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A digest of current news reported by the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, the Israel Service of Information and the World
Jewish Affairs News Service.
Friday, February 9, 1951
Jack Benny Pledges Support to UJA
Prof. Estermann
Guest of Technion
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UNITED STATES
Detroit Technion Society will
NEW YORK—The Israel vessel Meir Dizengoff reached the hear Professor Immanuel Ester-
harbor of St. George, Bermuda, after fighting fire in her holds mann, noted scientist, at a din-
for 18 hours. The fire was caused by an explosion which occurred ner this Saturday evening at
when the ship was 160 miles from Bermuda. A British frigate Huyler's. Prof. Estermann is on
a special assignment with the
escorted the vessel into port. No one was injured.
LOS ANGELES—For his contribution to understanding be- U.S. Navy and is on leave from
with EDWARD M. M. WARBURG,
tiveen racial and religious groups, County Supervisor John Anson his post as professor of physics JACK BENNY, left, confers
Ford was presented with the Holizer Memorial Award. This is an at Carnegie Institute of Tech- general chairman of 'the United Jewish Appeal, as the noted
Hollywood star pledged his support to the 1951 United Jewish
annual award named in honor of a former president of the Los nology.
He was a student in Palestine Appeal campaign. The UJA, which must meet needs in Israel
Angeles Jewish Community Council. -
NEW YORK—The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) has before World War I and has and other parts of the world totalling $203,684,577, will launch
become the sole Jewish organization to send CARE packages to made several extensive visits its nationwide drive at a three-day National Inaugural Confer-
Israel. The first three packages will be sent to Mayor Israel there since. He lectured at the ence to be held at the Saxony Hotel, Miami Beach, Fla., Feb.
Rokach, Tel Aviv; Mayor S. Z. Shragai of Jerusalem and Mayor Hebrew University and at the 16, 17 and 18. The UJA will present Mr. Benny with an "Award
Haifa Technical Institute.
of Honor" in recognition of his humanitarian services when he
Abba Hushi of Haifa.
The Technion sponsors the addresses the UJA Southwest Regional Conference Feb. 18.
NEW YORK—Sigi Weissenberg, 21-year old pianist, was highly
praised by New York mu-sic critics after his Carnegie Hall con- Haifa Technical Institute. The
cert last week. Three years ago he made his debut as soloist dinner is not a fund raising
event bUt is sponsored to pre-
With the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
sent the objectives of the Haifa
WASHINGTON—Monnet Davis, newly appointed U. S. Am- Technion whose support comes
bassador to Israel was 'honored last week at a luncheon given by from the Allied Jewish cam-
Israel Ambassador Abba Eban. Guests included Pinchas Lavon, paign. Benjamin Wilk is presi-
Israel Minister of Agriculture and members of the staff of the dent of the Detroit chapter and
Israel Embassy.
Harold Goodman is chairman of
NEW YORK—Israel Minister of Religion Judah L. Maimon the dinner committee.
met Christian clergymen at a reception in his honor given by Rev.
Richard E. Evans, minister of the Labor Temple in NewYork. A
kosher dinner was served.
NEW YORK—The government of Israel will continue its open-
door policy and will ,admit even more immigrants from now on
because of the present crisis in the world, Pinchas Lavon-Lubian-
iker, Israel Minister of Agriculture, declared at a luncheon spon-
sored by the American Trade Union Council.
NEW YORK—Three Jews were named this week to the Na-
First lecturer in the Wayne
tonal Institute of Arts and Letters. The three are: Louis Kron-
enberger, editor, critic and biographer; Lionel Trilling, essayist University series of "Leo M.
Franklin Lectures in Human
and teacher and Peter Blume, painter.
NEW YORK—A New York housewife and mother of three last Relations" will be Dr. Louis
Wirth, professor of sociology at
Week received the college diploma she beganto7work for 32 years the University of Chicago, who
ago. Mrs. Henrietta Weinstein left Hunter College in 1920 after will speak on "Freedom, Power
two and a half years of study to get married. Twenty-nine years and Values in Our Present
later she returned to college. • Crisis," at 8 p.m. Thursday, in
OAK RIDGE, Tenn.—Jewish scientists working in the atomic the Rackham Memorial Build-
plant here have formed a Jewish community center on land ing.
granted by the government and intend to establish a synagogue.
Wayne President David D.
NEW YORK—The American Jewish Physicians Committee, Henry will open the program
Medical section of the AmeTican Friends of the Hebrew University, with an explanation of the
is planning an intensive membership drive. The Committee now Franklin Memorial Chair and
numbers more than 2,000 physicians. Dr. bavid J. Kaliski of New lecture series established at
York City was elected president.
Wayne by Temple Beth El to aid
NEW YORK—A resolution urging rabbis to answer the call the advancement of human re-
of our armed services was adopted at the 70th annual convention lations.
last week of the New York Board of Rabbis. The group, which
includes 5110 rabbis, also called upon Congress to extend a grant- , Other lectures in the series
are scheduled for 8 p.m. Thurs-
-in-aid to Israel and recommended supervision of the Holy Places days, March 1 and 15, and April
in Jerusalem by the UN.
5 and 26. All programs are open
to the public without admission
ISRAEL
TEL AVIV—An Israel-Yugoslav $2,500,000 trade agreement charge. -
was signed last week. Goods exported from Israel to Yugoslavia
will cover up to 85 percent of the imports from Yugoslavia. The Shaarey Zedek Women
remainder will have to be paid in "hard currencies."
JERUSALEM—Slight earth tremors were felt here and in At Beth. Aaron Dinner,
Other - parts of Is,rael on Jan. 31. No damage was reported.
Program on Feb. 19
Deliciously different assortment of choto-
CANADA
totes in a beautiful white satin heart.
Beth • Aarbn Sisterhood will
shaped box, spattered with red polka dots.
MONTREAL—Jewish accountants in Canada will no. longer
have to take their examinations on the Sabbath. The Dominion celebrate its • seventh anniver-
Association of Chartered Accountants has resolved not to hold sary at a paid-up membership
such examination on the Sabbath. The action was taken after dinner at 6:30 .p.m. on Feb. 19
protests were made by the, Canadian Jewish Congress and rab- • at the synagogue, Wyoming and
Thatcher, Mrs. Herman Becker,
binical groups.
president, announces. Mrs. Irv-
FRANCE
ing
Chaiken is chairman of the
of
PARIS—The
European
Eecutive
of
the
Confederation
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General Zionists has asked that the General Zionist Construction party. Mrs. Irwin Levine is
Fund share in the proceeds of all United Jewish campaigns membership chairman.
The program at the dinner
carried on throughout the world. It was also decided to convene
a session of the Executive in London next month. A meeting of will feature members of the
the European North African Council of the Confederation will be Shaarey Zedek Sisterhood in a
"Can You Top This?" Jewish
held in March in Paris.
humor skit, with Mrs. Morris
Adler as narrator and Mesdames
DOWNTOWN
Abe Katzman, Meyer Sugarman
GRAND
RIVER
CORNER GRISWOLD
and William Greenwald as par-
ticipants.
For information and reserva-
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Repre- of Jerusalem will celebrate all tions, call UN. 4-0157.
sentatives of Jewish communi-. night with processions and
ties throughout the world will dancing.
On the 11th, Jerusalem will
be invited to visit Israel to par-
ticipate in the three days of na- witness a military parade, Tel
tional celebration which will Aviv will turn out for an Air
Culminate in the observance of Force display and naval units
this year's Independence Day on will put on a show at Haifa. All
synagogues will hold solemn
May 11.
Israel hopes to popularize the services. Traditional food and
day and set it among the other drinks will be made available to
the entire population.
traditional Jewish holidays.
The schedule calls for the
celebrations to get under way Haifa Chapter. Dinner,
May 9 with the opening of book,
agricultural and industrial ex- Dance Next Wednesday.
hibitions by new immigrants. On
the following day, President
Tickets for the dinner-dance
Weizmann will receive foreign of Haifa Chapter of the Zionist
diplomats at his residence at Organization . of Detroit, set for
next Wednesday evening at
Rehovoth.
At Jerusalem, on the 10th, Elmwood Hotel, Windsor, are
Special services will be held on available from the chairman,
Mt. Herzl, where the father of Ben Greenstein, UN. 4-6244, Dr.
political Zionism is buried. After' Albert Schwartz, president, an-
the services, which will specifi- nounces.
Authorized Ford Sales & Service
Mr. Schwartz states that at the
•Cally honor the war dead, gun
salvoes will signal the start of group's next meeting, on Mon-
celebrations and bonfires day, at Northwest Synagogue,
throughout the country. The Albert Elazar will speak on "Is-
President and Premier David rael—the Jewish Melting Pot."
Jerry Bietfield
4 Blocks W. of Livernois
Ben-Gurion will address the na- Mrs. Sam Blender will be hos-
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