15,000 drive
rent developments in the Jewish
conducted by the auxiliary for
National Home and the plight of
the erection of the Detroit pavil-
European Jewry will be given by
ion at the sanatorium at Duarte,
other distinguished men and wo-
Calif.
men who have been in Palestine
Nathan Epstein, president of and Europe in recent months,
the auxiliary, M. Simon, secre- among them Dorothy Thompson,
tary, and Joseph Snitman, cam- who recently visited Palestine,
paign manager, who presided at and Dr. Heller, who was the first
the conference, submitted re- American Jewish leader to go to
ports on the progress made by the Jewish homeland after V-E
the auxiliary in the present Day.
drive,
Other prominent speakers
Joseph Bernstein, manager of include: Dr. Israel Goldstein,
the Jewish Daily Forward, one president of the Zionist Organiza-
of the principal speakers, out- tion of America; Sylvan Gotshal,
lined the present status of Jew- chairman of the United Palestine
ish philanthropy and told of the Appeal of Greater New York;
importance of the Los Angeles Joel Gross, of Newark, N. J., UPA
Sanatorium as a fighter against regional co-chairman for the
Eastern States; Louis Lipsky,
tuberculosis among Jews.
president of Bnai Zion; Emanuel
A series of resolutions adopted Neumann, director of the Pales-
by the conference called for tine Surveys Commission; Rudolf
community-Wide support of the G. Sonneborn, chairman of the
L. A. S. project and thanked all UPA National. Council; Herman
participants for their •assistance L. • Weisman, chairman of the
during past years.
board of directors of the Keren
Hayesod; and Dr. Stephen S.
chairman of the UP:.A. board
Marshall Lodge Women Wise,
of directors.

LAS Auxiliary Here
Begins Local Drive
For Detroit Pavilion

To Hear Rev. Mayne

The Rev. Joseph Q. Mayne,
executive secretary of the De-
troit Round Table of Catholics,
Jews and Protestants, will speak
under the auspices of Bnai Brith
at Cleary College, Ypsilanti, next
Thursday.
Mr. Mayne also will address
the young women of Louis Mar-
shall Lodge of Bnai Brith on
Thursday at 8:30 p. m. •
A good will team of speakers
arranged by the Youth Group
of Detroit Round Table will ad-
dress the students of Central
High on Friday, Oct. 26-
Speakers include Dr. R Bene-
dict Glazer, Rabbi of Temple
Beth El; Dr. Herbert Beecher
Hudnut, pastor, Woodward Ave.
Presbyterian Church; the Rev.
Irwin C. Johnson, rector, St.
John's Episcopal Church, and the
Hon. Joseph A. Moynihan, presi-
ding judge of the Circuit Court
of Michigan, past vice-president
of the National Council of
Catholic Men.

Kvutzah lvrith Ladies
Contribute $587 . for
Hebrew Culture Work

Delegates Named
For Hadassait's
Parley, Oct. 22-25

Friday, October 19, 1945

Guidance for Ex-GIs Planned
Through Vocational Service

Anxious to prevent employment
difficulties that may face its mem-
Conference to Map Action bers, Jack Winokur Post 268 of
the Jewish War Veterans invited
to Accelerate Protects
Albert Cohen, executive director
For Palestine
of the Jewish Vocational Service,
to speak before a large meeting
Every state in the Union will of the Post recently at Post Head-
be represented at Hadassah's na- quarters, 8212 12th. St.
tional convention, at Hotel Ste-
Mr. Cohen informed the meet-
vens, Chicago, Oct. 22 to 25. Ap-
proximately 1,000 delegates from ing that too many returning Jew-
700 chapters will help map out ish veterans are not fully aware
of the services available to them
the "win the peace" program.
through the Jewish Vocational
Detroit's five chapters and Service, in job placement, indivi-
group presidents, Mesdames dual and group vocational guid-
Louis Glasier, Theodore Barg- ance.
man, David Cooper, Adolph Ehr-
Jobs to Suit Them
lich and John Frazer, are dele-
Those seeking employment, Mr.
gates. Mrs. Harry L. Jones and
Mrs. Morris Adler will repre- Cohen pointed but, receive care-
sent the Detroit Chatiater and the ful and unhurried assistance from
Central States Region, respect- the skilled counselors of the
agency, in finding jobs for which
ively-
they are best suited.
Delegates and Visitors
The agency provides its clients
Mrs. George K. Bremen, De-
troit convention chairman, an- with as many interview appoint-
nounces that the following also ments and aptitude testing ses-
will attend as delegates and vis- sions as is necessary to help them
itors: Mesdames Harry Barnett, in making sound vocational plans.
Saul Benyas, Louis Davidson,
Ralph Davidson, Joseph G. Fen-
ton, Max Frank, Harry Goldberg,
Jay Golub, M. J. Greenberg,
Harry L. Jackson, Milton Mad-
din, Alfred Meyers. Carl Schil-
ler, Benj. Silberstein and Ran-
dolph Weber.
The convention will take ac-
tion to accelerate Hadassah's
Palestinian projects, and to plan
a program for increased educa-
tion and preparation of Hadas-
sah's members in this country,
for more active service on the
democratic front.
The keynote address will be
given on the opening day by
Mrs. Moses P. Epstein.

Mr. Cohen stated that the
agency's services are available tc
the community without fees, since
the agency's support is provided
by the Jewish Welfare Federation
through the Allied Jewish Cam II
paign and the War Chest. The
Jewish Vocational Service is lo-
cated at 320 W. Lafayette Boule
yard, CA. 8570.

Post Takes Initiative

Arrangements for Mr. Cohen' ,
address were made by a commit
tee of the post headed by Irving
Berger, commander. The posh
plans to take the initiative in ar-
ranging to bring the Jewish Voca-,
tional Service's group counselol
before the other Jewish Wai
Veterans' posts to inform then, l
of the agency's services.

Both the Jewish Vocational
Service and the Jewish War Vet!,
erans are members of the VeterJ
ans' Service Committee of the,
Jewish Welfare Federation,
committe through which all prob
lems of planning related to Jew
ish war veterans are channeled

Plan New Project

A new Hadassah project will
be announced, for the purchase
of land, through the Jewish Na-
tional Fund, for the establish-
ment in Palestine of a new set-
tlement for returning soldiers.
Special attention also will be
given to conditions among Jew-
ish refugee children of Europe,
who continue to come to the
Holy Land, under the auspices
of Hadassah's Youth Aliyah
movement.
Purchasers of Ace Victory
Bonds, which will be offered for
sale beginning Oct. 28, are re-
quested to order them through
Hadassah. Mrs. Max B. Kerner
is in charge of bond sales.

VOTE TUESDAY NOV

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Ladies' Auxiliary of• Kvutzah
Ivrith announced at its last meet-
ing that it has contributed $587
for the support of Hebrew cul-
ture.
The ladies also contributed
$350 to the War Chest, Red Cross,
USO, Child Rescue Fund and
the Jewish National Fund.
At the last meeting, held at
the home of Mrs. A. Panush, the
following officers were install-
ed: Mrs. A. Panush, re-elected
president; Mrs. M. Rappaport
and Mrs. J. Ring, vice-presidents;
Mrs. B. Friedgood, treasurer;
Mrs. D. Vinokur, financial secre-
tary; 11,IrS. B. Stein, recording
secretary; Mrs. A. Selesny, cor-
responding secretary; Mrs. A.
DeRov en, publicity; Mrs. S. Gar-
ber. and Mrs. A. Kovarsky, hos-
pitality committee; Mrs. S. Mun-
ch and Mrs. B. Fealk, trustees.

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