Page Eight

Friday, September 26, 1947

THE JEWISH NEWS

LIVES OF OUR TIMES

b,

DR. CHAIM WEIZMANN

WHEN A IP YEAR-01.0 BOY WROTE TO AN OW FRIED MD
EXPLAINED THAT AFTER SERKN1S CONSIDERATION,HE FELT
THAT • PALESTINE IS THE ONLY SOLUTION "... TO JEWRY'S
PROBLEMS, HE SUMMED UP BRIEFLY THE BASIC PRINCIPLE
THAT BECAME THE THEME OF
4111 LIFE'S WORK.
VHS IS THE STORY OF 'THE
BUILDER OF THE JEWISH
COMMONWEALTH"-

BORN IN RUSSIA IN 1874, SON OF
A LUMBER DEALER, WEIZMAN
WORKED HIS WAY THROUGH SCHOOL
DESPITE THE OBSTACLES PLACED IN
THE WAY OF EDUCATION-SEEKING -
JEWS.

IN 1904, AFTER NIS MARRIAGE TO VERA
KAZMAN, WE ACCEPTED A tosmow AT ME
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER IN ENGLAND
WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL 1916.
r

‘P

DURING THESE YEARS,HOWEVER,WEIZMA1411 WAS ACTIVE IN THE
ZIONIST CONGRESS AND DEVOTED MUCH OF HIS TIME TO JEWISH
INTERESTS. IT WAS IN RECOGNITION OF HIS DISCOVERY OF
SYNTHETIC ACETONE DURING THE WAR,TIIAT LORD BALFOUR
ISSUED HIS FAMOUS DECLARATION IN 1917, STATING BRITAIN'S
FAVORABLE ATTITUDE TOWARDS A JEWISH HOME IN PALESTINE.
•

Harry Yudkoff Heads
Pisgah Preparations
For 90th Anniversary

A *et\

•`i•

;KT

AFTER STUDYING AT FRE1BURa AND
BERLIN, WEIMAR'S FIRST POSITION
WAS IN GENEVA WHERE, IN THE
COURSE OF HIS CHEMISTRY
LECTURES, HE MET THE PRETTY
YOUNG GIRL WHO WAS TO BE
HIS WIFE.

sot. NODS,
RHODA B. SIMOOr

NORMAN and

The appointment of Harry
Yudkoff as chairman of the 90th
anniversary celebration of. Pisgah
Lodge of Bnai Brith, the second
oldest Jewish or-
anization in De-
troit, was an-
nounced this
week by Her-
man Eskin, Pis-
g a h's president.
Other annivers-
ary chairmen
a n d committee
heads are:
Harry Yudkoff,
general c h a i r-
Harry Yudkoff man; Samuel W.
Leib, Milton W. Weinstein and
Isadore Starr, co-chairmen; Al-
fred Bounin, secretary; Elias
Goldberg, chairman of the Souv-
enir Book; Jack Lawson, Herman
Zimmerman, co-chairmen; Ben-
jamin F. Goldman, editor of the
Souvenir Book; Morris Shatzen,
chairman of the banquet and en-
tertainment; Phil Levant, co-
chairman of the banquet and en-
tertainment; Phil Levant, co-
chairman; Harry Abramovitz,
chairman of the speakers pro-
gram; Julius Deutelbaum, co-
chairman; Louis Rosenzweig,
chairman of publicity; Rudy
Meyersohn, co-chairman, and
Max H. .,,Goldhoff, chairman of
ticket sales.

•

AT THAT TIME NE WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF
THE ADMIRALTY CHEMICAL LABORATORIES IN
LONDON AND ASSUMED THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF
HELPING ENGLAND WIN THE WAR TRROUGH CHEW

IN 1929, WEIZMANN BECAME
PRESIDENT OF THE NEWLY-FORMED
JEWISH AGENCY, AND ALTHOUGH HE
PROTESTED AGAINST THE ARAB
RIOTS AND THE SUBSEQUENT
BRITISH WHITE PAPERS, HE STILL
BELIEVED, AND DOES TODAY, IN
BRITAIN'S GOOD WILL .

DI 1946, AT THE WORLD ZIONIST CONGRESS AT
BASLE,WEIZMANN WAS NOT RE-ELECTED
PRESIDENT, BECAUSE A YOUNGER GROUP DID NOT
BELIEVE IN INS 'PASSIVE POLICY': HOWEVER,
THE "GRAND OLD MAW OF ZIONISM" RETAINS
STILL THE AURA OF A * PROPHET OF ZION"-
SINCERELY AND DEEPLY DEVOTED TO NIS
PEOPLE AND PALESTINE - -

At 7 y

-

DURING WORLD WAR II WEIZMAN* AGAIN
CONTRIBUTED SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
TO AID THE ALUES. DESPITE THE
BLOW OF THE LOSS OF NIS SON, AN
RAF PILOT, WEIZMANN WORKED
ON FERYENTLY,,IN AN EFFORT TO HAVE
ELESTINE ESTAISUSNED AS A JEWISH
STATE.

A YEAR LATER, AS PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD
ZIONIST ORGANIZATION, WEIZMANN LAID THE CORNER-
STONE OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY IN JERUSALEM,
AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY HE HAS NEVER FOR-
GOTTEN. FROM 1918 ON, NE ATTENDED PEACE
CONFERENCES WORKING FOR A MANDATED
PALESTINE.

Mrs. Epstein Sounds Hopeful
Note at Hadassah Dinner Here

Zionist Women's President Tells 700 Detroiters Attending
Opening of '47 Honor Roll Drive That Herzl's
Vision Is Coming True

-

Assurances by local leaders.that
Detroit's obligations to Palestine
will be met in full measure, and
an expression of confidence by
Hadassah's national president
that hopes for the establishment
of Jewish statehood will be real-
ized, marked the impressive din
ner Saturday night, at the Book
Cadillac Hotel, which marked the
opening of the 1947 Honor Roll
drive of Detroit Hadassah.
Mrs. Harry L. Jones, Detroit
Hadassah president, in her open-
ing remarks to the 700 men and
women who contributed $100 per
couple to attend this event, said
she was certain that the $100,000
quota for 1947 will be raised dur-
ing the coming weeks.
Mrs. Moses Epstein, national
Hadassah president, the princi-
pal speaker at the dinner, after
an interesting resume of Jewish
achievements in Palestine during
the 50 years since the founding
of the modern political Zionist
movement, outlined the Jewish
Position before the UN and de-
clared:
"While there are many obsta-
cles in the UNSCOP recommen-
dations, the most important thing
about it is the recognition of
Jewry's right to statehood by a
committee acting for the nations
of the World. It is the realization
of the vision of Herzl exactly 50
years ago."
Obstacles in Path
Mrs. Epstein pointed out that
the achievement of the hopes
contained in the UNSCOP report
will require a two-third vote by
the UN Assembly and will entail
much debate. She declared her-
self hopeful, however, that the
United States position will be
favorable to the Jews. She point-
ed to Marshall's statement as an
important straw in the wind. She
described the American record in
support of a Jewish Palestine as
encouraging and traditional and
as recognition of the great val-
ues that must accrue to the world
from the establishment of a pro-
gressive Jewish center in the
Middle East.
Hope was expressed by Mrs.
Epstein that those who stand for
decency in England will support
the Jewish position, but she em-
phasized that "in the last anal-
ysis the power that counts the
most in this issue is the Jewish
people. The outposts we have
built have assured the recogni-
tion of our position in western
Galilee and the Negev in the
UNSCOP recommendations."
American Jewry's Role
Posing the question "will
American Jewry stand by?", Mrs.

Epstein expressed 'confidence that
"there is no question about it."
"I am confident," she said, "that
American Jews will 'meet that
responsibility not only to help
those who need Palestine but also
for ourselves. I am confident that

DR-
COA I°
WEIZMAN

COPYRIGHT I f47 • JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY

you will give your wholehearted
help to the Yishuv."
The 11-man UN committee,
Mrs. Epstein said, discovered that
1. Jews are in Palestine to
stay, that they are a normal
people leading a normal exist-

said, outlining the numerous con-
tributions made by the women's
Zionist movement to improve the
health of Palestinians and the en-
tire Middle East.
Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich intro-
duced Mrs. Epstein and reviewed
the contributions to Palestine by
ence;
eminent Hadassah, leaders—the
2. Britain cannot stay in Pal-
late Henrietta Szold, Mrs. David
estine as mandatory power;
3. Palestine cannot be an deSola Pool, Mrs. Rose Jacobs
Arab state, the efforts to retain and Mrs. Epstein. Mrs. Leonard
the status quo having been ex- Weiner gave the opening prayer;
posed in their true light.
Mrs. Robert J. Newman is Hon-
The committee was strongly in- or Roll chairman, and Mrs. Sid-
fluenced by Hadassah's creative ney Allen was in charge of din-
efforts in Palestine, Mrs. Epstein ner arrangements.

CARD OF THANKS
The parents, sisters and broth-
ers of the late Dr. Jules Gold-
smith wish to thank relatives and
friends for the many kindnesses
shown them in their recent be-
reavement.

GMAR CHASIMO TOVO

/ 5 7 0 8 •//

Our siftcere best wishes that the hopes of you and your
loved ones for good health, happiness, and prosperity may
be realized in this year of 5708.

AETNA INDUSTRIES
6791 E. 8 Mile Rd.

ARTISTIC UPHOLSTERERS
7755 Grand River
TY., 6-7500

BANK OF COMMERCE
11300 Jos Campau

DEALERS WHOLESALE
SUPPLY •
12871 Eaton

DEL-THE THEATER
8935 Mack Avenue

ETSOL SYNTHETIC
PRODUCTS
3550 Russell
TE. 1-7230

EVANS & KEAYS
Certified Public Accountants
203 Dime Bank Bldg.
CA. 2148

FEALK SCRAP IRON CO.
14750 Wildemere

GARFIELD MOTOR SALES
I 1820 Woodward
TO. 9-6600

GENERAL ELECTRIC SIGN
COMPANY
7451 Grand River
RA. 4456

HARTWELL PHARMACY
13501 Puritan
VE. 5-2550

MICHIGAN CARTAGE &
STORAGE CO.
416 E. Woodbridge
RA. 2780

HIGH GRADE BAKERY
8835 12th
TY. 4-9040

HOBERMAN PAINT STORE
4525 Grand River
TE. 2-0975

KING FONG CAFE
11813 Dexter
NO. 9693

KLEAN LINEN SERVICE
3000 Joy Rd.
TY. 4-2300

MAX KAHN
4417 Second Blvd.

KAY MOTOR SALES
"A Good Car For Your
Money"
13800 Livernois
NO. 9659

ig47

THE MODERN
DELICATESSEN
8600 12th
MA. 9435

,

MERIT MOTOR SERVICE
11825 Dexter
TE. 4-1919

PLAYLAND TOY SHOP
15473 Livernois
UN. 4-1364

REGAL JEWELRY
10490 W. Jefferson

RICHARDSON & BOWMAN
5182 Grand River

RIDAL'S SERVICE STATION
104 E. Milwaukflee
TR. 2-9698

SABIN'S MENS' WEAR
2629 Woodward
CA. 7543

LEONARD'S SHOES
7340 W. McNichols
UN. 2-4716

STATE METAL CO.
444 So. Campbell

MARDE GRAS CHOP
HOUSE
12557 Livernois

SUPERIOR SYSTEMS and
SALES BOOK CO.
500 Michigan Th. Bldg.
•CH. 1860