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THE. JEWISH NEWS

- Felclayi January• 4,• 1946

JEWISH NATIONAL FUND

HIGHLIGHTS

Detroit, Michigan

11608 Dexter

JNF Auxiliary Completing
Plans for Donor Event

TO. 8-7384 or TO. 8-7385

Settle-a-Family,
Dunam Donors,
Secured by JNF

Annual Affair at Masonic Temple, Jan. 22, to Hear Dr. Max
Nussbaum; 'Land of Hope,' New Palestine Film,
On the occasion of its annual
donor event, which will conclude
and Musical Program Listed

Ladies' Auxiliary of the Jewish National Fund, now in
the process of completing its plans for the annual donor
event which will be concluded with the major event of the
year on Tuesday evening, Jan. 22, at the Masonic Temple,
is aiming at reaching a goal which will conclude the project
begun last year of establishing the Nachlath Ladies' Auxil-
iary of the Jewish National Fund°

in Palestine, on JNF land.
Establishment of a Nachlah
requires $100,000, and an addi-
tional $55,000 is needed, $45,000
having been raised last year.
Confidence Expressed
Mrs. Irving Shevin, president,
Mrs. Jack Rosenthal, chairman
of the donor project, and Mrs.

on Tuesday evening, Jan. 22, with
an outstanding program at the
Masonic Temple, the Ladies'
Auxiliary of the Jewish National
Fund is enrolling the support of
Detroit Jews for dunam land re-
demptions and for Settle-a-Fam-
ily projects.
In addition to the list published
on the JNF page of The Jewish
News on Dec. 7, the JNF Auxil-
iary announces the *following
contributors in large sums for
dunam redemptions and for Set-
tle-a-Family funds:

Detroit's JNF Leaders
At Pittsburgh Conclave

Grove to Honor
Late Louis Dann

DR. MAX NUSSBAUM

This page sponsored by Detroit
Mends of the Jewish National Fund.

A large delegation of Detroit-
ers will attend the annual con-
- vention of the Jewish National
Fund of America this week-end
in Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Detroit delegation will in-
clude the following:
Mr. and Mrs. William Hordes,
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel N. Heyman,
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Laikin,
Rabbi Leon Fram, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Schumer, Mrs. A. Twer-
sky, Miss Betty Morrison, Miss
Selma Friedman, Mrs. Sidney K.
Mossman, Miss Lieba Moss, Irving
Schlussel, Mr. and Mrs. Irwin
Lawton, Leon Kay, Mrs. Philip
Fealk, Mrs. J. H. Kunin.
The convention will open of-
ficially with a public meeting on
Saturday night at William Penn
Hotel. Dr. Abba Hillel Silver,
Dr. Abraham Granovsky of Jeru-
salem, .U. S. Senator Alben W.
Barkley and Judge Morris Roth-
enberg, chairman of the JNF of
America, will be the speakers.
Emma Shaver of Detroit will
be the' vocalist at the opening
session. -
Mendel N. Fisher, national ex-
ecutive director of the Jewish
National Fund of America, will
render his report at Sunday's
session.
Speakers at Sunday's sessions
will include Dr. Stephen S. Wise,
Dr. Israel Goldstein, Dr. James
G. Heller, Louis Lipsky, Leon
Gellman, David Werthim.

A great tribute was paid to
the memory of the late Louis
Dann, eminent Detroit Zionist
leader, when his family last week
donated $1,500 for the planting
of a grove of 1,000 trees in Pales-
tine.
executive board of the Zionist
In addition, his daughter and
Organization of Germany.
son-in-law, Mr.- and Mrs. . Louis
Through Dr. Stephen S. Wise,
Seiton contributed $100 to the
Dr. Nussbaum was brought to
Jewish National Fund to inscribe
this country. Dr. Wise had met
his name in the Golden Book.
him in London at the occasion
First treasurer of the Keren
of the Jewish-Arab Conference $1,000 TO REDEEM 40 DUNAMS Hayesod when the Palestine Re-
in 1939. Dr. Nussbaum arrived
demption Fund was first organ-
OF LAND
in the United States in August,
ized in Detroit, Mr. Dann was
1940. He served as Rabbi of a
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Becker.
for many years active in Zionist
congregation in Oklahoma, and
REDEEM FOUR DUNAMS OR ranks, first in the Zionist Or-
as director of the Jewish Stu-
ganization and during the last
MORE LAND
dents' Center at the State Uni-
few years in the Mizrachi ortho-
versity of Oklahoma. Simul-
Leonard Bergstein.
dox Zionist movement.
•taneously, Dr. Nussbaum became
Harry Rott.
a member of the faculty and
Harry Schumer.
lectured on philosophy.
Yiddish Folks Ferein.
Brith
Keystone Oil Refining Co.
In September, 1942, Rabbi
Leon Kay.
Nussbaum was appointed to the
Howard L. Schwartz.
pulpit of Temple Israel of Holly-
Ancell Lesser.
wood.
Albert Liss.
Articles on Europe
Special tree-planting projects
Leo Gold.
During his three and one-half
for the Jewish National Fund are
Michigan
Woolen
Co.
years in the U. S. he has lectur-
being sponsored by Bnai Brith
M. L. Jacobs.
ed from coast-to-coast to hun-
lodges throughout the land.
Norman. Adilman.
dreds of Jewish and non-Jewish
The Bogen-Rubinow Forest, in
Louis Berry.
organizations, civic clubs, uni-
memory of two of Bnai - Brith's
Max
Goldhoff.
versities and colleges. He has
outstanding leaders, is being util-
Harold- Bergman.
contributed articles of European
Movie to Be Shown
ized for this purpose.
Morry Teitel.
background to the American
Members of Bnai Brith are
Youth Education League.
Jewish press.
asked to plant trees in this forest At JNF's Annual
L. R. Seiton.
by calling the J.N.F. office, 11608 Donor on Jan. 22
In the critical years of the
Samuel Auslander.
Dexter, TO. 8-7384 or TO. 8-7385.
Hitler regime, Rabbi Nussbaum,
First
Galician Society.
as contact man for Prof. Chaim Ben Pupko.
"Land of Hope", the movie to
be shown at the event of the
Weizmann, brought reports con-
Mrs. H. C. Broder.
Ladies' Auxiliary of the Jewish
stantly from Germany to London
Gross Cleaners.
National Fund at the Masonic
on the situation of German Jews.
Temple on Jan. 22, is a document-
When he arrived in the United SETTLE-A-FAMILY DONORS
ary film depicting the tragedy
States, he was asked to give a
AT $250 EACH
of European .Jewry during the
complete detailed report on
Goldman Furniture Co.
war, the progress in the upbuild-
European Jewry to the U. S. gov-
John Isaacs.
ing of Palestine and the close
ernment in Washington.
David Iwrey.
relationship between the further
Dr. Nussbaum has participated
Primrose Benevolent Society.
development of the Jewish Na-
actively in lecture capacity in the
Zedakah Club.
tional Home and the acute prob-
important work of the National
Copco Steel and Engineering
lem of the surviving remnants
Conference of 'Christians and Co.
of European Jewry.
Jews and in the Zionist Organ-
Excelsior Machinery Co.
The film, based on scenes rec-
ization of America.
Detroit Woolen Co.
ently photographed in color on
the respective spots in Palestine,
(Jewish National Fund) land at
was produced by Boris Vermont,
Beth Shearim Hazefonith, 10
motion picture executive, form-
miles southeast of Haifa, was laid
erly of France and now associat-
Dec. 23, by Leopold Schen, of
ed with Twentieth Century Fox
London.
in charge of foreign productions.
Permission has already been
HA IF A, (JPS-Palcor) — The
The script was written by Sgt.
cornerstone of the first house of granted to build the first 110
William Zimmerman, formerly
a 700 house development by houses. The project is expected to
with Metro-Goldwin-Mayer.
British Jews on • Keren -Kayemeth be completed within 18 months.
McDonald Commentator
Jose Ferrer, the noted actor
and producer, narrated the film
MRS. JACK ROSENTHAL
which includes a commentary by
James G. McDonald, former
League of Nations High Commis-
sioner for Refugees and a mem-
ber of the Anglo-American In-
quiry Commission on Palestine.
The Palestine scenes were photo-
graphd by Lasar Dunner, the
41111 ► \ W.,
Palestine Hebrew songs were
recorded by the Hashomer Hat-
HAMISHA ASAR b'SHEVAT—The Jewish New Year of
zair Choral Group and William
Z.i Spiegelman was research
Trees—will be observed this year on Thursday, Jan. 17.
editor of the production.
Traditionally, trees are planted in Palestine by Jews
"Land of Hope" is chockful of
everywhere, and special projects are sponsored by the child-
dramatic scenes of history in the
ren in all Jewish schools.
making. It portrays in a drama-
tic
manner the catastrophe which
The Zionist Council of Detroit, the Vaad Horabonim, the
has overcome European Jewish
Mizrachi and other groups in Detroit are assisting the Jewish
communities under the Nazi
National Fund Council, and special proclamations will be
regime; depicts the urgent and
issued during the coming few days calling upon Detroit Jews,
fervent hope which the 2,000,000
to assist in the land-redemption prOgram by planting trees in
survivors place on the prospect
of their admission to Palestine.
Palestine through the Jewish National Fund Council.
It tells the epic story of the rural
Principals of schools, rabbis and presidents of congrega-
and urban development which
tions and all local organizations are called upon to assist in
MRS. PHILIP J. CUTLER
has taken place in Jewish Pales-
this important annual effort by calling the Jewish National
Mrs. Rosenthal is chairman and tine during the war years. The
Fund office and ordering their trees on the occasion of
Mrs. Cutler is associate chairman scenes are laid in agricultural
of the annual donor event of the colonies established on land of
Hamisha Asar b'Shevat.
Ladies' Auxiliary of the Jewish the Jewish National Fund in
Galilee, Palestine.
National Fund.

Bnai
Lodges
Sponsoring Tree
Planting Projects

Philip Cutler, associate chairman
of the project, and their commit-
tees expressed confidence that
the desired sum will be reached.
This year's annual event, on
Jan. 22, will be held in the main
auditorium in the evening to
enable husbands of JNF mem-
bers and donors to attend.
. Dr. Max Nussbaum, rabbi of
Temple Israel of Hollywood,
Calif., a national vice-president
of the American Jewish Con-
gress and chairman' of the West
Coast Zionist Organization, one
Of the country's outstanding
orators, will . be the guest
speaker.
Musical Program
An outstanding musical pro-
gram is planned for this event
and an imporant feature of the
evening will be the showing for
the first time of the latest .JNF
palestine technicolor film, "Land
of Hope."
. Dr. Nussbaum is a graduate
of the Breslau Jewish Theologic-
al Seminary where he received
his Rabbinical degree in January,
1944. He studied at the Uni-
versities of Breslau, Berlin,
Wuertzberg and Heidelberg, and
received his Ph.D. in Philosophy
with summa cum laude award.
• At the age of 25, Dr. Nuss-
14aum was called to Berlin to
serve as Rabbi of the Great Jew-
ish Congregation of Berlin where
he stayed from 1934 to 1940. He
was at that time the youngest
Rabbi in Germany.
•
Lectured in Europe
' Dr. Nussbaum lectured ex-
tensively throughout Europe and
was a regular contributor to the
German, Jewish • and European
Jewish press. During those years,
he published a book on the
Philosophy of Max Adler and the
Nationalism of Yehuda Ha' Levi.
He was connected with the Zion-
ist organization from his early
youth and was a member of the

Friday, January 4, 1946

Donor Chairmen

Housing Development
Is Started by JNF

Schools, Congregations

To Mark Hamisha Asar