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Page Eight
Friday, December 13, 1946
THE JEWISH NEWS
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND
ISRAEL LIVES
HIGHLIGHTS
Jewish National Fund Council, 11608 Dexter, Detroit, Mich. TO. 8-7384 or TO. 8-7385
$2,420 Total Breaks All Records
For Detroit Flag Day Collections
15 Projects in Year Reap
$129,753 Here for JNF;
Nachlath, Trees Lead All
All records for collections for the Jewish National Fund on Flag Days were broken twe
weeks ago, when Detroit workers brought in a total of $2,420.
At the meeting of the Jewish National Fund Council, after the Flag Day, William Hordes
praised the loyalty of the volunteers and commended them for their devotion.
The Flag Day report was submitted by Bill Fitzerman, financial secretary of the Council
Certified acoatintants' reports submitted to the Jewish National
Fund Council last week showed that a total of $129,753.77 was and a leader in Masada.
raised during the year ending with Rosh Hashanah, and that the
Habonim groups again led all workers in the amount collected.
expense incurred in raising this sum amounted to $8,201.89.
At a rally of volunteer workers held at the Bnai Moshe after the Flag Day collections,
The accountants, Abraham V. Elconin and Abraham Scheuer,
stated that they desired "to emphasize that the cost of maintaining the Detroit branch of Habonim, the national labor Zionist youth movement, was presented
the office was 5.9 per cent of the gross income." The office expense in- with the national organization's Jewish National Fund banner for outstanding work in the
cludes all the JNF local expenses, including printing, sponsorship 1945 and 1946 campaigns.
of public meetings, educational work, etc.
It was reported that Detroit Habonim had raised more than $4,000 more per capita than
The income for the year was derived from the following any other city where this youth movement functions. This sum was raised on annual collec-
projects:
tion days, for the Yaar Habonim—the Habonim Forest in Palestine, Golden Book inscriptions
Bequests
500.00
$
and other contributions.
Boxes
11,143.04
The banner was presented at the recent national Habonim conference in New York and
General Collection
700.00
has been circulating in the movement since 1912, when it first was presented to Winnipeg.
Flag Day
1,728.45
Since then, Baltimore and Crown Heights, N. Y., held the pennant.
Flower Day
1,824.91
Detroit Habonim has a quota of $4,000 for 1946-47. In the November Flag Days, local
Golden Books
5,392.25
Habonim raised $1,500.
Special Labor Projects
Nachlath
Purim
Special Religious Group Projects
Stamps
Sefer Hayeled
Tisha B'Av
Trees
Miscellanqous and Unspecified
865.00
73,112.00
1,207.06
175.00
247.48
145.00
1,285.36
23,574.82
7,853.39
TOTAL
$129,753.77
Hordes Asks Lawyers to Encourage
JNF Bequests in Drawing Up Wills
An appeal was issued to Jewish
"A moment's thought — and I
lawyers of Detroit this week by feel sure that you will be most
William Hordes, president of the pleased that the matter is being
Jewish National Fund Council, called to your attention, and, by
urging them to encourage clients
to remember JNF with bequests
when writing wills. In his appeal,
Mr. Hordes stated:
"As a lawyer frequently called
upon to–gtIlde your clients in the
most intelligent final disposition
of their worldly goods, you may
have been asked what is one of
the most worthy causes which at
this time best reflects the highest
hopes of our people throughout
the world.
The Jewish National Fund of
Palestine (with branches in every
large city of America) has for 42
years been acquiring and owning
the land upon which some 300,000
refugee:. out of a total Jewish
populanon of over 600,000 have
set up new homes in agricultural
colonies and in urban places.
the same token, to any warm-
hearted client.
"This simple statement of facts
will no doubt be sufficient induce-
ment to any socially conscious
person that because of its signal
service to our people from every
nook and corner of the earth, the
Jewish National Fund deserves
primacy in our last testamentary
considerations."
Woodrow Gives Memorial,
Assigns Insurance to JNF
Israel Woodrow of 3011 Tuxedo
has donated the sum of $100 to the
Jewish National Fund in memory
of his wife, Ida.
Mr. Woodrow also has assigned
a paid-up insurance policy to the
Jewish National Fund.
Don't Fail to
The Champions:
Detroit Habonim won the national banner for out-
standing work for the Jewish National Fund. In the photo, left to right, are Some of the
leading Habonim executives and workers who also participated in the 1946 Flag Day collec-
tions: Front row, MARIAN MARKS, GERRY CARSON, AARON SCHREIER, JEAN BAS-
CHIN, AVISHAG KAUFMAN of Chamidia, Palestine, delegate from the Homeland to the
U. S.; CHAVA SUMMERS; back row, JERRY MALAMUD, RALPH LEVY, NESIA SINGER,
BERNARD SCHREIER, TZIVIA ZWEIG, LEON GURA, KIEVE FINKELMAN, SAUL ROSE.
hear
Eye-Witness Account of Jewish Conditions in Europe,
Palestine and the Middle East
Tuesday Evening, December 17,
8:15 o'Clock
in the
Brown Memorial Chapel of Temple Beth El
Guest Speaker:
MR. GEROLD FRANK
Eminent Palcor Correspondent Who Covered
the Trial of the Moyne Assassins
in Cairo
Meeting Arranged Under Auspices of
Ladies' Auxiliary of the Jewish National Fund
Admission Free . . . No Solicitation of Funds
All Detroit Women are called upon to make their contributions NOW to the annual
fund-raising event of the JNF Ladies' Auxiliary which will culminate with the annual
event at the Masonic Auditorium on Tuesday evening, Jan. 28.
Photos by Paul Kirsch, Jewish News Photographer
Prize Winners:
Leading workers in the
annual Flag Day collections this year included, above, left to
right: JERRY MALAMUD, first prize winner for Habonim;
JACK NOVOMINSKY, third prize winner for Hashomer Hat-
zair; AARON SCHREIER, third prize winner for Habonim;
CHAVA FELDMAN, first prize winner for Hashomer Hatzair;
BILL FITZERMAN, first prize winner for Masada ZOA.
Detroit's youth groups not only are active in fund-raising
for the Jewish National Fund but also are conducting a year-
round educational program to keep their members informed
on occurrences in Palestine _ and in Jewish communities
throughout the world.