Hadassah Sets Sept. 17 as 'H' Membership Day
To Launch One-Day Campaign
At Luncheon Meeting Tuesday
2ouncil Spokesman
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Detroit Chapter of Hadassah has set aside Sunday, Sept.
17, as "H-Day" for a membership campaign in which hun-
dreds of Detroit women will seek to enlist thousands of ad-
ditional Jewish women in the women's Zionist organization
of America.
It is planned that the present large membership of De-
troit Hadassah should visit all 'O
Council Issues Third
Educational Directory
A directory of Jewish educa-
tional institutions in Detroit for
children will be issued by the
Culture Commission of the Jew-
ish Community Council of De-
troit for the third year.
Under the title "A Call to
Jewish Parents," the brochure
lists the schools' location, pro-
gram, hours of instruction and
curriculum.
A copy of this directory may
be secured by calling or writing
the Jewish Community Council.
The opening pre-"H-Day"
event will be a dessert luncheon
next Tuesday, at 12:30, at the
home of former president, Mrs.
Maurice Landau, 2955 W. Outer
Drive. Mrs. Ralph Davidson,
chapter vice president in charge
of membership, Mrs. Milton
Prag, "H-Day" chairman, and
Mrs. Adolph Lowe, "H-Day" co-
chairman, are in charge of the
meeting, which will be attended
by key officers, including all
group presidents, vice presi-
dents and membership commit-
tees. Mrs. Max Dushkin is "H-
Day" secretary.
Louis Rosenzweig, chairman
of the internal relations com-
mittee of the Jewish Commun-
ity Council, declared this week
that many persons in the 12th
St. area have reported repeated
telephone calls, post cards and
personal visits from real estate
brokers.
These persons have no inten-
tion of selling their homes and
have expressed annoyance at
these methods of procuring list-
ings of homes for sale. 'It is no
secret that panic and rumor in
the 12th Street area is, in some
measure, due to such activities,"
Rosenzweig pointed out.
"A firm negative reply to
these persons will often save
home owners a great deal of
time and difficulty," he said, ex-
plaining that it is illegal for any
firm to promote listings by
spreading rumors which have
no basis in fact concerning the
sale of homes. Violations of this
sort are characterized as "mis-
representation" by the- Real Es-
tate Division of the Michigan
Corporation and Securities Com-
mission and should beTreported
to the local office of the Secur-
ities and Exchange Commission
or to the Jewish Community
Council.
AJC Chapter. Chie
Jewish Groups
Blast Franco Loan
Ten major Jewish organiza-
tions announced their .opposi-
tion to the proposed loan to
Franco Spain, and warned that
"far from striking a blow
against Communism, it will
actually aid t h e Communist
propaganda campaign."
In a joint statement sent Aug.
11 to the President, the Secre,
tary of State, the leaders of the
major political parties, a n d
members of the Senate-House
Conference Committee, the or-
ganizations charged that "the
government of Spain is a total-
itarian tyranny as evil and anti-
democratic as the Communist
dictatorship."
Organizations which sign e d
the statement were: American
J e w is h Committee; American
Jewish Congress; Association of
Jewish Chaplains in the Armed
Forces; Bnai Brith; Jewish
Labor Committee; Jewish War
Veterans of U.S.A.; National
Community RelatiOns Advisory
Council; - 'National Council of
Je wish Women; Synagogue
Council of America; and Union
Of HebreW Congregations.
The organizations cctmmended
the President 'and the Secretary
Of State for their "forthright
opposition to the proposed loan"
and deplored the "recent action
of the .Senate . in singling out
the Spanish government • for
preferential consideration out-
side the regular channels of the
Export-Import Bank."
In another telegam to Presi-
dent Truman, the Labor Zionist
Organization , of America also
came out strongly against aid
to Franco Spain.
Lebanon Confiscates
Arabic Trial and Error'
LONDON, (WJA)—The Leba-
nese authorities have decided to
confiscate the Arabic edition of
"Trial and Error," the autobi-
ography of Dr. Chaim Weiz-
mann, President of Israel, re-
ports Baghdad radio.
Beth Yehudah Officers Confer
iZebukes Brokers'
12th St. Operations
Left to right: MRS. RALPH DAVIDSON, Hadassah mem-
bership chairman; MRS. ADOLPH LOWE and MRS. M. L.
PRAG, vice-chairmen.
Jewish homes—dusitng the one-
day campaign — to enlist as
members those not yet affiliated
with the national organization
which has a membership of
300,000 in 1056 chapters and
groups throughout the land.
As the "Healing Hand of Is-
rael," Hadassah has won world-
wide recognition for its medical
and social achievements in the
Jewish state. Its first mission
to Palestine was in 1913, when
two trained American nurses
went to Jefunsalem to treat
Palestinians of the dreaded eye
disease of trachoma, which was
then destroying the eyesight of
40 per cent of the children of
the Holy Land. Since then, Ha-
dassah's scope has increased
fabulously, the organization's
present network of 63 health
and social welfare stations
blanketing the entire • country.
From its inception, Hadassah
has made its services available
to Christians; Arabs and Jews
alike.
Hadassa,h's chain of health
centers includes a '70-bed tuber-
culosis hospital in Jerusalem,
with 35 beds set aside for tuber-
cular children in the first T
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Children's wing in the land. A
new 100-bed children's hospital
was • opened in Jerusalem re-.
cently by Hadassah.
Hadassah helps to maintain
55 permanent playgrounds, day
camps, summer camps and
seen-age clubs in Israel, all
based on the highest American
standards. Its school luncheon
program for 30,000 children is
carried on with the aid of the
communities it serves. .
Through Youth • Aliyah, the
Child immigration movement
Which Hadassah represents of-;
4cially in ,the United States,
Hadassah • has helped resettle - in
Israel 50,000 orphaned children
from all parts of the world;
Providing them with mainten-
ance and education until they
Can earn their own livelihood.
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MRS. LEO SIMON
New officers of Beth Yehudah Schools conferred this week
on planned activities for the approaching New Year. From the
left are: ISADORE COHEN, new president, who is being con-
gratulated on his election by DANIEL A. LAVEN, chairman of
the board; MAX W. TEMCHIN, vice-president; WOLF CO-
HEN, RABBI MAX J. WOHLGELERNTER, chairman of the
executive committee; DAVID GOLDBERG and SAMUEL KARA-
BENICK. Wolf Cohen and Goldberg are members of the execu-
tive committee. David I. Berris, not in the photo, is treasurer.
The new president has been active in Beth Yehudah affairS for
20 years. He is active in Young Israel, Mizrachi, Merkaz, Con-
gregation Mogen Abraham; Allied Jewish Campaign and other
local causes. . •
Elazar, Back from Israel, Urges
U.S. Jewry's Support of Ben-Gurion
Back from a prolonged stay in
Israel, where he was Detroit's
delegate to the World Hebrew
Congress, Alb e r t Elazar, as-
sociate superintendent of the
United Hebrew Schools, reported
this week that the Jewish state's
problems are as enormous as its
achievements.
Praising the Ben-Gurion gov-
ernment and the people of Is-
rael for their devotion and their
readiness to make sacrifices in
support of the infant state, Mr.
Elazar said that the manner in
which every citizen. is ready to
respond to duty evoked admira-
tion.
The constant stream of im-
migrants into the land empha-
sizes the existing needs in Israel
and the responsibilities towards
the small land which is pre-
pared to welcome every new-
comer, Mr. Elazar pointed out.
He said he was convinced that
the people of Israel would not
BBG's Meet in National
Convention Aug. 30
Mrs. Leo Simon was elected
president of Central Chapter of
The national convention of
the Detroit Women's Division of Bnai Brith Girls gets under
the American Jewish Congress. way Aug. 3b at Camp Po-
Other officers are Mesdames S. Goss,
J. • Kutchai, A. Lechner, S. Katzer, H. kono-Ramona, Flatbrookville, N.
Caplan, M. Saidman, vice presidents:
BBG
Mesdames E. Golumbia, B. Karasick, M. J. Representing 9,000
Rothman, secretaries; Mrs. T. Staub, members throughout the United
treasurers; Mrs. L. Moss, member-at-
States and Canada, delegates
large. Serving on the board are Mes-
dames P. Brondo, J. Shapiro, I. Ziporyn, and guests will spend four days
S. Zeldes, R. Shapiro, H. Karmann, W.
Banks, P. Katzer, J. Montante, S. Lap- in business sessions, seminars
pin, W. Zimmerman, M. Metzger, J. Beck,
and recreational programs de-
A. Clasky.
signed to prepare the national
leaders to return to their com-
munities better able to carry
MCDonald Due to Be
out the extensive program of
Brandeis Chancellor
Bnai Brith Girls.
Jewel Gordon of New York,
According to Leonard Lyons'
column in the New York Post, national BBG president, will
ex-U. S. Ambassador to Israel, preside.
James G. McDOnald is slated to
become Chancellor of Brandeis 16 THE JEWISH NEWS
University at Waltham, Mass.
Friday, August 18, 1950
—
ayne University, Jewish Agencies
Sponsor Democratic Living Course
Anti - Defamation League of
Bnai Brith and the Detroit Jew-
i s h Community Council are
sponsoring a workshop in demo-
cratic 1 i vin g, in conjunction
with Wayne University College
of Education, Aug. 21 to Sept. 1.
The College of Education has
called the workshop "an oppor-
tunity for teachers, students of
education and individuals in , ref
lated fields to pursue, in a theo-
retical framework, a practical
approach to the problems of
group relationships in the class-
room and community."
Dr. Edgar G. Johnston will
direct the workshop, and Dr. S.
Joseph Fauman of the Jewish
Community Council will be as-
sociate director. The staff will
include Mrs. Olive R. Beaseley,
executive secretary, Michigan
Committee on Civil Rights; Has-
kell L. Lazere, Michigan direc-
tor\ Anti - Defamation League;
Claire S. Schuman of ADL's na-
tional education department,
and Mrs. Beulah Whitby of the
Detroit Interracial Committee.
Resource persons have been
invited from the Detroit Public
Schools, business, labor and
church groups, as well aq social
agencies. Mrs. Eleanor P. Wolf
of the Michigan Labor Commit-
tee to Combat Intolerance will
also serve as a resource person.
Registration for the workshop
in democratic living, course 253.-
22 is still open. The course car-
ries two hours credit.
tolerate attempts - to curtail im-
migration.
"A new danger is developing ,
in Tripolitania, whose Jewish
residents are being displaced .by
former Palestinian Arabs, and
every effort must be made to
rescue those who are waiting to
be settled in Israel," Mr. Elazar
said. He warned against slack-
ening of activity in Israel's be-
half and declared that Ameri-
can Jews must do 'their utmost
to support the present regime in
Israel.
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Haggais Back • from
Israel; Urge Help
For Present Regime'
After a year's stay in Israel,
Joseph . Haggai, prominent De-
troiter teacher and labor Zion-
ist leader, returned to Detroit
a few days ago with Mrs. Haggai
and their daughter, Tikvah.
Enthusiastic about the land
and its peopl e, the Haggais
stated that the Israelis are bat-
tling to establish their economic
and cultural position against
great odds. They are unani-
mous in expressing the view
that the Israelis will win their
fight for -national existence.
"Israel has a gciod and wise
government," Mr. Haggai said.
"American Jews should back up
Israel and should help its gov-
ernment to carry on. The more
help we give this government,
the better for the people in Is-
rael and the greater our. help _
to the U.S. and the UN in their
present struggle."
The Haggais now are honie at
3243 Webb.
Eban Reports
To Weizmann
TEL AVIV—(JTA)—Aubrey S.
Eban, Israel Ambassador to the
United States and chief delegate
of • the Jewish s t ate to the
United Nations: left Israel for
Switzerland to c o n f e r with
President Ch aim Weizmann,
who is now convelescing in
Switzerland.
He was expected to report to
Dr. Weizmann on the recent
conference here of Israel dip-
lomats stationed in over a dozen
principal countries, if the presi-
dent's physicians would permit
it.
Ambassador Eban was ex-
pected to arrive in Washington
Thursday. He will present his
credentials to President' Truman
shortly.
(Detroiters will have their first
opportunity to hear Eban in his
new ambassadorial role on Sept.
6 when he addresses a public
meeting sponsored by Hadas-
sah and the Zionist Organiza-
tion of Detroit.)