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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, January 16, 1948
Service Units Name Berry,
Enggass, Osnos To Officers
Rosh Hashanah LeIlanoth
(On the occasion of Hamishah
Asar b'Shevat, occurring Jan. Z2,)
By DR. N. E. ARONSTAM
The New Year of the Trees is
here—
Plant a Ti ee
Then its stem shall grow and
rise,
With its leaves a thousand eyes
Smiling at the su n.
Plant a Tree!
shall be done!
Rabbi Brickner
Speaks Monday
At Pisgah Rally
lege.
The New Year of the Trees is
here—
Plant a Tree!
Let its bloom distil its scent
In the air, as greeting sent
To the smiling sun.
Plant a tree,
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It shall be done!
The New Year of the Trees is
here—
Plant a Tree!
Sweet nepenthe for our thirst,
Golden fruit shall swell and
burst
Smiling at the sun.
Plant a tree,
It sha•1. be done!
—Photos by Paul Kirsch
The composite photograph shows, from top to bottom, group
meetings of the mercantile, real estate and services divisions of
the Detroit Service Group last Sunday, at the Jewish Center.
Harry Xreinshaft, crew member of the Exodus 1947, addressed
the combined groups after they held their individual election
meetings.
Louis Berry, Maurice A. Enggass and Max Osnos were
elected to top leadership of the Real Estate and Building
Council and of the Mercantile Division of the. Detroit Service
Group, at the Divisions' opening meetings of the 1948 season.
Sunday morning at the Jewish Community Center. Meeting
the same morning, the Services Division, with Fred A. Gins-
burg as chairman, reviewed its'
1947 Allied Jewish Campaign Samuel A. Granadier and Jack I.
Stark.
record and discussed plans for
Berry, who served as Real Es-
the coming year.
tate and Building chairman dur-
A survivor of the crew of the ing 1947-48 and as a co-chairman
hero ship, "Exodus", which trans- of the Division in the 1947 Allied
Jewish Campaign, is a native of
ported Jews from Europe to Pal- Liverpool, England, but has re-
estine, Harry Weinsaft, featured sided in Detroit for 25 years. A
member of Shaarey Zedek, he is
active in both congregational and
Zionist circles. In Sunday's elec-
tion, he was selected, along with
Charles N. Agree, to represent
the Council on the Jewish Wel-
fare Federation Board of Gov-
ernors.
A native Detroiter, Enggass has
long been prominent in both Jew-
ish and civic affairs, as a leader
of the Jewelers' section of the Al-
lied Jewish Campaign, a mem-
ber of the Jewish Welfare Fed-
eration Board of Governors, and
as an officer of the Better Busi-
ness Bureau, Retail Merchants
Association and the University of
Michigan Club of Detroit. He was
also formerly a director of the
Detroit Board of Commerce and
of the Economic Club of Detroit.
Sunday's election brings him to
leadership of the leading division
HARRY WEINSAFT
—in terms of financial contribu-
tions—to the Allied Jewish Cam-
at
the
meetings,
empha-
speaker
paign.
sized that 1948 will be a "year
As president of the Jewish Hos-
of decision" for world Jewry and
pital Association and as 1947 Al-
"it is up to every American Jew lied Jewish Campaign and year-
to get behind the struggle in Pal- round chairman of the Mercan-
estine."
tile Division, Osnos is one of De-
Other officers elected to serve in
1948-49 for the Real Estate and Build- troit's most active volunteer
ing group included Samuel Brody, workers. He was born in New
Meyer M. Fishman, Arthur A. Fleisch-
man, Max C. Handler, Joseph - Holtz- York City and has lived in De-
man and Barney Smith, vice-chair- troit since 1918. Osnos is affili-
men; Ben B. Buten, executive secre- ated with Temple Israel and
tary. Members of the board of di-
rectors are Milton Ratner, James M. Franklin Hills Country Club.
Rossin, George D. Seyburn, Nathan
Three other divisions of the
Silverman, Julius Berman, Ben B.
Fenton, David Wilkus, Emanuel J. Detroit Service Group—Profes-
Harris, Samuel C. Kovan, Joseph Rad- sional, Mechanical Trades and
ner, Allen B. Kramer, Louis H. Schos-
tak, Abe Silberstein, Samuel H. Ell- Food Service Council—held elec-
man, Jacob E. Kalt, Benjamin Wilk, tion of officers on Tuesday eve-
Walter L. Field and Harold R. Nelson.
Other members are Morris H. Sur- ning, after this week's paper
ath, Irving Bronson, Charles H. Char- went to press. Results of these
lip, Seth Jacobson, Samuel M. Victor, elections will appear in the Jan.
Harry C: Davidson, Daniel A. Laven,
Morris H. Blumberg, Louis H. Marks, 23 issue.
..
Louis G. Redstone, Saul Saulson,
George Goldberg, Jacob Bonin, David
T. Goldberg, Joseph Falk, Joseph
Weisberg, Jesse R. Feller, Irving
Goldberg and Benjamin L. Smith.
In the Mercantile Division, Osnos
Was selected honorary chairman, while
Enggass was chosen chairman. Other
officers in this division are Ralph
Bernstein, Benjamin D. Lieberman,
Herman Mathias, Samuel D. Plotler,
William W. Sharpe, Morris Shatzen,
James Wineman and Irving J. Wolf-
gang, vice-chairman. Representatives
to the Board of Governors of the
Jewish Welfare Federation are Eng-
gass, Samuel Gerson and Louis Rob-
inson. Members of the board of di-
rectors include Emil Rose, Fred F.
Simmons, William J. Brown, Maurice
I. Baker, Morris M: Jacobs, Max
Kwaselow, Harry Zolkower, Samuel
Kohlenberg, • James L. Stein, Louis
Tabashnik, Morris Ben Lewis, Nor-
man B. Hayden, Walter J. Mayer, I.
Lewis Zuieback and Leon Winkelman.
Other members include Louis A.
Baum, Israel Himelhoch, Siegfried
Cahn, Joseph H. Davidson, Joseph
Finsterwald, Louis Russman, David M.
Feerer, Wallace H. Roberts, S. How-
ard Schiller, Jack M. Citron, Harry
S. Cohn, Irwin Tanikr, Lee Weinherg,
Rabbi Segal to Speak
At JSG's Rally Feb. I
"Judaism's View of Life," the
basic "world view" of the Jew-
ish religion—will be the subject
of a talk by Rabbi Jacob E. Segal
of Northwest Hebrew Congrega-
tion at the general meeting of
the Junior Service Group of the
Jewish Welfare Federation, 2:30
p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1, in the audi-
torium of the Jewish Community
Center.
All young Jewish adults, 16 to
30, are invited to join the Junior -
Service Group. Dues are $1.00 a
year. Membership cards may be
secured at any JSG function, or
by calling Harry A. Heller, TE.•
1-1600. —•
Sheruth League Donor
Luncheon Next Tuesday
Sheruth League will hold its
annual donor luncheon Tuesday,
Jan. 20, at the Book Cadillac
Hotel. Mrs. Allan Barron will
preside.
Mrs. Gerald Sucher is donor
chairman, assisted by Mesdames
Martin Bader and Wilfred Katz,
who are in charge of arrange-
ments. Mrs. Sylvia Sokoloff and
Mrs. Marvin Stearn are ticket
chairmen. Mrs. Alvin Foon and
Mrs. J. Lumberg are in charge of
the year book.
Mrs. Henry Brontman, program
chairman, has arranged for a
fashion show by Sax-Kay, and
George Scotti, pianist, will enter-
tain. Mrs. Bernard M. Cohen,
honorary chairman, will give the
invocation.
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On July 9, 1947, Secretary of
War Robert P. Patterson award-
ed Rabbi Brickner with the Med-
al of Merit in recognition of
his services to our country's war
effort as chairman of the JWB
Committee on Army and Navy
Religious activities.
Isadore Starr heads a drive for
450 new members to honor Pis-
gah's 90th anniversary j u b i l e e
year. A membership rally is be-
ing planned for Jan. 26 which
will feature sports personalities
and a movie.
The annual Pisgah Fathers-
Sons-Daughters program will he
presented Feb. 15. A Brotherhood
meeting is scheduled for Feb. 16.
Dr. Barnett R. Brickner of
Cleveland will speak at an open
meeting of Pisgah Lodge, Bnai
Brith, next Monday night in the
main auditorium of the Jewish
Center, on the subject, "The
Outlook for the Jew. in Europe,
Palestine and the United States."
A musical program will feature
Zinovi Bistritzky, first violinst of
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
accompanied by Rebecca Froh-
man.
Dr. Brickner is administrative
chairman of the committee on
Army and Navy Religious Ac-
tivities of the Jewish Welfare
Board. The late President Roose-
velt called upon him in 1944 to
tour Allied battlefronts and he
visited U. S. troops in Africa,
Italy, Palestine, Egypt, India,
China and England.
Dr. Brickner is vice-chairman
of the United Palestine Appeal
and served as president of the
Ohio Zionist Region for several
Activities being planned by
the Bnai Brith Young Women's
Chapters include the following
social and cultural events:
Rebecca Gratz and Louis Mar-
shall chapters will see a film pro-
gram Tuesday, Jan. 30, at Central
High School, arranged by cultural
chairman Ruth Katz.
Gratz Auxiliary also is plan-
ning a paid-up membership party
for Sunday, Jan. 25, at the Fort
Wayne Hotel. Young women 18 to
25 interested in membership may
call Marcie Becker, WE. 4-5100.
The FDR Chapter of Bnai Brith
Girls will hold a "Golden Ear-
ring" party Jan. 24.
The Young Women's Council of
District Six of Bnai Brith meets
in Detroit this Saturday and Sun-
day at the Barium Hotel.
SAVINGS
ACCOUNTS
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of the Young Judaea movement.
Since 1925 Rabbi Brickner has
been spiritual leader of the Eu-
clid Avenue in Cleveland. He
received his B. A. and M. A.
degrees from Columbia Univer-
sity and his -Ph.D. at the Uni-
versity of Cincinnati. He is a
graduate of Hebrew Union Col-
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