Rabbi Fischer, Respected Leader Of Cong. Bnai Moshe, Reaches 70 Rabbi Moses Fischer, one of the key figures in the Detroit rabbinate since 1923, will cele- brate his 70th birthday Jan. 26. • For more than two decades, his ministry to congregation Bnai Labor Zionist Kindergarten Celebration Federation of Orthodox Jewish Charities, which later merged with the Associated Charities, and was a director of the Mai- monides Kosher Hospital, which later become Mount Sinai Hospi- tal. In 1923, Rabbi Fischer answered the call to the Bnai Moshe pulpit in Detroit, and assumed the task of building a small congregation into one of the leading synago- gues of the community. Soon after his arrival here, he became active in Jewish educa- tion institutions, particularly the United Hebrew Schools and Ye- shivath Beth. He has been chairman of the Yeshivah board of education for many years and has been a consistent lecturer for Young Israel. Rabbi Fischer has been active in all phases of Jewish commu- nal life and his leadership has been recogxlized by his colleagues by electing him, for several terms, to the chairmanship of the Vaad Harabonim. • RABBI NOSES FISCHER Moshe, his services to a wide va- riety of Jewish. agencies, and his scholarship have won him the respect of the entire Detroit Jew- ish community. "Born in Hungary Jan. 26,, 1879, Rabbi Fischer was the son of a rabbi and the descendant of noted rabbis and scholars in both his parents' families. He studied at a number of Hungarian yeshivoth, including Bacz Pappa and Press- burg, where he received his Rab- binical authorization. • In 1903, • when Cong. Agudath Achim in Chicago Wrote to the leading rabbis of Hungary, ask- ing for their recommendation for a young Hungarian rabbi 4 for their pulpit, Rabbi Fischer was sent to this country. For 20 years he served the Chi- cago synagogue and began the pattern, familiar to Detroiters, of service to the community. • In Chi- cago he was associated with one ofthe original Zionist organiza- tions, "Knights of Zion," and was present at the birth of Adath Yis- roel, forerunner of Young Israel. He lectured at the Hebrew The- ological College on Hebrew hom- iletics and Jewish history; was one of the first directors of the 'Our Letter Box Packages to Russia Editor, The Jewish News-1- The Lithuanian Society of De- troit is planning a campaign to send 500 packages to Russia. This campaign should be warm- ly greeted by all Jewish citizens ot Detroit. The battle for the boundaries of Israel has taken our attention away from the foodlesS_condition of the Jews in Russia. From the lonesome steppes of Siberia and Arkhangelsk, where people are imprisoned, comes the plea for help. Consequently, the Lithuanian Society has undertaken this im- portant campaign. This should have the help of _all Detroit Jews. D. FAYTELEWICZ. * * * Reader Cites Duplicity - Of British Denials Editor, The Jewish News: - Just to call your attention to a recent article in the Detroit Free Press which read .. . "Brit- ish Deny Arming of Arab Forces . . Israel charged that Britain is shipping arms into 'the Middle East, Arab states, and secretly photographingIsraeli territory from reconnaissance planes . . Britain immediately denied the charge." I wonder what Britain thinks about it now? Furthermore, an Israeli spokesman said the al- leged British arms shipments in- cluded Locust tanks orignally given to Britain by the United States for use in the Nopmandy invasion. He also said five Lobust tanks were captured from Egyp- tian forces in the Negev Dec. 6, 1948. And a spokesman for the Air Ministry denied that British plans have made photographic flights over Israel! DAVID GROSSMAN • Prentiss M. Brown Named Brotherhood Chairman for State • Registration of new pupils in the kindergarten of the Labor Zionist Schools, 13722 Linwood, is now open. The kindergarten holds two sessions, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1 to 4 p.m. Shown above are children of the kindergarten at their resent Hanukah celebration. For further information an the classes, call TO. 8-9280, daily except Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Former U. S. Senator Prentiss ORT Seeks $3,500,000 in United States in '49 M. Brown, chairman of the board of the Detroit Edison . Co., has ac- NEW YORK_ (JTA)—Plans for He ,reported that ORT has sub- cepted the invitation of Nelson A. ORT activities throughout the mitted to the French government Rockefeller, national Brotherhood world which will involve the ex- a three-year plan for the voca- penditure of $6,500,000 in 1949 tional training of 65,000 Jews in were outlined by Dr. David Lvo- France and French North Africa, vith, chairman of the executive participating with the help of the committee of the World ORT Un- Marshall Plan in augmenting the ion; upon his arrival from Europe. supply of skilled man-power, the shortage of which is urgently em- phasized in the Monnet Plan. ORT will attempt to raise $3,500,000 in the United States to help carry out these projects, he said. 8—THE JEWISH NEWS Friday, January 21, 1949 POLIO FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW . ... In the first eleven months of 1948, the Wayne County Chapter- spent $185,129 for services to infantile paralysis patients, bringing to nearly $1,000,000 the amount so spent in eleven years ... For the first time in its history, the Wayne County Chapter completely exhausted its local treasury by November-15th. $70,000 was.re- quested and received from the National Foundation epidemic aid fund so that the Chapter could meet its expenses of $1,000 a day for patient care ... 105 of the most HON. PRENTISS M. BROWN Week chairman, to act as Brother- hood chairman for Detroit and Michigan: John 0. O'Brien has been named Catholic co-chairman of the De- troit Round Table . of Catholics, Jews and Protestants, succeeding the late Judge Ernest A. O'Brien. Van Paassert Speaks At Shaarey Zedek's Late Friday Service Pierre Van Passe n, noted author, speaker and correspond- ent who has be- come known as a friend of Israel, will address the late Friday eve- ning service at Shaarey . Zedek at 8:15 p.m. this Van Paassen Friday, Jan. 21. His topic will be "There is Still Time." costly cases helped in the last four years by the MARCH OF DIMES have needed fi- nancial assistance averaging $2237 each. Five of these cases required between $5,000 and $10,000 each YOUR CONTRIBUTION MADE THIS POSSIBLE!! . The number of cases in 1948 WAS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE 1947 number. 1948 WAS THE WORST POLIO YEAR SINCE 1916. 110,000 polio victims in the United States have had March of Dimes help in the last eleven years. GIvp o r sO THAT THEY MAY WALK AGAIN! Join the INFANTILE PARALYSIS MI//CH - OF PJJIIIIS JANUARY 14-31 Utility Clothes, Cotton Reach Israel Market TEL AVIV (WJA) — Utility. clothes and cotton goods will shortly -1)e on the market, reports the Hebrew paper "Maariv." Utility table cloths, aprons of plastic and shirts of English pop- lin a're also being manufactured in addition to summer dresses Which are to be ready next spring. Syrian Government Permits Some Jews to Emigrate TEL AVIV (WJA)—The Sy- rian. 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