Friday, January 10, r947

THE JEWISH NEWS

Page Sixteen

Lawyer Attains National Prominence

A. J. Levin, 50 Today, Pioneers
In Jurisprudence Research

Six UHS Scholarships
Honor Louis Schlussels

New BBYO Head
To Visit Detroit

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schlussel
Rabbi Amram Prero, newly-
of Chicago Blvd. celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary Jan. 5, appointed -national director of the
boys' division of Bnai Brith, will
A Detroiter's pioneering work in the field of anthro- at Cong. Shaarey Zedek.
pological and psychodynamic evaluation of jurisprudence,
Harry Cohen, chairman of the visit Detroit Bnai Brith groups
particularly in relation to constitutional law, recently was Scholarship Fund Committee of Jan.. 21 and 22, as part of his
revealed as a result of country wide references to his special-
United Hebrew Schools, extended tour to become ac-
ized work in various law journals and in a decision of the the
greeted Mr. and Mrs. Schlussel quainted with the organization.
United States Supreme Court delivered by Mr. Justice Felix and presented Rabbi Morris Ad-
He will address a combined
Frankfurter.
ler, toastmaster, who presented meeting of the Greater Detroit
Working in this specialized
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schlussel
Bnai Brith Men's and Women's
field in the privacy of his study,
with a beautifully framed scho-
without fanfare, making it a
larship certificate in recognition Councils Wednesday e v e n i n g,
labor of love and as a contribu-
of the generous gift of their chil- Jan. 22, and an all Bnai Brith
tion to his chosen profession,
dren to the United Hebrew Youth Rally at the Jewish Com-
Abraham J. Levin has had his
munity Center at 8:30 p. xn. Tues-
Schools.
work published in several in-
The schools are in receipt of day, Jan. 21.
stallments in the Michigan Law
Rabbi Prero comes to BBYO
six scholarships in honor of Mr.
Review. References to his arti-
and Mrs. Schlussel from their from Winnipeg, where he was
cles, which are due for publica-
children, Mr. and Mrs. Mark director of the Hillel Foundation
tion in book form, have appear-
Barris, Mr. and Mrs. Oshie Ba- at the University of Manitoba
ed in law journals not only in
ker, Mr. and Mrs. Edward and director of youth work for
this country but also in La Vey
Schlussel, Mr. and Mrs. Abraham the Canadian Jewish Congress.
(The Law), published in Buenos
Kahn and Mc. and Mrs. Yale He was previously Hillel director
Aires, Argentina.
at the University of Florida.
Weinstein.
Mr. Levin, who observes his
50th birthday today, bases his
widely-heralded studies on his
evaluations of the life and legal
opinions of Mr. Justice William
BEAUTIFUL
Johnson, who served on_ the
NEWLY DECORATED
Supreme Court Bench together
with the famous Chief Justice
WITH
A. J. LEV1N
John Marshall.
Large Modern Kitcben Facilities Available
This significant study is ex-
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tremely revolutionary. It chal- Butzel as law clerk in 1919 and
lenges the Supreme Court on became a partner in 1925. Dur-
many issues and it contends that ing this period the firm grew
Mr. Justice Johnson was the first into one of the outstanding in the
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ing antedated Mr. Justice Holmes states.
Before making future plans
in his great role by 100 years.
and moving back to his farm in
Outlines Law Cycle
Mr. Levin contends that Jus- Franklin, Mich., Mr. Levin plans
tices Holmes and Johnson form to take a short rest.
two ends of a single cycle in the
His brother, Isidore Levin, is a
development of American juris- member of the firm of Butzel,
prudence. The Detroit author's Levin & Winston. Another broth-
emphasis is on the individual er, Prof. Samuel M. Levin, is
sources of legal enactment by head of the department of eco-
law or statute. He approaches nomics at Wayne University.
his subject from dynamic func-
tional and social viewpoints.
The important Survey of
American Law, published by the
New York University, in the
1944 and 1945 volumes, places
emphasis on the importance of
these articles, and a prominent
member of the faculty of the
University of Michigan said of
them that "these articles on Jus-
tice Johnson are among the most
importan.1.,...i.a.teresting and schol-
arly of articles printed during
the last several years."
Rates Federal Praise
Federal judges, among them
Judge Charles C. Simons, have
praised the articles as most sig-
nificant in their field.
Mr. Levin, interestingly enough,
also is an inventor. He is inter-
ested in the science of navigation
and flotation and holds a patent
for a ship to coordinate land and
sea travel. He may have inherit-
ed his inventorial skill from his
father, the late Rabbi Judah L.
Levin. His father's invention—
-tone of the first combined adding
and subtracting machines — now
is in the Smithsonian Institute in
the exhibit of the adding and
• Prepared
calculating division.
with typical Heinz care, Heinz
Born in New Haven, Conn.,
Strained Peas are packed
Jan. 10, 1897, Mr. Levin was
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within hours of harvesting to
brought to Detroit by his parents
retain in high degree the orig-
when his father was called to
inal nutritive qualities of fresh
the rabbinic post here at the
peas.
Shaarey Zedek and other syna-
gogues. He studied in the Bishop,
Washington Normal and Cass
High Schools and attended the
College of the City of New York
for a half year. He received his
literary and law degrees from
the University of Michigan in
1916 and 1919.
Agency Board Member
For 15 years, he served on
boards
of Jewish Welfare Fed-
.
eration Agencies, was one of the
organizers of the Jewish Child
Placement Bureau and its pres-
ident for five years.
He was married in 1925 to the
former Carolyn Wolfstein of Cin-
cinnati. They reside at 18662
Muirland and have five children:
"COSZEIMPir
Nancy B., 19, a sculptress, a
junior at Bard College, Annon-
dale on the Hudson, N. Y.; Jud-
son L., 16, a Central High School
student; Jeremy I., 14, a student
THE U SEAL MEANS "KOSHER"
at Highland Park High School,
and Franklin, 2.
Look for the 0 seal of *adorn-
ment of the UNION Of ORTHO-
Leaves Law Firm
DOX JEWISH CONGREGATIONS
Mr. Levin has announced that
OF AMERICA ow the labels of IS
es of Jan. 1 he has severed his
of the NEtta STRAINED FOODS
connections with the law firm of
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Butzel, Levin, & Winston. He
(Ur Aster babies).
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of
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The 142nd Psalm for mixed
voices and orchestra, by Julius
Chajes, director of music at the
Jewish Community Center, will
be performed by the Columbus
Philharmonic orchestra and the
Ohio State University chorus, un-
der the direction of Izler Solo-
mon, on Saturday, Jan. 11.

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