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THE JEWISH t4E,WS
Friday, December 28, 1945
Name New Hebrew School
In Honor of Judge Keidan
Board of UHS Decides to Erect Projected Building in Curtis,
Livernois and Wyoming Area to 'Care for Hundreds
of Children in Fast-Growing Community
Advisory Board
Named to Assist
Campaign of VHS
.
Drive On for 1,000 Members
for United Hebrew Schools;
Education Stressed
A study of the educational needs of the rapidly growing
Jewish community in the northwest section of Detroit, con-
ducted by the board of directors of the United Hebrew
Schools of Detroit, under the presidency of Abe Kasle,
shows that more than 2,000 children residing in that district
are being deprived of facilities for Jewish studies.
January Is Designated as
JWB War Records Month
Call to Jewish Communities is Issued by Frank L, Weil;
Interesting Figures Show 600,000 Jewish Men
and Women Served in the Armed Forces
January has been designated as
War Records Month by the Na-
Philip J. Gilbert, chairman of tional Jewish Welfare Board
the 1946 Membership Enroll- (JWB).
ment of the United Hebrew
Frank L. Weil, JWB president,
Schools, announced the appoint-
ment of an advisory membership sounded a final call to Jewish
groups and individuals through-
committee.
out the country to forward the
This committee, which will as- names of their relatives who
sist Mr. Gilbert to enroll an ad- fought in World War II to their
ditional 1,000 members for the local Jewish War Records Com-
United Hebrew Schools of De- mittees to enable the speedy com-
troit, consists of Abe Kasle, Law- pilation of a complete and perma-
rence W. Crohn,'Maurice Landau, nent record of Jewish participa-
Max Bachman,' Henry Feinberg, tion in the conflict.
Julius Berman, Samuel Schwartz,
Dr. Louis I. Dublin of New
Dr. A. E. Bernstein, Morris Fish- York, vice-president of the Met-
man, Harry Davidoff, Jack Tobin, ropolitan Life Insurance Co.,
Joseph Yolles, Harry Cohen and chairman of the technical com-
Robert Marwil.
mittee of the National Bureau of
The United Hebrew Schools is War Records, specifically urges
a constituent agency of the De- that this material be gathered as
troit Jewish Welfare Federation. early in 1946 as possible so that it
Its main support comes from the may be included in the final
Allied Jewish Campaign, tuition chapters of the achievements of
fees and scholarships. A substan- Jewish men and women in World
tial amount, however, is derived War II, which the National Bu-
from the annual membership fee, reau of War Records must begin
which is $5 per year.
writing in June.
In a letter addressed to the
Incomplete as the record is to
prospective members, Mr. Kasle, date, the most recent statistics
president of the schools, and Mr. furnished by the Bureau of War
Gilbert, stated among other Records, published in the forth-
things:
coming issue of "These Are The
"With a large portion of Euro- Facts," indicate that:
pean Jewry gone, we, in Ameri-
Some 600,000 men and women
ca, must carry the torch of Jew- of the Jewish faith have served
ish life and culture. Whether it in the Armed Forces of the Unit-
be in the fight against anti-Sem- ed States, or in military terms, 40
itism or in the development of divisions; more than 50 per cent
Jewish institutions, we are lost of the American rabbinate volun-
without an educated Jewry. We, teered for the chaplaincy with
who have always boasted of the half their number serving over-
glories of Jewish knowledge and seas; one-third of the Jewish
wisdom, must not degenerate in- physicians of all ages throughout
to a gross and 'untutored people. the United States were in uni-
"The answer to this is Jewish form, and of those under 45, 60
education. In the United Hebrew per cent were in service; nearly
Schools of Detroit our children 30 per cent of the Jewish 'dentists
are taught the history, the relig- in the New York Metropolitan
ion, the language and the litera- area saw service in the military
ture of our people. In modern forces.
school 'buildings, under able
Fifteen men of Jewish faith
teachers, our growing youth is have served with the rank of
molded into conscious and under- General and three others have at-
standing Jews."
tained the rank of Admiral or
Commodore.
Plan 14 New Colonies
Forty Jewish families through-
JERUSALEM (ZOA) — Plans
are under way for the establish-
ment in the near future of 14
new colonies mostly for Jewish
ex-servicemen, according to an
announcement by the Jewish
Agency for Palestine. The cost
of constructing the new villages
will be about $2,000,000.
Mr. Kasle points out that "on
the basis of careful surveys made'
in that section, the potential en-
_ rollment of a Hebrew school
which is very seriously needed
there may reach 500." At pres-
ent, only 130 Jewish children are
attending classes in the Bagley
branch of the United Hebrew
Schools..
Named for Judge Keidan
The board of the United He-
brew Schools unanimously decid-
ed to proceed with plans for the
erection of a new school .building
in the neighborhood of Curtis be-
tween Livernois and Wyoming,•
and agreed to name the building
in tribute to the memory of the
LATE JUDGE KEIDAN
late Judge Harry Ben-Zion Kei-
dan.
Judge Keidan, who was active
in Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Dr, A. S. W. Rosenbach's
the Jewish Welfare Federation, Rare Children's Books
the United Jewish Charities,
Zionist causes and other impor- On Exhibit at Library
tant Jewish movements, was par-
"A Holiday Exhibition of Books
ticularly interested in the suc-
cess of the United Hebrew for Children," on view at the
Schools since the founding of this Main Library, Woodward and
educational movement.
Kirby, to continue through Jan.
Pre-Federation. Era
As early as 1923, in the pre- 31, features 100 old and rare
Federation era, when institutions books from the collection of Dr.
had to shift for themselves, and A. S. W. Rosenbach, noted col-
to conduct their own mainte- lector and bibliophile, of New
nance drives, Judge Keidan di- York.
rected the first fund-raising cam-
Among the books loaned by
paign for the United Hebrew Dr. Rosenbach are: "The History
Schools.
of Goody Two Shoes," published
One of the objectives of that in London in 1772 by John New-
drive was the erection of the bery, the first important publish-
school on the corner of Philadel- er of children's books; first edi-
phia and Byron Ayes. The exec- tions of Lewis Carroll's "Alice's
utive secretary of that drive was Adventures in Wonderland" and
the late Joseph H. Ehrlich and of Charles and Mary Lamb's
hundreds of prominent profes- "Tales from Shakespeare."
sional and business men were
The exhibition is sponsored by
among his associates.
the Friends of the Detroit Public
In 1926, when the Jewish Wel- Library, Inc.
fare Federation was formed un-
The library announces the is-
der the direction of Morris D. suing of a new reading list:
Waldman, Judge Keidan was a "Probing Our Prejudices." Copies
member of the first Federation of the list are available at the
board of governors. The Hebrew Main Library, the Downtown Li-
Schools were then merged with brary and at all branches.
the Federation, obviating the
need for separate campaigns. But
"The highest reward for man's
the United Hebrew Schools did toil is not what he gets for it,
launch membership drives, and but what he becomes by it"—
Judge Keidan- again was the first Ruskin.
chairman of the schools' member-
ship enrollment efforts, in order
to stimulate community interest
in Jewish learning.
Present Membership 1,200
Since that year, membership
drives have been conducted regu-
larly, and the schools' total mem-
bership at present is 1,200, the
current drive being conducted
for the purpose of increasing this
number by an additional 1,000.
The Keidan home was always
the center of activities in behalf
of the United Hebrew Schools.
The directors of the schools
To create a
have felt that the naming of the
Lifetime setting
proposed new northwest building
will be a highly deserved tribute
for fine, abundant IR/mg,
t 1 the memory of a great leader.
out the United States have lost
two sons each in the service and
one is known to have lost three
sons. There were 22,042 Jewish
men and women who were com-
bat casualties. Of the 15,000 who
received decorations for heroic
meritorious service, one received
the highest award of all, the Con-
gressional Medal of Honor; 76
earned the second highest award,
the Distinguished Service Cross
for the Army, and the Navy- Cross
for the Navy. A total of 29,004
awards were received by Jewish
service men and women.
In Detroit, the record of Jews
in service is being compiled by
the JWB Army and Navy Com-
mittee, whose headquarters are
at the Jewish Center, Woodward
and Holbrook.
Discrimination Banned
In All Federal Agencies
WASHINGTON, (JTA) .—Presi-
dent Truman, this week issued
an excutive order continuing the
work of the Fair Employment
Practices Committee unitl June
30, 1946, in accordance with pro-
visions of the National War
Appropriation Act. The commit-
tee is instructed by the order "to
investigate, make findings and
recommendations, and report to
the President, with respect to
discrimination in industries en-
gaged in work contributing to
the production of military sup-
plies or to the effective transition
to a peace time economy."
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In Clothing Collection
Nathan H. Seidman, president
of the Inter-Racial Press of
America, has been named chair-
man of the Foreign' Language
Press for the Victory Clothing
Collection for Overseas Relief,
it was announced by Henry J.
Kaiser, national chairman of the
drive.
Mr. Seidman has represented
the foreign language press in
America for more than 25 years.
He served as chairman of the
, foreign language press in the
United National Clothing Collec-
tion of April, which benefited
25,000,00( war victims iii Europe,
China, and the Philippines.
The goal. of the January drive
is 100,000,000 used garments, with
shoes and bedding in addition.
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