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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, November 3, 1950

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Obituaries

Recent JA Brochure

daughters, Mrs. Eva Ravitz and
Lillian Arnowitz; a son, Morris; Offers Reference Data
two brothers, Abe Hirschel and On 'Israel Investment
Morris; three grandchildren.
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NEW YORK . — "Israel offers
STELLA HARRIS, 65, 1934 both the problems and the vast
Hazel, died Oct. 29. Services were opportunities of an economy in
at Lewis Bros. She leaves her the pioneering stage of develop-
husband, Edward; sons, Joe, ment," according to the third re-
Walter and Milton; daughter, vised edition of Investing in Is-
Regina; brothers, Nathan, Max, rael, a handy reference guide to
William and Irving Levy; and the economy of the new Jewish
six grandchildren.
State, published by the Jewish
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Agency for Palestine, 16 E. 66th
EVA STASHEFSKY, 2710 St.
Elmhurst, died Oct. 31. Services
Based on Israel's Four Year
were at Lewis Bros., with Rabbi Plan, the brochure contains up-
Adler and Cantor Sonnenklar to-date information for investors
officiating. Interment, Clover and businessmen on industry,
Hill Park Cemetery. She leaves trade, agriculture, labor rela-
her sons, Bernard and Ben; tions, banking, production costs,
daughters, Mrs. Esther Parker; government controls and taxes,
Mrs. Bluma Levine; Mrs. Cell and outlines the country's in-
* * *
Lazerson, Mrs. Doris Elkind and vestment needs totalling about
MAX ALTER, 11501 Petoskey, Mrs. Ruth McCabe; and 16 two•billion dollars.
died Oct. 24. Services were at grandchildren.
Three United States manufac-
Kaufman Chapel, Rabbi L. Gold-
turers have recently decided to
Jewish
DPs
from
Shanghai
man officiating. He leaves two
move into the growing Israeli
daughters, Betty Alter and Mrs. Make Canal Zone Stopover
industrial field, it was revealed
Jack Bilsky. Interment, Mach-
CRI S T O B A L, Canal Zone- in the current issue of Economic
pelah Cemetery.
(JTA)—The S.S. Anna Salen Horizons, monthly publication of
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docked here carrying 1,320 Jew- the Jewish Agency. The manu-
FREDA LUX, 17304 Cherry- ish displaced persons en route facturers are: U. S. Hoffman
lawn, died Oct. 26. Services were from Shanghai to Israel. Al- Machinery Corp., of N. Y., pro-
ducers of laundry and similar
at Kaufman Chapel, Rabbis though the vessel normally equipment;
Philco International,
holds
only
350
persons,
the
pas-
Sperka and Segal and Cantor
Philadelphia, and Bulova Foun-
Fenakel officiating. She leaves sengers'said that they were not dation of N. Y.
her sons, Morris, Sam, Louis, too inconvenienced.
Robert and Nathan; daughter,
Mrs. George Rubin; and a
brother, Samuel Grossman of
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New York; seven grandchildren
and three great grandchildren.
A digest of current news reported by the Jewish Telegraphic
Interment, Bnai David Cemetery.
Agency. the Israel Service of information and the World

ANNA LEWISTON, 18660 Steel,
died Oct. 21. Services were at
Kaufman Chapel, Rabbi Lehr-
man and Cantor Fenakel offici-
ating. She leaves her son Barney
S.; daughter, Mrs. Joseph Frank-
lin; eight grandchildren, six
great grandchildren. I nterment,
Machpelah Cemetery.
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ROSE ROSENBLOOM, 2491
Highland died Oct. 22. Services
were held at Kaufman Chapel,
Rabbis Thumin and Halpern of-
ficiating. She leaves her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Landgarten;
son, Martin; brothers, Nathan,
Max Louis; and sisters, Mrs.
Louis Larry, Mrs. Martin Mes-
ser, and Miss Marian Landgar-
ten; Interment, Beth Abraham
Cemetery.

Around the World .

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HARRY KOOPERMAN, Ann
Arbor, died Oct. 26. Services were
at Kaufman Chapel Rabbi Lehr-
man officiating. He leaves his
wife, Pearl; sons, David, Simon,
Joseph and Jacob; and a sister
Mrs. Jennie Michaelson of De-
troit. Interment, Machpelah
Cemetery.
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MEYER ICOLTONOW, 3247 W.
Grand, died Oct. 27. Services
were at Kaufman Chapel, Rabbi
Sperka and Cantor Adler offici-
ating. He leaves his wife, Ida;
sons, Harry, Herman and Law-
rence; daughter, Mrs. Ben Mich-
aels; four grandchildren. Inter-
ment, Machpelah Cemetery.
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ABRAHAM FREED, 3378 Rich-
ton, died Oct. 27. Services were
at Kaufman Chapel, Rabbi
Wohlgelernter officiating. H e
leaves his wife, Freeda; son, Jack
of L. A.; and daughters; Mrs.
Irving-Weiner, Mrs. Irving Elson
and Mrs. Harry Kushmar; twen-
ty grandchildren..I ntermen t,
Machpelah Cemetary.
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MAX GROSS, 62, of 9333
Grand River, died Oct. 27. Serv-
ices were at Lewis Bros., Rabbis
Lehrman and Fischer officiat-
ing. Interment, Oakview Ceme-
tery. Survived by his wife, Gus-
sie; sons, Ralph and William;
daughter, Mrs. William Lands-
man.
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JACK M. MARX; 45, of the
Belcrest Hotel, died Oct. 27.
Services were- at Lewis Bros.,
Rabbi Fram officiating. Inter-
Ment, Beth El Memorial Park.
Survived by his wife, Minna;
son, Stanley; daughter, Sue;
brothers, Samuel and Meyer;
sister, Anna.

PERLE KNOPPOW, 68, of 2240
Taylor, died Oct. 23. Funeral
services were held at Hebrew
Benevolent Society; interment,
Nusach Hoari Cemetery. Rabbis
Rabinowitz and Stollman of-
ficiated. She is survived by four
daughters, Rose Her s h m a n,
Sarah Handelsman, Helen Tan-
nenbaum and Ruth Ashman;
and 11 grandchildren.
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FANNIE SCHNEIDER, 84, of
11501 Petosky, died Oct. 26. Fu-
neral services were held at He-
brew Benevolent society. She is
survived by a daughter, Hinde
Levitt; two sons, Ben and Jake,
six grandchildren, and eight
great - grandchildren. Rabbis
Stollman and Segal officiated.
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RAFAEL ARONOWITZ, 57, of
17840 Brush, died Oct. 30. Fu-
neral services were held . at He-
brew Benevolent Society. Rabbi
Stollman officiated. He is sur-
vived by his wife, Gussie; two

Jolson's First Appearance

Jewish Affairs News Service.

By DAVID SCHWARTZ

(Copyright, 1950, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)

There is a kind of poetic fit-
ness in the fact that Al Jolson
began his stage career with a
part in Israel Zangwill's play,
"Children of the Ghetto," when
it was produced in Nevi York
back in 1899. Jolson was then
just around Bar Mitzvah age.
It was the time of the Spanish
American war. Jolson was too
young to serve in the army, but
he had managed to follow the
soldiers and get adopted as a
mascot of a company of troops.
A Zangwill would have like to
portray the story of Al Jolson.
A cantor's boy, whom his father
tried to . get to follow in his
footsteps—but the great outside
world calls him. He finally winds
up after all, as his father wishes.
He winds up as a cantor—but a
cantor for all America.
Wasn't that what Al Jolson
was after all? He didn't sing
Kol Nidre in the synagogue, but
he did sing it and all America
heard it in the "Jazz Singer,"
the first successful taVing pic-
ture.

Israel

)JERUSALEM—Completion, by Rabbi Mordecai Koshowitzki,
of the first Talmudic concordance in Israel was hailed at a cere-
mony chaired by Education Minister Zalman Shazar.
TEL AVIV—Aharon Barth, general manager of the Anglo-
Palestine Bank, has left for New York to set up a U. S. branch of
the bank.

Canada

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Monument
Unveilings

There was a picture of Zang-
will on the program and all
American Jews were excited
about the play. There were let-
ters to the. editor about the
play by such men as Max Koh-
ler, Prof. Gotthard Deutsch, and
Lewis N. Dembitz. The play
aroused a" great deal of contro-
versy — some attacking it vio-
lently, some defending it.
The central plot of the stage
version of the "Children of the
Ghetto" revolved about an inci-
dent in which a young man in fun
put a ring on a girl's hand and
repeated the words, "Ha-ray at
mekadeshet li." (Behold I conse-
crate thee unto me according to
the laws of Moses and Israel.)
By strict Jewish law, that is a
marriage. The girl therefore
had to get a divorce and further
complications developed, for she
was in love with a Kohen—a
member of the priestly class who
are not permitted to marry a
divorced. woman.
Some Jews didn't like the idea
that such things should be aired
in public. There was a lot of
controversy whether in fact the
rabbis would hold that a jocu-
lar ceremony was religiously

MONTREAL—Samuel Bronfman, national president of the
Canadian Jewish Congress, has protested, for the CJC, in a letter
to Prime Minister St._Laurent, the admission of Germans to this
country. The letter asked that their admission be delayed "until
it is clear that such an act will not imply the glossing over of the
wicked record of the Nazis. . . ."
OTTAWA—Dr. Ralph Bunche, Nobel Peace Prize winner and
former UN Palestine mediator, was honored by the University of
Western Ontario with an honorary doctorate of law.
WINNIPEG—Establishment of Maimonides College here, to
prepare leaders for Jewish activities was announced by Rabbi Dr. German Rearming Assailed
A. Kravetz; president.

Europe

LONDON—Danish Minister of Education, and Ecclesiastical

Affairs, Mrs. Bodil Koch, leaves for Israel in December to help the
Israel Association for the Equality of Women "secure equal rights
for women."
PARIS—Marc de Susini, former Vichy Government policeman,
was sentenced to five years in prison for the 1944 murder of'Boger
Worms, Jewish banker. Two others were acquitted because of in-
sufficient evidence.
'• ROME—The Italian Universities of Venice, Padua and Rome
have instituted Hebrew courses in their curricula. The first Italian
language grammar and conversation manual published in Hebrew
has appeared here; the work of Prof. Nicola Herdelyi.
ISTANBUL—Emanuel Levy, leader in the Democrat Party in
the city of Milas, in western Turkey, has been named member of
the city's municipal council—first Jew to hold that post. Milas
has a Jewish population of 150.

South Africa

JOHANNESBURG—Bernard Gering has resigned as chairman

and member of the executive council of the Zionist Federation
here. Gering acted to support hiS stand against the holding of
elections to the forthcoming World Zionist Congress along party
lines in countries .outside Israel, using "the politics of the Jewish
state as electioneering platforms outside of Israel."

South America

BUENOS AIRES—Reorganization of the Latin-American Con-

federation of General Zionists was demanded here at a conference
of general Zionist leaders from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay,
Uruguay and Bolivia. It was charged that the Conference does not
represent the true situation of General Zionism in South America.
_ RIO DE JANEIRO—Resignation of Aaron Neuman, leader of
the General Zionists in Brazil, as secretary of the Central Shekel
Committee, was announced here. Neumann resigned in protest
against an order from the World Zionist Organization in Jerusalem
ordering the close of the Shekel campaign, when thousands of
more Shekolitn could have been sold before the WZO Congress
takes place.

Be Like the Irish
About the same time Mark

Twain wrote an article on anti-
Semitism for which many Jews
attacked him. Why did they at-
tack him? Mark Twain had ad-
vised the Jews to imitate the
Irish and become politically ac-
tive in their own behalf.
He had also advised them to
form military companies of their
own. In other words. Mark
Twain had .urged a little aggres-
sive selfishness by the Jews. It
Wasn't bad advice. The Jews of
Israel took it and it worked.
Mark Twain was a kind of "goy-
ish" Jabotinsky, but then many
American Jewish leaders at-
tacked him.
We have come around more or
less to Mark TWain's opinion
and we have come around more
ar less to Zangwill's opinion. We
are not so touchy about pictur-
Only A Small Role
- ing Jewish life, in all its phases.
Jolson's role in "The Children The world has changed, as the
of the Ghetto" was a part as
little Al Jolson changed with the
background figure—a silent fig- years.
ure in the milling mob scene.
Little Al Jolson may not have
had a great part in that ply,
but we may be sure he was
happy with it because- the pro-
duction was a great event—a
sensation in its time. Zangwill
had written • a prologue for it
which wound up with words
such as:
(Unveiling announcements may be in-

"And now let us see this world
in petto
United States
WASHINGTON—Reports circulate here that President Truman The seething world of the Chil-
dren of the Ghetto."
has named John W. Gibson, former Secretary of Labor, as chair-

man of the DP Commission to succeed Ugo Carusi, reportedly
resigned.
NEW YORK—An exhibition of Israeli artist Marcel Janco's
paintings .opened here at the Feigl Gallery.
PHILADELPHIA—Cong. Beth Israel here issued a statement
declaring it's membership has voted to "abolish all types of games
of chance," in synagogue affairs. Earlier, Rabbi Meyer ,Finkel-
stein resigned in protest against gambling in the synagogue; the
protest was tabled until the next board meeting. -
BOSTON—Boston University graduate student, Lawrence
Schlesinger, has been awarded the Anti-Defamation League Toler-
ance Award for his work in cooperation with the Boston Commit-
tee to Combat Intolerance.
EVERETT, Mass.—Modern Hebrew has been added to the
course of the Everett Evening High School in this town of ,45,000
with 600 Jewish. families.

binding. But in any event, to-
day we may be sure, there would
be no such controversy as the
play then occasioned. We are
not so secretive.

By World Jewish Congress

NEW YORK, (JTA) — T h e
American section or the World
Jewish Congress at a two-day
conference here, condemned the
policy of rearming Germany "as
likely to revive and strengthen"
the military elements who have
always menaced the democratic,
peaceful world. It viewed with
the "gravest disquiet" the col-
lapse of the Allied denazifica-
tion policy, the Bonn govern-
ment's failure to suppress anti-
Semitism, "the restoration of
known and avowed former
NaZis to positions of author-
ity and the liberation of con-
victed Nazi war criminals." -
The conference called upon
the Allied- Powers to obtain Ger-
man guarantees of payment of
reparations for anti-Jewish
crimes of Nazi Germany.-

serted by mail or by calling The Jewish
News- office, WO. 5-1155. Written an-
nouncements must be accompanied by the
name and address of the person making
the insertion. There is a standard charge
of $1 for unveiling notices.)
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The family of the late Bea-
trice and Walter Golden an-
nounce the unveiling of a mon-
ument in their memory at 12
noon, Sunday, Nov. 5 at Mach-
pelah Cemetery. Rabbi L. Levine
will officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to attend.

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The family of the late Ida

Kosaglad announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in her mem-

ory at 11:15 a.m., Sunday, Nov.
5, at Clover Hill Park Cemetery,
Woodward at 14 Mile Road. Rab-
bi J. Segal and Cantor Fenakel
will officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to attend.
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The family of the late Morris
Weiner announces the unveiling
of a monument in his memory
at 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 5 at
Brith Sholem Cemetery, Mack at
Gratiot. Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.
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The family of the late Jennie
Goodman announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in her mem-
ory at 2 p.m.; Nov. 5, at Beth
Yehudah Cemetery. Rabbi Leizer
Levin - will officiate. Relatives
and friends are asked to attend.
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The family - of the late Bessie
Goose announces the unveiling
of a monument in her memory
at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, at
Chesed Shel Ernes - Cemetery.
Rabbi J. Rabinowitz will offici-
ate. Rela,tives and friends are
invited to attend.

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