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Community, Zionist Councils Join
For Action in Behalf of Israel
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Father's Day: Famous
Father and Son Team
Father's Day will be observed
on June 20, and on that day many
Delegates to the Community Council. met Thursday, famous Fathers and Sons will be
June 10, in the Brown Memorial Chapel of Temple Beth El, remembered for the services they
to hear reports of -e-- sanded activity in all departments of rendered to their country and to
the-'Council's work by Aaron Drooik, president, and Oscar humanity.
Among the famous Father-Son
Cohen, executive director..
combination are the Baruchs--
A' resolution expressing profound sorrow at the death
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of Fred.Butzel, honorary presi-€
dent of the Council, was unani-
the delegates
mously passed
who stood in silence for a minute
in memory. of Mr. Butzel. The
text of the resolution follows:
"In the. death of Fred M. But-
zel, the American Jewish corn-
munity has lost one of its truly
distinguished sons. We of Detroit
who were privileged to have
known intimately his activities
and accomplishments, have sus-
tained an irreparable loss. His
passionate devotion to - Jewish in-
terests, the sincerity and breadth
of his convictions, his essential
humility and humanitarianism,
shall forever stamp the stature
of the man in .the memory and
the heart of the people and com-
munity he served.
"On behalf of the organizations
we represent, we, the delegates of
the Jewish Community Council
of Detroit, our officers and our
staff, express our profound grief
At his passing. We convey our
sincere sympathy to his family
and dedicate ourselves to search
out and achieve for Detroit's
_ Jewish community the inherently
dignified and self respecting way
of life that Fred M. Butzel's days
on this earth symbolized. This
• we are convinced, is the kind of
memorial he would have chosen."
The delegates elected the fol-
lowing members of the ,executive
board:
For the term expiring 1951:
Henry Abramovitz, Joseph Bern-
stein, Samuel Rhodes, William
Friedman, Irving Schlussel, Theo-
dore Levin, Isidore Sobeloff,
Morris Garvett, Rabbi Jacob
Segal, Ralph Mayer, Harry Na-
than, Morris Zwerdling.
For the term expiring 1950:
Mrs. Samuel Green.
For the term expiring 1949:
Louis Berry.
Election of officers will. take
place next year.
Report of the year's activities
also were made by Lawrence
Crohn, co-chairman of the culture
, commission; Morris Lieberman;
co-chairman of the internal re-
.lations committee; A. C. Lappin,
chairman of the arbitration and
conciliation ,sub-committee: Nath-
an Milstein, chairman of legal
committee; Harry Yudkof, chair-
man of community relations corn-
. mit tee.
Sidney Shevitz recently elected
president of the Zionist Council,
addressed the delegates briefly
on the importance of the State-
hood of Jsrael, stressing the new
responsibilities to the Jews of
Detroit, recognized by the forma-
tion of a new body for joint
action in this field. The new
group, ,composed of the "Zionist
Emergency Council and the, Jew-
ish Community Council, -will con-
cern itself with the interpreta-
tion of the meaning of statehood
both ."to the Jewish community
and the public at large.
Friendship Train
Rolls for Israel
A Friendship Traisn has been
started rolling in Detroit . to
meet the urgent' demands from
Israel for supplies of _food, cloth-
ing, linens and medical necessi-
ties. Hapoel Hamizrachi, Miz-
rachi Organizations, Synagogue
Groups' and Young Israel have
joined this nationwide emer-
gency drive upon the special ap-
peal of the World Union of Re-
ligious Zionist Pioneer and La-
bor Organizations. The cam-
paign is designed to alleviate
the plight of the immigrants
who are arriving daily from
DP camps of Europe and Cy-
prus, for those who have been
evacuated or forced to 'flee from
the danger zones during the
present emergency and for fam-
ilies who have had to leave
their homes in the Arab sec-
tions.
Rabbi Irwin Gordon is chair-
man of the Detroit Friendship
Train for Israel campaign.
Headquarters are at 4841 Second
and 12244 Dexter.
Spearheading the drive of the
Friendship Train for Israel, the
Detroit Hapoel Hamizrachi has
called a special mobilization
meeting for 9 p.m. Monday at
Young Israel Synagogue of
Y'eshivath Beth Yehudah.
Flint Signs Up
100. for ZOA
Jailed by Russian Court
LONDON, (JTA) —Informat ion
reaching here from Berlin re-
vealed that Dr. Walter Nellhans,
president of the Berlin Jewish
Comniunity,. has been sentenced
by a Red Army court to 15 years
imprisonment on the charge that
he was helping Jewish soldiers
a Good Iteconintenslation
A constantly increasing clientele ... that's
what is happening at MODERN AGt. One
woman & tells another .. Women see the
quality -work at the homes of their friends
and relatives and _they stoo demand the
same satisfaction. Nowhere else will you
find such quality' material and workman-
ship. Don't hesitate, call MODERN . AGE
for your draperies, reupholstering and
custom made furniture, and of course, com-
plete satisfaction.
Mrs. Pinkis Installed
As YWBC President
On June 16, Mrs. Samuel B.
Danto' installed Mrs. Samuel A.
Pinkis as president of the Young
Women's Bicur Cholem Organi-
zation.
Other officers are Mesdames
Harry Boxman, Joseph Pearl and
William. Franford, vice presi-
dents; George Barron, Meyer
Kahldon, Morris Ndmer, secretar-
ies; Joseph Viedrah, t`easurer;
and Harry Knopper, Geld Book
chairman. -
Mrs. Thomas L. Firsht - was
chairman of the program, assist- .
ed by Mrs. Joseph Fisher.
JERRY COHEN, 2265 Chicago
Blvd., has been appointed sports
editor of the Detroit Collegian,
Wayne University student daily,
for the 1948-49 school year.
Phone for immediate courteous service.
Estimates giiren at no obligation.
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Monday evening at 8:30, Pisgah
Lodge of Bnai Brith will install
its newly elected officers in the
main auditorium of the Jewish
Community Center. The public is
invited to the installation cere-
mony, program of entertainment
and social hour.
Victor Bromfield was elected
president of the Lodge; Harry
Schwartz and Alfred Bounin,
vice presidents; Sam Atlas, treas-
urer; Morris Shatzen, Archie
Kacher, secretaries; Meyer Lei-
bowitz, assistant chaplain; Irving
Boigan, warden, and Phil Lee-
man, guardian.
Trustees are Aaron Droock,
Sam Maza, Milton M. Weinstein,
Meyer Leib, Max Gokihoff,
Henry A. Abramovitz and Elias
Goldberg. Herbert S. Eskin, re-
tiring president, automatically
assumes the office of chaplain .
for the ensuing term.
and officers to desert the 'Red
Army.
The ' 60-year-old German Jew-
ish leader is now being held in
a Berlin jail, the repo4t says. He
is one of the founders of the Miz-
rachi World Organization. His .
friends are intervening to secure
his release.
CUSTOMER ...
BERNARD M. BARUCH (left),
former U. S. delegate to the UN
Atomic Energy Commission . and
adviser to six U. S. Presidents, and
former Commander Bernard M.
Baruch, Jr., USNR, recently dec-
orated Mt services to the Allied
cause.
24th Year
of Service
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Friday, June 18, 1948
A SATISFIED
Under the . guidance of Abe
Riskin, newly elected president
of the Flint District of the Zion-
ist Organization of America,
and Rabbi Hurwitz, retiring
president, the Flint District •
signed up 100 new members in a
one-day membership campaign
June 10.
After the membership break-
fast which Max Gross, of t h e
Israel equipment project, ad-
dressed, 10 teams of member-
ship workers began solicitation.
Most reports indicated " that
there was little difficulty in
signing up members,- as a result
of the preliminary letters sent
out to the Jewish people of
Flint.
Nathan Finkelstein, treasurer
of the Flint District, reports
that the Flint membership is
now approximately 300, t h e
largest in its history.
Pisgah Installation
To Be Held Monday
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Report Mizrachi Pioneer