important Yahrzeits in Tammuz
Zionists Commemorate Passing of 3
Pioneers—Herzl, Bialik Jabotinsky
,
Iv-
Zionists throughout the world regard the month of Tammuz
with particular respect, since it is during this month that the
anniversaries of the deaths of a triumvirate of Zionist pioneers
are commemorated—Theodore Herzl, Chaim Nachman Bialak and
Vladimir Jabotinsky.
Their Yahrziets fall on the 20th of Tammuz (Herzl), the 21st
`(Bialik) and th:., 29th (Jabotin-
sky) , corresponding, this year, to "the diary" of the crucial gen-
the English calendar dates - 1 eration of Jews who organized
July 5, July 6 and July 14, res- the world Zionist movement. The
pectively.
poet's historic function has been
Herzl, whose great vision of a described as " the emotional
Jewish state reborn led him to preparation of Jewry for the new
intense political activity —both task of nation-build - g."
among the Jews of Europe and
Vladimir Jabotinsky stands as
the leaders of the great powers a symbol
the militant aspect
—died at 44 and lay buried, for of modern of Zionism.
A leading
45 years, in Vienna. Last Aug- liberal journalist in his
native
ust, however, following an im- Russia, he was the outstanding
pressive procession through Jer- leader of Russia's Jewish intelli-
usalem, his body was brought to gentsia.
its final resting place on a high
To express his opposition to
slope overlooking the capital of
the Churchhill White paper of
Israel.
Prime Minister Ben Gurion, 1922, which cut off two-thirds
addressing the Knesset on that of the territory of the projected
historic day, declared "Near the Jewish state, Jabotinsky re-
tombs of the kings ar'' the signed from the Zionist execu-
prophets a monument will rise tive. He formed the Revisionist
above the mortal remains of party in 1925. Several years
Theodor Herzl. But there is an later he established an under-
immortal Herzl whose monu- ground military force in Zion,
ment is the State of Israel, the and was thenceforward barred
state to be built and enlarged by the British from Palestine.
and beautified by its sons." His underground resistance
A poineer of Zionism on the force later was expanded into
intellectual level was Bialik, the Irgun Zvai Leumi. He died
known as the greatest writer of in 1940, while visiting the Amer-
the renascent Hebrew language. ican Army of Betar, the Revi-
His poems have been termed sionist youth movement.
People Make News
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Election of SAMUEL SPAR,
attorney of Jamaica, Long
Island, to the post of executive
secretary of the Mizrachi re-
ligious - Zionist
Organization of
America, w a s
announced by
Rabbi Max
Kirshblum, act-
ing president of
t h e movement.:
Prior to his ele-
vation, Mr. Spar
served for seven •
years as director S. Spar
of the Mizrachi Education and
Expansion Program. He has also
served as director of member-
ship arid, organization for the
American Mizrachi movement.
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*
DR. ROBERT M. MacIVER of
Columbia University has been
appointed director of an evalu-
ative study of the field of Jew-
ish community relations work,
previously authorized by the ex-
ecutive committee of the Na-
tional Community Relations Ad-
visory Council, it was an-
nounced by Irving Kane of
Cleveland, NCRAC chairman.
* * *
Two visiting professors from ,
Israel—DR. JOSEPH BRASLAV-
SKY, noted geographer, and DR.
MORDECAI MARGOLIATH, a
specialist in rabbinic literature
— will join the faculty of Ye-
shiva University's Harry Fischel
School for Higher Jewish Studies
for the summer sessions
* * *
ALLEN H. BLONDY filed his
petitions for Representative in
Congress on the Democratic
ticket in the 15th District. Mr.
Blondy is a graduate of the Uni-
versity of Detroit and has prac-
ticed law here for the past 25
years. He is married and lives
at 17530 Roselawn Ave. He is a
brother of State Senator Charles
S. Blondy, is a member of the
Michigan and Detroit Bar Asso-
ciations, Tikvah Lodge Bnai
Brith and the Northwest He=
brew Congregations.
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JERUS A L E M, (JTA)—
ELIEZER KAPLAN resigned his
portfolio as Minister of Trade
and Industry, but kept the Min-
istry of Finance. The announce-
went of his action was made in
the course of the presentation of
the budget. It is
that
David Pinka!, chairman of Par-
liament's Finance Committee, is
in line for the portfolio.
* * *
Among 110 delegates from 27
states, convened at Gould Acad-
emy, Bethel, Me., for the fourth
National Training Laboratory in
14 — THE JEWISH NEWS
Obituaries
Friday, July 7, 1950
Two New Americans
SOPHIE MAKELEVITZ, 2045
ABRAM FISHER, 62, of 3216
Blaine, died June 24. Services Buena Vista, died June 29. Serv-
were held at Kaufman Chapel. ices were at Hebrew Benevolent
There are no known survivors. Society. Rabbi Silverman offi-
ciated. Survived by his wife,
Interment, Machpelah.
Sadie; daughter, Edith Cohen; 3
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RAY L. MOSS, 925 Whitmore sisters; 4 Grandchildren.
* * *
Rd., died June 26. Services were
held at Kaufman Chapel, Rabbi
NORMAN SAULLES, 53, of
Hershman and Cantor Sonen- 3409 Atkinson, died June 29.
klar officiating. She leaves her Services were at Hebrew Benev-
husband, Lester M.; sons; Her- olent Society. Rabbi Levine offi-
bert, Edwin, Charles, Donald, L. ciated. Survived by his wife,
A. and Irving of L. A. Interment, Dora; . sons, Norman and
Clover Hill Park.
Charles; daughters, Beatrice
* « *
Pleasant, Raye Cohen and Irene
NATHAN ZABLUDOWSKY, ISsarLuaElelo
le;sN;
os r i sn
t eBrsE, aG , b r6o7th eorf i1n1
4048 Clements, died June 26.
53Ggrandchildren.
Services were held at Kaufman
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Chapel, Rabbis Rabinowitz and r
Wohlgelernter officiating. He
S Z YJ A SENDEROWITZ, leaves three sons, Louis, Simon McLean Ave., died June 29.
Rabbi Leon Fram and Cantor
40, the only survivor of a fam of Lansing and Saul of A.; -a
Tulman officiated at funeral
ily of 10 brothers who perish- daughter, Mrs. Abraham I. Jaf- services at Lewis Bros.. Burial,
ed, along with their parents, fin; 12 grandchildren and 13 Clover Hill Memorial Park. He
at the hands of the Nazis, car great grandchildren. Interment, leaves his wife, Nellie; daugh-
ters, Mrs. Gilbert Owen, Mrs.
hardly believe his good for- Machpelah.
* * *
Lawrence Philipp; a son, Harold
tune, on arrival. in New York
SEYMOUR S. ZEGMAN, 2719 S., of Pontiac.
with the assistance of H IAS,
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the Hebrew Immigrant Aid' Clements, died June 26. Services
were held at Kaufman Chapel,
CHARLES
F. BROOKS, 49, of
Society. Senderowitz, w h c
Rabbi Adler officiating. He
managed to survive the hor- leaves his wife, Gloria; son, Stu- 11331 Dexter, died June 26.
Rabbi Joshua Sperka officiated
rors of the Auschwitz concen- art; • his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
at funeral services at Lewis
tration camp, and his wife Ben Zegman; brothers, Harold Bros. Burial, Machpelach Ceme-
RAZI, shown with him, will of Cleveland and Harry of L. A ; tery. He is survived by his wife,
stay at the HIAS Shelter in sisters, Mrs. Alvin Sugar of L. A., Ida; sons, Richard and Harold;
New York until they a r e Mrs. Aaron Lipin am: Freda his father, Herman Brooks;
moved to their permanent Zegman. Interment, Machpelah. brothers, Leo, Jack, Alfred and
* * *
George, and sisters, Doris, Fran-
home.
HARRY J. BAUMAN, 2611 ces, Eva, Pauline and Esther.
* * *
Carter, died June 2£. Services
were held at Kaufman Chapel, • MORRIS A. TRAUB, 67, of 3758
Ben Gurion Meets
Rabbi Adler and Cantor Sonen- Burlingame, died June 26. Fu-
With Religious Blo
klar officiating. He leaves his neral services were at Kaufman
wife, Tillie; sons, Emanuel and Chapel, Rabbi Jacob Segal of-
On Maimon Crisis
Rabbi Bauman of L. A.; broth- ficiating. He is survived by his
ers, Jacob of Cleveland and wife, Annie; daughters, Mrs. Ben
Henry of Kenosha, Wis.; sisters, Oppenheim, Mrs. Irving Solo-
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Premier Mrs. Ben Cayne, Mrs. Abe Rubin mon; a son, Jack, a sister, Gus-
David Ben Gurion met with rep- and Mrs. Max Michelson. Inter- sie Ganfar of ,Chicago, and a
brother, David Traub of the
resentatives of the Religious Bloc Ment, Machpelah.
* * *
Bronx, N. Y.
in order to secure the return to-
SAM ROTHSTEIN, 64, of 18515
•
the Cabinet of Rabbi J. L. Mai- Steel, died June 20. He is sur-
I. Kisin Dies
mon, Minister. of Religion, who vived by his wife; sons, Dr. Hy-
NEW YORK, (JTA)—I. Kisin,
man
Ross
and
Leo,
and
a
daugh-
walked out from a Cabinet meet-
noted Jewish writer and transla-
ter, Mrs. Sophie Sorkin.
ing in protest against the Gov-
* * *
tor of many English classics into
ernment's decision to import,
SADIE FINN, 75, of 3217 Mon-
non-Kosher meat from the terey died June 26. Services were Yiddish, died in the College Hill
Hospital, in Dayton, 0., after a
United States.
held at Hebrew Benevolent Soc- prolonged illness. He was a
Minister Maimon, although at- iety. Rabbi Levine officiated. member of the editorial staff of
Survived by her husband Sam, the Jewish Daily Forward for
tending to his duties in his
office in the Ministry, is absent daughters, Mrs. Ray Freeman, many years.
not only from Cabinet meetings, Mrs, Tillie Siegel, Mrs. Minnie
but does not even participate in Lorberg; sons, Jack, Louis and
sessions of Parliament.
Joe, '7 grandchildren and 2 great . A record quantity of 165,906
tons was handled at Haifa port
grandchildren.
during March. More than 120,-
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ISADORE STERN, 68, of 2309 000 tons were unloaded and
JNF Jubilee Plans
Hazelwood, died June 27. Serv- about 45,000 tons loaded.
Advanced by Board . ices. held at Hebrew Benevolent
Society. Rabbi Levine officiated.
MONUMENTS _
Survived by his wife, Pauline;
A comprehensive program for son, Sidney, 2 daughters Elsie
a nation-wide celebration of the Goldman and Florence Show. 1
50th anniversary of the found- sister in N.Y. and 1 in Cleve-
ing of the Jewish National Fund land; 3 grandchildren.
* * *
was adopted by the board of
SAM STERNTHAL; 60, of 2052
directors of the JNF at a meet-
presentation of his plans by Dr. Hazelwood, died June 28. Serv-
Israel Goldstein, national chair- ices were at Hebrew Benevolent
man of the JNF golden jubilee Society, interment, Cong. Beth
MANUAL URBACH & SON
celebration. Dr. Harris 'J. Le- Isaac Cemetery. Survived by his
7'729 TWELFTH ST.
wife, Yetta, son Jack; daughter,
vine, JNF president, presided.
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Bertha
Schaffer;
1
brother
in
Among the features of the
celebration will be a national N.Y., 1 grandchild.
conference in Washingto n,
marking the opening of the
Jubilee Year, and attended by
representatives of Jewish com-
munities in the United States,
as well as high dignitaries of
the government and top leadeA
of many sections of American
I
Group Development, are Detroit-
ers MRS. ELEANOR WOLF,
director, Jewish Labor Commit-
tee, and DR. S. JOSEPH FAU-
MAN, research and community
relations director of the Jewish
Community Council.
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HENRY J. SCHWARTZ be-
came acting president of the
Jewish Consumptives' Relief
Society on the resignation of Dr.
Lewis I. Miller. Mrs. George Edel-
son of Chicago, president of the
National Council of JCRS Aux-
iliaries, announced that a con-
ference of 40 re-united auxil-
iaries has been called in Den-
ver for Aug. 25.
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JUDGE LEON MEISS, presi-
dent of the Central Board of the
World ORT Union (Organization
'for Rehabilita-
tion through
Training), will
preside at, the
meeting of the
board which
will open on
July 9 at Mon-
treux, Switzer-
land. He is seen
here presiding
at the recent Judge Meiss
trial of Rene Hardy, former Re-
sistance leader who was accused
of betraying Resistance leaders
to the Gestapo. Judge Meiss's
conduct of the trial was ac-
claimed, by the entire French
press. Monsieur Hardy was
found not guilty. Monsieur Meiss
was also instrumental in form-
ing the CRIF (Representative
Council of Jews of France)
which for the first time united
the French born and immigrant
Jews into one organization to
defend the rights of French life.
Jewry.
Tied in with the Washington
conference will be an interna-
tional broadcast, with Jerusa-
lem, Lodon and Paris partici-
pating.
Monument
Unveilings
The family of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Benjamin Aronson an-
nounces the unveiling of a mon-
ument in their memory at 2
p.m. Sunday, July . 9, at Chesed
shel Emes Cemetery. Rabbi Ger-
son will officiate. Friends and
relatives are invited to attend
the service.
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The family of the late Lena
Moss announces the unveiling
of a monument in her memory
at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 9, at
Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi
Benjamin Gorrelick will offici-
ate. Friends and relatives are in-
vited to attend the service.
Hannah Szenesh's
Nazi Judge in SA
MONTEVIDEO, (JTA) — Dr.
Julian Simon, Nazi judge who
sentenced Palestinian war her-
oine Hannah Szenesh to death
a f ter she parachuted into
Europe to aid in the under-
ground transfer of Jews to Pal-
estine, is now living in Argen-
tina, the local Yiddish daily,
Folksblatt, reported.
The report says the Hungarian
Nazi is engaged in publication
of an anti-Semitic, Hungarian-
language newspaper in Buenos
Aires.
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