Page Eighteen Jewish Center Activities (The Jewish Community Center. 8904 • Woodward, is a Red Feather . Agency) At the. March 17 meeting of the WEDNESDAY EVENING DISC.VSSI9iN GROUP, Faye Ann Portlier of 1509 W. Philadelphia, will review several books of Jew- ish interest. * * * Mrs. Fred Patt, chairman of the JEWISH PARENTS' INSTITUTE, announces a Purim celebration, to be held in the auditorium of the Jewish Center at \ 8 p. m. Sat- urday, March 13. A ilurnber of booths in the auditorium will feature games, a fortune teller and live caricatures. Communit3r singing, folk dancing, masquer- ade prizes and traditional Purim refreshments WiT1 complete the celebration. Phil Nichamin is in charge of the dramatic presenta- tion; Mrs. Paul Chover, decora- tions, and Mrs. Herman Jacobs, Purim refreshments. * * * - UNIVERSITY AREA WO- MEN'S CLUB Will hold its annual "Games Party" at 8 p. m. Sunday, March 21 tat the Jewish Center. Mrs. Norman German and Mrs. Karl D. German are co-chairmen. * * * COUNCIL OF M 0 T H.E R S CLUBS will have its annual Purim masquerade ball in the audtioriurn of the'•Center at 8:30 p. m. March 31. Co 7chairmen are the following ex-presidents: Mesdames Dina Robbins, Rose Marshak, Clara Nusbaum and Lillian Schwartz. * * * Howard Hordes announces a PURIM SKIT contest for com- ing teen-ager's festival at 8:30 p. m. Saturday, March 27 at the Center. Application forms for the contest may be obtained from Hordes, TO. / 8-3410 or from Mort Goodman at the Center, MA. 8400. * * * A gala Purim celebration will be- held at 8:30 p. Monday, March 22 by the PLAYSCHOOL PARENT'S GROUP. Yehuda Rosenman, director of young adult activities at the Center, will speak on "Purim in the Home and in Other Lands." The choral group . of the Shearit Haplaytah will entertain. * * * "Jewish Music Through the Ages" will be the title of Julius Chajes demonstration talk on Jewish music for the JEWISH STUDY GROUP at 8:30 p. m. Monday, March 15. Mrs. Boaz Siegel is chairman of the study group, * * * The. Young Adult Department announces a series of 10 Monday evening meetings of a_ new COOKING CLUB, beginning Monday, March 22. Mrs. Leah Weisenfeld, dietition of 'Herman Kiefer Hospital will be in charge. Registration is open at the Center desk in the lobby. * * * A SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE PARTY will be held, March 13. The dance committee has pre- pared a Purim "special" Queen Esther dance, featuring Freddie Warren and his orchestra. * * * • The 46th HOLIDAY HOP will be held Sunday, March 21, as a Purim festival dance, featuring Paul LaVoie and his WJR orches- tra. A special Purim program of tentainment has 'been prepared for intermission, featuring Fran- ces Blum, singer, and Betty Kowalsky, pianist. * * *. Irene Saltz, temporary chair- man, announces the. formal open- ing of 'the YOUNG ADULT LOUNGE, Sunday, March 21. A Purim tea social, with dancing and a variety of program, will be held from 2 to 5 p. m. Fol- lowing the opening, the lounge will be open every evening Mon- day through Thursday, and Sun- day afternoon from 2 to 5. Shir- ley Schubiner, Dorothy Steinman and Henry Caplan are to be lounge supervisors. Assisting Miss Saltz is Elsie Lewis, secretary, and the follow- ing committee members: Eugene Brown, Charles Growe, Adeline Katz, Ann Alperti Dolores Wein- " - - MI THE JEWISH NEWS LIVES OF OUR TIMES SHOLOM ALEICHEM . , / \ BEEN TRANSLATED Ilk EVERY LAN- GUAGE INCLUDING JAPANESE AND ESPERANTO, IS OFTEN-REFERRED TO AS THE 'JEWISH MARK TWAJN °.... . t ' A • , ' :,\ 1 . t 11 r , ..--- 1,1 ,- ,11: .,,p , 1 : I I I ,, !.11 .0 ,-,, ..- I ,) ‘ 7.., • - ' ,,, 06 - . '--- 7y ---,e, I ---; : z..- -11 ? 1*-4. ... , ' ',,,,,r,11/41),1 tfc - ..... ..* I, 1111,-- ir% .":„' - .,, , • , -- , ......AL , , 1,,, „ 9 1: • \vkl, t .,. , \ f ' ' 0 r .,....J,• - , --,.., /;/// 4 . • --....v,. ALTHO HE ACQUIRED HIS FATHER-IN-LAW 5 FORTUNE AFTER THE LATTER DEATH IN 936S ,SHOLOM ALEICHEM DECIDED TO DE- VOTE HIMSELF TO WRITING. "TOB1AS,THE MILKMAN", ONE OF HIS MOST SUCCESSFUL COMEDIES WAS PRODUCED BY MAURICE SCHWARTZ, AND LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR THE JEWISH ART THEATRE ...HIS "In HARD TO BE A JEW INTRO- ( • DUCED PAUL.MUNI TO THE STAGE . " , Obituaries • RUBY GOODMAN, 2073 Pin- gree, died suddenly March 6. Ser- vices were held at the Ira Kauf- man Chapel. He 'leaves his wife, Gertrude; a son, Bernard; and one brother, Charles. * * * CHARLES HANDLER, 2475 Pingree, died March 6. Services were held at Kaufman Chapel and Mishkan Israel Synagogue. Rabbi Isaac Stollman officiated He leaves his wife, Minnie; two sons, Max and Lou; one daugh- ter, Esther; two brothers, Abra- ham and Isadore; one sister, Mrs. Sam Weiss; three grandchildren. Interment was in Machpelah Cemetery. * * * JANETTE GROSSMAN, 8400 LaSalle; died March 6. Services were held at Kaufman Chapel with Rabbi Fischer and Cantor Katsman officiating. She leaves a son, Martin; a daughter, Mrs. Sandor Engel; and a brother, Jacob Kohn of Budapest. _Inter- ment was in Oakview Cemetery. * * * BERT GREENBERG, 42, of 211 S. Sheridan St., Bay City, gen eral manager of the Matt Green- berg Lumber Sales, died March 3. A resident of Bay City for 25 years, he was associated with' the Shoe corporation of America at Columbus, Ohio, before joining the Matt Greenberg Lumber Sales. He is survived by two brothers, Hy and Matt Green- berg, both of Bay • City, Mrs. S. , , . ., qi111. -, , t ..;,,, - , . , ',...: I , "vf: ii 4. ,.:4," • ii i t VI r I 1 , $= io 4 jc. i, , { 11 AaT ri t ...... . \---- • : ` ■ -.A WIXOM ALEICHEM DIED IN NEW YORK IN 1916, AT THE AGE OF S7 , AFTER HAVING EN- RICHED YIDDISH LITERATURE WITH SOME FORTY VOLUMES OF SHORT STORIES, NOVELS AND PLAYS. s•-• IN 1914, AFTER THE OUTBREAK Of WAR, HE EMI- GRATED TO AMERICA WHERE HE WROTE A POP- ULAR COLUMN FOR THE WARHEIT OF N.Y. i • - ,,,.t., 41. 7 ;'-. -;!. , , .. .... HE WAS ONE OF THE FEW ARTISTS WHO WAS ACCLAIMED DUPJNG HIS OWN LIFETIME,NOT ONLY BY HIS PUBLIC,BUT BY OTHER GREAT CRITICS SUCH AS GOPKY AND TOLSTOY.THIS WAS THE GIFTED AUTHOR OF BELOVED WORKS WHOSE STORIES WILL UVE ON FOREVER.... ■ ;Pi p . .91 ./,. - ° 11 til . IC 1 • AFTER WITNESSING THE 1905 KIEV POGROM, HE AND HIS FAMILY WENT TO MITZER - LAND. LATER ,HE MADE SEVERAL M- TORE TOURS THROUGH WESTERN MOPE. ENGLAND AND THE U.S. _. ,, . . __. .. i l ..,:s; . l' ' -. 2fiiil it'' i m50101411 RABINOWITZ IN RUSSIA IN 11159,11E WAS KNOWN AS A SNOW AND A HAPPY YOUNGSTER WHO MAYS SAW THE HUMOROUS SIDE Of A SITUATION. t it I _ .... 4iii , 1 l'i ,„, . 1 I „ 1 11 ,. :' ,-.7 );:, 1, - It- Tr..-- -.2:L !,,=. ' r',71 , :.';•:::71,74MrVK fwd.. b, NORMAN and SOt MODE a4. Sr RHODA 8 SIMON Al THE AGE OF 17, AS ATUTOLL OF RUSSIAN, HE WAS CALLED TO TEACH THE 12-YEAR-OLD MN- TER Of A WEALTHY LANDOYdNER. THEY FELL IN LOVE, AND A FEW YEARS LATER SHOLOM ALEICHEM MARRIED OLGA LOW IN IBB3. ,..-_--- ... , , _ , Al'116- Y `....411114inile, • -.--- / , 1 7 $1 if 0 L liA 443 otoar-- ' j./4" ".';'. . THE GREATEST YIDDISH HUMORIST OF OUR TIME WHOSE WORKS NAVE Friday, March 12, 1948 III K.,,Slobin of Detroit and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at the Trahan Funeral Chapel. Rabbi Horowitz of Flint and Rabbi Glancz of Bay City officiated. Burial was at the Temple of Abraham cemetery in Bay City. * * * ANNA FREEMAN, 71, of 1065 Covington, died March 4. Dr. B. Benedict Glazer and Rabbi Sid- ney Akselrad officiated at funeral services at Lewis Bros. Memorial Chapel. Interment was at Mach- pelah Cemetery. She is survived by her husband, David; daugh- ters, Mrs. Norman Schwartz and Malbourne, and a sister, Mrs. Cel Goodman of New York City. * * Raymond Yanitz, Mrs.• Charles Moore, Mrs. Akron Finkelstein; a sister, Mrs. Morris Levy of L. A.; 12 grandchildren and one great- grandchild. Interment -was in Machpelah. * MRS. BEATRICE DEUBEL of 13725 Dexter died March 8. She leaves her husband, John; a son, Bernard, her mother, Mrs. Doro- thy Cohen; two brothers, Albert and Seymour Owens, and three sisters, Mrs. Phil Greenwald, Mrs. Walter Arnoff and Mrs. Ray Pol- lard. Funeral services were held at the Ira Kaufman Chapel with Rabbi Morris Adler officiating. Burial was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. * * * • FANNIE PORTNOY of.18685 Kentucky died Saturday. Funeral services were held Sunday. Sur- viving are three daughters, Mrs. Jack Sylvan, Mrs. Morris Lessen, and Mrs. Morris Golde, and five grandchildren. JOHN A. SENDER, 47, of 17336 Greenlawn, died Monday. Funer- al services were held Wednesday at Lewis Bros. Chapel. Burial was in Oakview Cemetery. Sur- viving are his wife, Julia; a daughter, Muriel; his father, Jul- ius; brothers, David, Joseph and Eugene, and a sister, Mrs. Regina TEL AVIV (ZOA)—Professor Blumenthal. Zvi Belkovsky, contemporary and * * colleague of Theodore Herzl, ANNA ASCHER, 2095 •Pingree, died here. died' March 7. Services were held at Kaufman Chapel with Rabbi H. N. Rosenthal officiating. She leaves three sons, Dr. Meyer, Jul- ius and Samuel; five daughters, Sylvia, Mrs. Ben ,Norber, Mrs. stein, Shirley Garfinkel, Edith Sussman, Edwin Hamburger, Shirley Cavitch, Shirley Avaden- The .United Hebrew ka and .Samuel Pitt. Schools of Detroit * * * Gratefully . Acknowledge The third and last 10-week the Receipt of Monday evening series in BALL- ROOM DANCING will begin a contribution to the Scholar- Monday, April 5th. ship Fund of the Schools from * * * Mr. and Mrs. Oshie I. Baker of Adeline Subar and Esty Car- Chicago Boulevard, in memory son, temporary co-chairmen of of Harry •Satovsky. • * * the JEWISH LEADERS AS- SOCIATION, announce the next a gift to the Scholarship Fund meeting for 8 p. m. Thursday, of the Schools from Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Schiller of Snowden March 18 at the Center. Harry Katz, director of adult Ave., in memory of Jimmy Ber- education of Center will discuss ris. * * * "PassoVer in the Club". Follow- ing the presentation, there will one-half scholarship to the Schol- be two workshops on arts and arship Fund of the schools from crafts work for passoVer and a Mrs. Sara D. Roberts of Warring- model seder and holiday songs. ton Drive, in ' memory of her A meeting of the board of gov- dearly beloved mother, Rosa Dus- ernors of the Leaders Association coff, whose Yahrzeit occurred on Dec. 10. will be held Tuesday, March 23. Vases, urns, pitchers, flasks, candle sticks, figurines. statuary and other keepsakes converted into artistic table lamps. Oil lamps electrified. LAMP SHADES MADE LAMPS MODERNIZED, AND RECOVERED REPAIRED & REFINISHED Old style floor lamps made Custom made and recovered. Styled to your lamp. Large Into indirect lamps and stock on display. torcheres. PICKUP AND DELIVERY ALL PARTS OF DETROIT In Your DPs in Germany Register For Visas for Palestine MUNICH (JTA)—Jewish dis- placed persons in Germany now are able to register for Palestine visas, the International Refugee Organization announced in Heid- elberg. Registrations will be con- ducted by the Jewish Agency under IRO sponsorship. Informa- tion obtained during registration will serve to determine emigra- tion priorities for DPs. All dis-. placed Jews who apply will ulti- mately receive Palestine visas, the anonuncement said. Parents Protest School Ban. On Two Anti-Bias Novels . NEW YORK, (JTA)—A pro- test against the banning from the school library of two novels at- tacking anti-Semitism in Amer- ica was made by the Parent Teacher Association of De Witt Clinton • High School where "Gentleman's Agreement" and "Focus" have been barred. Home Depends on CLEAN Carpets_ and Furniture Your home can . look brighter and more cheerful if your car- pets, .rugs, and Prniture co'e: clean. Let LEADER restore their, original beauty. i . . • TY 5-8400 LeaderCarpet Cleaning Co:- Plant and Office: 8700 LINWOOD 16841 Livernois Ave., ./2 Block South of Six Mile Open Wed. & Fri. to 9 P. M. Phone UN. 2-8338 ,41