Friday, November 30; 1945 THE JEWISH NEWS A Multi-Faceted Career Rabbi. Fram's Activities Reviewed on 50th Birthday Played Leading Role in Important Community Projects; Noted for Educational Work; Is One of Michigan's Leading Zionists; Testimonials Planned in His Honor When Rabbi Leon Fram celebrates his 50th birthday on Dec. 12, those greeting him and wishing him well will not be limited to the members of Temple Israel or the Jew- ish community of Detroit. He will receive the felicitations of communities of Jews and Christians with whom he had worked in causes for the good of America and humanity. He will be acclaimed by Zion- 0 ists whom he is serving loyally in the cause of Jewish national redemption. He will receive the good wishes of his associates in Reform Judaism, this year mark- ing also the 25th anniversary of his graduation from Hebrew Union College, the 20th annivers- ary of his coming to Detroit as assistant rabbi of Temple Beth El and the fifth anniversary of his spiritual leadership of Temple Israel. Rabbi Fram was born Dec. 12, 1895, the first night of Hanukah, in Rosienny (Raseinas or Rosh- en), Russia. His father, Michael Fram, a goldsmith, died young, leaving his widow, Leah, with five children of whom Leon was the youngest. The oldest daugh- RABBI LEON FRAM ter, Jennie, now of blessed mem- ory, left for America and out of Savings from meager wages special courses in education at brought the entire family to the University of Chicago, he made his religious school an ex- Baltimore, Md. periment in progressive methcids Gives Up Scholarship of education and served as presi- In Chemistry for Rabbinate dent of Ramah Bnai Brith Lodge. Graduating from the Baltimore Attracts Wide Attention public schools, the Baltimore With Adult Courses Talmud Torah and with honors Coming to Detroit in 1925, from Baltimore City College, he won a free scholarship to study Rabbi Fram founded a new move- chemistry at Johns Hopkins Uni- ment of adult education at versity, but a casual visit at Temple Beth El. Local universi- Eutah Place Temple with the late ties gave students credit for at- Rabbi William Rosenau, who was tendance at his classes and he known to have recruited more made adult education "so attrac- students for Hebrew Union Col- tive that the adult school attract- lege than any other rabbi, caused ed thousands of students. His him to turn from chemistry to work attracted wide attention, with the result that he was called the rabbinate. In 1915 he entered Hebrew upon to speak on his experi- Union College* and the University ments before the Council of the of Cincinnati, graduating from Union of American Hebrew Con- both with honors, receiving his gregations and the Central Con- M. A. and B. A. from the latter ference of American Rabbis and and being awarded the Jacob H. he wrote extensively on the sub- Kaplan Talmudic Prize for an ject. He established a pre- essay on "Traces of Jesus in kindergarten nursery, the Temple Midrash and Talmud" and the High School and was responsible University of Cincinnati Social for many advances in Jewish Service Prize. for an essay on educational methods. Rabbi Fram became popular as "Social Service in Its Relation a story-teller and his Yom Kip- to the Armed Forces." pur stories, told at afternoon Gains Large Following Atonement Day services, were During Service In Chicago Rabbi Fram's first ptilpit was looked forward to by the young- sters. in Temple Judea, in Chicago's His "The Story of a Melody," Lawndale section, a neighbor- hood of 100,000 orthodox families. which appeared in Young Israel He succeeded in enrolling hun- Magazine, won for him a na- dreds in his Temple and thous- tional prize. ands of young people came under His Many Activities his influence and began to take For Causes In Detroit an active interest in Jewish life. For many years, Rabbi Fram While in Chicago he took has been a member of the Corn- mission on Jewish Education of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and is chairman of its committee on schools. His services to Detroit have been multi-faceted. As chair- man of the League for Human Rights, he led the movement for the boycott of German-made goods. He is chairman of the corn- munity relations committee of the Jewish Community Council, of which he is vice-president. He is president of the Zionist Organization of Detroit and for many years has been one of the most active Zionist leaders in Michigan. At the Zionist conven- tion in Atlantic City he was elected a member of the ZOA national executive committee. A close personal friend of Mr. New Zionist Org. Holds Mass Meeting Dec. 17 The New Zionist Organization of Detroit (Revisionist) will hold a mass meeting at the Bnai' Moshe on Mon- day evening, Dec. 17. Speakers will include Rabbi Moses Fischer, Judge Patrick H. O'Brien of Pro- bate Court of Wayne County, Dr. Joseph Rabbi Fischer Schechtman, former president of the Polish Revisionist Zionists, and B. Netanyahu, former editor of the Jerusalem Hayarden. The Rev. David Katzman will recite the Haskarah for the Jew- ish martyrs in Europe. Justice Frank Murphy of the U. S. Supreme Court, Mr. Mur- phy, as Mayor of Detroit, ap- pointed him chairman of the committee to investigate labor conditions during the depression. Rabbi Fram delivered the in- augural sermon at Mr. Murphy's inauguration as Governor of Michigan. Forms Temple Israel; Raise $400,000 for a Building Rabbi Fram has traveled through Palestine, Mexico and other Latin American countries. He was in Germany in 1937 and his pamphlet "Inside Germany" was circulated ,in hundreds of thousands of copies. He wrote a series of articles for the De- troit News on his travel impres- sions. In 1941 Rabbi Fram resigned from his post at Temple Beth El and responded to the call of his friends to found Temple Israel, which now has a membership of 800. A building fund•has been started for the new Temple and more than half of the $400,000 goal already has been subscribed. The Sisterhood of Temple Israel is raising a fund for a kitchen project in the new Temple. It is believed that a number of testimonial events will be ar- ranged here by the many move- ments in whose behalf Rabbi Fram has labored in Detroit, to pay him honor for services well done. 6543 Sylvester BUY EXTRA BONDS de,4 (EDITOR'S NOTE: This poem, dedicated by Anne Campbell. Detroit News poet, to the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Jewish National Fund, was read by the author at a meeting of the organization at the Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg. on Nov. 21. Miss Campbell was presented with a certificate signifying that trees were planted in her honor in Palestine.) Over the roads of the world They have no goal, no home. The refugees are walking. They have no place to go. They have a dream of home, And it is of home they are talking, They who are starved and crushed 'Neath an avalanche of woe. What is their dream as they wander Under teeming skies and fine? What is their theme as they wander: Palestine! Palestine! There are babies torn from their mothers; There are women too sad to weep. There are young men, old men and others Who have no homes to keep. There are grandmothers helpless and wear. y, Whose pillow is a stone. There are children who scream with terror, Walking, walking alone. What is their dream as they limp through the woods, And over the roads in a piteous line? What is the theme of their heartbreak today? Palestine! Palestine! What can we give these refugees That through the evil darkness grope? Warmth for their backs, fire for their hearts, And for their souls the hope Of a future home, a sheltered wall, A stalwart roof and a bed for all; Windows to catch the sun and shine With the holy light of Palestine! That is a dream to sustain the soul! God's hand is planning the whole design! That is the promise and the goal, Palestine! Palestine! BUY EXTRA BONDS * BUY EXTRA BONDS dit4 n'n VICTORY ° LOAN Grayson Shops, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. 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