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Fay Zager Appeals
For Support of Bnai
Brith Council Event
Local, World News Brevities
James G. Heller, Rabbi . of the
Isaac M. Wise Temple, Cincinnati,
will deliver the principal address
at the 75th an-
niversary ban-
quet of the
Hebrew Congre-
gations in Boston
on Sunday eve-.
ning. Dr. Hel-
ler's topic - . will
be ', "EValuation
and Program of
Liberal Judaism
in America." The
Convention will
Dr. Heller continue through
Wednesday, Nov. 17.
* * *
WILLIAM GREEN, • president
of the American Federation of
Labor, has . pledged his Support
of the Histadrut's $10,000,000 na-
tionwide campaign.
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"Social Revolution in Great
Britain" will be the topic. of an
illustrated lecture to be presented
at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 17, at
Wayne University by OSCAR
COHEN, director of the Jewish
Community Council and his wife.
During the summer, the Cohens
spent two-and-a-half n-i o n t h s
touring the British Isles and dis-7
cussing England's problems with
the Labor Party leaders. The
program is sponsored by the Uni-
versity's Sociological: Society.
* * *
AR.NOLD OCHS, who landed
in New York last week under
sponsorship of HIAS was at 16,
one of France's
youngest and
most daring
u n derground
fighters. He was
a member of
- amous
t h e f
"Groupe de
Soleil" band of
Maquis, which
harassed Ger-
man troops and
destroyed
portant German
military mater-
ial. After the war, HIAS located
the boy's cousin, Herman Ochs,
in Indianapolis, with whom Arn-
old will make his home" in this
country.
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DR. LEO BAECK, the pre-war
Chief Rabbi of Berlin who was
offered a refuge in Cincinnati
in 1938 and turned it down "as
long as there is a single humble
Jew left alive in Germany" un-
der Hitler, has come to the
United States to devote the re-
maining years of his life to fur-
thering Liberal Judaism in
America. Dr. Baeck, 75, president
of the World Union for. Pro-
' gressive Judaism, arrived from
London to accept an invitation
to serve as the first visiting pro-
fessor at Hebrew Union College-
Jewish Institute of Religion in
Cincinnati under the Gustave A.
and Mamie W. Efroymson Me-
morial Lectureship.
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•The board of trustees of Con-
gregation Mishkan Israel, at its
meeting Nov. 1, named M. MAN-
UEL MERZON president of the
Junior Congregation. Phillip
Stollman, head of the synagogue,
outlined the program for the en-
suing year and named the com-
mittees to carry on the activities.
Elections held by the Junior Con-
gregation resulted as follows:
President, Gerald Heiman; vice-
president and secretary, Bernard
Stollman; co-treasurers, Mannie
Sobol and Tommie Niellerman;
sergeants-at-arms, Norman Hel-
Tan and Walter Godfrey; chair-
men of attendance, Jerry God-
frey and Cantor Melvin S. Mer-
zon.
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Charles Nemser, field secretary-
at-large for . the National Jewish
Welfare Board, has been named
o a newly-cre-
ated JWB post,
director of ad-
inistration, it is
announced by S.
D. G e rshoviti,
the organiza-
ion's executive
irector. Mr.
Nemser's ap-
pointment takes
effect at once..
Mr. Nemser,
who has been with JWB for 13
years, will serve as liaison be-
tween the executive director and
the various divisions, bureaus,
and departments of the agency.
* * *
A special meeting of ZION-
ISTS-REVISIONISTS of Detroit
will be held Thursday, Nov. 18,
8:30 p.m., in Yeshivath Chachmey
Lublin, 12007 Linwood. Jonas
Dworin,' formerly head of the
Havanah Cuba Revisionists, will,
discuss the forthcoming visit of
Menachern Beigin to this coun-
try. Delegates will be named to
the meeting of the administrative
committee of the Zionists-Revis-
ionists of America, Nov. 26-28 in
New York.
* * *
HODDING CARTER, "the
South's fighting editor," will lec-
ture at Detroit Town Hall, Wed-
nesday morning, Nov. 17, at 11
o'clock, in the Fisher Theater.
His subject will be -"Is the South
that Bad?"
* * *
Chaplain Henry Tavel, a 1929
graduate of Hebrew Union Col-
lege, is the first Jewish chap-
lain in• the Reg- 7.''
ular Army to at-
tain the rank of
Lieut. - Colonel
it has been an-
nounced by Maj.
Gen Luther D.
Miller, Chief of
Chaplains, De-
partment of the
Army, in Wash-
ington.
Lt. Col. Tavel
* * *
To assist Jewish Community
Centers and YM-YWHAs that
wish to enrich their progroarris
by including Jewish' folk danc-
ing, the National Jewish Welfare
Board has published the "JEW-
ISH FOLK DANCE BOOK,"
which is written by Katya Dela-
kova and Fred Berk, creative
dance artists. The 45 pages of
the off-set publication are replete
with material designed to make
it easy for the Center to include
Jewish folk dancing, either as a
separate activity or in relation
to other aspects of the Center's
program,. such as music, dramat-
ics, and arts and crafts.
RABBI AMRAM PRERO was
designated national director of
the American Zionist Youth Corn-
mission.
* * *
FRANK .L. WEIL, president of
the National Jewish Welfare
Board, last week • was ap-
pointed by President Truman to
the chairmanship of a committee
on religious, moral welfare and
character guidance in the armed
forces. The committee's task will
be to provide a healthy spiritual
and recreational life for service
men in their off-duty time. Mr.
Weil is also chairman of the
National Social Welware Assem-
bly's executive committee.
* * *
ARI IBN-ZAHAV, distinguished
Israeli authOr of "Jessica, My
Daughter," the first novel to
come out of the new Jewish
state, is now in this country on
a lecture tour under the auspices
of the National Federation of
Jewish Men's Clubsi'of the United
Synagogue of America, it was
announced by Arthur Bruckman,
president. Known as , the "poet .
of Jerusalem," Mr. Ibn-Zahav is
perhaps the greatest living au-
thority of the character of Shy-
lock. Last year his novel, "Shy-
lock's Daughter," originally pub-
lished in Hebrew,Vas adapted for
the stage by Maurice Schwartz.
* * *
PRESIDENT TRUMAN extend-
ed congratulations to Dr. Israel
Goldstein, spiritual leader of
Congregation Bnai Jeshurun,
New York -who completed 30
years in the synagogue's pulpit.
Israeli envoy to the U. S. Elia-
hu Epstein and Dr. Louis Finkel-
stein, president of the Jewish
Theological Seminary, were
guest speakers at ' a special
service in Dr. Goldstein's honor.
* * *
The Department of School Li-
braries of the Detroit schools, un-
der the direction of Mrs. Lois T.
Place, director, is presenting a
BOOK FESTIVAL, Nov. 8 to 30
at the Children's Museum, 5202
Cass. Story hours, recorded read-
ings and motion pictures based
on children's literature, special
exhibits and demonstratiOns and
other features will make up the
special program planned for
Children's Book Week, Nov. 15
to 20. Parents, teachers and all
interested in school children and
their development are' invited to
visit the exhibits and attend as
many Book Week program-teas
as possible.
* * *
BUCHAREST (JTA)—The of-
fices of the Jewish National
Fund and the Keren Hayesod of
Romania were closed on charges
of participating in large-scale
black markdt operations.
The Romanian Government is
a decree nationalizing the
19 hospitals throughout the coun-
try operated by Jewish com-
munities.
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Lauritz M e 1 -
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MAURICE SUGAR, labor at-
torney, will be the .guest of honor %
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at a public reception tonight at
the Detroit Urban League, John 7.•
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R. and Mack. Mr. Sugar will re-
turn from New York to report on
his work for the past six weekS
sic
as associate counsel in the de-
fense of the)12 indicted leaders of
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the Communist party, whose trial
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the guests will be Judge Patrick ra
7.•
H. O'Brien. Tracy M. Doll' will
act as Master of Ceremonies.
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DR. JACOB I. HARTSTEIN
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School of Education and Com-
ra
munity Administration of Ye-
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I8—THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, November 12, 1948 .
Two National Broadcasts
To Emanate From UAHC
Convention in Boston
BOSTON—Two national broad-
casts will originate from the 75th
anniversary convention of the
Union of American Hebrew Con-
gregations, to be held in Boston
Nov. 14 through 17.
On Sunday, 10 to 10:30 a.m.,
over the network of the Amer-
ican Broadcasting .Company on
the "Message of Israel" program,
a service of worship will open
the 40th biennial council of the.
union, which marks the 75th an-
niversary of its founding by Dr.
Isaac M. Wise. Speakers will be
Dr. Maurice N. Eisendrath and
William Rosenwald.' The service
will be conducted by Rabbi Bur-
ton Levinson of Temple Sinai,
Pittsburgh.
On Wednesday, from 1:45 to
2 p.m., over the network of the
National Broadcasting Company,
an NBC reporter will interview
Dr. Eisendrath and the Hon. Lily
'Montagu, English woman lay
preacher who is honorary secre-
tary of the World Union for Pro-
gressive Judaism.
MISS FAY ZAGER
A special appeal to the entire
community has been made by
Fay Zager, of the Greater De-
troit Bnai Brith Women's Coun-
dil, to attend the women's fund-
raising event at 1:30 p.m. Mon-
day, Nov. 22, at Masonic Temple.
The $75,000 goal set by the
Council, which represents 15
constituent groups, will cover the
district allocations for all Bnai
Brit projects.
Guest artists at the event will Flint Men's Club Lists
lie Tito Guizar and his Latin- Forum Guest Speakers
American revue, including con-
Beth Israel's Men's Club of
cert pianist Vincent deSola;
pianist Marjorie Harper, and Flint announces the following
Mexi6an soprano Maria Teresa program for its annual Men's
Club Forum.
Fonseca.
William Simms, New York
humorist, will open the series
Package Service Sends
Nov. 21. Pierre Van Paassen will
40-Lb. Gifts to Israel
speak Jan. 16, and 'on Feb. 27,
Cantor Moses J. Silverman will
Food and clothing packages present a musical program.
weighing up to 40 pounds can
Rabbi Philip Bernstein of
now be sent to Israel through Rochester, N. Y., will conclude
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-Nearly CongratutationJ
To our beloved Rabbi Isaac Stollman upon the
forthcoming marriage of his son, Rabbi Samuel
Stollman of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Miss De-
borah Miriam Levine of Brooklyn, New York, which
will take place, please- G-d, Tuesday evening, No-
vember 16th, at Gold Manor Hall, 665 Willoughby
Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. -
.
In behalf of our officers and members, we
wish them the blessings of the Almighty.
Cong. Mbhian —Lad.
C ongratulation4
Our heartiest congratulations to our dear colleague, dean of the
Council of Orthodox Rabbis of Detroit,
RABBI ISAAC STOLLMAN
upon, the forthcoming marriage of his distinguished son, a graduate
of the Rabbi Isaac Elchonan Theological Seminary and Yeshivah
University,
RABBI SAMUEL STOLLMAN
of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to
MISS
DEBORAH MIRIAM LEVINE
of Brooklyn, New York, which will take place, please G-d, Tuesday
evening, Nov. 16, at Gold Manor Hall, 655 Willoughby, Brooklyn.
May the blessings of the Almighty accompany this distinguished
couple on 'their matrimonial path, and may they build a house in
Israel, in the tradition of their prominent families, whence the light
of Torah and traditional Judaism shall shine forth to the glory of
Israel and to the joy and pride of their parents and friends.
With Torah and Zion's greetings
COUNCIL OF ORTHODOX RABBIS OF DETROIT.