Histadrut Functions as Israel's
Backbone, Rabinowitz Reports
24—THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, September 16, 1-949
Honor Officers for Juvenile Work
Family Close-up'
N ew Documentaries
A ir Social Problems
A ,little girl "who feared to go
to _sc_hool' was pictured . in . the
initial' broadcast of the docu-
mentary radio -series, "Family
Closeup," Sunday, Sept. 11, over
Station WXYZ.' The programs
a r e sPOrisored nationally lay
family service - agencieS • whose
•affiliates in Detroit are the Fam-
ily 8ervice : Society and the Jew-.
ish Social Service Bureau.
- Sunday's story dramatized the
anxieties and -tensions in the
family that produced the child-
ish fears so often found in boys
and girls who are ready to enroll
in school. Prograins to follow
will tell the stories of other
family problems, in an effort
to give the public greater • in-
sight ' into the causes of " family
discord and suggest where close-
-at-hand professional help is
available. The programs will be
heard at 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
18, and thereafter on TUesdays
at 8' p.m.
Dr. Lawrence H. Seltzer, presi-
dent of 'the Jewish Social Ser-
vice Bureau, has reported that
the "Family Closeup" series will
present the problems of Ameri-
can faMilies as they are, with-
out judgment or preachment,
With emphagis on the root Cause
of conflict.
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Cultural life in the kiloutzim in Israel is one of the high-
lights of the Jewish state, Samuel Rabinowitz reported upon his
return from his tour of the' country. Photograph shows young :-
sters attending an outdoor clas in an Histadrut collective colony.
The vast barren' lands lie before these youngsters as a•challenge
and they are following in their elders' footsteps and are helping
in the redemption of the land.
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Samuel Rabinowitz, executive director of the' Detroit
Israel Histadrut Comnaittee, back from a- 25-day tour of the
Jewist state, declareS that he and the members of his party
came back with the conviction that Histadrut's work must go
on and that the labor movement in Israel.remains the back-
bone-of Jewish reconstructive effort.
Member of a special Histad-
rut group of 55 American lead- mined to redouble our efforts
ers, from communities through- and to bping the message of
out the land, who visited the Israel to our 'people- that they
most important Jewish settle- may know that the kinship of
Ments, Rabinowitz said that all Jews continues sp that the
wherever they went, from Dan new state may succeed with' less
to Beersheba, there . was evi- difficulty than , it is now en-
dence of the assistance given to countering."
Israel's builders by American
Jewry.
!Where there' are • American
Jews, the kibutzim are tops," he
said. "As in Ain Hashophet and
in other spots where there are
American Jews, we were aware
Of the great need in Israel for
American knOw-how. But wher-
With a week of intensive so-
ever we went we learned that licitation behind them, members
the people have courage, that of Hadassah are meeting during
all are determined to build the next week to present their
successfully..: The one thing Is- first reports in the combined
rael asks of us is understanding. membership • and Honor Roll
They want us to share their ex- drive.
periences rather than to remain
Monday, Sept. 19, workers
on the sidelines."
.in University
Israel's Vitality
West will bring
Rabinowitz said that wherever
their reports
he went • he sensed the vitality
and kits to the
of Israel's builders. "You sense
home of Mrs.
the people's strength the mo-
Charles Lapides,
ment you get there," he said.
17300 Wisconsin,
"You see Arab medieval huts
those•in Wyo-
transformed into habitable.
ming will gather
homes. You witness Jewish in-
at the home of
tensity in Tel Aviv. You get a
Mrs. Richard
feeling that Jews are holding
.Serlin, 5009
on, that they are on the go,
'West Outer Dr.
that they are determined to wel-
Mrs. Barnett Tuesday, Sept.
come every •newcomer who de- 20, will see University East and
sires to settle there. The country Central East reporting, the
is a real melting pot, a place for former at the- home of Mts. Ben
Jews 'of all classes, all back- Mossman, 19680 Shrewsbury.
grounds, all colors, all shades of
Central West, on Wednesday,
opinion." '
Sept. 21, -will' • report to Mrs.
- The Detroit labor Zionist Adolph' -owe, -3283 Lawrence,
leader said that the natural and' on - the same date, RtsSell
beauty of the country is most Woods workers will go to the
impressive and is enhanced by home \of Mrs. Nathan Cowan,
what. Jews have created. He was 4023 'Bfieria Vista. Thate from
enthused by the progress made Southern Oakland County will
in the country culturally, the bring reports to Mrs.• Maxwell
art galleries, the landmarks in Jospey, 8521 Lincoln.
every settlenient where there is
Mrs, Harry Barnett, chapter'
a craving 'for art, music, the assignment chairman, is still
theater and books.
busy arranging prospect lists
Welcome All Newcomers
for workers,
- "The kibutzirn are prepared to
In addition to the group Hon-
_ take all comers, to welcome the or Roll chairman already 'an-
_ children, to create a home for nounced, the following are do-
the new settlers," he said; ing intensive work on special
' "There is a great program- of gifts: Russel Woods, Mesdames
action and there is assurance Charles- Hyman, Robert Nathans;
by the goverinnent that coop- University East, Mesdames Bar-
eratives and private investors ney Keywell, Chas. Gershenson;
can work together, because there University West, Mesdames Jo-
- is room for all. Israel's leaders seph Falk, Morris Ruskin, Har-
_.point out that 'it 'is not to be ry Gorbeck; Central West, Mes-
expected that the Negev :can Oe dames Aaron Carlstein, Benjam-
built with private capital, be- in Fink; Wyoming, Mrs Richard
cause it requires. pioneering. But Serlin; Southern Oakland Coun-
the cooperatidn. Of the _ public ty, -Mrs. Maxwell. Jospey.
agencies and private investors
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• is apparent everywhere."
-Rabinowitz- said that the role IsrOei Communist Attacks
, of Histadrut is visible Wherever 'Anglo-U.S. Imperial
one turns. The labor movement
is convinced that its efforts
BUDAPEST, (JTA) = David
Must continue, that it must Knennin, leader . of the Israel
-azn.obilizeforces throughout the Communistdelegation attend-
world to -assure uninterrupted ing the World Federation of
activities by Jews in support of Democratic Youth Congress
the -Jewish state. "Histadrut is 'a here, delivered an address to the
driving force which encourages parley declaring that "British=
the basic activities in Israel," he American- imperialism is the
stated. "Those of us who•have common foe 'of both the Jews
: seen the fruit of our labois have and Arabs as well as of the
returned to this country, deter- working -peoples." - -
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Hadassah Chapter
Workers Report
On Drive Progress
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New Stephen Wise AJC
Chapter Elects Officers;
Gaberman Chairman
Dr. David B. Gaberman, of
18273 Santa Barbara was elect-
ed teMporary chairman of the
newly organized Rabbi Stephen
S. Wise Chapter of the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress. Other of-
ficers elected were John Hurtig,
3776 Edison, financial secretary,
and Irving Hayett, 2930 W. Bos-
ton; corresponding secretary.
Rabbi Joshua Sperka spoke on
"The Need for An American
Jewish Congress Today" at a
meeting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Feinberg, 18954
Warrington.
All individuals desiring to join
this chapter are asked to con-
tact either Dr. Gaberman or
Sam Brown, regional director.
Wineman Co-ChairMan
Of Round Table Dinner
Three Detroiters have been
named co-chairmen of the 21st
anniversary dinner of the Na-
tional Conference of Christians
and Jews, scheduled for Masonic
Temple, •Nov._ 9.
Rev. Joseph Q. Mayne, execu-
tive secretary of 'the Detroit
Round Table, has announced
that Edgar A. Guest will serve
as Protestant co-chairman; 'Hen
ry Wineman, Jewish co-chair--
man, and John J. O'Brien, Cath-
olic co-chairman.
Tickets for the- dinner are
available at t h e Washington
Boulevard Bldg. offices . of the
Detroit Round Table. -
LOU GOULD, neighborhood druggist who furnished shirts,
caps, equipment and trophies, shows DANNY RASKIN, Jewish
News columnist, trophy to be presented to INSPECTOR -FELIX
_PADEN, at ceremonies concluding the first organized baseball
league season sponsored by officers of Petoskey Precinct, to
help combat Juvenile delinquency in the area. Left to right:
Inspector Paden, Gould, Rev. R. Rohland and Raskin.
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Final Sessions of JCC Program
Planners Institute- This -Sunday
Concluding sessions of the
Jewish Community. Council's an-
nual Program Planner's Insti-
tute are scheduled for 2:30 prn.
this Sunday, Sept. 18, at the
Jewish Community Center.
' The meeting will be devoted to
demonstrations of the Council's
available program resources.
Lawrence Crohn, co-chairman of
the Council's Culture Commis-
sion, will preside.
Jewish music on records Will
be presented by Moe - Kesner,
and live music programming will
be demonstrated by the Master-
singers. Films on Israel and
brotherhood will be shoWn, as
Well as a film strip, "Man in a
Cage," and a radio transcription,
will be played.
Morris Lieberman, president
of the Detroit Labor Zionist Or-
ganization, will speak on the
Jewish community of America.
Balfour Ball Plans
Proceeding Rapidly
Plans for the Balfour -Ball, to
be held Saturday evening, Nov.
5, at the Hotel Statler, under the
auspices of the Zionist Organiza-
tion of Detroit, are proceeding
rapidly, Harry Cohen; Ball chair-
man, stated.
Proceeds from this year's Ball,
commemorating the 22nd an-
niversary of the issuance of the.
Balfour Declaration, will . be util-
ized for the American Zionist
Fund of the ZOA and the local
needs of the Detroit -district.
"Work on the Balfour Ball has
started _early this year due to
the increased needs of the ZOA,"
Leon-Kay, president of the ZOD,
declared.
Cohen emphasized that the
local Zionist district would like
to send two or more Detroiter
to Israel for a year's study this
year. _
Gladwins to Set Up Israe Bureau
Mr. and Mrs.
Benjamin A.
Gladwin of De-
troit are shown
leaving for
L ydda, Israel,
on the Air
F rance Con-
stellation from
t h .e I nte rna
tional Airport
at Idlewild. N.
Y . They have
gone to Israel
to arrange 'fu-
tura „ transpor-
ture
- tat ion connec-
tions and - to es-
t a b s h an
Israel branch
office for - their
World - Wide
Travel Bureau.
The session will round out the
institute, which began Thursday
evening at Sha,arey Zedek with
discussions and talks on the
problems of organizational pro-
grarnming.
Detroit to be Host
To Region Welfare -
Parley Oct. 22, 23
Julian. Freeman, of Indianap-
olis, regional president of the
East Central States Region of
the Council of, Jewish Federa-
tions and Welfare Funds, an-
nounced the appoin ment of
S a m J.. Beier-
field, of Louis
ville as prograr,_
t
f 0 r
the 1949 regional
conference to bP
held in Detro
Oct.. 22 and
at the Detroit-
?Leland Hotel.
Other
tees were Na-
Beierfield than Koplin,
Akron, chairman of the 'resolu-
tion committee, and Sidney
Cahn, Indianapolis, chairman of
professional advisory committee,
who will cooperate in planning
the conference program.. •
The program committee in-
cludes Marston Busch of Lan
sing, Julian H..Krolik of Detroi'
Dr. Robert Lurie of Saginaw,
MOrris Pelavin of.Flint, David .1
Ross of l3enton.Harbor and Safn
L. Stolorow of Pontiac.. '
T-h e profesTional advisory
committee includes William Av-
runin of Detroit and Louis Lie-
blich of- Wihdsor.
The East 'Central States • Re-
gion is- one of eight regions-. of
the Council of Jewish Federa-
tions and Welfare Funds. It in-
cludes Indiana,- Kentucky, Mich-
igan, Ohio, Western Pennsylva-
nia., West Virginia and western
Ontario. Its: officers -include
Abe Srere of Detroit, vice-presi-
dent.
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Ask Extended Voting for
Yam Kippur Day Election
HARTFORD, Conn., (JTA)—
Town and city officials in Con-
nectiCut were urged by Mrs.
Winnifred McDonald, secretary
of state, to extend voting hours
in local •elections on Oct.. 3—the
date on which Yom Kippur will
be observed this year—to enable
Jewish Voters to cast' their bal-
lots after the conclusion of. _the
holiest day in the Jewish cal-.
endar. Election officials in sev-
eral towns were understood to be
preparing to extend"yoting hours
from 6 p.m.-to 8 -p.m.