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Page Seventeen

THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, May 16, 1947

"Auxiliary Hears Milan to Direct
Dr. Glueck, Emifient Arcbaeoiogist, JNF Flower Sale - UHS
Rabbi Segal May 28
Center Day Camp
Named Hebntw Union College Head Saturday Night,
The Woman's Auxiliary of the
United Hebrew Schools will hold
CINCINNATI, 0.—Dr. Nelson 1923. He spent four years in All-Day Sunday
Mrs. Charles Lakoff, chairman
their annual meeting and elec-

Glueck, internationally renown- Germany, at the Universities of
ed archaeologist, educator and Berlin, Heidelberg and Jena, and
t his doc orate of philo-
author, was elected president of received
the Hebrew Union College, sophy at the latter in 1926. - _
America's oldest Jewish semin-
Dr. Glueck was the first per-
ary, by the institution's board of son to hold the Hebrew Union
governors, effective July 1 of this College's Henry S. Morgerlthau
year. , •
Travelling Fellowship, an fonor
He succeeds Dr. Julian Morgen- conferred for distinguished schol-
stern, who requested several
months ago that he be granted re-
tirement after having served as
president since 1921. Dr. Mor-
genstern will continue to serve
the College as professor of Bible
and will devote much of his time
to writing and research.
Dr. Hiram B. Weiss, Cincinnati,
chairman of the board of gover-'
nors, announced Dr. Glueck's elec-
tion.
Dr. Glueck has been a member
since 1928 of the faculty of his
alma mater, to whose presidency
he now is being called.
Noted Explorer
During 1932-33, 1936-40 and
1942-47 he served as the director
of the American School of Orien-
SON GLUECK
tal Research at Jerusalem and
arship
and
established
by the late
from 1942-47 as the field director
of the American School of Orien- Henry S. Morgenthau Sr.
Dr. Glueck joined the Hebrew
tal Research at Bagdad. In 1933-34
he held the post of annual pro- Union College/faculty in 1928 and
he has been professor of Bible
fessor at Bagdad.
Dr. Glueck's explorations and and Biblical archaeology there
excavations are described as hav- since 1936.
ing revolutionized the knowledge
Dr. and Mrs. Glueck have a
of Eastern Palestine in antiquity. son, Charles Jonathan, 8 years
He completed the uncovering of old, who was born in Jerusalem.
1,000 Biblical cities in the Trans-
jordan area. Some of the historic
excavations achieved under his +
direction include those of Ezion- J 'sed ge Levin Greets
geber (Solomon's port on the Red
ew U.S. Citizens at
Sea) and of the Nabatean Temple I
of Khirbet Tanner in Trans-
jordan. He also discoved Solo-
mon's copper mines in the Wadi
Judge Theodore Levin, United
Arabah, south of the Dead Sea.
States District Court, will be
Prolific Writer
Dr. Glueck's completion of the principal speaker at a mass
archaeological exploration of the f meeting for new citizens in the
Transjordan marks the first time eighth annual "Welcome to New
in history in which an entire Citizens" at 7:30 p. rn. Sunday,
land has been archaeologically May 18, at the Detroit Institute
studied, square mile for square of Art
Other speakers will be Elaine
mile, using the modern technique
Ruddon, Marygrove College, rep-
of pottery identification.
His scientific labor has inspired resenting women citizens; Wil-
literary prolific works. His books liam D. _ Gilbride, University of
include "Explorations in Eastern ,Detroit, representing new 21-
Palestine" (volumes 1, 2 and 3, .Year-old citizens, and Mrs. C. W.
with volume 4 in process of corn-lAshworth, war bride from Aus-
pletion); "The Other Side of the { tralia+ representing naturalized
Jordan" and "The River Jordan." citizens.
Cards, prepared by Jay J.
Ordained in 1923 by HUC
He was ordained as a rabbi at Sherman, professor of govern-
the Hebrew Union College in ment, Wayne University in-
structing new citizens on the pro-
cedure in voting will be distrib-
uted.
Music will be furnished by the
Wayne University band and the
Wayne University chorus. The
Rev. A. H. Potker, University of
House of Ressler Art Galleries, Detroit, will preside.
Fred M. Butzel is chairman of
located at 760 Cass Ave., in the
Free Press Bldg., announce an the committee on arrangements.
The meeting is sponsored by
local posts of the American Le-
gion, Jewish War Veterans, Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars, U. S. Im-
migration and Naturalization
Service, Jewish Community Coun-
cil, Detroit Section, National
Council of Jewish Women, Wayne
University, University of Detroit,
Detroit Board of Education and
the Nationality Department of
the Council of Social Agencies, a
Red Feather service of the Com-
rnunit
y Ch
es t.
PAINTING BY RESSLER
exhibition of oil paintings of the
late Isadore Ressler ,and Myron
Barlow, to open this Saturday;
from 10 to 5.
Hostesses for the exhibition in-
clude Mesdames Gerald M. Cham-
berlin, H. Murray Northrup,
Peter A. Miller, Don T. Hastings,
Harry H. Fruehauf and the
Misses Deiphine Finn and Eileen
M. Hertz.
The United Hebrew
The late Mr. Ressler won the
Schools of Detroit
esteem of many Detroiters. A
former artist on Canadian news-
Gratefully Acknowledge
papers, he was active in the
the Receipt of
artists' colony in Detroit for more
than a quarter of a century. His a generous gift to the Scholar-
works were on exhibit throughout ship Fund from Mr. and Mrs.
the world, and he won prizes for Oshie I. Baker and Mr. and Mrs.
his creative efforts in this country Abe Kahn in honor of their
mother, Mrs. Louis Schlussel, on
and broad.
The late Mr. Barlow, who was the occasion of Mother's Day.
• • •
born in Ionia, Mich., in 1873, was
known worldwide. Among his a contribution towards the Schol-
suitable works is the series of arship Fund from Mr. and Mrs.
four murals done for Temple Samuel Fredenthal in honor of
Beth El, representing phases of the Bar Mitzvah of Gordon Low-
ell Kane.
Jewish history.

N

= Program

Sunday

The annual Jewish National
Fund Flower Days will be held
Saturday evening and all day
Sunday, May 18, and Detroiters
are urged to respond liberally.

Volunteers are requested to con-
tact headquarters at Tuxedo-Hol-
mur Hebrew school on Saturday
evening and at the JNF office,
11608 Dexter, on Sunday.
All Zionist youth groups are
participating on the drive, which
opened on May 15.
Organization chairmen for the
collection include Aaron Schreier,
Habonim; Eli Segall,. Hashomer
Hatzair; Joe Yanich, Wayne
IZFA; John Hofman, Ann Arbor
IZFA; Essie Kaplan, Junior Ha-
dassah; Bernard Altshuler, LZOA
No. Five.
Others are Joseph Heit, Masa-
da; Estelle Bakst, Little Women
of Hadassah; Shulamith Michlin,
Sharona Group, PWO: Bill Fitzer-
man, Chapter One, ZOA; United
Hebrew Schools, and Mr. Lawton
of the Carmel Hebrew School.

Kvutzah Ivrith Members
Hear Rabbi Wohlgelernter

Guest speaker at the Kvutzah
Ivrith meeting at 9 p. m. Satur n
day evening, May 17, at the Rose
Sittig Cohen Bldg., will be Rabbi
Max Wohlgelernter, who will
speak on "The Internal Life of
Eretz Yisroel."
All members of Kvutzah Iv-
rith and their friends are invited.
There is no admission charge.
President of the . Kvutzah is Jo-
seph Katz.

of junior activities committee of
tion of officers at 12:30 p. m.
Wednesday, May 28, in the audi- the Jewish Center, announces the
torium of the Rose Sittig Cohen appointment of Samuel Milan as
Bldg.
director of Camp Habonim, the
The guest speaker will be Rab- Center's Summer Day Camp at
bi Jacob Segal of the Northwest the main building.
Hebrew Congregation. The meet-
Milan has served previously as
ing will open with a luncheon-
ette. Reports of all committees head counselor and associate head
counselor of Camp Habonim for
will be submitted.,
Mrs. Florence Moss Rosman is the past two years. He holds de-
president of the Auxiliary.
grees of B.A. , and 41.A. from
Wayne University, and of L.L.B.
Mirer Yeshivah Student from the University of Detroit. A
Comes to Beth Yehudah teacher in Detroit for more than
a decade, he is well known to
Yeshivath Beth 'Yeduhah an- Jewish youth. He is teaching at
nounces the addition to its faculty present at Central High School.
of one of the 300 students of the
Registrations wil be opened
Mirer Yeshivah who recently ar- soon for the 1947 season. The
rived in this country.
Day Camp will serve children 6
He will serve as instructor in to I4..The season will be divided
into four two-week periods, from
Talmud. .
The Mirer Yeshivah students June 30 to Aug. 22.
lived through five years of war
Further information and a
in Shanghai, after fleeing Mir and brochure describing the camp
Wilno before the Nazis. They may be secured by calling MA.
came to- the United States through 8400.
the efforts of Henry J. Morgen-
thau Jr., Mayor O'Dwyer of New
York, and leading rabbinical Rosenwald Post Seeks
authorities.
Poppy Sale Volunteers

Ritter Greets Guests
At Bel-Aire Opening

William Ritter, well - known
caterer of the Park Ave. Pent-
house, was host to 1,100 well-
wishers last Saturday c - ening, at
the opening of his new enterprise.
the Bel-Aire Catering, at 8231
Woodward, at Seward.
This new Kosher catering es-
tablishment is air-conditioned. and
can accommodate from 50 to 500
persons.
Mickey Woolf and his orchestra
furnished entertainment for the
opening.

Final preparations are being
formulated by the Julius Rosen-
wald Post of the American Le-
gion, and its Ladies Auxiliary,
for the annual poppy day sale
Thursday, May 22.
The poppies are made by hos-
pitalized veterans and proceeds
from the sale are used for re-
habilitation of these men.
Volunteers to aid in selling
poppies are urged to apply at
poppy headquarters, in the elec-
tion booth at Lawrence and Dex-
ter. The booth will be open eve-
nings and Sundays until May 23.

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