Israel Anniversary Celebration at 11:3 0 a.m., May 13;
Golda Myerson to Open Israel City-Wide Bond Drive

Entire Community Called to
State Fair Coliseum Event

Detroit Jewry will officially launch its tremendous drive
for the sale of Israel bonds at the community rally in cele-
bration of the third anniversary of Israel's independence,
Sunday, May 13, at the State Fair Grounds Coliseum.
In order to permit the guest speaker, Israel's Minister
of Labor and Reconstruction, Golda Myerson, to make a
plane in time for a similar rally in Cleveland that after-
• noon, the rally will commence at 11:30 a.m.
Sponsored by the Zionist Council and the Jewish Com-
munity Council, under whose joint auspices the Israel cele-
brations were held since 1948, it is hoped that this year's
gathering will attract at least 15,000 people. With seats avail-
able for all, the arrangements committee, headed by Law-
rence W. Crohn, president of the Zionist Council, who will
preside during the preliminary celebration functions at the
May 13 affair, urges Detroit Jews to come early in order that
the function should commence on time.
Emma Schaver, Detroit soprano whose voice has
thrilled audiences in many lands, including Israel, will sing
the national anthems.
Max Osnos, chairman of the Detroit Israel bond drive,
will introduce Mrs. Myerson.
Detroit Jews are asked to come to the rally ready to
purchase bonds and thereby to give encouragement to Israel
in the task of strengthening the industrial and agricultural
economy of the country and the integration of the tens of
thousands of Jews who are settling there from lands of op-
pression.
Irving W. Schlussel, chairman of the program commit-
tee for the Israel celebration, announces that many color-
ful events have been arranged, to commence with the
massing of the Colors by the Jewish War Veterans. The
Israel colors will be presented by Israeli veterans. In addi-
tion to the singing of the national anthems, there will be
music by the Halevy Singing Society and Workmen's Circle
Choir under the direction of Dan Frohman.
Israel dances will be performed by members of Detroit's
.Zionist youth groups.
The Sunday schools will excuse their children from class-
es that morning to enable all to attend the celebration.

On May 13 Program
Naft

Pontiac Jewry to Observe Israel
Independence Day Next Thursday

The Jewish community of at the Bnai Israel Synagogue,
Pontiac will celebrate Israel In- will be addressed by Rabbi Mor-
dependence Day next Thursday ris Adler- of Detroit.
evening with a rally to which all
are invited.
This event, which wL be held

Hadassah Women
Start Bond Drive

MRS. MORRIS SCHAVER

Emma Schaver, who has
gained world renown as a singer,
will be featured on the program
at the Israel Independence Day
celebration at 11:30 a.m. Sun-
day, May 13, at the State Fair
Grounds Coliseum.

Crohn to Introduce
May 13 Participants

Mrs. Ernest Peiser, of Kansas
City, national director of the
women's division of the Israel
bond drive, who recently re-
turned from a visit to Israel on
a fellowship granted by Hadas-
sah, _spoke at a dessert lunch-
eon at the home of Mrs. Theo-
dore Bargman, on Burlington
Drive, Tuesday. Hadassah wom-
en were mobilized for the Israel
bond drive at this luncheon.
Serving as co-hostesses for the
luncheon were Mrs. Bargman,
chairman, Mrs. Ralph Davidson,
co-chairman, Mrs. Joseph Ehr-
lich, honorary chairman of the
local women's division bond
campaign.

Junior Division Within
Range of Appeal Goal

The presidents of Detroit's
Winding up their participation
major Jewish organizations and
the 1951 Allied Jewish Cam-
all local Rabbis will be platform in
paign, Junior Division captains
and division chairmen will meet
Sunday, 10:30 a.m., for brunch-
eon at Lieberman and Citrin
Restaurant, before setting forth
to cover their remaining slips.
To date, the Junior Division
reports $38,585 on 3,300 slips.
Division A-7, under the chair-
manship of Melvina Winokur, is
leading the 12
other.
divisions i in
general solicitation with 86%
Coverage, with better than 80%
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
coverage for Alma Fox's and
Mildred Fox's division.
Bonds for Israel—Security for Libertarians
Confident that the Junior Di-
The drive for the sale of Israel bonds begins today. The
vision would surpass last year's
Jewish state's Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion arrives in New
total of $50,000, Milton Lucow,
York this week. From there he goes to Washington-to be the guest
chairman, congratulated work-
of President Truman. Then he commences the most serious effort
ers and urged them to turn in
in behalf of Israel: 'the enrollment of American Jewry's support
outstanding slips at once.
of the $500,000,000 bond issue being floated in this country by
the infant state.
.
It should be a comparatively easy matter to enroll every

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man, woman and child in all of our Jewish communities to be-
come partners in the great investment effort. Every Jew should
consider it a privilege to:become a partner in the historic task
of protecting the only democracy in the Middle East—Israel-
through bond purchases. By protecting Israel we protect the
democratic idea, and we create a stronghold for the principles
akin to American policies in the Jewish commonwealth.

Detroit's bond drive commences this Thursday night at the
rally of the Zionist Organization of Detroit at Teniple Israel. The
labor Zionists inaugurated their bond sales at a meeting with
Israel's Minister of Labor and Reconstruction, Golda Myerson, last
Saturday night. The Mizrachi project will be launched on May '7,
at a dinner at which Israel Minister of the Interior Moshe Shapira
will be the guest.

Detroit's- entire Jewish community is called upon to launch
the city-wide bond drive at the independence salute at the
State Fair Grounds Coliseum on May 13.

Under the chairmanship of Max Osnos, a great job is under
Way. The expectation is that Detroit Jewry should purchase,
during the allotted three-year period, bonds in excess of $20,000,-
000. It is a high-sounding figure, the subscription of which is at-
tainable in view of the immensity of the ideal it represents, and
because it spells investment in Israel's security and the Jewish
people's role of honor in the redemption of Zion.
The entire community must stand shoulder-to-shoulder in be-
half of this great effort. If we do, we shall be able to register a
great triumph for justice during the coming months through the
Israel bond drive.
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'The Wall' a Movie in 'Border Street'

LAWRENCE W. CEOHN

guests at the annual observance
of Israel's independence, May
13, 11:30 a.m., at the Coliseum
at the State Fair Grounds.
Lawrence W. Crohn, chairman
of the committee which is plan-
ning the event. in behalf of the
Jewish Community Council and
the Zionist Council, will intro-
duce the attractions to be feat-
ured at the celebration.
The Chas. Young Post No. '77
Band of the American Legion,
for years adjudged the first
prize winner in state-wide con-
tests of musical organiztions,
has offered its services for the
occasion and will entertain the
thousands of celebrants.
Every Detroiter is invited to
take part in this festivity.
As in the past celebrations
souvenir American and Israel
flags will be distributed to all
the children in attendance.
There will be no admission
charge and no collection.

Cinema Theater brings to the screen tomorrow a film under
the title "Border Street.", It is based on John Hersey's "The Wall"
—the famous book which dramatizes the fight in the Warsaw Zionists Bond Office
Ghetto and the struggle for survival by a handful of brave people
In Penobscot Building
against the Hitler menace.
"The Wall," one of the great books of all time, should serve
Irving Murray, ZOA Region-
as a guide in the fight for freedom by all libertarians. By the
al Bond Director has desig-
same token, the filmed version of the book should be a weapon in
nated the ZOA Office at 1031
the struggle for decency.
Penobscot Bldg. as the offi-
Will it draw large audiences? We would like to see the film
cial ZOA-Bond Sale Office for
retained for months to accommodate capacity audiences at the
the city of Detroit. The ZOA
Cinema. Last week, a great film, "The Magnificent Yankee," por-
is going all out in its effort to
traying the story of Justices Holmes and Brandeis, had a poor
sell $100,000,000. in bonds. The
Detroit quota is $3,000,000.
response at the Cinema. It should have stayed there for at least
and the prospectus and other
three months. Perhaps the unfortunate street railway strike ac-
material on the bond drive is'
counted for the poor attendance which _aecessitated the cutting
available from that office.
short of the film's stay. We urge its recall at an early date. But
we hope "Border Street" ("The Wall") will receive an immediate
response from all who love good films and who have respect for 2 THE JEWISH NEWS
the ghetto's fighters for freedom.
Friday, May 4, 1951:9

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Rabbi Adler Cantor Fenakel

A musical program will be
rendered by Cantor Nicholas
Fenakel of Cong. Adas Shalom.
Pontiac's celebration is spon-
sored by the Jewish Welfare
Federation and Council of Pon-
tiac.

Leib Heads Bnai Brith's
Bond Drive; Rally May 8

Samuel Leib has been named
chairman of t h e Bnai Brith
Israel bond
drive in Detroit.
The Bnai Brith
lodges will open
their drive at
a rally at the
A daS Shalom
(Northwest)
Synagogue at
8:30 p.m. Tuesik
day, May 8. Sam Leib

New Israel Postage Stamp
Commemorates Bond Issue

A new State of Israel postage
stamp is being issued to com-
memorate the $500,000,000 State
of Israel "Independence" Bond
Issue.
The stamp, known as the Imp-
dependence Bond Stamp, pic-
tures an Israel laborer holding
up the new democracy. Designed
by Abram Games of London, the
issue is of a brown-red color and
is in the denomination of 80
prutah.

Between You and Me

By BORIS SMOLAR

(Copyright, 1951, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.

Community Problems

Jewish communities are beginning to think in terms of ad-
justing their programs to meet military and civilian needs in re-
lation to the government defense plans .. . Several Jewish com-
munities are now concerned with the effects of our industrial
mobilization . . . Working mothers are seeking facilities to care
for their children . .. The experience of Jewish communities
during World War II offers some clues to the problems, which
may develop during the next few years ... Jewish agencies ex-
perienced from 1940 through 1945 increases in hospital utilization
during a period of acute personnel shortage . . . The need for
institutional facilities for the aged increased despite' more em-
ployment opportunities . . . There was a major drop in the case-
load of family service agencies side by side with new demands
for special wartime services . • . Vocational services expanded .. .
Membership, especially of youth, dropped in local recreational
centers . . All agencies were operating with insufficient personnel
to meet their service responsibilities . . At present it is visualized
that there will be a shortage of social service personnel .. . Fam-
ily service agencies will be faced with a situation where their high
refugee loads will diminish to a vanishing point . . . There will
be increased employment opportunities for the aged -and greater
opportunities for Jewish men to enter the medical profession
because of the increasing need for more doctors.

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Zionist Moods

All indications are that the World Zionist Congress will not
be held at the end of July, but will probably take place in No-
vember or December, after the High Holidays .. This prompted
the Zionist Organization of America to decide to hold its annual
convention in June ... Originally, the question as to whether to
hold the ZOA convention before or after the World Zionist Con-
gress was an issue in the ranks of the ZOA leadership .. . Some
wanted the convention to take place prior to the Zionist Congress,
while others insisted that the parley should take place after the
delegates return from the Congress . There were good argu-
ments for and against each side . . . Now the issue has ceased to
exist since it became obvious that the Congress is not likely to be
convened during the summer months,
Don't be surprised to see the names of Dr. Abba Hillel silver
and Dr. Emanuel Neumann on the reception committee for Pre-
mier David Ben-Gurion . . . Although. the Israeli Premier and Dr.
Silver do not see eye to eye on many a basic issue, the latter
agreed to serve on the reception committee . . . However, he will
not be in the United States anyway during Ben Gurion's visit here,
since he is now on a month's visit in Israel.

