Friday. Jaoraary 3, .1947
THE JEWISH NEWS
Page Six
Haifa Institute Proritotes
Technical Training,Research
DR. SHLOMO KAPLANSKY, president of Haifa
Institute, to be guest of Detroit Jewry at dinner
Architectural Model Showing the Technion of Tomorrow
Monday, Jan. 6.
O
NE of world Jewry's most distinguished scholars and leaders, Dr. Shlomo Kaplansky,
will be the guest of the Detroit Chapter of the American Society for the Advancement of
the Haifa (Palestine) Institute of Technology—popularly referred to as Technion—at the
dinner on Monday evenng, Jan. 6, in the Embassy Room at Huyler's in the Fisher Bldg.
The occasion will be used as a memorial tribute to the late Brig. Gen. Frederick H.
Risch, one of the great war heroes who died in action in Tunisia, April 7, 1943.
Dr. Kaplansky, president of the Haifa Technion, is on his third visit to the United
States in 32 years.
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National Director Views
Progress in Haifa PrOject
Judah Wattenberg, executive director of the
American Society for the Advancement of the
Hebrew Institute of Technology in Haifa, who
was in Detroit last week to assist in plans for
the dinner in honor of Dr. Shlomo Kaplansky,
stated that cables received from Palestine re-
veal that progress is being made in the estab-
lishment of the Kisch„Memorial Laboratories.
Several chemical and electrical laboratories, named in
honor of Brig. Frederick H. Kisch, late chief engineer of the
British 8th Army, will be the first buildings to go up; $25,000
worth of equipment has already been bought in this country
and shipped to Palestine.
"Word from Palestine is that the 50 Ameri
can GI's who are now studying at our Institute
are making rapid progress and are adjusted to
the opportunities offered them there." he s:iid.
"We are proud of the great contributions being
made by our Institute and we look forward to
even greater achievements under the new plans
for the Institute's expansion."
This academic year the Technion's registration is the
highest in its history-1,000 in all three schools, including 50
Arne' i•an veterans who are studying there under the pro-
visions of the G.I. Bill of Rights.
OFFICERS OF DETROIT CHAPTER
Officers of the Detroit chapter of the Haifa
Technical Institute's Atherican Society al o: Fred
M. Butzel, Honorary Chairman; Louis R. Gelti.nd,
Chairman: Leon Kay, Vice-Chairman; Ben 'attain
Fingeroot, Secretary; Benjamin Wilk, Treas,..: - er.
Directors: Edward Bernstein. Samuel Ca plan,
Isadore. E. Goodman. Harvey Goldman.
Redstone. Daniel Mendelsohn, Morris Men(-1.1-.n,
Martin Sclar, Dave Segall, Karl Segall and Philip
Slornovitz.
The following are members of the dinner L (on-
rnittee: Louis Berry. Samuel Brody, Fred 13,712:e1,
Lawrence Crohn, Sol Dann, Walter Field. Mrs.
Louis Glasier. William Hordes, Morris Jacobs. Abe
Dr. Kaplansky Became Head of Institute in 1931
When pr. Kaplansky became head of the Institute in
1931 there were 17,000 Jews in Haifa out of a total population
of 51,000; now the Jews are a majority in the city-70,000
out of 130,000. The Palestine government has never helped
the Institute but some years ago gave it a grant of $50,000.
While the Jewish Agency is not responsible for the school's
maintenance, for the last 15 years it has been partly sup-
ported by the Agency and by outside funds, the greater share
of which comes from America.
The history of the Institute's president is as varied as
that of his school. He has been an engineer, economist, politi-
cal leader, director of colonization and, for the past 15 years,
head of the Technion. His first trip to this country, irn 1914,
was a business trip in behalf of the Jewish National Fund,
of which he was colonization secretary at the time. In 1921
Dr. Kaplansky came to the convention of tAe American
Poale-Zion organization.
To Be Greeted By Professor Neef
Born in Russia, Dr. Kaplansky studied in Vienna, went
to Palestine as early as 1912 and later to London as head of
the Financial and Economic
Committee of the Zionist
executive, of which he was
a member from 1924 to 1931.
His wife was born in Berlin,
his son in London and his
daughter in Jerusalem.
Louis Gelfand, president
of the Detroit chapter of
the Technion, announces
that Dr. Arthur Neef,
Provost of Wayne Uni-
versity and Dean of the
university's law school, will
welcome Dr. Kaplansky at
the dinner in the name of
Wayne University and its
faculty.
Other guests at the dinner
will be Dean Arthur Carr
of the Wayne University
College of Emiineering and
Dean Clement Freund of
the •• • • Detroit
Engint.—
DR. ARiiiiR NEEF
THE LATE BRIG. GEN.
KISCH
Kasle, Ben Laikin, Mrs. M. Landau, Prof. Saiouel
Levin. Judge Theodore Levin, Nathan Linden,
Morris Schaver, Jack Schrier. Irving Schlossel,
Harry Schumer. Prof. L. H. Seltzer, Philip Slomo-
vitz and Joseph Yolles. •
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Brody Contribute
$10,000 Towards Kisch Laboratories
Interest
Reveal
Detroiters
Sponsoring Projects to
Train Jewish Youths
Samuel and Anna Brody
this week announced a con-
tribution of $10,000 towards
the Kisch Memorial Labor-
atories at the Haifa Insti-
tute of - Technology. The
committee in charge of the
dinner aspires to duplicate
his sum through gifts for
the $100-per-couple dinner
on Jan. 6.
Mr. Brody stated in an-
nouncing the gift that he
has always been interested
in sponsoring projects
which will give opportuni-
ties for technical training to
Jewish youths.
"The opportunities that
were denied to many of us
should be given to those in
our time who are building a
better life — in Palestine
especially, and I am glad to
be able to do my bit for the
great Haifa Technical In-
stitute," he said.
MR. SAMUEL BRODY
MRS. SAMUEL BRODY
Reservations for the dinner are being accepted by
Louis Gelfand. chairman, 17581 Steel, UN. 1-0201;
Benjamin Wilk, treasurer, 14200 Cloverdale, or from
any other members of the committee.
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