National Bnai Brith Secretary Here
To Report on Trip to Europe, Israel
Maurice Bisgyer, national sec-
retary of Bnai Brith, who has
just completed a tour of Europe
and Israel, will be the guest
speaker at a public meeting spon-
sored by Greater Detroit Bnai
Brith Council, at 8:30 p.m. Sun-
day, Nov. 14, in the Brown Me-
morial Chapel of Temple Beth
E1, Woodward
and Gladstone.
An added fea-
ture of the meet-
ing will be the
presentation of
Cantor Moses J.
Silverman of
.Chicago i n a
musical pro-
gram.
The public is
invited to this
Silverman
meeting. There will be no solici-
tation of funds.
Bisgyer, who conferred With
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president,
and other officials of Israel, and
who interviewed important Eu-
ropean Jewish leaders, will re-
port on conditions among Euro-
pean Jews and on the status of
Israel.
Cantor Silverman ranks among
the leading, singers in America
and is one of the outstanding in-
terpreters of liturgical and folk
music. He will appear in a pro-
gram of Hebrew, Yiddish and
English. songs.
Bisgyer will be welcomed by
Isadore Starr, Bnai Brith Coun-
cil president, and Sidney J. Kar-
bel, chairman of the council mem-
bership committee.
Northwest Expansion
Includes High School,
Theater for Children
Northwest Hebrew Congrega-
tion Religious School has added
to its curriculum a high school
department and a children's thea-
ter.
The school committee, which
is responsible for the expansion,
includes Rabbi J. E. Segal, Ira
G. Kaufman, Harry Brodsky, Jo-
seph G. Aller, Dr. S. G. Epstein,
Harry J. Goldberg, Meyer Littky
and. Sam Simmer.
The faculty is as follows: Al-
len A. Warsen, director, Mrs. Ev-
elyn Noveck, Mrs. Hilda Saper-
stein, Mrs. Sarah Warsen, Mrs.
Helen Lappin, Mrs. Ethel Metz-
ger, Bess Stein, Joanne Bailies,
Florence Sleeper, Elaine Ruback,
Albert Schiff, Harold Noveck,
Jack Felstein, Leonard Antel,
Temple Israel Women
Henry Faigan, Boris Katz, Ber-
Honor New Members
nard Kahn and Maxwell Nadis.
Cantor Pavel Slavensky heads
Temple Israel Sisterhood hon- the music department, assisted by
ored close to 100 new members Vivian Kozenn and Betty Shan-
at a luncheon at the home of brom.
Mrs. Louis Millman of Birchcrest
Dr.
Members of the membership Eight Mile Merchants
committee who acted as host- Join Interracial Work
esses were Mesdames Sol Lunsky,
chairman, Irving Weisenthal,
Fourteen merchants in the
Samuel Blacher, Benjamin Bag- Eight Mile rd. area have banded
dade, Sidney Broida, Jack Bor- together to furnish aid to Negro
sand, Tom Mittledorf, Philip Ar- civic causes as members of the
nold, Sol Rosenman, Louis Schos- Eight Mile rd. chapter of , the
tak, Sam Maza, Robert Rosen, East Side Merchants Association,
Harry Singer, Louis Millman, long known for its interracial
Reuben Levine, Michael Gaines, goodwill work.
Ellis Fishman, Julius Fishbr,
Those enrolled so far are: B&S
Jacob Citrin, Leo Rubenstein,
Joe Bean, Maxwell Emmer, Ar- Super Market, 10501 W. Eight
thur J. Haas and Abe Schmerin. Mile, Arrow Market, 8621 W.
Eight Mile; Chick's Loan Office,
8623 W. Eight Mile; Baseline Su-
Metropolitan Chapter
per Market, 8401 W. Eight Mile;
Mitz' Variety Store, 8623 W.
Offers Israel Films
Eight Mile; Duke's Furniture and
Metropolitan Chapter of the Appliances, 10227 W. Eight Mile;
American Jewish Congress will Carman Market, 10129 W. Eight
present "Israel in the Movies" at Mile; Joe Gross, 10125 W. Eight
its membership meeting at 8:30 Mile; G&G Shoe Store, 2729 Wyo-
p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17 at the ming; Jewel Box, 10028 W. Eight
Mile; Marvin's 5c to $1 Store,
Rose Sittig Cohen bldg.
10036 W. Eight Mile; Duke's Men's
Movies to be shown are "Path Wear, 2731 Wyoming; Penrose
to Tomorrow" and "House in the Market, 8137 Penrose; Superior
Desert." Morris Mendelson will Drugs, 10345 W. Eight Mile; Su-
lead a discussion on the political per Eight Market, 8903 W. tight
and military problems of Israel. Mile.
Mrs. Ann Parker is in charge
of arrangements for the evening.
The public is invited.
Israel Men Sponsor
Afternoon of Sports
Sunday afternoon, Nov. 14,
Temple Israel Men's Club will
be host to members of Temple
Israel and their children, at an
afternoon of sports to be held
at 2 p.m. at Hampton School.
Benjamin Bagdade, chairman,
announces that members of the
Detroit Tigers and the Chicago
White Sox baseball teams will
be present. Movies will be
shown of the recent Michigan-
Illinois football game.
Following the program, re-
freshments will be served. There
is no admission charge.
Progressive Zionists
Form Detroit Chapter
Organization of a. Progressive
Zionist League in Detroit has
been effected with the following
named as provisional officers:
Eugene Franzblau, president;
Harry Kaminer, Charles Driker,
vice presidents; Max Shnider-
man, treasurer; Mrs. Bernard
Linderman, secretary; Isadore
Starr, Morris Gleicher and Alan
N. Brown, advisory board.
A meeting of the League will
be held Thursday evening, Nov.
18, at the home of Eugene Franz-
blau, 18651 Roselawn. All who
are interested in aiding Mapam,
the United Workers Party of
Israel, are invited. For informa-
tion, call UN. 3-9269 or TO
Shaarey Zedek
Adult Institute
To Open Nov. 23
Joseph Holtzman of 18365 Oak
Drive, for 20 years a leading De-
troit builder and in recent years
Shaarey Zedek's Adult Insti- a leader in Allied Jewish Cam-
tute will open Nov. 23 and run paigns, last Saturday was ap-
for 20 consecutive Tv -ssday eve-
nings. The community is invited
to enroll.
The first session each Tuesday
will be • from 8 to 9 a.m., when
three courses in Hebrew on ele-
mentary, intermediate and ad-
vanced levels will be offered.
WS.' M. Lehrman will teach be-
ginners Hebrew; Sol Panush will
instruct Hebrew two, a refresh-
ing course and the students of
Hebrew three, led by M. Gold-
oftas, will engage in selected
readings from modern Hebrew
literature.
Mrs. Goldie Adler will teach a
class in Bible giving the high-
lights of Scriptures and discus-
sing their relevance to modern
problems and needs. S. Segal will
teach Yiddish.
Dr. S. Joseph Fauman has pre-
pared a course in Jewish history
JOSEPH HOLTZMAN
entitled "Jews Enter the Modern
pointed
by Mayor Eugene I. Van
World." The various movements
and personalities which have Antwerp as a member of the De-
shaped modern Jewish life will troit Street Railway Commission.
be explored, with special em- He succeeds D. Lyle Fife.-
Holtzman, who with Louis Ber-
phasis on the impact of Zionism.
This course is sponsored by Ma- ry last year went on the United
sada, General Zionist youth Jewish Appeal mission to Israel,
group, and young adult groups is a partner in the firm of Holtz-
man and Silverman.
have been invited to attend.
The 9 to 10 hour has been set
aside for a lecture and discussion Brandeis Lodge Maps
course by Rabbi Morris Adler on
"The Life Cycle of the Jew." Fund-Raising Session
This course will trace Jewish
Louis D. Brandeis Lodge of
concepts and practices as they
relate to significant and crucial Bnai Brith is planning a fund-
moments and experiences in the raising affair Tuesday evening,
individual Jew's life. A staff of Nov. 23, at the Rose Sittig Cohen
guest lectures in psychiatry, psy- Hall. Milton Ribiat and Meyer
chology and sociology has been Cohen are in charge.
Robert S. Rudman, chairman of
invited to make specific presen-
tations on such topics as "The membership, reports that the
Family in the Modern World," membership drive honoring Sam-
"Teaching the Child to Adjust," uel Dubrinsky is making great
"The Psychology of the Adoles- strides. All persons over 21 are
cent;" "Resolving Marital Con- invited to contact Rudman at TY.
flicts and Tensions," "Meeting 8-6774 or TR. 1-4812 for applica-
tions.
Tragedy."
Informal social programs will
be held monthly following the
lectures. Registration is now
open and may be made by tele-
phoning the synagogue or school
office any week-day.
More than 900 YOUNG JU-
DAEA groups throughout the
United States, representing 15,000
Jewish young people between the
ages of 10 and 18, are currently
participating in a drive to build
a training center in Israel for the
Tsofim, the Jewish Scouts, it was
announced by 'Norman Schanin,
executive direCtor of National
Young Judaea.
THE MOST SENSATIONAL AFFAIR
OF THE YEAR
SALUTE TO ISRAEL
7
course
DINNER
and
SHOW
Super
Gala
• GEORGE GIVOT •
Plus Detroit's Outstanding
Visiting Headliners
Sunday, November 21-6:30 P.M.
of the
Northwest Hebrew Congregation and Center
Curtis at Santa Rosa
• DEL DELBRIDGE •
and his Music
For Ticket Information Call
WO. 1-3256--Material for Israel, Inc.
Harry Cohen, Chairman
TY. 6-6251
Arnold Michlin
VI. 3-5454
10—THE JEWISH NEWS
Max Sosin
Michigan . Artists Play
Own Compositions for
Music Study Club Tea
A membership tea and pro-
gram will be given by the Music
Study Club of Detroit at 1 p.m.
Tues., Nov. 16, at the YWCA,
Montcalm and Witherell.
A program of contemporary
music by Michigan artists will
be presented. Dan Frohman,
baritone, will sing his own com-
positions: Helen Burr Brand,
harpist, will play her own com-
positions.
Jerome Stasson, violinist, ac-
companied by Betty Kowalsky,
pianist, will play compositions by
Julius Chajes. S h os h a n n a h
Brooks Freedman, soprano, ac-
companied by Lillian RobbinS,
will offer songs by Miss Robbins
who also will play some of her
own compositions.
This meeting is open to the
public. Anyone interested
in
becoming a member and wish-
ing information may call Mrs.
Bernard L a c h s, membership
chairman, TO. 8-7539.
Men's Clubs
BNAI DAVID MEN'S CLUB
will hold a fund-raising event at
8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, at
the synagogue. Proceeds will go
toward the Bnai David Boys'
Club, sponsored by the men's
group. All boys 13 to 16 are in-
vited to participate in thiS. boys'
program, which is conducted
Sunday mornings and includes
morning services, breakfast and
athletics.
* * *
RABBI MANDEL M. ZAGER
LODGE of Bnai Brith will hold
a fund-raising affair at 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. .17, at the Cul-
tural Hall, Joy Rd. near Linwood.
Proceeds will be used for the
Wayne University Hillel Founda-
tion and local BBYO activities,
according to Herman Schneider,
Jewish Welfare Board Adopts
chairman. Louis Schneider is •
1949 Budget of $1,500,000
ticket chairman. Maxwell M. M.._
LOUISyILLE, KY. (JTA)—A Lowe, lodge president, urges all
cash deficit for the National Jew- members and friends to attend.
* *
ish Welfare Board was forecast
Nov. 15, 8:30 p.m. at the Jew-
here this week for 1948 in a re-
port of the organization's Na- ish Center, PISGAH LODGE of
tional Finance Council. At the Bnai Brith will have an open
same time a budget of $1,491,955 surprise social meeting foi" mem-
bers and prospective members.
for 1949 was adopted.
CASPER C. CUTLER
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR
1764 Penobscot Building
DETROIT 26, MICH.
WOODWARD 2-6632, 2-6633
November 5, 1948
My Friends:
Senator Homer Ferguson,
Circuit Court Judge Miles N. Culehan,
Prosecutor-Elect Gerald K. O'Brien,
Probate Judge D. J. Healy,
Probate Judge Joseph A. Murphy,
County Clerk Edgar M. Branigin,
and the writer, take this opportunity to thank the
many Jewish Voters for their kind support during
the recent Election.
Governor Dewey, Governor Sigler, Joseph A.
Moynihan, Jr. (the other candidates mentioned
in my letter of October 28) are grateful for the
Jewish Voters' support, and salute their victors.
The losing Candidates and I pledge our complete
and full support to the successful opponents
during their terms of office _ , and wish them good
health and happiness.
"Government of the people, by the people,
and for the people, shall not perish from the
earth."
Sincerely yours
For Good Government,
TO. 7 5224
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Co-Chairmen
Under Auspices of
B'nai B'rith Aid to People of Israel Committee
1
Friday, November 12, 1948
Congressman George D. O'Brien,
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