U.S. Jewry Mourns Death of
Frisch; ZOD Plans Memorial

The death on Tuesday morn-
ing of Daniel Frisch, president
of the Zionist Organization of
America, came as a, shock to
Zionists throughout the land.
In Detroit, Leon Kay, presi-
dent of the local Zionist organ-
. ization, expressed grief on be-
half of the thousands of local
Zionists.
"Mr. Frisch will be missed in
American Zionism," Mr. Kay
said. "During the few months
of his service as president, he
made two trips to Israel, con-
ferred with leaders of the Jew-
ish state, saw his dream of a
Zionist House in Israel become
a reality and came back to his
constituents with some very

DANIEL FRISCH

concrete and practical proposals.
Detroit Zionists learned to love
him. We shall miss him. We
mourn his death and extend our
condolences to his family."
Mr, K a y announced on
Tuesday that a memorial
meeting in tribute to Mr.
Frisch will be sponsored by
the local Zionist organization
on or after April 18, in ac-
cordance with regulations not
to hold memorial gatherings
before the lapse of 30 days of
mourning and since no such
gatherings can be held during
Nisan.
Mr. Frisch, upon his return
from his last trip to Israel, made
important proposals for all-out
aid to the Jewish state. His
policies received a vote of con-
fidence at the meeting of the
national ZOA administrative
committee last month. At that
meeting, it was evident that he-
was not well.
An able linguist and an elo-
quent speaker, Mr. Frisch rose
from the ranks in the Zionist
movement to the highest office
in the American organization.
Years ago he was a Hebrew
teacher. He entered the finance
business in Indianapolis and re-
tired to devote all his time to
the Zionist movement, setVing
in New York five years ago for
that purpose.

Interesting Career
of Late ZOA Leader

Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News
NEW YORK — Daniel Frisch,
ZOA president, died early Tues-
day at the age of 53, at the
Presbyterian Hospital, after a
serious operation. Funeral ser-
vices were held at noon Wednes-
day. His body was escorted by
a ZOA delegation to Indiana-
polis, his former home.. Prior
to interment, funeral services
were conducted in Inkliapapolis.
Mr. Frischwas the first ZOA
president to die in office.
Born in Palestine, Mr. Frisch
was brought by his parents to
Romania at the age of 1 and
immigrated to the United States
in 1921. During the past 20 years
he was active not only in the
Zionist movement in this coun-
try but also in fields of com-
munal welfare and education.
He descended from a long line
of rabbis, studied at a rabbinical
seminary, wrote extensively on
the• philosophy and organiza-
tional problems of the Zionist
movement and his views at-
tracted worldwide attention.

He was the founder of the
Indianapolis Zionist District,
served as president of the
Ohio Valley Zionist Region,
and five years ago, prior to
leaving Indianapolis to take
up permanent residence in
New York, was named the out-
standing Jewish citizen of In-
diana
Mr. Frisch attended most of
the World Zionist Congresses
during the past two decades.
In 1934 he was elected to the
national ZOA administrative
council and later became its
chairman. He was ZOA vice-
president and vice-chairman of
its inner committee before being
elected president in 1949. Dur-
ing the nine months of his
presidency he visited Israel
twice to lay the groundwork for
the launching. of ZOA projects
in the Jewish state. On his visit
in January he broke ground for
the ZOA House at ceremonies
attended by Premier David Ben-
Gurion and other government
officials.
ZOA headquarters Tuesday re-
leased the text of a letter Mr.
Frisch dictated from his hospital
bed on the eve of his operation.
Addressed to officers of all ZOA
regions and districts, his letter
stated in part:
"You might find it rather
strange that one who, like
myself, is facing an unavoid-
able major operation, should
dictate from his hospital bed
a letter to his friendsbut
strange things do happen in
life. I trust you will believe
me w h e n, standing at the
crossroads of life in more than
one sense, I tell you that I am
convinced that a strong ZOA,
and a vigorous General Zion-
ism (not Zionism in general),
are as indispensable today to
the welfare and growth of
Israel, both as a state and as
a people, as they have been.
"During the nine months of
my presidency, I have given
the ZOA and t h e Zionist
movement my very all. I have
tried to manage the affairs of
the ZOA without regard to
past politics or any attempts
to settle old accounts. I have
tried to do my very best. I
think I have earned the right
to call on others to do theirs.
"We are now facing the next
convention. Believe me that,
as I lie here, I have nothing
on my mind concerning per-
sonalities that may compete
for one position or another.
All I am concerned.is that
the dignity and power. and the
usefulness of the ZOA should
be reflected in the next con-
vention. We must come to the
convention with a treasury
capable of carrying us through
the lean summer months and
with a membership as large, if
not larger, than a year ago.
For the ZOA cannot maintain
its influence and its creativity
without a large membership."
The letter concluded with an
appeal to ZOA leaders through-
out the United States to make
special efforts between March 15
and May 15 for the success of
the ZOA's drives for member-
ship and the American Zionist
Fund.
Benjamin G. Browdy, v i c e-
president of the ZOA and vice-
chairman of its inner commit-
tee, has served as acting presi-
dent of the ZOA during Mr.
Frisch's illness.
Mr. Frisch is survived by his
widow, Tillie, a daughter, Mrs.
Marvin Bacaner, of Boston, and
a son, Lazar, a student at the
University of California.

Dr. Slosson to Address
ZOD Meeting on Israel

Leon Kay, president of the
Zionist Organization of Detroit,
announces that Dr. Preston
Slosson, head of the department
of history of the University of
Michigan, will address a meeting
of the Zionist District, Wednes 7
day evening, March 29. at
NOrthwest Synagogue.
Dr. Slosson, well known auth-
ority on United States foreign
policy, is expected to clarify
some of the issues troubling
friends of Israel. The public is

invited.

Detroit Physician
Marks 50th Birthday

One of Detroit's outstanding
physicians — Dr. Harry M.

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DR. KIRSCHBAUM

Kirschbaum — will celebrate his
50th birthday this week.
Born in New York City March
6, 1900, Dr. Kirschbaum came to
Detroit with his parents at the
age of 10. He graduated from
the Detroit College of Medicine
and Surgery (now Wayne Uni-
versity) and did postgraduate
study at the Wertheim Clinic in
Vienna.
In World War I, Dr. Kirsch-
baum was a student medical
aide and in the last war he did
general surgery and research in
high altitude flying as a lieuten-
ant colonel in the Air Corps.
Since 1925 he has practiced
obstetrics and gynecology in De-
troit. He is a life member of the
American College of Surgeons,
a member of the International
College of Proctology, and is af-
filiated with 25 other medical
institutions and societies. He
has had numerous professional
articles and studies published.
Dr. Kirschbaum is assistant
chief of gynecology at Woman's
Hospital and chief of gynecology
at the North End Clinic. He also
has been associated with Harper
Hospital and Mercy Hall Cancer
Hospital.
With his wife, the former Mrs.
Wilma Isaacson, to whprn he
was married in 1948, Dr. Kirsch-
baum resides on Longfellow Ave.

The opening of two one-m2.n.
shows, "Sights of Jerusalem" by
Saul Raskin, and Solomon Ler7
ner's "Ba'al Shem Legends," have
been combined into one exhibit
now being shown under the aus-
pices of the JEWISH THEOLO-
GICAL Seminary of America at
its JEWISH MUSEUM, 1109 5th
Ave., New York.

THE JEWISH NEWS-7 Israel Poet to Speak

Friday, March 10, 1950

In Detroit Next Month

Reservations Accepted
For Jacobs' Dinner

James I. Eliman, chairman of
the "Bon Voyage" dinner com-
mittee to honor Mr. and Mrs.
Morris M. Jacobs, announces
that reservations may be made
by calling Jules Doneson at WO.
5-1484.
Mr. and Mrs. • Jacobs will be
feted prior to their departure
for Israel by their friends and
associates on the executive
boards of the Zionist Organiza-
tion of Detroit and the Michigan
Zionist Region. The dinner will
take place at 6:30 p.m. 'Saturday,
March 18, at the Hotel Statler.
In addition to his Zionist ac-
tivity, Jacobs is chairman of the
dry goods section of the Allied
Jewish Campaign.

S. Shalom, oustanding Israel
poet and literary figure, will be
the guest of Detroit's Hebrew-
speaking cultural groups Mon-
day evening, April 10, at the
Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg.
Shalom recently arrived in the
United States as the represen-
tative of the Hebrew Writers As-
sociation of Israel. He is touring
the country under the auspices
of the Histadrut Ivrith of
America.

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