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Orthodox Groups Welcome Chief Rabbi Herzog
Auxiliary Workers
Take Assignments
Israel's Religious Leader
Tours U.S. for UJA Drives
. Dr. Isaac Halevi Herzog, chief rabbi of Israel, will be
guest of honor at a dinner meeting m of the 1949
Jewish Campaign at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 11, at the
Jewish Community Center.
Sponsors of the dinner are the Council of Orthodox
Rabbis, Rabbi Joseph Thumin, chairman ; Mizrachi Organi-
zation of Detroit, Irving Schus-
tel, president; •and the Orthodox
Committee on Campaign Coop-
eration,of the 1949 Allied Jewish
Campaign, headed by Rabbi
Joshua Sperka.
The Chief Rabbi, who has
come to the United States at
the invitation of Henry Morgen-
thau, Jr., chairman of the Na-
tionla United Jewish Appeal, was
spiritual leader of a foremost
congregation in Ireland before
going to Israel.
The steadily deteriorating pos-
ition of the more than 60,000
homeless immigrants in Israel
threatens a "grave crisis" for
the Jewish State unless immedi-
ate large scale financial aid is
forthcoming from the Jewish
communities of the United
CHIEF RABBI HERZOG
States, Chief RaL'bi Herzog said
upon his arrival by air from Jewry fully understand the de-
kalestine.
termination of Israel to absorb
The chief Rabbi declared that all those who are streaming into
the influx of refugees, who are the Jewish State . . American
coming into Israel at the rate of Jewry is today the material
more than 1,000 each day, has mainstay of World Jewry. I am
"created grave problems for the confident that it will measure
new state, which is still on a war up, as it has in the past, to its.
footing."
obligations on behalf of the tens
Dr. Herzog, who was accom- of thousands of homeless and
panied by Mrs. Herzog, was oppressed who are streaming in-
greeted at New York Interna- to Israel. I am confident that it
tional Airport at Idlewild by a will make it possible for • the
large group of rabbis, as well as United Jewish Appeal to provide
prominent Jewish lay leaders the funds which are needed to
and Israeli officials. Moshe avert a grave crisis."
Y- •val, first secretary of the
Israel Embassy, represented the
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Israel Government.
The Chief Rabbi brought with
him a special scroll sent to
Morgenthau by the people of
Israel as a token of their thanks
for his services in the up-build-
ing of the Jewish homeland as
\\\
general chairman of the United
Jewish Appeal. •
Dr. Herzog expressed the hope
that he would be able during his
Stay here "to make American
All sections of the Auxiliary
Trades and Professional Divi-
sion of the 1949 Allied Jewish
Campaign have selected their
chairmen and taken assign-
ments, according to Norman
Naimark, chairman.
Auxiliary chairmen for the
trades and professional divi-
sions include : Helen Keil and
Beulah Smerling, mercantile;
Lee Shulman, services; William
Shapiro, mechanical trades;
Mandel Berman, real estate and
building; Paul Newman and Sol
Schwartz, food; Ralph Halper,
professional; Harold Weiss, arts
and crafts.
The trade and professional
divisions have already turned
over 1,400 slips to the new group,
Naimark said.
Bernstein Addresses
Yiddish Organizations
At Campaign Meeting
Joseph Bernstein, editor of the
Detroit Jewish Daily Forward,
will address the members of Yid-
dish-speaking organizations at
11 a.m. Sunday, May 8, at the
Workmen's Circle Building, Lin-
wood and Burlingame, on behalf
of the 1949 Allied Jewish Cam-
paign.
Bernstein, who returned from
Israel only a few weeks ago, will
give a first hand report of his
observations in the new state.
At the same meeting, repre-
sentatives from various organi-
zationV will announce their
treasury gifts.
Bernstein is co-chairman of
the organizations division of the
campaign with Alex Belkin.
AK Workers Report
Pledges of $3,066,450
Funds gathered for the 1949 Allied Jewish Campaign
reached a total of $3,066,450 on Tuesday, according to a
report submitted to the first report meeting of workers that
day at the Detroit Leland Hotel. Workers report luncheon
meetings also have been planned for May 9, 13, 17 and 20.
Max Osnos presided at Tuesday's meeting.
• Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, -over-
' seas director of the Joint Dis-
Hashofar Concert of
tribution Committee, who re-
turned from Israel last week, in
Jewish Music May 9
a stirring address described the
current trends in Israel and de-
Hashofar, Society for Ad- clared that American Jewry can
vancement of Jewish Music, will make it possible for the great
present a concert devoted to immigration to Israel to con-
Jewish music next Monday, 8:30 tinue without interruption. He
p. m. in the Lecture Hall of the warned that what we do now
Detroit Institute of Arts.
means life for Jews in Arabic
Mari Barova, mezzo-soprano, countries and the settlement of
will make her first appearance large numbers of East Europe-
in Detroit and will sing songs an Jews whose exit is becoming
by Engel, 'Rappoport, Fromm, increasingly difficult.
Golub, Zaira, Binder, Chajes
Pointing out that 75,000 Jews
and Kosakoff.
are yet to be taken out of DP
Assisting artists will be Zin- countries, Dr. Schwartz said that
ovi Bistritzky, violinist of the 00,000 Jews in Eastern Europe
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, are awaiting opportunities to be
and Julius Chajes, composer- settled in Israel and that the
pianist, who will be heard in a problems in Arab countries are
Sonata for. Violin and Piano by mounting. Programs in the lat-
Mr. Chajes. The 2nd movement ter lands make it imperative
of this Sonata, "Mourner's Pray- that immigration to Israel should
er", is dedicated to the memory be speeded, he said and declared
of the dead heroes of the War- that 'the people of Israel have
saw Ghetto. Mr. Bistritzky will
play compositions by Achron, taxed themselves in every pos-
sible way" and are making sac-
Bloch and Saminsky.
Tickets are available at the rifices to complete the great pro-
Jewish Center and at Metro program of state-building.
Dr. Schwartz reported that
Music House. Admission is free
210,000 Jews were settled in Isra-
to members of Hashofar.
el since May 14, 1948, 100,000
THE JEW ISH I>J EWS 3 having arrived since Jan, 1,
1949.
Friday, May 6, .1949
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THAT BELONGS IN EVERY JEWISH HOME
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ISRAEL'S DECLARATION
OF-INDEPENDENCE
Center Fetes Bale
Cagers at Dinner
For Champions
with symbolic border illustrated in breathtaking
color by ARTHUR SZYK
For the second consecutive
year, the basketball (blue) team
of Joseph Bale Post, Jewish War
Veterans, was honored with a
"dinner for the champions" by
the Jewish Community Center,
for having won the Center's
major basketball league tourna-
ment.
The dinner, held May 4, also
honored the Ted Allen Club,
second place winners.
Individual trophy awards, in
addition to the winning team
trophy, went to Ted Bale, Eli
Kaplansky, Louis Levine, Jerry
Manche', Bernard Schneider,
Mark Taub, Murray Weiss, Jerry
Wetsman, manager, and Maurice
Bale, sponsor.
The Allen Club players who
also received individual awards
were David Bur nstin e, Sol
Cohen, *Nate Feldman, Donald
Fields, Norton Flusty, Alfred
Friedman, Seymour G a r b e r,
Harold Kutnick, Jack Kutnick
and Lawrence Trute.
Officials of the league include
Carl Bayer, Irving Collens and
Morton Levitsky, refrees; Mau-
rice Stotzky, supervisor; Philip
"Cincy" Sach s, advisor, and
Samuel A. Levy, Center health
education supervisor.
Port Huron Jews
Honor Israel May 7
The Jewish community of Port
Huron will celebrate the first
anniversary of Israel's Indepen-
dence Saturday night, May 7.
Arthur Shutkin, executive di-
rector of the Jewish National
Fund, will be guest speaker.
, Samuel Adinoff is president of
the Zionist Organization of Port
Huron.
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