12,000 Acclaim Israel's Secoiid Anniversary

Williams, Cobo Greet Rally;
Pleas Made for Allied Drive

More than 12,000 Detroit Jews on Sunday sent forth
words of cheer to Israel, from the impressive celebration
of the second anniversary of the Jewish state at the State
Fair Coliseum, that they stand back of thbse who have
regained their statehood and that they share with them
their love for liberty and their determination to end the

homelessness of Jews wherever.
they may be.
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"On Israel's second anniver-
Participation in the meeting sary we rejoice not only in
of Governor G. Mennen Williams this people's triumph in a
and Mayor Albert Cobo gave sacred cause but also that it
reality to the proclamation of has become an outpost for our
April 30 as Israel Day by the way of life as a land of liberty
State and City governments. a n d democracy," Governor
Scores of organizations were in Williams said.
evidence at the meeting through
Reviewing the contributions
their displayed banners and the made by Jews to America and to
voices of children • speaking for the world, the Governor declared
the Jewish schools of Detroit that "from the Judeo-Christian
added weight to the touching traditions we are the inheritors
sentiments which visibly moved of the dignity of human individ-
the vast audience.
uals."
Sidney • Shevitz, president of
Speaking of efforts to perpet-
the Zionist Council, which ar- uate the best traditions of Am-
ranged the meeting together erica in this state, he referred
with the Jewish Community to the formation of the Ameri-
Council, presided at the rally canism Commission and esrpres
and sounded the keynote of sed satisfaction that the ADL
the meeting by declar-
director, Haskell Lazere, w a s
ing that. Israel is keeping chosen the commission's first
her promise of establish- - chairman. He said that he "jons
ing a democracy in the Middle in asking the blessings of the
East. Referring to the murder Almighty God for this old-new
of 6,000,000 Jews by the Nazis,
demOcracy Israel on its second
he expressed the hope that the anniversary."
1,000,000 Jews in Israel soon
Mayor Cobo said that he was
will be turned into a force of
gratified to be able to partici-
6,000,000 as a symbol of the

undying spirit of Jewry.

p it

Reminding the large gather-
ing that the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign presently is in progress,
Mr. Shevitz pleaded: "As we give
expression to our joy, let us re-
solve to give so that Israel may
live."
Impressive ceremonies marked
the presentation of colors by the
Jewish War Veterans, under the
direction of Philip Cantor, state
JWV commander, as opening fea-
ture of the afternoon's program.
The Israel colors were presented
by a group of Detroiters who
fought for the Jewish state dur-
ing the war to prevent the in-
vasion of the armies of seven
aggressor Arab nations. Jules
Doneson directed the Israel vet-
erans, who were presented by
Mr. Shevitz with a Machal Is-
rael army flag.
The Central High School
Band, under the direction of Ben
Silverstein, played the national
anthems while the audience
sang the hymns under the lead-
ership of Florence Weintraub.
The audience remained stand-
ing during these opening for-
malities and until after Rabbi
Isaac Stollman recited a Hebrew
prayer for the state of Israel.

Among the Israel veterans
who presented the colors of
the Jewish state was Peggy
Leeds, a member of Chen—the
women's fighting force —. who
participated in action with the
parachutist air force. In the
group was her husband, Rob-
ert Leeds, and Dan Bulkin,
L e o Majzels, Jack Eringer,
David Saferstein, Manfred
Nashtalie, • Herbert Hordes,
David Fink, Ben Fingerroot
and Doneson.

pate in the Israel anniversary
celebration. and to greet the
new democracy. He commend-
ed the help the Jews of Detroit
had given towards Israel's up-
building and said that such
assistance can be looked upon
with pride. He concluded by
saying: "I salute the republic
of Israel and its courageous
people. I felicitate the Jews of
Detroit for arranging this cel-
ebration and it is with real
satisfaction that I say to you:
MAZEL TOV."

In a Yiddish address, the pres-
ident of the Jewish Community
Council, Dr. Shmarya Kleinman,
extended greetings to the Jew-
ish state and to the supporters
of Israel. Declaring that the
creation of the Jewish state has
"added tremendously to t h e
Jewish spirit and norale," he
joined in echoing the appeal for
unstinted support for the Allied
Jewish Campaign.
In the principal address of
the afternoon by a Jewish lead-
er Rabbi Jacob E. Segal of
Northwest Hebrew Congregation
reviewed Israel's accomplish-
ments during the past two years
and called for work and sacri-
fice to assure success for the
state's builders.
Describing the great achieve-
ment of bringing 400,000 new
settlers into Israel, Rabbi Segal
pointed out that all is not glor-
ious, that there are renewed
threats to Israel by the Arabs,
that the people are subjected
to austerity and rationing, that
there is an economic struggle,
that there are political and re-
ligious problems to overcome.

"These problems," he assert-
ed, "are more pleasant to bear
than the tyranny and degrad-
ation to which the Jewish sur-
vivors from Nazism were sub-
jected in Europe." He empha-
sized the need for assuring the
success of the Allied Jewish
Campaign.

In his address, Governor Will-
ia,ms, saluting the "friends of Is-
rael," said: "I bring most heart-
ily the official greetings of the
state of Michigan and my own
most cordial and most friendly
greetings." Referring to his visit
The Detroit Cantors' Associa-
in Poland just before the war,
he said he was deeply moved at tion, whose participation at first
that time by a group of young was cancelled but was renewed
Jews who were expressing their on the eve of the celebration,
joy in dancing and songs dur-
ing preparations to leave the
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land of oppression for Palestine.
Friday, May 5, 1950

presented a group of songs un-
der the direction of Dan Froh-
man, with Bella Goldberg at the
piano. Moe Kesner led the as-
sembly in community singing.
A children's program includ-
ed the following: Hebrew greet-
ing by Morris Davison of the
United Hebrew Schools; Yiddish
greeting by Reuven Schwartz in
behalf of the Yiddish • folk
schools; English greeting by
Hilde Fishman of the Shaarey
Zedek; a Hebrew recitation by
Frances Adler and Ed Miller of
the Labor. Zionist Folk Schools.
An impressive sketch by Ha-
bonim concluded with mass
singing of Hatikvah and the
Horah.

At the real estate sec.
tions' Allied Jewish Cam-
paign assignments meeting,
Benjamin E. Zieve, David
M. . Z ellm a n, Chester L.
Schwartz (standing), Wil-
liam Jacobs and Bernard
Edelman (1. to r.)

Since income from the col-
lection on Sunday was inade-
quate to cover the expense of
the meeting, the community is
asked to provide the funds to
meet the incurred costs. Con-
tributions should be sent to
the Zionist Council, 1031 Pen-
' obscot Bldg., Detroit 26, Mich.

Fox Movie Company will open
three theaters in Israel, two at
Tel Aviv and one in Haifa. A
fourth theater may be built in
Jerusalem.

Palestine Post Has
New Masthead

JERUSALEM — (JTA) — The
Palestine Post, the only English-
language daily newspaper in Is-
rael, which has been published

under its present name for 13
years, announced that it is
changing its masthead to "Jeru-
salem Post," as of April 23, the
second anniversary of Israel's
independence.

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