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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, 'January 23, 1948

Organizations Speed Support
For $250,000 Histadrut Drive

Harzfeld to Visit
Detroit Feb. 10, 11

Many Double Last Year's Gifts; Detroit Shares inEmergency
$1,000,000 Fund with Advance Gift of $75,000;
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Eliezer Kroll to Speak Next Thursday Evening

Detroit Palestine Histadrut (Ge- presidents of 60 key organizations
werkshaften) workers were told were told of the emergency con-
at a rally last Thursday — at ference of the National Histadrut
which the sum of $75,000 was re- in New York City to which M.
ported raised—that $25,000 will L. Schaver, Detroit representative,
have to be raised weekly to as- brought a $75,000 check as this
sure the securing of the total city's share of the $1,000,000 em-
goal of $250.000. David Sislin ergency fund cabled to Histadrut.
presided at the rally at which It was resolved that all organiza-
Joseph Bankover, guest speaker, tions members be asked to make
emphasized that the funds being individual contributions in adcli-
raised are urgently needed for tion to substantial treasury con-
' equipment for Ihe men and wo- tributions.
Delegates from Ruhziner Pro-
men who are standing guard in
_ the Yishuv under leadership of gressive Verein stated they had
been instructed to turn over a
Histadrut.
Shedlitzer Aid Society was des- check for $750 from the treasury,
ignated as the "Organization of more than double last year's gift,
the Week" for its - contribution of and pledged their organization to
raise an additional $750 from
their members.
The speaker for the fourth His-
tadrut rally on Thursday evening,
Jan. 28, in the Labor Zionist In-
stitute, will be Eliezer Kroll, from
the settlement of Kfar Giladi, one
of the founders of the Jewish
defense organization, the "Shom-
rim." The Shomrim became the
backbone of Haganah. Mr. Kroll
is also one of the original mem-
bers of the Palestine Histadrut
and is coming to this country
upon completing an extensive
tour of the South American coun-
tries on behalf of the Jewish Na-
tional Fund.

Harry Schumer, Detroit His-
tadrut (Gewerkshaften) cam-
paign chairman, announced
this week that Abraham Harz-
feld of Palestine, eminent
economist and labor .Zionist
leader, will be the guest - of
Detroit Jewry and will ad-
dress large rallies here Feb.
10 and 11. Further details re-
garding his visit will be an-
nounced next week.

Gets Council Post

ELIEZER KROLL

NEW YORK. (JTA) — More
$500 as against less than $100 last than $1,275,000 was raised Sun-
year. A. U lanoff, Farband Branch day at an emergency conference
79, Was given special recogni- here of the National Committee
tion for obtaining $500 from a for Labor Palestine. The money
contributor who gave $35 the pre- was immediately cabled to the
Histadrut in Palestine, as the first
vious year.
Branch 6, ,LZOA, organized installment of the Committee's
last year, announced that $2,800 $7,500,000 quota for 1948.
Moshe Shertok told the con-
had already been raised under
the leadership of Norman Drach- ference that the policy of the
ler, Morris Kane, Irving Pokemp- United Nations is "under attack."
The war in Palestine is not be-
ner and Dr. A. W. Sanders. A
tween the Jews and the Arabs,
quota of $6,000 has been assumed. but between the UN and the
Hanita Club, Pioneer Women Arabs, he declared, adding that
Organization, under the leader- if the world "holds ideals sacred,"
ship of Mrs. I. Pine, was the first it must resist the onslaught op
PWO Club to bring in a substan- international justice.
tial tsum to, the campaign. Mrs.
Other speakers included Abra-
A. Michlin and
Sarah Nakelsky, ham Harzfeld, 'f Abba Hushi, Don
a
council representatives, stated Pines, Isaac Hamlin and Baruch
that PWO Clubs were mobilizing Zuckerman. Joseph Schlossberg
full membership support with the served as chairman.
completion of their successful
donor evening last Week.
Alex Nichamin, veteran Labor
Zionist worker, and active in the
Histadrut and Jewish National
Fund, informed campa,ign officers
that although recovering from a
recent illness, he was carrying on
his solicitations from his bedside
with the help of his son, Larry,
and assured them that his solici-
tations would double last years.
Kenneth Board, chairman of
Farband branch 552,_ announced
that a special Histadrut evening
will be held by his branch to wel-
come Boris Wise, who is return-
ing from a visit to Palestine.
Dr. Irving Posner, chairman of
the professional committee, ad-
A smart
vised that the physician's commit-
two eylet tie,
tee was ready to begin its work
styled straight
under the co-chairmanship of
to the heart of Little Miss.
' Drs. L. Hudson Rosenthal, A. W.
There's plenty of healthy foot
Sanders, Saul Stein and a com-
comfort, too. Sizes:
mittee of 15 other physicians.
12 1/2 to 4
Dr. A. A. Alper, chairman of
Branch 4, LZOA, reported that
his group, with more than $4,500
SAVE A DOLLAR ($1 )
already raised, has organized its
ON EACH PAIR OF
solicitation under the leadership
EDWARDS OXFORDS
of Morris Stein.
AND i rATiNT STRAP
The following Histadrut eve-
nings are scheduled: Pinsker Aid
SANDELS
Verein, Sunday, 6:30 p.m., in the
Open Eves. Mon. Thurs. & Sat.
Jewish Cultural Center, with Rab-
Closed' Sundays
bi Jacob Segal and Cantor H.
Adler participating; Branch 114,
Farband, Sunday evening, in the
• Labor Zionist Institute, with Wil-
liam Hordes as speaker.
At an organizations breakfast
8950 12th St.
last Sunday, under the chairman-
ship of A. Bigelrnan of the Yid-
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dish Folks Verein, delegates and

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Page Seven

Rabbinical Council Urges Use of
Recognized Rabbis at Marriages

the responsible office Of Rabbi as
to
A call to Detroit Jewry
spiritual head of a con regation
aid in maintaining the religious can be entrusted with the sacred
character, solemnity and dignity responsibility to officiate," the
of -the marriage service is made Rabbis' statement states:'
in a statement issued by the
"We look with disfavor upon
Council of Orthodox Rabbis and those who undertake to conduct'
Merkaz and signed by the follow- marriage services without pos-
ing: .
sessing the requisite authoriza-
Rabbis Joseph Thumin, Joseph tion and qualification, The Tal-
Eisenman, Joseph Rabinowitz, 1 mud, the Codes of Law and later
ISaac Stollman, J. S. Sperka, ordinance's stress that persons not
Jacob Segal, Leizer Levin, Leo- versed in the laws of Kiddushin
pold Neuhaus, Moses Fischer, M. I should not be permitted to per-
J. Wohlgelernter, Morris Adler form marriages.
- "We urge that every marriage
and Moses Silver.
Declaring that the marriage be solemniZed by a Rabbi and
tradition is vested with holiness that all the arrangements be in
and that only those trained ,•in keeping with the religious char-
Jewish traditiOii and "occupying ' acter of that event."

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Emergency $1,275,000 Fund
Secured for Histadrut

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Office of International Finance,
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of Jewish Federation and Wel-
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Lurie, Council's executive di-
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