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THE JEWISH. NEWS

Friday, January 23, 1948.

Detroit to Welcome Mayor Rokach of Tel Aviv Jan. 27-28

Speaks Tuesday at Women's
.INF Donor Event at Masonic

Welcomed at Michigan Central and Honored at
Will
City Hall Reception; Federation Luncheon, Tour of
Ford Plant to Feature Rokachs' Visit

All elements in the Jewish community of Detroit will be
represented at the receptions that have been arranged in
honor of Mayor and Mrs. Israel Rokach of Tel Aviv, on their
visit in Detroit next Tuesday and Wednesday, Arthur Shut-
kin, executive director of the Jewish National Fund Council,
announced. -

Coming here primarily to ad- born Inn, with the Ford Motor
dress the annual donor event of Co. acting as hosts.
Mrs. Wafer, chairman of the
the Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Jewish National Fund, at the Auxiliary's 1948 fund-raising
Masonic Wemple, on Tuesday eve- project, her co-chairman, Mrs.
ning, Mayor Rbkach's schedule of Philip J. Cutler, and the Aux-
iliary's president, Mrs. Rosen-
affairs includes the following:

thal, stated that every donor
is entitled to bring an escort
to the event in Mayor Ro-
kach's honor on Tuesday eve-
ning but that no one will be
admitted without an entrance
card. They urge, therefore,

A reception by a community-
wide committee upon his ar-
rival at Michigan Central on
Tuesday morning;
A press conference on Tues-
day morning;
A tour of the Ford plant and
village - beginning at 11 a.m.
Tuesday;
The large rally of the JNF
Auxiliary that evening;
A reception at 9 am. Wed-
nesday at the City Hall, ar-
ranged by Mayor Eugene I.
VanAntwerp;
A luncheon Wednesday ar-
ranged by the Jewish Welfare
Federation and the Detroit
Service Group, in the English
Room of the Book-Cadillac
Hotel.
The JNF Auxiliary's rally

SEMI-ANNUAL

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CLEARANCE

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Last Days!

• NECKWEAR

that contributions be made at
once through Auxiliary mem-
bers; at the JNF Council office,
11816 Dexter, TO. 8-7384, or at
the Masonic Temple on the
night of the event.

Schlussel, who will accept the
annual contribution for Palestine
land redemption which is ex-
pected to top the $75,000 mark.

The luncheon on Wednesday
will be attended by prominent
community leaders who have
been invited by the Federation
to meet the Mayor of the all-
Jewish city of Tel Aviv, accord-
ing to a joint announcement by
Julian H. Krblik, Federation
president, and Irving Blum-
* berg, Service Group president.
Alfred May, Detroit attorney,
has arranged for - the tour of the
Ford plant and - village by the
visiting guests. The tour will be
preceded by a luncheon at Dear-

Mayor Rokach's arrest by the
British" administration in August,
1947, • and his retention in the
Latrun concentration camp for
six weeks evoked worldwide in-
terest and protest. During his re-
tention in Latrun he refused to
be interrogated by the British
officials until formal charges were
brought against him, and his ar-
rest ended abruptly. When he
and the Mayor of Ramat Gan
were released Sept. 14, 1947, on
the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the
event was widely acclaimed.
The scion of a pioneer family
which settled in Palestine 100
ears ago, Mr. Rokach was born
Dec. 31, 1896, at Nveh Zedek,
then a suburb of Jaffa and now
a part of the Greater Tel Aviv

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were 1.50
were 2.50
were 3.50
were 5.00

MENDEL N. FISHER

of the JNF Council, Irving W.

Appearing at Tuestfay night's
program also will be Mendel
N. Fisher, executive director of
the Jewish National Fund of
America.

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13201 DEXTER

Tuesday evening will be fea-
tured also by the appearance here
of the eminent Palestinian singer,
Hannah • Kipnis, who, like Mayor
Rokach, is a native of Tel Aviv.
Appearing on Tuesday night's
program will be the Auxiliary's
president; Mrs. Jack Rosenthal,
the fund-raising chairman, Mrs.
William Klafer, and the president

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of nearly 30,000 dunams with
of which he is Mayor. He re- 250,000 and its annual budget ex- considerable possibilities for fur-
ceeds
3,000,000
pounds.
reived a traditional Hebrew edu-
ther expansion. The annexation
His Mission,. to U. S.
cation in the Holy Land, studied
of the former German colony of
Mayor Rokach came to the U. Sarona jointly by Tel Aviv and
engineering at the Polytechnicum
of Lausanne and Zurich, Switzer- S. at the -invitation of the Jewish the JNF, adds another 4,000
land, from which he was grad- National Fund of America on an dunams to Tel Aviv.
uated as an electrical engineer, important mission in behalf of
The Guest Artist
*and practiced engineering for a Keren Kayemeth Le-Israel
Hannah Kipnis, mezzo-soprano,
(JNF), the Zionist instrumental- the guest artist at Tuesday eve- .
time in England.
ity for the acquisition and re- ning's program, was educated at
He was elected a member of
clamation of the soil of Palestine the Berlin Conservatory of Music
the- Municipal Council of Tel
as national property. He was en- and upon her return to her na-
Aviv in 1922 and beginning with
trusted with the task of present- tive land toured Palestine "from
1927 served as Vice-Mayor in the
ing to American Jewry the 1948 Dan to Beersheba."
administration of the late Mayor
Meyer Dizengoff. When he first land acquisition program for im-
This is her first appearance in
plementation of the UN decision
entered its Municipal Council,
America. Her repertoire of 150
to establish the Jewish state.
Tel Aviv was a small suburban
lilting Palestinian songs has
development with a population of . Son of a family which has been made her beloved as a folk
10,000 and a _yearly budget of connected with the development singer.
25,000 pounds. During the 25 of Palestine agriculture for a cen-
In addition to her extensive
years of his service in . the Tel tury and one of the main builders concert, radio and film experi-
Aviv government, the all-Jewish of Tel Aviv, Mr. Rokach is credit- ence, Hannah Kipnis is best
city became the outstanding ur- ed with increasing the land area known for her contributions to
ban center in the Middle East, of •the all-Jewish city. When he Keren Kayemeth (Jewish Na-
attaining leadership in industry, entered the city administration tional Fund), WIZO (Women's
commerce, communication, edu- in 1922, Tel Aviv comprised an International Zionist Organiza-
cation, culture, order and secur- area of several thousand dunams. tion) and Hadassah.
a territory
ity. It now has a population of Today it extends over

now 97c
now 1.67
now 2.37
now 3.27

were 4.95 & 5.50
were 6.50

were 8.95 to 12.50

• GLOVES

• SHIRTS

were 1.95 s now 1.19
were 5.50 to 6.95 now 4.27
were 7.50 to 10.00 no* 5.97

were 3.95
were 4.95
were 5.95
were 8.50 & 10.00

were 4.95 now 3.47

• HOSE

were 55c now 39c 3 for 1.00
were 75c now 59c 2 for 1.00
were 1.00 now 79c 2 for 1.50
were 1.25 now • 89c 3 for 2.50
were 1.50 now 97c 3 for 2.75

now 2.2'7
now 3.47
now 4.27
now 4.87
now 6.27

• PAJAMAS

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now 3.47
now 4.27
now 7.77

3 for $10.00

• SWEATERS

were 3.95
were 4.95
were 5.95
were 6.95
were 8.50 & 10.00

• SPORT SHIRTS

now 2.87
now 3.47

now 4.27
now 6.27

• -UNDERWEAR

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were 1.00 now 67c
were 1.50 now 87c

ALL SALES FINAL

WOOL ROBES 1/3 OFF

YOUR ONLY CHANCE

A CALL TO ALL PRINCIPALS, TEACH-

ERS AND PUPILS IN THE JEWISH

To Hear The Mayor of Tel Aviv

SCHOOLS OF DETROIT

THE HON. ISRAEL ROKACH

Hamisha Asar b'Shevat - the Jewish

is by receiving an admission card issued to contributor and escort
to the traditional JNF Women's Donor Event.

New Year of the Trees-will be observed

next Monday.

You can make your contribution on the night of Mayor Rokach's address at the

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ANNUAL DONOR EVENT OF

Ladies' Auxiliary of Jewish National Fund

It is traditional for our children to plant

MAYOR ROKACH

tional Fund on that day.

TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 8 o'clock

Make your tree-planing effort on this

la the Main Auditorium of Masonic Temple

Hamisha Asar b'Shevat as impressive as

Guest Artist:

possible!

HANNAH KIPNIS

Be sure you, your parents, relatives and

Noted Tel Aviv Singer

friends plant trees in Palestine and thus

Before Tuesday, contributions to the annual donor event of the Ladies' Auxiliary

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help strengthen the foundation for the

of the Jewish National Fund, entitling donors to admission tickets to hear

Jewish State!

Mayor Rokach, may be made through members of the JNF Auxiliary or at

the office of the JNF Council, I 8I6 Dexter, TO. 8-7384.

trees in Palestine through the Jewish Na-

HANNAH KIPNIS

