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THE JEWISH NEWS

YIVO--A National Institution

Serves Public Through
Research, Other Services

STUDY SESSION AT THE YIVO

The Yiddish Scientific Insti
During the last year, the YIVO
tote—YIVO—is a national in published many pamphlets in
stitution which serves the publi c English and Yiddish, the second
through its research, publicatio n volume of the "History of the
and special services. Its first an d Jewish Labor Movement in the
direct audience consists of Jews United State," (524 pp., Yiddish),
It is to them that the YIVO pri- and the "Classification of Jewish
marily addresses itself, believing Immigrants and Its Implications:
that the Jews should benefit A Survey of Opinion," (160 pp.;
from the accumulation of know- English and Yiddish each).
ledge about themselves—not only
Research Training Division
to combat anti-Semitism, but also
Since
1935 the YIVO has main
to increase the morale of all gen-
erations of Jews by shedding light tamed its Research Training Div-
on the positive aspects of Jewish ision (Aspirantur) and since 1938,
- life, past and present. The sec- its Junior Training Division (Pro-
ondary audience of the YIVO
aspirantur). During the , winter
consists of non-Jewish intellect-
uals, particularly in academic semester of 1945, courses were
circles, who seek to learn more offered in the Yiddish language,
about the facts of Jewish life history of Yiddish literature,
and to understand the problems problems of Jewish social psych-
of Jewish existence and survival.
Made possible by grants from ology and the Jewish community
local Jewish Federations, includ- in the U.S. Courses in Jewish art,
ing the Detroit Allied Jewish history and sociology will be of-
Campaign, this work is conduct- fered in the Spring. An informa-
ed through various channels.
tion service also is maintained.
Research • Projects
During the year articles were
Research and study projects are contributed to "Guide to Corn-
the basis of the YIVO's activity parative Literature and Intercult-
through which new knowledge is ural Relations," "Dictionary of
created. The staff now is engaged World Literature," and "Column
in studies on the role cf German bia Dictonary of Modern Europ-
schOlarship in Germany's crimes ean Literature."
against the Jews. The basic mat-
YIVO As A Central Agency
erials for these researches con-
Since the end of the war the
sist of Nazi books, periodicals, YIVO has been able to intensify
pamphlets, and documents now its international connections and
in the library and archives of to re-establish some of its over-
the YIVO.
seas branches. Branches in Brus-
A coanprehensive memorand- sels and Paris have been re-open-
um on the subject shortly will ed.
be published by Dr. Max Wein-
In Mexico a new YIVO com-
rich, research director. A shorter mittee has been formed in Mel-
study, based on confidential and bourne, Australia, has been re-
secret documents in the tiles of organized. Connections with
the German police, was published friends and organizations i n
i n t h e November-December, Palestine have been greatly
1945, issue of the "Yiv Bleter." A strengthened. In addition, indiv-
complete bibliography of Nazi idual and group contacts are
writings on the Jewish question maintained with England, Poland,
also is in preparatoin.
It aly, Switzerland, Uruguay,
Another project is a biblio- Brazil, Union of South Africa
graphy of Yiddish literature in and Argentina.
English and a study of the Jew-
ish community in Petaluma,
Calif.
Research in Jewish art recent-
ly has been undertaken through
a special grant. This includes a
bibliography on Jewish art. In
charge is Mrs. Rachel Bernstein
Wischnitzer, formerly curator of
Rep. John Lesinski, (D., Mich.)
the Jewish Museum of Berlin.
has been elected by the House of
Publications
The YIVO publishes three Representatives as chairman of
journals: the "YIVO Bleter," the House Committee on Immi-
covering research in Jewish soc- gration and Naturalization to suc-
ial sciences; "Yiddishe Shprakh," ceed former Congressman Sam-
problems of standard Yiddish; uel Dickstein, who resigned.
and "News of the YIVO," a Lesinski is favorably inclined to
house organ in English and Yid- the removal of certain immigra-
dish.
tion restrictions.

Monsky to Witness

I3nai Brith Awards
At Dinner March 13

Awards to lodges and individ-
uals who obtain the greatest num-
ber of new members in Detroit
Bnai Brith groups will be made
by Greater Detroit Bnai Brith
Council at a dinner prior to the
public meeting scheduled for
March 13 at Statler Hotel, accord-
ing to David I. Rosin, council
president.
Henry Monsky, national presi-
dent, who will address the pub-
lic gathering, is expected to at-
tend the dinner and to partici-
pate in presenting of the awards.
Each lodge will be granted a lim-
ited number of dinner tickets.
The goal in the current cam-
paign is 2,000, which will in-
crease Detroit's total of men in
Bnai Brith approximately 35 per
cent. Recognition now is being
given to lodges on the basis of
quotas which ..they assumed for
the drive.
Arrangements for the March
13 affair are under the direction
of David Kurzman of Detroit
Lodge.. Sam Hersch of East Side
Lodge is chairman of member-
ship for the council and leader of
the city-wide membership drive.

Marshall League to Hold
Bowlers' Nite Tuesday

Samuel G. Bank, president of
the Louis Marshall Bowling Lea-
gue, announces thai the league
will act as host to Louis Marshall
Lodge at a "Bowlers' Sports
Nite" next Tuesday evening at
Workmen's Circle Bldg., Linwood
at Burlingame. Morton Becheck
is program chairman.
Fred Wolfe, former national
bowling champion and now bowl-
ing commentator on WXYZ, and
Fred Mitzel, secretary of the De-
troit Bowling Association, will be
guests. A movie of the Detroit
Lion-Chicago Bear football game
will be shown. Mid-season tro-
phies will be awarded.

Friday, January 25, 1946

All Records Token Here for
Fund-Raising for the J. N. F.

Annual Auxiliary Event Nets $7 I ,000, Assuring Cornpletion
of Project foi Establishment of Special Detroit Jewish
National Fund Settlement in Palestine

All records for supplementary
campaigns in Detroit for the
Jewish National Fund were bro-
ken this year, the J.N.F. Ladies'
Auxiliary having raised a total
of $71,000 it was announced
Tuesday night at the annual ral-
ly at the main auditorium of the
Masonic Temple.
By raising this sum, the J.N.F.
Auxiliary completed its project
of establishing a special settle-
ment (Nachlah in Palestine to
be known as Nachlath Ladies'
J.N.F. Auxiliary of Detroit.

Mrs. Jack Rosenthal was chair-
man of this year's record-break-
ing event. Mrs. Philip J. Cutler
was chairman of the program
committee. Mrs. Irving Shevin,
president, presided.
William Hordes brought greet-
ings to the large gathering as
president of the Jewish National
Fund Council of Detroit.
Principal speaker at this event
was Dr. Max Nussbaum of Los
Angeles. A piano recital was giv-
en by the eminent Detroit mu-
sician, Seymour Lipkin.
Dr. Nussbaum, former Berlin
rabbi who escaped to this coun-
try, expressed confidence that
Jewish hopes will not be defeat-
ed, that with persistent efforts
there will be ultimate victory for
the Zionist cause.
The guest speaker declared
that land-redemption in Palestine
remains one of the major obli-
gations of the Jewish people.,He
condemned British efforts to in-

terfere with Jewish progress in
Palestine and to stop Jewish im-
migration and land sales.
Gifts in larger denominations,
additional to those announced
previously, include:

$300 each—Mendelson Egg Co. ; R.
MendelsOn.
$250 each—Moses L. Wiser; Michigan
Free Loan Assn. and Mr. and Mrs:
R. Sobole; Ben Klein.
$200—Detroit Ladies' Lechem Ani-
yim.
$150—Nathan Schecter.
$125—Lou Cohen & Sons.
$100 each—Charles Drachler, Leo
Ginsburg & Harry Levine, Dam De-
venau, Young Israel, Horodoker Inde-
pendent Ladies So., Morris J. New-
man. •I. Becker, Maurice H. Zackheim,
S. Sloan, Russeks Inc., Saul Katz,
Israel Hertz, Joseph Falk, Louis Please,
Jules Kraft, A. Robinson, David New-
man, Leo Kuschinski, Harry Tyner,
Benjamin Smith, Goodman Rycus,
Herman Osnos, Max Osnos, David
Dicken.

The board of the Ladies' Aux-
iliary of Jewish National Fund
will meet at the home of Mrs.
Harry Schwartz, 4045 Sturtevant
next Tuesday, at 12:30, at a
luncheonette.
Mrs. Joseph Sandler and Mrs.
Morris Davis were hostesses at
the annual event, additional to
those listed last week.
(At a reception at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Shevin in
honor of Dr. Nussbaum, after the
J. N. F. event, an additional $4,-
000 was raised for the JNF Aux-
iliary fund, boosting the total
raised by the women to $75,000.)

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