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THE JEWISH NEWS

Community Center Fetes Jacobs
On 10th Anniversary as Director

The membership, staff and
board of directors of the Jewish
Community Center - paid high
tribute to Herman Jacobs, execu-
tive director, at the 12th annual
meeting on March 27, in recog 7
n i ti o n of his
services to the
Jewish Commu-
nity and to the
Ce n t e r during
the past decade.
Mr. Jacobs as-
sumed his post
here on Feb. 3,
1936.
A rare silver
spice box of Bes-
omim, purchased Herman Jacobs
by the board from the collection
of Charles E. Feinberg, was pre-
sented to Mr. Jacobs. Described
as "unique in design and origi-
nal in conception," the spice box
is a product of the craftmanship
of 19th century southern Ger-
many.
In his address, Mr. Jacobs
traced the development of the
Center's program of activities
and the growth of the physical
facilities. He outlined the ex-
panding extension program, the
Center's role in serving youth's
needs during the war years and
reaffirmed the Center's respon-
sibility to Jewish youth in the
present post war period. He
stated:
"It is our purpose to develop a
conscious Jewish group life in-
tegrated in the life of the com-
munity at large. For a decade
we have provided in the spirit of

European Arts

Conjure Sweets
For Detroiters

Arthur Klein, Descendant
of Old Chocolate Fam-
ily,, Locates Here

Newcomers in recent years
have brought many unusual con-
tributions - to industry in this
country.
Not least of these are the gift-
ed Jewish candy manufacturers
who have transferred their ac-
tivities from Germanic countries
to America.
Detroit benefits from these
gifts in the arrival here of Ar-
thur Klein, who has just estab-
lished the Claudette Chocolates
retail store at 8385 Lyndon, fac-
ing Northlawn.
Mr. Klein is the brother of
Stephen Klein who operates the
nine famous Barton Bonbonniere
stores in New York. The Clau-
dette chocolates are manufactur-
ed under the same process as
the Barton candies.
Arthur Klein came to this coun-
try from Vienna seven and a half
- years ago. All his life he was in
the candy manufacturing busi-
ness, and his art is a famous
family inheritance. He extends
an invitation to all Detroiters to
visit his factory and watch his
chocolates in process of being
manufactured. Mr. and Mrs.
Klein, reside at 2984 Rochester.

Zionists Commence
Sale of Shekolim

Arrangements are being made
by the various Zionist parties
to engage in political propagan-
da campaigns for the sale of
Shekolim —the registration and
tax fees for participants in the
forthcoming World Zionist Con-
gress which will open in Jerusa-
lem on Aug. 7.
The . national quota of . the
Zionist Organization of America
is 1,000,000 Shekolim.
Labor Zionist ranks have un-
dertaken to sell 500,000 Shek-
olim.
Locally, the laborites have
adopted a quota of 25,000 Sheko-
lirn.
A rally of labor Zionists in be-
half of the Shekel campaign was
held Thursday. A. Gra7hovsky of
Palestine was the speaker.

a Jewish. Town Hall, a commu-
nity meeting place for all types
of Jewish groups and organiza-
tions and have symbolized, through
our service, the spirit of potential
Jewish Unity."
Mr. Jacobs praised the various
board administrations under
which he served, and expressed
warm satisfaction over his asso-
ciations with Mrs. Aaron De Roy,
Judge and Mrs.. Keidan, Judge
Rubiner, Henry Meyers, Mrs.
Samuel R. Glogower, the late
Hy C. Broder and Samuel H.
Rubiner.
A former president of the Na-
tional Association of Jewish
Center Workers, Mr. Jacobs has
been a member or officer of many
professional and civic organiza-
tions. He is the former acting
chairman of the Detroit Associa-
tion of Adult Education, vice-
president of the Detroit Social
Workers Club, member of the
Mayor's Advisory Committee on
Youth Problems, member of the
American Association of Social
Workers, charter member of De,
troit Association for the Study of
Group Work, member of Ameri-
can Association for Study of
Group Work, member of Wayne
County Committee on Recreation
in Wartime, one of the origina-
tors of the Willow Run Area
Recreation Project, founder and
first secretary of Mid West Sec-
tion of National Jewish Welfare
Board, member of the American
and Michigan Sociological socie-
ties and was chairman of the De-
troit Social Work Conference.

13th Annual Concert
Of Workmen's Circle
Chorus to Be Sunday

Dorothy Ornest Feldman, so-
prano, and Joseph Posner, bari-
tone, will be featured in the 13th
annual concert of the Workmen's
Circle Chorus this Sunday eve-

DOROTHY 0. FELDMAN

ning, in the Scottish Rite Cath-
edral of the Masonic Temple.
Dan Frohman, composer and
conductor of the choir, will direct
the repeat performance of Lazar
Weiner's oratorio, "Hirsh Lekert."
Piano parts in the concert will
be taken by Rebecca Frohman
and Evelyn Gurvitch.
Each of the guest artists will
present a group of operatic arias
and Hebrew and Yiddish folk
songs and Mme. Feldman will do
the solo part in the Haydn-Froh-
man cantata, "The New Song."
A feature of the program will
be the aria from Rossini's "Bar-
ber of Seville" in a choral ar-
rangement, in addition to the
Hebrew, Yiddish and Russian
choral numbers.

U. S. Envoys to Probe

Visa Discrimination
In Latin America

NEW YORK —(JTA)— Ameri-
can diplomats in Latin America
will be instructed by the 'State
Department to take up with the
governments to which they are
accredited the question of dis-
crimination between native-born
and naturalized Americans in the
granting of visas by Latin Amer-
ican countries, it is announced by
the American Jewish committee.
Such instructions will be sent
by Assistant Secretary of State
Spruille Braden, as result of a
visit to him by representatives of
the American Jewish committee,
who pointed out that any distinc-
tions made by a foreign govern-
ment between Americans by birth
and by naturalization is in direct
contradiction to the stand his-
torically taken by the U. S. gov-
ernment. Speaking for the com-
mittee were Morris D. Waldman,
a member of the executive com-
mittee, and Bernard M. Lander,
who has just returned from a
visit to Mexico on behalf of the
committee.
A pledge of "wholehearted co-
operation and readiness to work
shoulder to shoulder" with the
World Council of Churches in
combatting anti-Semitism was
made by the American Jewish
committee in a letter sent by Dr.
John Slawson, executive vice-
president of the committee, to Dr.
Henry Smith Leiper, American
secretary of the council.

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Friday, April 5, 1946

Detroiters Respond Nobly
As 'SOS Collection' Begins

Refugee Gives Store, Manufacturer, Warehouse, As Three
Truckloads of Clothes Arrive From Cleaner; Dr.
Erman Heads Medical Section

A former refugee from Vienna volunteered his store, a
manufacturer offered warehouse space and a local cleaner
contributed three truckloads of clothing, typical examples
of how Detroit is responding to the SOS (Supplies for Over-
seas Survivors) collection campaign.
As the campaign to collect food, clothing, medicines

and comfort items for stricken
Jews in Europe gained momen-
tum here, Arthur Klein, who came
to this country from Austria dur-
ing the years of Nazi persecution,
offered his store at the corner of
Webb and Dexter to be used as a
collection and packing point for
individuals and groups in that
neighborhood. Mrs. Samuel Shul-
man will be in charge of the store.
Offers Warehouse
Henry Stark of the Meyer-
Stark Manufacturing Co. volun-
teered to provide space
his
warehouse at 4501 Wesson fo
r for the
packing and shipping of food and
clothing by the carload.
Harry Coggan of Hudson Clean-
ers turned over three truckloads
of clothing, including more than
100 men's suits and 150 over-
coats, valued at several thousand
dollars. The clothing was cleaned
and in excellent condition. Mr.
Coggan will head the cleaners'
section of the SOS drive.

Dr. Joseph M. Erman will be
the chairman of the medical sec-
tion of the drive and will direct
the work of collecting medicines
and first aid items for shipment
overseas.
Sponsored by the JDC
Mrs. Henry Stark joined the
campaign as co-chairman under
Mrs. Harry Singer, chairman of
the SOS collection, sponsored na-
tionally by the Joint Distribution
Committee and organized locally
by the Jewish Welfare Federation
in cooperation with the League of
Jewish Women's Organizations.
Canned goods, children's cloth-
ing, household utensils and other
articles necessary for the life of
destitute and homeless Jewish
survivors in Europe are are being
collected throughout Detroit by
women's groups working with the
SOS committee, which can be
reached for information at RA.
9887 or UN. 3-9280.

ARMY DAY, APRIL 6,1946, finds
this nation at peace. The long war
years are behind us and now, in com-
pany with other peace-loving nations,
we look forward to a new era of
international friendship and security.

And on this day we would do well
to think for one moment of the men
who have made this possible. Their
graves are scattered throughout the
world . . . on lonely beaches, desert
sands, beside quiet streams, in silent
jungles. Theirs. was a heavy price to
pay. Our debt can never be erased.
But we can make sure that the mis-
takes of the past are never repeated.

We cannot close our eyes to the
future. We cannot escape the dreadful
admonitions of the past. We are irrev-
ocably dedicated to world peace. We
have pledged our word. But words are
not enough. We must maintain an
efficient Regular Army if the sacrifice
that bought Victory is not to have
been in vain. Above all, there will be
no time for mobilization if war should
strike in the future. We must maintain
this Army if we are to make sure that
no group of men or nations can ever
again plunge the world into war.

And on other Army Days in years
to come, the citizens of this great and
peaceful nation will listen to the
measured tread of the Regular Army
and be thankful for its protection and
proud of the ideals of good-will and
friendship it fosters.

First Vets Leave
for Study in Zion

NEW YORK (JTA)—A send-off
dinner to the first group of Amer-.
iean - veterans leaving for Pales-
tine to study at the Haifa Tech-
nion under the G.I. Bill of- Rights
was tendered by the American
Society for the Hebrew Institute
of Technology in Haifa at the
George Washington hotel.
The Hebrew Institute of Tech-
nology, also known as the Haifa
Technion, is the only techological
school of university grade .in Pal-
estine. The Palestine government
granted 50 visas to returning serv-
icemen wishing to avail them-
selves of this educational oppor-
tunity.

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