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Allied Jewish Campaign
Reaches $5,250,000 Total
THE JEWISH NEWS-5
Friday, June 4, 1948
r
Beth El Reelects
Dr. Herbert Kallet
Sidney Shevitz Elected Head
Of Detroit Zionist Council
- Other officers are: Vice. presi-
dents, Leon Kay, Irving W.
Schhassel and Miss Sophie
Blanche Schwartz; treasurer, Sol
Li fsitz ; corresponding secretary,
Patricia Holden; steering com-
mittee, Mr. Laikin, LaWrence W.
Crohn, Morris Jacobs, William
Hordes, Philip Slomovitz, Morris
Lieberman .,:and Rabbi Leon
Fram.
Sidney Shevitz was elected
president of the Zionist Council
of Detroit, the all-inclusive or-
ganization speaking for all Zion-
ist parties, at a meeting on May
27 at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Benjamin Laikin on LaSalle
ero was re-elected vice president
and Benjamin F. Wilk was Blvd.
Mr. Shevitz succeeds Mr. Lai-
elected treasurer.
kin who served as president for
Trustees elected for a three- three years.
year term are: Sidney J. Allen,
Harry S. Grant, Leonard T. Lewis,
Joseph M. Welt. Louis Tabashnik
Presidebt of Americans for Haganah Appeals for Support
Of Only Detroit Means of Aiding Israel's Defenders;
At the annual meeting of
Prompt Pledge Payments Asked by `Aronsson
Temple Beth El, Dr. Herbert I.
Kallet was re-elected president
Maintaining the double-barreled Allied Jewish Campaign for, a second term. Nate S. Shap-
.
weapons of good soliciting and fine contributing, the Detroit
Jewish community haS raised the record total to 'date of
$5,250,000 in the 1948 drive in behalf of the -United. JeWish
Appeal and other local, -national and overseas causes.
Spurred by the fine response of the comm.unityrriany of
whom are making additional gifts
to help the Haganah, through the
only channel for such action in
Detroit—campaign workers in all
divisions have reaffirmed the res-
olution of precampaign solicitors
to keep on with, the job until
every Jewish person in the city
have enlisted in the Jewish bat-
Arthur Lourie will serve as Con-
tle by contributing to the Cam: sul General in New York' for the
paigia.
Provisional Government of the
Demonstrating the unflagging State of Israel and director of the
spirit of campaign volunteers, a Israeli United Nations office.
capacity crowd filled the Jade
Since January, 1947, Mr. Laurie
Rodin of the Detroit-Leland Hotel has been director of the New
Wednesday to hear Abe Fein- York office of the Jewish Agency
berg, president of Americans for .for Palestine which presented the
Haganah, emphasize that the only Jewish case before the United
way in which Detroiters can con- Nations in its considerations of
tribute for Haganah is through the the Palestine problem.
Allied Jewish Campaign, to help
Mr. Lourie acted on .behalf of
meet the local quota for Che Unit- the Jewish Agency as liaison with
. ed Jewish Appeal.
the Anglo-American Committee
"The United Jewish Appeal."_ of Inquiry in Jerusalem in 1945
Feinberg declared, "is not con- and was secretary of the Jewish
cerned with and is not seeking, delegation at the "Round Table
DR. HERBERT KALLET
support for the fuctions to be per- Conference" on. Palestine initiated
formed by the new State. How- by Neville Chamberlain and Mal- was named trustee for a one-year
ever, in the light of new hor- colm McDonald in March, 1939, term.
izons for immigration, - defense immediately prior to the 1939
Trustees holding over are: Syl-
and security, land acquisition. White Paper. _
van Grosner, Ralph A. Mayer,
housing, colonization, education
Born in Johannesburg, South Lawrence J. Michelson, Leon S.
and all the other services that
Wayburn, David M. Welling,
must be performed for the des-
David Wilkus, Julian G. Wolfner.
titute Jews who so eagerly press
The following will serve as ex-
for settlement in Palestine, where
officio members of the Board:
for settlement in the Jewish
Mrs. M. George Wayburn, presi-
State. they are welcome and will
dent of the Sisterhood; Arthur H.
be integrated."
Rice, president of the Men's Club,
Aronson asks Pledge Payments
and Henry Levitt, chairman of
the Cemetery Board.
Allied Jewish Campaign Chair-
man Maurice Aronsson released
In their annual reports, Dr.
at the meeting a statement which
Kallet and Dr. B. Benedict Glazer
he had received from Henry Mor-
reviewed the activities of the
ganthau, Jr., general chairman of
Temple for the past season, show-
the United Jewish Appeal, call-
ing a very active program in all
ing upon individuals to pay up
departments. The membership of
their pledges iri order o meet
the Temple is now 1450, the
Detroit's share of the $100,000,-
largest in its history.
000 in cash, which the VJA is
trying to raise for emergency
needs between now and Aug. 1.
\t`In a spirit of deep earnestness,
community leaders from all parts
ARTHUR LOURIE
of the country," the statement
Africa, in 1903, Mr.- Lourie was
read, "assembled at the National graduated from the University 'of
Mrs. Lewis H. Manning, semi-
Conference of the United Jewish Capetown and received his mas- nar and installation chairman of
Appeal at the Hotel Astor on Sun- ter's degree from Cambridge :Uni- Greater Detroit Bnai Brith -Wo-
day, May 23, unanimously resolv- versity where he took double first
men's Council, announces that
ed that a supreme effort must be
honors
in
law
in
1925.
He
was
Thursday, June 10, is the date
in
made to provide $100,000,000 .
awarded the Choate Memorial
cash between now and Aug. 1. Fellowship to I;larvard Law for the Council's seminar and in-
stallation of officers, at the
"The need is desperate. Lives School (1925-26) and on return- YWCA.
• are at stake. The dream of two ing to England was granted a
Clinics for newly-elected pre-
thousand years is at stake. A total McMahon Studentship and admit-
of $194,000,000 in additional cash ted to the bar. Hew subsequently sidents, vice presidents, secre-
must flow to the United Jewish practiced law in South Africa taries and treasurers of the 15
appeal between now and August from 1927-32 and was lecturer in Briai Brith Chapters will be con-
1, with the largest possible Roman-Dutch law at the Univer- ducted, starting at .10 a.m..
The installation luncheon will
amounts in the next days and sity of the Witwatersrand.
take place at 12:30 p.m. with Mrs.
weeks.
At
Cambridge,
Mr.
Lourie
was
"If we are to reach this objec- elected president of the Univer- B. C. Bolotin, executive secretary
tive; if we are determined that sity Zionist Society. He first vis- of Women's District Grand Lodge
No. 6, as installing officer.
"lives shall not be needlessly lost,
Following the installation, ' a
that hopes shall not be complet- ited Palestine in 1927.
In 1933, Mr. Laurie gave up the Bnai Brith panel will be held,
ely destroyed, that Israel shall
live, every one of us must act practice of law to assume the with Mesdanies Samuel Aaron,
as never before. The total of $100,- position - of. Political Secretary to Samuel Banks, Jack Hartstein
000,000 can only be realized if the Jewish Agency for • Palestine and Charles Solovich participat-
every community provides its in London where -he was associ ing. Mrs. Leonard M. Sims and
full share'of cash. Your commun- - ated over a period of years . with Mrs. B. C. Bolotin will conduct
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, then pres- the morning clinics.
ity's share is $3,500,000.
ident
of the Jewish Agency.
New council officers are: Mes-
"Please let me know promptly
Prior to becoming director of dames _Gerald Goldberg, presi-
what is being done. May I thank
you in advance for the coopera- the Jewish Agency in New York, dent; Robert Coggan, vice presir
tion I know will be forthcoming." Mr. Lourie served as Secretary of dent; Samuel Aaron, counsellor;
the American Zionist Emergency Sam Gutterman, treasurer; Kal-
Council.
man Bruss, financial secretary;
Mr Lourie is a member of a Ben Schurgin, recording secre-
well-known Zionist family. His tary; Stanley Yates,' correspond-
_father was formerly a vice presi- ing secretary, and Jack Cutler,
dent of the South African Zionist sentinel.
Federaiton and is- a member of
the Board of Governors of the He- Beth Aaron Students
An American Friendship train brew University in Jerusalem. He
to Israel will shortly tour the is married and has two children. Hold Final Assembly
country to collect food and sup- Mrs. Lourie, the former Jeannette
The final assembly of Beth
plies for the embattled people of Leibel, is executive-secretary of
Israel, it was announced at the Hadassah. They reside at 299 Aaron Sunday School will be
held at 10 a. m. Sunday, June
Friendship , Train committee's Riverside drive, New York.
b, at the synagogue, Wyoming at
temporary headquarters in New
Thatcher, featuring "a •Shevuot
York. Hon. William O'Dwyer, $100,000 Gift to WA
Mayor of New York, and Rep.
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., general program. Palestinian films, final
Sol. Bloom, head the committee. chairman of the $250,000,000 cam- report cards and special awards
Among those participating at paign of the United Jewish Ap- will be presented by Mrs. P. Car-
present are Louis Lipsky, chair- peal, was presented with a check penter, chairman of the board of
man of the executive committee for $100,000 as a contribution from education.
Bernard Panush, principal, in-
of American Jewish Conference; the Diamond Dealers Club to
D. Beryl Manischewitz, William support mass immigration and de- vites all parents and youngsters
F. Tarlow, Harry Hershfield, fense in the new -Jewish State of in the Northwest section to at-
lifFs. Israel Goldstein, Philip R. Israel, relief and rehabilitation in tend. gegistritiOn for the corn-
Phillips, Meyer Robinson, Her- European lands and refugee aid ing year will, be held after the
assembly.
maxi
and other..
itt the United States.
Lourie Selected
Israel's Consul
General in N. Y.
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Bnai Brith Council
To Advise Officers
BANDAGES AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES
F(111 OUR BROTHERS IN ISRAEL!
JA
PEERC
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The greatest star of the
famous Metropolitan Opera
Company, New York, will ap-
pear at the
MASONIC TEMPLE
Tues., June 15
at 8:30 P. M.
In the Gigantic
Palestine Emergency Show
,
Launch Drive
For Friendship
Train to Israel
DAVID SCHOICHIT
- HAMItION*
"That They May Live"
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Direct from N. Y. Madison Square Garden
PLUS
All Detroit Cantors
Under the Direction of Dan Frotunan
• and a
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by H. Leib
* Dr. Frank Kingdom and Other Statesmen From Washington
will Participate
PROCEEDS FOR THE NATIONAL SICK FUND IN ISRAEL
The first shipment of Medical Supplies has already left—the
SECOND is in preparation!
TICKETS IN A LIMITED NUMBER ARE STILL AVAILABLE
at 601 Barium Tower, WO. 5-4506 or
Borenstein's Book Store, 8663 12th St.
Metro Music House, 10328 Dexter.
Detroit Hebrew Book Stare, 12226 Dexter.
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