Hadassah Members to Hear
Correspondent Ruth Gruber

Noted Writer to Bring First-Hand Observations of Palestine
to Women Zionists at Opening Luncheon of $ I 00,000
Honor Roll Drive Oct. I at Book-Cadillac

Detroit women who have eagerly purchased copies of
the New York Herald-Tribune and New York Post to read
Ruth Gruber's reports from Palestine and Europe, will have,
the opportunity to hear Miss Gruber's first-hand observations
when she addresses the opening luncheon of the 1947 Hadas
sah Honor Roll at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, in the Grand

Ballroom of the Book-Cadillac
Hotel.
the Middle East. Until a few
Miss Gruber, who is a doctor weeks ago, she reported daily
of philosophy, is a free-lance re- from Palestine for the Herald-
Tribune.
A versatile writer, Miss Gru-
ber's book on the Soviet Artie
and Alaska was of sufficient so-
cial and economic importance to
be noted by the State Department
and is now being translated for
issue in France and Norway. Her
recent activities include an article
on Alaska in "Mademoiselle," an
address to the New York Herald-
Tribune Forum and work on a
novel.
The luncheon will mark the
formal opening • of Detroit Ha-
dassah's drive for $100,000 to sup-
port Hadassah's health and wel-
fare program in Palestine.
Mrs. Harry L. Jones will pre-
side at a limited business meet-
ing, preceding Miss Gruber's talk.
Mrs. Robert J. Newman will call
for current Honor Roll reports.
Mrs. Julian Zemon will brief the
large results of the pre-campaign,
special gifts drive.
Mrs. Joseph G. Fenton, chair-
RUTH GRUBER
porter and author who is best • man of general solicitation, will
introduce her co-workers.
known as a foreign correspond-
Mrs. Thomas Marwill, chair-
ent. For the New York Post, she man of luncheon arrangements,
accompanied the Anglo-Ameri- announces that reservations for
can Committee of Inquiry the luncheon must be made by
through the DP Camps, over phoning the Hadassah office, TY.
some 25,000 miles in Europe and 8-8216, before Sept. 29.

JNF Features New Film
On Eretz at Rally Tuesday

"Behind the Blockade" a new color film on the "epic of
building while fighting" in Palestine, will have its Detroit
premiere at a rally of Jewish National Fund workers and
contributors at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the Jewish
Community Center.
On this occasion, Detroit's new JNF director, Arthur

Shutkin, will be introduced to
the public, William Hordes, chair- force of the Haganah, featuring
Richard Tucker, metropolitan
man of the JNF Council Execu-
opera tenor, as soloist, and a
tive, announced.
Irving W. Schlussel, chairman
of the JNF Council, will preside
at the rally. Mrs. Aaron Fried-
man, JNF box collection chair-
man, and Shutkin will speak
briefly.
The new film depicts the story
of Jewish achievements in Pales-
tine, despite the British naval
blockade and army barbed-wire.
John Carradine, noted American
stage and screen star, narrates
the 30-minute feature.
The narrative is enlivened by
, the Song of the Ma'apilim (visa-
less immigrants) and the March
of the Palm ach, the strikin

Deadline Note

On account of Sukkoth, spe-
cial deadlines will be enforced
for the issues of Oct. :1 and
Oct. 10.
All copy and photographs
must be at the Jewish News
office, 2114 Penobscot Bldg.,
by 12 noon Friday, Sept. 26,
for publication Oct. 3, and by
12 noon Friday, Oct. 3, for
publication Oct. 10.

MRS. • AARON FRIEDMAN

chorus under the direction of
Max Hellman.
There will be no solicitation of
funds at the rally, Hordes em-
phasized. Admission is free and
the public is invited to attend.

THKTee .Y.WISH NEWS

of Jewish Events

VOLUME XI I—NO. 2

Friday, September 26, 1947

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Jewish Welfare Federation Women to Hear
Rabbi Adler at Harvest Festival Luncheon Oct. 8

Reservations are rapidly coming for the Community
Harvest Festival luncheon and annual meeting of the up the full complement of the'
Women's Division of the Jewish Welfare Federation to be Board of Directors of the Women's
held in the Wayne Room of Hotel Staler at 12 noon Wed- Division: Mesdames Samuel S.
Aaron, Herman August, Harry
nesday, Oct. 8.
"Our Harvest," a dramatic poem written for this occasion Becker, L' Irving Bittker, Hyman

by Mrs. Harry Landsman, will be
presented by the author, assisted
by Mrs. Abraham Cooper and Mrs.
Royal Maas.
Rabbi Morris Adler of Congre-
gation Shaarey Zedek, who has
distinguished himself as a Com-
munity Chest speaker and who
serves as a member of the Board
of Governors of the Jewish Wel-
fare Federation, will be the
speaker of the afternoon. He will
evaluate the harvest that comes
from Jewish participation in
Community Chest.
A business meeting will precede
the program. Among items to be
considered are constitutional
amendments which provide for
enlarging the Board of Directors
from 42 to 48 elected directors;
the election of the executive corn-
mittee by the Board of Directors;
the filling of vacancies in the
offices that occur during the year
by the board; and nominations
from the floor following the re-
port of the committee on nomi-
nations.
The committee on nominations
which is composed of Mesdames
Sidney J. Allen, Nornian Adil-
man, Douglas I. Brown, Perry P.
Burnstine, John C. Hopp, Charles
Rubiner, and Samuel LaBow will
present the following names for
election to the Board:
For a second term: Mesdames
Sidney J. Allen, Eugene J. Arn-
feld, Samuel B. Danto, Joseph
Falk, H. J. L. Frank, Isaac Gil-
bert, Arthur S. Gould, Theodore
Levin, Leonard T. Lewis, Nate S.
Shapero, and Henry Soss.
For a first term: Mesdames
Jack B. Behrman, Pearl Devenow,
Joseph G. Fenton, Sidney M. Kalt,
Samuel LaBow, Robert J. New-
man, Emil D. Rothman, Carl S.

mitted by the committee on nomi-
nations, the following would make
Schiller, and Ben L. Silberstein.
These together with the direc-
tors whose terms of office do not
expire would constitute the 48
elected member of the board. The
board is further augmented by all
women members of the Board of
Governors of the Jewish Welfare
Federation. In this category also
will be added the name of Mrs.
Joseph M. Welt, national presi-
dent of the Council of Jewish
Women and a former chairman
of the women's campaign.
In addition to the names sub-

Hebrew Courses at Wayne
Score 2 Years of Success

The Hebrew courses at Wayne
University, which were instituted
two years ago, have proved a suc-
cess. They are a service to the
community and offer students a
unique opportunity to acquire a
working knowledge of the He-
brew language. Three semesters
of study will satisfy the language
requirements of the university
for the A. B. degree. The classes
are conducted by Louis Panush.
The first course, two years ago,
was limited to 30 students. Twen-
ty-four of them continued with
Hebrew 2 and 11 with Hebrew
103. Hebrew 104, although sched-
uled by the university, was sub-
sequently canceled. The first
course was offered again in Sep-
tember, 1946, and is now being
offered in the afternoons for the
benefit of the matriculated stu-

Michigan Community Leaders
Urge Support of UJA Drive

FLINT — The present General
Assembly of the United Nations
nust take immediate action on the
recommendation of its Special
Committee on Palestine to permit
150,000 homeless European Jewish
refugees to enter Palestine with-
in the next two years, Julian Mel-
tzer, correspondent of the New
York Times in Palestine, told 300
Jewish community leaders gath-
ered here for the Michigan State
Conference of the $170,000,000
United Jewish Appeal.
In addition to this proposed
mass migration, Meltzer said, it
is also necessary to counteract
the sharp drop in the level of
intergovernmental assistance to
the destitute Jews in Europt. He
declared that the deportation to
Germany of the 4,500 Jews on
the Exodus was the "most severe
blow to the hopes of European
Jewry since the end of the Hitler
regime." Meltzer emphasized
that the $170,000,000 United Jew-
ish Appeal represents the only
major instrument for preventing
complete collapse of the morale
of the DPs.
Sidney Flatow, UNRRA offi-
cial, told the conference that a"
wave of "despair" was sweeping
every Jewish community in Eas-
tern and Southern Europe, and
that they face "disaster in the
coming winter months" unless
the United Jewish Appeal agen-
cies are expanded.
The Michigan State Confer-
ence preceded the formal launch-
ing of fall drives in Jewish com-
munities throughout the state in

C. Broder, Perry P. Burnstine,
Leo Butzel, Abraham Cooper,
Lewis B. Daniels, Joseph H. Ehr-
lict Fred A. Ginsburg, Samuel
Glogower, John C. Hopp, William
Isenberg, Harry L. Jones, Maurice
Klein, Herschel V. Kreger, Julian
H. Krolik, Daniel Krouse, Charles
Lakoff, Maurice A. Landau, Isa-
dore Levin, Alexander W. San-
ders, Nathan Schermer, Abraham
Srere, Henry E. Wagner, Leonard
'H. Weiner, Melville S. Welt,
Henry Wineman, Julian Zemon,
and Oscar Zemon.
Reservations for the luncheon
are being received by Mrs. Harry
L. Jackson, TE. 1-1600, line 53.

support of the United Jewish
Appeal campaign which, provides
the funds for the reconstruction
programs of the Joint Distribu-
tion Committee, the United Pal-
estine Appeal and the United
Service for New Americans.
The Conference which was at-
tended by delegates from the
principal Michigan communities
climaxed the observance of the
"Ten Days of Remembrance".
Delegates initiated plans for the
launching of community - wide
UJA campaigns..
Fred M. Butzel, who has mob-
ilized wide support throughout
Michigan for the United Jewish
Appeal, termed the 1947 cam-
paign "a challenge to the human-
itarian tradition of the 'American
people."
"The task of saving lives in
Europe, of building the Jewish
homeland in Palestine to care for
the survivors of the European
communities and to give a fresh
start to those who are reaching
the United States, is one which
men everywhere have hailed as
vital to the continuity of Jew-
ish life. But words can never
replace deeds. And it is for that
reason that fulfillment of the
$170,000,000 campaign is an ob-
ligation to which we must rise,"
he declared.
The
delegates unanimously
adopted a resolution urging every
member of the Jewish commun-
ities of Michigan to "summon
with renewed strength and con-
secrate all energy, devotion and
resources on behalf of the $170,-
000,000 United Jewish Appeal."

dents of the university. It is, of
course, open to non-students on
a non-credit basis.
The courses offered this term
are:
Hebrew I (Elementary He-
brew), Tuesdays and Thursdays,
4 to 6 p. m. Hebrew 103 (Inter-
mediate Hebrew), Mondays and
Wednesdays, 7 to 9 p. m. Classes
will meet at 446 Merrick. Both
courses will offer four-hour
credit.
Those who have had previous
Hebrew training may register
for the intermediate course upon
securing permission from the de-
partment and passing the requir-
ed qualifying exam.
In course 103, Rubenstein's
"Elements of Hebrew", Book 2,
will be used. In addition, out-
side reading will be required.
Conversational Hebrew will be
encouraged.
In Hebrew I, "Modern Her.irew,
A First Year Course in Reading,
Grammar and Conversation", by
H. Blumberg and M. H. Lewittes,
will be used.

Juniors Schedule
Mixer; Forums

Headed by Sylvia Collins and
Leonard Baruch, the membership
committee of the Junior Service
Group has set up plans for ex-
panded membership drive to be•
gin with the annual mixer on Oct.
12. at the Jewish Center.
The group which mushroomed
last year to about 800 members,
has swelled to more than 1,000
during the summer. Nearly 200
persons have been actively work-
ing on committees during the
past few months in preparing the
group program for the coming
season.
The membership committee
plans to contact the bulk of young
Jewish adults between the ages
of 18 and 30 in the community
to acquaint them with the aims
and intentions of the JSG, the
benefits offered, and available
facilities. Those assisting in the
planning are S. Joseph Fauman,
Carol F. Landau, Jack Menen-
berg, Corrine Perlis and Hermine
Stone.
The Juniors' program commit-
tee is completing arrangements
for a series of forums throughout
the fall and winter. The series
title has been announced by S.
Joseph Fauman, chairman, as
"There Are No Separate Preju-
dices."
Five monthly programs will
bring noted ,speakers to the plat-
form to discuss various phases of
the subject. A group discussion
lead by members of the JSG will
follow.

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