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Irving W. Schlussel Named
President of JNF Council

Prominent Zionist Leader, Head of Mizrachi, Elected to
Succeed William Hordes; Jewish National Fund
Income Increased Five-Fold in Five Years

Irving W. Schlussel, prominent Mrs. Evelyn Twersky, Charlie
leader in Detroit Zionist and re- Wolok, Boris Wise, Harold B.
ligious activities, was elected Weisman, Thelma Zak.
Mr. Schlussel, a former vice-
president of the JNF Council,
for a number of years directed
the synagogue JNF collections.
He is president of Detroit Miz-
rachi and is recognized national-
ly as one of the outstanding
leaders in the orthodox Zionist
" movement. He is a profound
Hebrew scholar and Talmudist.
During Mr. Hordes' five years
of service to the JNF, income
for Palestine land redemption in
Detroit increased five-fold.
In his installation address at
the annual meeting, Mr. Hordes
reviewed the local activities for
JNF and appealed for increased
activities to be conducted by all
Zionists without regard to party
differences.
The annual JNF meeting was
addressed by Mark King, former
field worker for the Zionist Fed-

IRVING W. SCHLUSSEL
president of the Jewish National
Fund Council of Detroit.
William Hordes, who retires
as president after serving for
five years, was elected chairman
of the board of the JNF Council.
Other officers elected at the
annual meeting, at the office of
the Council, 11608 Dexter, on
June 24, are:
Vice-presidents, Nathan Lin-
den, Michael Michlin, Harry
Schumer and Nathan Spevakow;
treasurer, Alexander Schreier;
financial secretary, William Fitz-
erman; secretary, Evelyn Osh-
man.
Members of the board of di-
rectors are: Mrs. Philip Cutler,
Miss Rose Chesluk, Mrs. I.
Dworman, Walter Field, Mrs.
Florence Friedman, Mrs. M.
Goldoftas, Mrs. ' Philip Gilbert,
Mrs. S. N. Heyman, Leon B. Kay,
Miss Essie Kaplan, Benjamin
Laikin, Mrs. Laikin, I. A. Law-
ton, A. J. Lachover, Mrs. M.
Michlin, Miss Betty Morrison,
Nathan Shur, Sidney Shevitz,
Mrs. P': - Slomovitz, Mrs. Etnma
Schreier, Jacob Schreier,' Mrs. I.
Shevin, Mrs. Regina Stander,

IZFA Parley Names
Officers, Sets Goat
Of 10,000 Members

.Joe Yanich, of the Wayne Uni-
versity Chapter of the Inter-col-
legiate Zionist Federation of
America, was elected to the Cen-
tral Executive committee at the
national IZFA convention held
June 22-25 in Pittsburgh.
Over 250 delegates, represent-
ing students on 100 college cam-
puses, elected Yola Lee of Wes-
tern Reserve University, IZFA
president. Other new officers in-
clude Bernard Levinson, Harvard,
vice president; Nahmin Horwitz,
Western Reserve, secretary; Stan-
ley Goldman, Western Reserve,
treasurer, and executive commit-
tee members., Roy Abraham,
Queens College; Emanuel Feigin,
University of Chicago; Jerome
Reichstein, New York University;
Hillel Schwefel, University of
Missouri; Judith Tannenbaum,
Harvard; Nina Sachs, Western
Reserve, and Yanich.
The convention went on record
as denouncing the "undisciplined
acts of terror in Palestine and
the flagrant violations of justice
manifested liy the British gov-
ernment."
A membership goal of 10,000
was set for the 2947-48 school
year.

Launch Hospital Campaign
For Palestine's Negev
NEW YORK, (JTA)—A cam-
paign to raise $50,000 for the con-
struction of a Red Mogen David
hospital in the Negev, Palestine's
southern desert region, was
launched here at a conference of
the Jewish Labor Committee and
the Workmen's Circle.

WILLIAM HORDES
eration of England, who arrived
here from London a short time
ago; and B. Rubenstein, national
representative of the JNF labor
department. Mr. King described
the methods of box collecting for
JNF iri England and told of the
progress of Zionism in the British
Isles.

Congress Completes
Campaign, for Books

From May 15 to June 30, De-
troiters contributed 115 cases of
books which have already been
sent to New York, to be for-
warded immediately to Displac-
ed Persons camps and Jewish
community schools in Europe.
This project of all groups of
the American Jewish Congress
was conducted under the chair-
manship of Eugene Franzblau,
assisted by Mrs. Samuel Lichten-
stein, Mrs. Bernard Silverstein,
Mrs. Murray Altman, Mrs. Harry
Kaminer, I. Bagon, Morris Miller
and Harry Kaminer of the De-
troit Section; Mrs. Norman Slo-
bin and Mrs. Louis Redstone, of
the Women's Division of the
American Jewish Congress.

Judge Levin Addresses
Levin Post Installation

Lt. Eli Levin Post 230, Jewish
War Veterans, announces, the
election of the following officers:
Commander, Sol M. Hoberman;
vice commanders, Marvin Kolb
and Harry E. Mayers; judge ad-
vocate, Jack J. Kraizman; quar-
termaster, Samuel Sinkoff; chap-
lain, Samuel Jacoby; historian,
Philip Cantor; adjutant, Morris
Berin; trustee, Sidney L. Max.
The officers will be installed
by the newly-elected Department
Commander Maurice Bordelove
at JWV headquarters, 8212 12th
St., Sunday, July 13, 8:30 p. m.
The speaker of the evening will
be Judge Theodore Levin of
the U. S. District Court. Re-
freshments will be served.

Community Council
Not a Sponsor of
`Year Book' Project

The Jewish Community
Council this week made the
following statement:
"The Jewish Community
Council has received notice
that solicitation is being made
by mail and telephone for paid
advertisements and notices in
a 'Jewish Year Book'. Those
who are approached are ad-
vised that the Council is not
the sponsor of the publication
and, so far as we know, no
other official Jewish agency is
associated with the book. The
publication appears to be a
private venture for monetary
profit."

Community Leaders
Address Graduation

Two United Hebrew Schools
junior high school classes were
graduated June 25, at the Rose
Sittig Cohen Building, at exer-
cises in which the following
participated:

Maurice H. Zackheim, chairman of
the Board of Education; Rabbi Eliez-
er Levine, father of two of the
graduates;
A. J. Lachover, Morris
Lachover, principals of the David
W. Simons and Philadelphia-Byron
schools; Bernard Isaacs, superintend-
ent of the schools: David Einenberg,
one of the graduates, chairman; Abe
Kasle, president of the schools; Fred
M. Butzel, chairman of the execu-
tive committee of the Jewish Wel-
fare Federation; Isidore Sobeloff. ex-
ecutive director of the Jewish Wel-
fare Federation; Mrs. Florence Moss
Rosman, president of the Woman's
Auxiliary of the schools, and Joseph
Haggai, Instructor of the David W.
Simons graduating class.

A feature of the program was
the biblical playlet "Ruth," writ-
ten by Mr. Isaacs, presented in
Hebrew by Sarah Selesny,
Jacqueline Levine and Jean
Baschin. The play was inter-
preted in English by Alexander
Singer.
There were readings and recit-
ations by the following gradu-
ates: Israel Kroll, Charles Wru-
bel, Hiram Zeldis, Marvin Speva-
kow, Isaac Levi, Leah Michlin,
Herbert Mandel, Bernard Ham-
mer, Itta Levine, Gerald Et-
tinger and Aaron Scheier.
The school chorus was - con-
ducted by Leon Gura.
The program was followed by
a reception. tendered the gradu-
ates and their friends - by the
Woman's Auxiliary.

Name Committee Heads
Of Northwest Sisterhood

At a board meeting of the Sis-
terhood of the Northwest He-
brew Congregation and Center,
held at the home of Mrs. M.
Galsky, Mrs. Joseph Markel,
president, announced the ap-
pointment of the following com-
mittee chairmen for the new
season:

Sunday School, Mrs. Herbert Har-
ris; membership. Mrs. Alfred Helf-
gott and Mrs. Meyer Rubin; social,
Mrs. Michael Galsky; program, Mrs.
Philip Hellman and Mrs. Alexander
Moss; by-laws revisions, Mrs. Edward
Lutz: Friday night social. Mrs. Harry
Festenstein and Mrs. Manny Lax;
Torah scholarship, Mrs. Max H. Gold-
smith; Girl Scouts. Mrs. Max Llttky:
budget, Mrs. Alex Brooks; choral
group, Mrs. Jack Jackman ; tickets,
Mrs. Charles Charlip and Mrs. Mitch-
ell Schram; dramatics, Mrs. Ira Kauf-
man; post-war services, Mrs. Joe Gor-
don: remembrance fund, Mrs. Allan
Waller; telephone squad, Mrs. David
Dunsky and Mrs. Zangwell Garber;
book and gift shop, Mrs. Abe Sachs
and Mrs. Joe Bortman; alter fund.
Mrs. Harry Nachman; Red Cross, Mrs.
David Taylor; war efforts. Mrs. Rose
Singer: ritual. Mrs. Benjamin Brod-
man; Oneg Shabot, Mrs. Morris No-
sanchuk and Mrs. Sol Mannheimer;
mimeographing and printing, Mrs. Da-
vid Samelson; legislation. Mrs. George
Liss; Young Peoples Society. Mrs.
Jacob Levine and Mrs. Norman Cot-
tier: Junior Congregation, Mrs. Jo-
seph Loomus and Mrs. Samuel Dun-
sky; bulletin, Mrs. Barney Golden;
delegate to Jewish National Fund,
Mrs. Albert Potiker; delegate to Jew-
ish Community Council. Mrs. Joseph
Mehr: house, Mrs. Alexander Moss
and Mrs. David Tchor: conservation.
Mrs. Sam Horowitz; sunshine, Mrs.
Julius Cohen. and publicity and his-
torian, Mrs. Max N. Haidy.

Appointed to the board were
Mesdames Adolph Lichter, Mo-
rey Uller and Edward Eason.

Mothers' Clubs Calendar
Tuesday, July 8, 9:30 a. m., a
bus trip to Mothers' Camp at
Chelsea. Make cash reservations
wtih your president.
Tuesday, July 15, 10 a. m. or
2 p. m.—Second summer trip, a
boat ride to Bob-Lo.

Friday. July 4. =1947

Watson, President of IBM,
Heads Christian (JJA Group

Charles T. Fisher, Jr., President of National Bank of Detroit,

Is a Member of Committee to Provide Relief,
Rehabilitation for Jewish Survivors

Thomas. J. Watson, president of International Business
Machines Corp., former president of the International Cham-
ber of Commerce, accepted the chairmanship of the National
Christian Committee for the United Jewish Appeal to help
provide for the relief, rehabilitation and resettlement of
Europe's 1,500,000 Jewish survivors of Hitlerism.

Mr. Watson announced his ac- t
ceptance at a meeting in his of- ! Mess, religion, education, science.
:ice with Henry and art. It is the first occasion in
Vforgenthau, Jr., ' the history of the United Jewish •
I e n e ral chair- Appeal that a national organiza-
nan of the Uni- i tion of Christians has been
.ed Jewish Ap- , formed to support its campaign
peal's $170,000,-Ifor aid to the Jewish survivors
000 nationwide :of war and persecution overseas.
Irive, on behalf • C. T. Fisher on Committee
)f the Joint Dis- f In extending his invitation to
ribution Corn- iMr. Watson to serve as chairman
nittee, U n i ted! of the National Christian Corn-
T. J.• Watson Palestine Appeal: mittee, Mr. Morgenthau declared - .
and United Service fol . New I that the noted business leader
Americans. Members of the pres.1; "epitomized t h e humanitarian •
were present as the prominent ; spirit of America" and that- his '
American business leader de- ' acceptance would give encour-
clared that the "resettlement of ! agement to the people who are
the homeless Jews of Europe is a aided by the U J Appeal.
paramount problem that is closely' The former Secretary of the
related to the well-being of all Treasury added that the National
men."
Christian Committee for the
In his letter of acceptance United Jewish Appeal "bears wit-
Mr. Watson said that "proper ness to the spirit of American
adjustments should be made in unity and neighborliness in meet-
our immigrant quota in keep- ing a human problem that must
ing with America's unique evoke the sympathy of all free-
record of hospitality to the dom-loving men, regardless of
downtrodden and persecuted of race or creed."
other lands."
The committee's membership
The membership of the Nation- ilist includes Charles T. Fisher,
al Christian Committee headed by ! Jr., of Detroit, president and di-
Mr. Watson consists of 120 fore- ! rector of the National Bank of
most leaders in government, bus- i Detroit.
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UHS Scholarships
Honor Memory of
Late Si Shetzer

Implementing the unanimous
decision of the United Hebrew
Schools, at the annual meeting
last week, several scholarships
were established this week as a
tribute to the memory of Simon
Shetzer.
These scholarships will pro-
vide for the Jewish education of
children whose parents are un-
able to pay their tuition.
Among those who have made
gifts to make these scholarships
possible are: Abe Kasle, presi-
dent of the schools; Harry Cohen,
chairman of the scholarship
committee; Maurice H. Zack-
heim, Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich,
Louis Berry, Joseph Cohen, Ju-
lius Berman and Philip Slomo-
vitz.

The United Hebrew
Schools of Detroit

Gratefully Acknowledge
the Receipt of

a scholarship from the Women's
Auxiliary of the Schools in mem-
ory of Simon Shetzer.
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one scholarship from Mr. and
Mrs. Jos. Modell of Collingwood
Ave. on the occasion of their
36th wedding anniversary.
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gifts to the Scholarship Fund
from Mr. and Mrs. Philip Slomo-
vitz on the occasion of the con-
secration of Judith B. Heyman,
Selma Beverly Berry, Judith
Marya Feinberg, Vivienne Ruth
Black, Ilene Marcia Purdy and
Davida Robinson.

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