Friday, November 16, 1945

THE JEWISH NEWS

Clause Barring Land Sale
To Jews Declared Illegal

Frank Barcus, City
Architect, to Mark
Birthday on Nov. 23

'Page &lee*

State Bnai Brith Council
Meets in Pt. Huron Nov. 25

Among the birthdays of Jewish

Michigan Council of Bnai Brith man, who became the first pies.
dent. The provisional charter was
granted at a meeting here in
November, 1936, Later presidents
Now a member of the City 25.
were Arthur Kaufman, Rabbi
Workshop ceminars will be con- Eric Friedland of Pontiac, Samuel
ducted by committee chairmen, Leib of Detroit, Samuel Goldfarb
who will have previously pre- of Jackson, Harvey Steadman of
pared themselves by attending a Lansing and the present incum-.
bent, Jess Feiler of Detroit.
meeting in Chicago.
Harry Yudkoff, now president
This council was reorganized in
of District Grand Lodge 6, oc-
1936 during a cruise on which a
cupied the key position of secre-
meeting of the District Grand tary for the first five years.
Lodge v,ras held. Present at this
At the Nov. 25 meeting, plans
reorganization were Aaron
Droock, Harry Yudkoff, Ellis will be made for a district con-
Warren and Rabbi Jerome Folk- vention of the lodge, scheduled
to be held in Detroit next July.
Among the activities sponsored
by the Michigan Bnai Brith
Council is a college education
program. Scholarship awards are
granted to one student each at
The' program of the Bnai Brith the University of Michigan, Mich-
Hillel Foundation at the Univer- igan State College and Wayne
sity of Michigan for the week- University who excel
i inter-
l in
end of Nov. 16, 17 and 18 will faith work. -
FRANK BARCUS
feature a fireside discussion, an
The "Michigan Plan" for Hillel
open house and a Student Coun- was first sponsored by the Mich-
Planning Commission, Mr. Bar- cil "Super-nar". -
igan Council's Hillel Committee,
cus is a member of the American
This Friday's Sabbath eve ser- with Louis Schostack as chair-
Institute of Architects, Michigan
Academy of Science and Arts vices will be held in the Chapel man. This plan has swept the
and Letters, a charter member of of Hillel Foundation. Rabbi country and has resulted in a
the Detroit Engineering Society, Jehudah M. Cohen will conduct large proportion of the 115 chap-
and several historical societies. services, assisted by Student ters buying their own homes and
Cantors Gilbert Ise_r of New increasing their service to the
For 20 years before becoming a York and Benson Jaffee of students. At Ann Arbor more
city employe, Mr. Barcus was as- -Cleveland. Prof. Palmer A. than $25,000 has been raised for
sociated with Albert Kahn as Throop of the University of Mich- the Hillel unit, '
designer and construction super- igan History Department will
intendent. He spent a year in lead the fireside discussion. A
Moscow as consulting architect social hous will be held under
for the Soviet government in the direction of Betty Fried-
1930-31.
lander of Bridgeport, Conn.
In Russia he helped designs
After the Michigan Purdue
more than 500•industrial projects.
game on Saturday the Founda-
He is staff architect and de- tion will hold open-house for
lineator for the City Plan Com- members,. , parents and visitors.
mission, and many of his drawings
A "super-nar" is scheduled for
of proposed city projects have Sunday evening when the Hillel
appeared in the daily press.
Student Council will gather for
Mr. Barcus is the author of an informal supper prepared by
Delicious With Soups
numerous articles on history, students. Tentative plans for this
travel, architecture and planning,. year's program will be made at
including a narrative pictorial that time. Betty Korasla of De-
history "All Around Detroit",
troit, president of the Council,
Born in Milwaukee, his family will lead the discusion.
moved. to Detroit just before the
turn of the century. He studied , Arab Woman Lecturing
at Cass Tech, Chicago Art Insti- Against Zionism Here
tute, Beaux Arts Architects Insti-
NEW YORK, (JPS)—Dr. Nejla
tute of Design. He is married to Izzeddin, American educated Leb-
the former Esther Goodman.
They have two children Suzanne,. anese woman who was principal
of the Girls' Lycee in Damascus
10, and Rachelle, 5.
and taught in the Iraq Girls'
Training School and the Higher
Mlawer Ungegend Yerein
Training College, is in the U. S.
Card Party on Nor-2Z
lecturing on behalf of the newly
Mlawer Umgegend Verein is established Arab Office in Wash-
sponsoring a victory card party ington.
at 8:30 p. in. Tuesday, Nov. 27, at ■ ••• ■ •=ie
Lachar's on 12th St. Proceeds will
go for post-war relief. Israel
Burnstein is chairman of the card
party. He invited members and
friends to attend and announces
that refreshments will be served.
Tickets can be secured from him
by calling TR. 2-4053, or from
other members.

Historic Decision by Justice Keiller McKay Rights a Wrong personages in Detroit in Novem- will hold its semi-annual meeting
Against Jews of Toronto; Ruling Made in Adherence
ber will be that of Frank Bar- at Port Huron in the Harrington
cus, who will turn 50 on Nov. 23. hotel at 10:30 a. m. Sunday, Nov.
to San Francisco Charter

Because Canada is pledged to promote universal respect
for and observance of "human rights and fundamental free-
doms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language
or religions" by its signature on the San Francisco Charter,
a covenant against the purchase of land by Jews in Toronto
has been ruled illegal in a judgment handed down by Justice

Keiller MacKay.
A restrictive clause in a land
sale covenant which stipulated
that the land in question "was
not to be sold to Jews or persons
of objectional nationality" was
challenged by Drummond Wren
on behalf of the Workers' Edu-
cational Association of Toronto
The League for Religious Labor
and no one appeared in court to
in Palestine is conducting its an-
oppose the application.
nual fund-raising campaign in
Becomes a Precedent
Justice MacKay declared the Detroit under the chairmanship
convenant "void and of no ef- of Maurice H. Zackheim.
Dr. A. M. Hershman is honor-
fect." He noted that the matter
appeared to raise issues of first ary chairman and David S.
impression because a search of Friedman is treasurer.
Members of the executive
the case law of Great Britain and
Canada did not reveal any re- committee serving as sponsors
ported decision which would be are Max Bachman, Meyer Beck-
of any direct assistance in the Man, David I. Berris, Abraham
Caplan, David J. Cohen, Harry
proceeding.
In his decision, of several Cohen, Irwin I. Cohn,• Sol B.
thousand words, Mr. MacKay
said that "in the course of his
judgment . . it might not be
amiss to point out that, accord-
ing to an affidavit filed on be-
half of the applicant, the present
master of titles at Toronto has
not knowingly permitted anyone
to register "deeds containing re-
strictive covenants of a charac-
ter similar to that in question
here."
He added that on several oc-
casions the master of titles has
refused to accept for registration
documents containing such cov-
enants.
Justice
MacKay's
decision
quoted at length several sections
from the United Nations Charter,
especially from the preamble . . .
"and for these ends to practice
tolerance and live together in
peace with one another as good
MAURICE H. ZACKHEIM
neighbors."
He points out at length how Edelman, Louis Ellenbogen,
the enemies of democrary used Rabbi Moses Fischer, Rabbi Leon
anti-Semitism as a weapon against Fram, Hon. William Friedman,
the world. "That the restrictive Max Kaminsky, Hyman A. Keid-
covenant in this case is directed an, Dr. H. Mandelbaum, Morris
in the -first place against Jews Mohr, Jacob Nosanchuk, Abe
lends poignancy to the matter Nusbaum; Louis Rose, Irving W.
when one considers that anti- Schlussel, Jacob Shevitz, Rabbi
Semitism has been a weapon in Joshua Sperka, Isidore Sosnick,
the hands of our recently defeat- Rabbi I. Stollman, Irwin Tamler,
ed enemies and the scourge of Max Temchin, Louis Tobin and
the world . . . If the common Rabbi Max Wohlgelernter.
law of treason encompasses the
Religious Pioneers United
stirring up of hatred between
The League for Religious Labor
different classes of his majesty's Labor in Palestine unites all
subjects, the common law of groups of religious pioneers and
public policy is surely adequate workers of Hapoel Hamizrachi
to void the restrictive covenant and Hashomer Hadati, and many
which is here attacked."
thousands of Yemenite Jews,
Roosevelt Quoted
who combine the tradition of our
He goes on to quote the late people with the highest social
President Roosevelt "I express ideals of our generation. The
the confident hope that the At- colonies of religious labor in Pal-
lantic Charter and the just world estine now number 36.
order to be made possible by the
Twenty colonies have set up
triumph of the United Nations special -settlements for the ac-
will bring the Jews and oppressed commodation of 2,000 refugee
people in all lands the four free- children. Another refugee youth
doms which Christian and Jew- village, "Kfar Amiel", named in
ish teachings have largely in- honor of the late Chief Rabbi of
spired."
Tel Aviv, is to be formed soon.
The Toronto Globe and Mail,
New Colony Added
in an editorial headed "Blow to
A new colony, Masuot, has
Prejudice", asserts that "The been- added to the two recently
decision of Mr. Justice J. Keiller established Kibbutzim, Yavneh
Ma ay in declaring void a and Kfar Etzion, near Jerusalem
clau e in a deed which stipulated and the Mountains of Judea. The
that a certain parcel of land was two Hapoel Hamizrachi Kibbut-
`not to be sold to Jews or per- zim, Tirat Zvi and Tirat Eliahu,
sons of objectional nationality', whose members came to Eretz
was on the noblest level of juris- Israel through Youth Aliyah, are
prudence ... What race prejudice adding a third Tirah to their
will do to a nation is plain to see complex to enable new refugees
in the fate of Germany ... It will to enter their Kibbutzhn.
no longer be possible to prevent
The Detroit campaign is being
any person of any race or creed directed by Rabbi Mordecai
from living where he wishes to Paretzky, field director of the
live. This is the essence of League for Religious Labor.
Freedom."
Announce 1945 Winners
Music Study Club Plans
Of Louis LaMed Awards
Auditions for New Members
The 1945 winners of the Louis
Mrs. Morris Stein, chairman LaMed Fund awards for the best
of the auditions committee of Mu- works in Hebrew and Yiddish
sic Study Club, announces that are announced as follows:
auditions for new members will
I. J. Trunk, for his novel "Pol-
be held at 8:15 Monday at her and"; I. I. Siegal for a volume of
home, 4003 Pasadena. Those in- poems; Zalman Schneour for
terested should call Mrs. Stein, "Anshe Shklov"; J. Twarsky for
DA. 8672.
"Alfred Dreyfus."

League for Zion
Religious Labor
Opens Campaign

Week-end Program
Set at U.M. Hillel

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