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THE JEWISH NEWS
Louis S.- Cohane at 60
Eminent Attorney Has Long
Record of Social Service
•
During World War I, Louis Your-Heart drive, and other ac-
Starfield Cohane became widely tivities, including war efforts.
known throughout the state of His hobby has been to assist
Michigan as the most effective young lawyers in getting started
"Four Minute Speaker" whose in the practice of law during their
appeals for Liberty Bond drives early years.
brought the best results.
He is a member of Temple
This distinction, however, was
only an outgrowth of earlier ac-
tivities which gave him wide ex-
perience preparatory to his great
.war efforts.
• Born in Detroit, Jan. 18, 1888,
Mr. Cohane was graduated from
the Detroit College of Law in
June, 1909, and has practiced
law here ever since.
Public speaking became his
great hobby in his youth, and
from 1907 to 1909 he served as
Speaker of Philomathic • Debat-
ing Club. He was president of
the Young Men's Hebrew Asso-
ciation, 1910-11, and was prime
organizer and president of the
early Jewish Community Coun-
cil here in 1915.
Numerous Other Services
He served as a member of the
board of trustees of Congrega-
tion Shaarey Zedek, 1916-22. In
LOUIS CQIIANE
1918 he was chairman of the Beth El and Union Masonic
Legal Advisory Board for Draft Lodge, in addition to his Zionist
Board No. 6, which had the larg- affiliations.
est number of registrations in
An appreciative community
the United States. He was at-
torney for Detroit Chapter of greets Mr. Cohane on his 60th
American Red Cross during birthday.
World War I. In 1923 he was
elected treasurer of Detroit Law-
yers Club.
From 1918 to 1928 he served on
the Americanization Committee
of the City of Detroit. He was a
candid:qe for judge in 1919, re-
ceiving the endorsements of the
Mrs. Yehudith Simchonit, out-
Detroit Bar Association, Detroit standing leader of the women's
Citizens League and Taxpayers labor movement in Palestine, and
Association.
Cantor Leibele Waldman, prom-
In May, 1921, he formed the
inent singer df
law firm of Cohane, Rhodes, Gar-
Yiddish and He-
vett and Frankel, consisting of
brew songs, will
himself, Samuel J. Rhodes, Mor-
be featured at
ris Garvett and Samuel D.
the annual don-
Frankel.
or event of Pio-
neer Women's
On Dec. 9, 1924, he was mar-
Organization of
ried toRegene Freund, an at-
Detroit, at 8:30 .
torney, and they formed the
p. m., Tuesday,
law firm of Cohane and Co-
Jan. 13, at the
hane. Their law offices are at
Masonic Tern-
1e26 Buhl Bldg. Their first
Mrs. Kay
, ple. Mrs. Harry
case together was argued be-
fore the U. S. Supreme Court Kay, PWO Council chairman,
and the judgment was rend- will preside.
• A first hand report of the dra-
ered by the late Mr. Justice
Louis D. Brandeis. It is be- matic role played by women dur-
lieved to have been the first ing the strife in Jewish Palestine
time on record that a husband will be made by Mrs. Simchonit,
Palestine delegate who came on
and wife had argued a case be-
an urgent mission as representa-
fore the U. S. Supreme Court.
tive of the 70,000 women organ-
In 1925, Mr. Cohane was chair- ized into the Working Women's
man of the Speakers Committee Council of Palestine.
of the Detroit YMCA $5,000,000
Mrs. Simchonit has devoted
drive. He was vice-president of more than 25 years to pioneering
Pisgah Lodge in 1930.
among the workers in the Jew-
In 1934 he represented the ish Homeland. She emigrated to
American Bar Association at the Palestine in 1921 and was among
U. S. Attorney General's Crime the first settlers in the Valley of
Conference on means of combat- Jezreel, living first in Nahalal
ting the crime wave.
and later in Tel-Yosef. She is
He was vice-chairman of the now a member of the cooperative
American Bar Association Sec- colony in Geva. She is a mem-
tion on Criminal Law in 1936. ber of the secretariat of the
In 1937 he was chairman of the Working Women's. Council, of
Allied Jewish Campaign Speak- the executive of Histadrut and
ers Bureau. He also headed the Asifat Hanivcharim, Jewish Pal-
youth committee of the Allied estine's Assembly.
Cantor Waldman is known for
Jewish Campaign in 1938; was
chairman of the Red . Cross war his modern arrangements of can-
campaign speakers committee, torial selections. The cantor was
1941-42; chairman of the pub- born on the lower East Side of
licity committee of Detroit Boy New York and started his career
Scouts, 1945-46; served on the at the age of eight when he was
real estate committee of Detroit . sponsored as a • "boy" cantor by
Bar Association, 1942-47; was on various charitable' organizations.
the board of directors of Michigan At the age of 18 he held his first
Committee for Mental' Hygiene, position in one of the largest
synagogues in New York. For
1942-44.
12 years he has been sponsored
Ardent Zionist
In 1938 he was chairman of on a radio program.
The Pioneer Women is now in
the Psychiatric Jurisprudence
Committee of the America& Bar the midst of a $650,000 campaign
Association, American Medical on behalf of the Palestine Work-
Association, American Psychi- ing Women's Council.
With the donor event, the nine
atric Association and American
Detroit Pioneer Women's Clubs
Neurological Association.
An ardent Zionist, Mr. Cohane close their 1947 campaign to raise
was a delegate to the ZOA Con- a quota of $78,000. The funds
vention in 1946. He has been ac- will be used to provide housing
tive in Zionist work in Detroit facilities for refugee women and
children arriving in Palestine,
for 40 years.
His magnetic power of speech and to complete a building for
has been used to aid drives of the children in Rishon-le-Zion.
the Allied Jewish Campaign, Red For information call. TO. 9-7180,
Cross, Community Chest, Open- 11818 Dexter.
Nine Clubs Join
For PWO Donor
Program Jan.13
•
•
Cancer Society Has
Pamphlet In Yiddish
A Jewish edition of the Amer-
ican Cancer Society's pamphlet
on seven symptoms of cancer is
a new feature of the expanding
program for cancer controL
The Jewish language pamphlets
are available at the Cancer So-
ciety headquarters, 153 E. Eliza-
beth St. The booklets are free,
and may be obtained by dropping
a card to the Cancer Society.
Booklets also will be distributed
through the- many local Jewish
organizations which are active in
assisting in the campaign to alert
the public to the dangers of can-
cer and the need for prompt dia-
gnosis and treatment.
Knowledge of cancer's warning
signals is the important informa-
tion contained in the free book-
lets. Medical authorities declare
they could prolong many, lives
if every apparently well person
would heed cancer symptoms
and secure early diagnosis and
treatment.
For the convenience of various
foreign language groups, book-
lets are being published in sev-
eral languages — Italian, Spanish,
Polish and Jewish, as well as
English.
•
Friday, January 9, 1948
New Young Adult Council to Choose
Its First Officers Sunday at Center
Representatives of orgaizations which are charter members of
the newly-constituted Detroit Jewish Adult Council will meet this
Sunday to elect the Council's first permanent officers.
Charter members are those grpups which were represented at
the Council's constitution convention held Nov. 23. At that time, a
scheme of proportional representation was approved, allowing for
one Council delegate for the first
15 to 35 members of an organiza- members at large of the executive
tion; two delegates for groups board are to be filled.
whose membership is from 35 to
Organizations not charter mem-
75, and three delegates for larger bers may affiliate with the Coun-
groups.
cil in accordance with proCedure
Delegates to the Council have set up in the constitution, after
been appointed by their organiza- the officers assume their posts,
tions and have been sent election Rosenman stated.
cards, permitting them to vote
Sunday, according to Yehudah
Rosenman, young adult advisor at
the Jewish Center Who is serving
as professional assistant to the
group.
The election meeting will be
called to order at 2:30 p.m. at the
Jewish Community Center. Leon-
ard Baruch, temporary chairman
of the Council, will preside. Dele-
gates may nominate from the
floor or select a nominating com-
mittee, he said. The offices of
president, two vice presidents,
two secretaries, treasurer, and six
`M' Students Engaged
Cadogan Britain's Liaison
Officer to UN on Palestine
JOAN RUTH GOLDSTEIN
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Gold-
LAKE SUCCESS, (JTA)—Sir
Alexander Cadogan, chief United stein of Blaine Ave. announce the
Kingdom representative to the engagement of their daughter,
United Nations, has been named Joan Ruth, .to Marvin Richard
British liaison officer to the UN Rollins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
A city-wide steering commit- Implementation Commission on Rollins of Merton Road. They
tee to strengthen and further Palestine, it was announced by a both attended the University of
Sabbath observance was formu- British delegation spokesman.
Michigan.
lated at a meeting of the Women's
League for Sabbath Observance
at the home of Mrs. J. S. Sperka.
Enjiii - a Win ter
Representatives of Young
Israel, Young Israel's Women's
HEALTH
League, Young Israel Youth,
Sisters of Zion Mizrachi, Noar
VACATION
Mizrachi, Bnai David Sisterhood
and the Sabbath League Board
created a permanent steering
committee for the work. Other
Enjoy the health-
committees will include youth,
building benefits
education, propaganda, and wo-
of our famous
men's study groups.
mineral baths for
A report on this group's pro-
relief of rheumatism in all its
gress will be given at the
forms. Winter is most beneficial
* World-Famed
time to take these baths. Hotel
League's next meeting at 1:30
Mineral Baths
and bathhouse under same roof.
p. ni. Wednesday, Jan. 14, at
Every facility for giving you a
Within the Hotel
Bnai Moshe. A dessert lunch-
needed change and restoration.
eon will precede the meeting at
Dietary laws observed. Moderate
12:30 p.
winter rates now in effect.
Mrs. Miriam Wohlgelernter
Detroit only 30 minutes away.\
will be speaker of the afternoon.
Write for booklet today.
Mrs. Alan Weisberg will offer a
Max Elkin,
program of Yiddish songs.
Women's League Maps
Campaign for Increased
Observance of Sabbath
at
Managing Owner'
Tel Guiborim Women
To Hear Dr. Steiner
C
awil- -140tiva
Now, we hope that January
doesn't mean a long seige of
• DR. M. J. STEINER
Dr. M. J. Steiner, writer, educa-
tor and critic, will be guest speak-
er at an open meeting of Wo-
men's League of Tel-Guiborim,
Jan. 21, 8:30 p.m., at Northwest
Hebrew Congregation. The pub-
lic is invited. There will be no
admission charge.
Dr. Steiner is the former editor
of "Die Welt" in Warsaw and
"Hayarden", Tel Aviv. He resid-
ed in Palestine for many years
and traveled extensively in the
Near East. He is the author of
"Inside Pan-Arabia".
LONDON (JTA) — Sir David
Maxwell-Fyfe, formerly chief
British prosecutor at the Nurem-
berg War Crimes trial, will head
the defense of two Jewish youths,
Gerald Flamberg and John Win-
borne, who have been charged
with an attempt on the life of
fascist leader John Preen.
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