Michigan, National Leaders Take
Part in USNA Conference Sunday
A number of Detroit Jewish
leaders will participate in a
program of the Michigan . Re-
settlement Conference under the
auspices of the United Service
for New Americans, Sunday,
Dec. 19, at the Detroit Sheraton
Hotel.
• Among these are Judge Theo-
dore Levin, president of the
Detroit Resettlement Service and
co-chairman of the conference,
who will preside at the luncheon
session, to be addressed by Carlos
L. Israels, treasurer of the United
Service for New Americans and
Hon. Edward O'Connor, a mem-
ber of the United States Dis-
placed PerSons Commission.
Julian H. Krolik, president of
the Jewish Welfare Federation
wilt participate in the same
session. Other local leaders on the
program will be Rabbi B. Ben-
edict Glazer of Temple Beth-El;
Mrs. Joseph M. Welt, National
president of the Council a Jew-
ish Women and a member of the
USNA Board; Samuel S. Green-
berg. president of the Jewish
Vocational Service; Mrs. Julian
H. Krolik, chairman of the case
committee of the Resettlement
Service; Mrs. Rachel Manela, Jew-
ish Social Service Bureau staff
member, and Harold Silver, ex-
ecutive director of the Resettle-
ment Service.
Co-chairman of the conference
with Judge Levin are B. Morris
Pelavin, president of the Flint
Jewish Community Council, and
Hyman J. B -ylan, president of the
Grand Rapids Jewish Community
Fund. Harry Polasky of Saginaw
and Mrs. Morris Rubenstein of
Flint will participate as discus-
sants in the morning sessions.
The United Service for New
Americans is one of the three
major beneficary agencies of the
United Jewish Appeal, which in
Detroit is supported by ,the Allied
Jewish Campaign. Its program
of aid to immigrant new-corners
is carried on in cooperation with
local welfare agencies. In Detroit
the program is administered by
the Resettlement Service , of
which Mr. Silver is the Executive
Director.
Civic leaders and welfare
Nominating Committee
Chosen by Federation
The appointment of a nominat-
ing committee for the Jewish
Welfare Federation was announc-
ed by Julian H. Krolik, president.
Members of the committees are
Samuel H. Rubiner, chairman;
Joseph Bernstein, Irving W.
Blumberg, Morris Garvett and
Mrs. Henry Wineman.
In accordance with the Fed-
eration by-laws, the committee
is charged with the responsi-
bility of nominating 'candidates
for nine members at-large of the
Board of Governors to be elected
for a three-year term. The elec-
tion will take place at the annual
meeting of the Federation tent;''
tatively planned for early in
February.
The Federation board consists
of 64 members of which 27 are
members at-large and serve three-
year terms. Nine are elected
every year.
Other members of the board
serve a one-year term and rep-
resent the -following groups:
Local member social service
agencies, Detroit Service Group,
Junior Service Group, Women's-
Division and organizational mem-
bership .groups. Currently in-
cluded in this last category are
the Greater Detroit Bnai Brith
Council, Detroit Zionist Council,
United Jewish Folks Organiza-
tion, Jewish Labor Committee—
Workmen's Circle and Jewish
Wae Veterans.
The Federation by-laws pro-
vide that "after a member of the
Board shall have served two con-
secutive terms of three years
each, he shall not be eligible for
reelection . . . . "Under this pro-
vision four members of the
present Board whose terms expire
are hot eligible to be candidates
for reelection.
The Federation by-laws state
further that, "the names of the
nominees shall be published not
less than 30 days prior to the
annual meeting." This provision
is intended to provide an oppor-
tunity • for nomination of can-
didates by petition.
THE JEWISH NEWS-7
Friday, December 17, 1948
workers from communities
throughout the state will attend
the Conference, which will be
keyed to the theme, "Our Newest
American—The DP." The Con-
ference will open with the Sun-
day morning session and will con-
tinue through the afternoon.
Commissioner O'Connor, who
made a study of Europeans up-
rooted from their homelands
during his previous position as
Executive Assistant of War Relief
Services for the National Catholic
Welfare Conference, will discuss
the implications of the Displaced
Persons Act of 1948 for American
Communities receiving and aid-
ing in the adjustment of new-
corners arriving under the law at
the luncheon session of the Con-
ference beginning at 12 noon Sun-
day.
The morning session beginning
at 10 a.m. will be devoted to the
topic, "Facilitating the Economic
and - Social Adjustment of New-
comers." This will be followed
by the luncheon session on the
"Implication of the DP Act of
1948." The final session 2:30 to
4 p.m., will have as its subject,
"Facilitating the Integration of
Newcomers."
Community
Calendar
Dec. 17—League of Jewish Women's
Org., board meeting, 1 p, m.
Dec. 18—Young People's Club North-
west Congregation, Dance, 9 p.m.
Dec. 19—Jr. Hadassah,- open meet-
ing, 2 p.m. ZOA I, bowling, 3 p.m.
Young Adult Council, delegates meet-
ing, 2:30 p.m. at Center. Center Holi-
day Hop. JSSB Michigan State meet-
ing, USNA, 10 a.m.
Dec. 20—Jr. Hadassah board meeting,
8 p.m. North End Clinic, board meet-
ing, 8:15 p.m., at Center. ORT meet-
ing.
Dec. 21—Maimonides Auxiliary, at
Huyler's IZFA, 9 p.m., at Hillel. Coun-
cil Career Group, 8 p.m. Sisterhood,
Shaarey Zedek, Book review and
brunch, 12:30 p.m. Masada-Jr. Service
Adult Education Institute, 8 p.m.,
Shaarey Zedek. Music Study Club
program, YWCA, 8 p.m.
Dec. 22—Detroit Denver League.
Sisterhood Temple Israel. YPS
Shaarey Zedek, open meeting, 8:30
p.m. Bnai Brith Women's Council, 9
p.m., at Ft. Wayne.
Dec. 23—Masada. Hanukah Party,
8:30 p.m., Shaarey Zedek.
Dec. 24—YPS, Temple Beth El, Fri-
day night services. Jr. Hadassah, Oneg
Shabat, 8 p.m.
Dec. 25—BB Louis Marshall B & P
Aux. membership dance, Detroit Le-
land, 9 p.m.
Dec. 26—ZOA Chapter 1 bowling, 3
p.m. Shaarey Zedek, 6:30 p.m., Hanu-
kah dinner. Young Adult Council,
Hanukah festival, 2 p.m.
Dec. 27—Sisterhood Shaarey Zedek,
10:30 a.m. Bnai Brith Pisgah Women's
Hanukah party. 8:30 p.m. Young Peo-
ple's Society, Temple Beth El, dance,
8 p.m.
Rabbi 'J. G. Heller
To Keynote Labor
Zionist Seminar
Rabbi James G. Helier will be
keynote speaker for the annual
mid-winter sem-
inar of the La-
bor Zionist Or-
g a n i z ation, at
8:30 p.m. Thurs-
day, Dec. 23, at
t h e Northwest
Synagogue.
T h e seminar,
which will con-
sider varying i
aspects of
Zionism, with Rabbi Heller
emphasis on American Zionists'
relation to the state of Israel,
will continue through Sunday,
Dec. 26. All sessions following
the opening are scheduled at the
Labor Zionist Institute, Linwood
at Pasadena.
Friday evening, Dec. 24, Har-
old Silver will be the speaker,
and the meeting also will feature
a special presentation by mem-
bers of Habonim, the Labor Zi-
onist youth group.
Three sessions are set for Sat-
urday, Dec. 25, with Rabbi Jo-
seph Miller speaking at 11 in the
morning; Wolf Snyder at 2 in
the afternoon, and Dr. Berl Fry-
Hier addressing the dinner ses-
sion at 7 p.m.
Prof. Chayim Fineman will
speak at the final meeting at
11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 26. His talk
will be followed by brunch and
a recapitulation of the seminar.
Additional information about
all sessions may be obtained by
calling the Institute, TO. 9-8710.
ALBERT K. EPSTEIN and
ABRAHAM DICKENSTEIN, of-
ficials of AMPAL (American Pal-
estine Trading Corporation) left
for Israel to arrange with the
Israeli government and with the
Histadrut numerous financial
transactions involving more than
$10,000,000.
Detroit Technion Leaders Plan
Industrial Assistance for Israel
Detroit engineers and techni-
lians are making a thorough
study of Israeli industrial needs
with a view of assisting in the
economic development of the
Jewish State, leaders of the De-
troit Technion Society an-
nounced at a dinner meeting at
the Rackham Bldg. on Monday.
Leon Kay, president of the
Detroit Technion (Society . for
the - Advancement of the Haifa
Institute of Technology), states
that numerous projects are being
studied and that Lou.. Gelfand
heads a committee of men who
are conducting the research.
Addressing the members of
the society on his experiences
in Israel whence he came two
weeks ago, D. Lou Harris, of
Toronto, C
- hairman of the Cana-
dian Technion Society, described
the heroism of the fighters for
freedom in the 'Jewish State.
Outlining the great progress
made by the Israeli navy. Mr.
Harris predicted that "Israel will
become the Norway of the Mid-
dle East."
He praised the work of the
Technion in Haifa and said that
the technical men trained there
are a great asset in the defense
and the developmnt of the coun-
try. He pleaded for continued
support for Israel, for assistance
to the Technion and for man-
power from this country to help
Israel in its state-building- activ-.
ities.
Philip Neusholtz, chairman of
the annual dinner, announced
that Prof. Alfred M. Freudenthal,
Technion exchange teacher now
at Columbia University, will
speak at the annual event at
the Rackharn Bldg. on Jan. 15.
A brief address on Israeli in-
dustrial activities was given at
the meeting by Morris Spertus of
Chicago. Reports on Technion
activities were submitted by Karl
Segall, Milton Doner and Harold
Goodman.
DR. DAVID D. FELD, former •
acting medical director of the
Los Angeles Sanatorium, has
assumed his new duties as medical
director of the Jewish Consump-
tive& Relief Society, it was
announced by Henry Schwartz,
president.
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people affiliated with more than
900 Young Judaea groups
throughout the United States.
The Labor Zionist Organization of America
Annoynces the
Labor Zionist Winter Seminar—Midwest
Region
to be held in Detroit Michigan, Dec. 23rd through
December 26
Thursday Dec. 23, 8:30 p.
Northwest Hebrew Congregation
Curtis and Santa Rose
1st Session: Rabbi James G. Heller
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