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 34 •le0. 22 Page 20 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. .