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Fifteen to Receive Diplomas Sunday
At Beth Yehudah's Graduation
Hebrew U. to Accept
American Students
Fifteen students will receive
diplomas at Yeshivath Beth Ye-
hudah on Sunday. This will be
the first Beth Yehudah gradua-
tion to include a high school
class. The high school graduates
are Alfred Rubin, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hill Rubin, and Ye-
huda Cohen, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sol D. Cohen.
Rubin, valedictorian, and Ar-
thur Greenfield and Sholom
Brown, valedictorians of the in-
termediate and elementary clas-
ses, will be awarded medals for
scholarship by Max Somberg,
representing the Beth Yehudah
PTA.
• Cohen and Matilda Boren-
stein, elementary graduate, will
receive medals for citizenship
and service from Joseph Bale
Post, Jewish War Veterans, to
be presented by Jerome Base-
man, commander.
NEW YORK — American stu-
dents will be admitted to the
Hebrew University in Jerusalem
for the academic year 1949-
1950, according to an announce-
ment by Dr. Israel S. Wechsler,
president of the American
Friends of the Hebrew Univer-
sity, who has just returned from
a meeting of the board of gov-
ernors of the Hebrew University
in Jerusalem.
The departments open to
American . applicants are in the
School of Agriculture, the Fac-
ulties of Humanities and Sci-
ence, and the Department. of
Education. U. S. applicants must
have completed one year _at an
American college. Instruction at
the University is in Hebrew, and
students are expected to have
an adequate, mastery of the
language. Plans are now - being
made for the reestablishment of
the Hebrew and orientation
classes for foreign students.
It is expected that a sub-
stantial number • of the Ameri-
cans will be GI students.
Applications and complete de-
tails can be secured from the
student adviser, David E. Gold-
berg; American Friends of the
Hebrew University, 9 E. 89th St.
New York 28.
ALFRED RUBIN
Judith Resnick, Joel Weingar-
den; intermediate school, Max
Dubin, Arthur Greenfield, Abra-
ham Kresch, Marvin Zahler.
The annual membership meet-
ing of Yeshivath Beth Yehudah
will take place Sunday in the
Yeshiva auditorium. Harry E.
Citrin and Samuel Karabenick
will report on plans for a drive
for 2500 new members.
Eighteen members will be el-
ected to the Yeshiva board for
a three year term. Nominations
will be presented by a commit-
tee headed by David I. Berris.
The meeting will be adjourned
to permit members to attend
the graduation at 3 p.m. Fol-
lowing graduation, the board
will reconvene for election of
officers. •
Final meeting of the year of
Beth Yehuda's PTA will take
HARRY E. CITRIN
pace Sunda y, following the
Rubin and Cohen will enter graduation, a n n. ounc es Max
Wayne University this fall.
Somberg, president.
A 11 intermediate graduates,
have announced their intentions
of continuing their studies at Social Welfare Role
Beth Yehudah, according to Analyzed by Sobeloff
Rabbi M. J. Wohlgelernter, Yes-
hivah president.
CLEVELAND, (JTA)—The pe-
The following will receive dip- culiar contribution of Jewish
loinas in addition to Cohen and social welfare organizations has
Rubin: Elementary s c h o o 1, been the organization within
David A b e 1 s, Matilda Boren- one community of "all the
s t e i n, Sholom Brown, Sylvia services which by common con-
Greenfield, Lawrence H e 11 e r, sent have a claim upon us,
William Levin, Jacob :Neiman, without arbitrary limitation of
geography or nature of service,''
Isidore Sobeloff, executive di-
4 Man Praesidium
rector of the Jewish Welfare
Elected by AZC to
Federation of Detroit, declared
at the National Conference of
Succeed Dr. Silver
Jewish Social Welfare.
Mr. Sobeloff, one of the past
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
American Zionist Council an- presidents of the Conference,
nounced that a praesidium of who spoke at a dinner honoring
four has been elected to succeed the former presidents at the
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver as chair- 50th anniversary convention of
man of the Council. The praesi- the Conference, said: "We . have
dium is composed of Benjamin evolved an instrument that per-
G. Browdy of the Zionist Organ- mits us on a voluntary-basis to
ization of America; Mrs. Judith perform the traditional social
Epstein of Hadassah; Baruch services, to relate ' ourselves to
Zuckerman of the Labor Zionist those needing help overseas, to
Organization of America, and build a stronger, ever-better
Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein of functioning community at home
the Mizrachi Organization of and to express our kinship for
our fellow-Jews in Israel.
America.
"Any program which carries
The praesidium will serve
until September of the current with it the preponderant, the
year, at which time the perma- overwhelming interest and sup-
nent leadership of the Council port of our fellow-Jews is a
will be chosen. Dr. Silver was legitimate branch of our com-
elected honorary chairman by munity organization," Mr. So-
a unanimous vote, and a resolu- beloff added. He asserted that
tion expressing the gratitude of this machinery applies the "con-
the Council for "the eminent cept of over-all shared concern
service rendered to the Zionist for the common problems at
ea us e" • by the distinguished home and abroad." This devel-
Zionist leader was unanimously opment, the social welfare lead-
adopted by the Council. Dr. Sil- er insisted, grew historically
ver had previously declined to from the Jewish . community's
be a candidate for the chair- earlier procedure of met.ging
manship during the next turn. "contending federations within
one community."
Speaking of the role of the
Yeshiva U. Honors 76
professional social worker in
the history of the last five dec-
At Commencement
ades of Jewish work in Amer-
ica, Mr. Sobeloff declared that
- NEW YORK, (JTA)—Seventy
degrees and six honorary de- the professional earned his stat-
grees were conferred at the 18th us in the "heroic work of devel-
annual commencement exercises dping agencies and communities
of Yeshiva University. The hon- organized to serve themselves,
orary degrees were awarded to rather than uptown serving
Dr. James B. Conant, president downtown." This work, he con-
of Harvard University; Dr. J. tinued, went hand-in-hand with
Hillis Miller, president of Uni- the job of converting children's
versity of Florida; Dr. Benjamin institutions into foster homes,
Fine, education officer of New improving the level of service in
York Times; Dr. Joseph J. old age homes, making family
Schwartz, European director of agencies out of relief societies
Joint Distribution Committee; and "introducing study and
Rabbi. Jacob Levinson, Talmudic social work research as guides
scholar and Dr. Leo Jung, pro- for community organization and
development."
fessor of ethics at Yeshiva,
THE JEWISH NEWS-9
Polish Jews' Immigration
To Israel Will Continue
Friday, June 24, 1949
$18 Million Housing
Project for Israel
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The im-
migration of Jews from Poland
to Israel will continue, Israel
Barzilai, Israeli Minister to Po-
land, declared in a statement to
the press. Barzilai is now in Tel
Aviv for his first visit since he
was named Minister nine
months ago.
Despite the fact that the Po-
lish Government does not per
mit the emigration of Jews from
the country, he said, special ar-
rangements have been made for
relatives of residents in Israel to
come to the Jewish state under
certain conditions. He estimated
that the number of such rela-
tives averages several hundred
monthly.
NEW YORK—At a cost of
6,000,0100 Israeli pounds ($18,-
000,000) the Israeli National
Housing Company ."Amidar" re-
cently organized in Israel jointly
by the Government, the Jewish
Agency for Palestine and the
Jewish National Fund, has sign-
ed agreements for the erection
of 7,250 housing units to be
completed by November of this
year, according to a Tel Aviv
dispatch received by Israel
Corporation of America.
Rabbi Receives Degree
At Catholic University
noon Friday, July 1.
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The
Catholic University of America,
located in Washington, has con-
ferred a degree on a rabbi, the
first such degree in the history
of the institution. Rabbi Samuel
H. Berkowitz, director of the
Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation at
the George Washington Univer-
sity, has been awarded the de-
gree of Master of Arts. He stud-
ied Arabic and Aramaic dialects
in the University's department
of Semitic languages.
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