KM Cornerstone Ceremonies at U of M

20 — THE J EWISH NEWS

When a Passover Dinner
Meant a $350,000 Building-

Emma Schaver Soloist
With Symphony June 23

By FRANK SIMONS
ANN ARBOR—As' the corner-
stone was laid last Sunday for
the new Bnai Brith Hillel Foun-
dation at t h e University of
Michigan in Ann Arbor, the
story of how the building ma-
terialized from an idea in the
minds of a few into a tangible
reality was told in many side
groups of the 20Q people who
were present.
The tale was woven around
Ben Paul Brasley, a 1906 grad-
uate from the University's law
school, who since graduation
has been a successful lawyer in
Pittsburgh.
During the Passover holidays,
Brasley was visiting the Mich-
igan campus. Although he had
not told anyone, a purpose of
the visit was to contribute a
sizeable sum to the University.
In search of a seder and a
kosher meal for Passover, Bras-
ley was directed to Hillel where
he asked Rabbi Herschel Lymon,
director of the Foundation, if
he could join the 87 students
who were present at the seder
table.
Returns on Second Night
The first night seder was so
thoroughly enjoyed that Bras-
ley returned the second night.
Before he left the campus, he
told Rabbi Lymon he was so im-
pressed with the functions of
Hillel that he wanted to make
a contribution.
He donated $50,000 toward the
$350,000 proposed building and
gave. the project an impetus,
which since has resulted in col-
lecting $200,000 toward the
s t r u c t u r e, the completion of
which is scheduled for the end
of the year.
At the f or m a l ceremonies
which preceded the cornerstone

Junior Division
To Hold '3 in 1'
Outing Sunday

"Three in one" day for the
Junior Division of the Allied
Jewish Campaign will be Sun-
day, July 1, from 3 p.m., when
the division holds its picnic, an-
nual meeting and campaign
celebration at Fresh Air Camp.
The 2,500 junior contributors
received invitations this' week to
participate in the affair. Every
Jewish young adult who made a
contribution to the campaign is
a member of the division for the
ensuing year and is entitled to
vote for the 36 board members
to the community service com-
mittee, the group responsible
for enlisting young adult partic-
ipation n the campaign,
There will be swimming, base-
ball and relays. The business
part of the program will follow
the picnic supper.
The Junior Division raised
$46,000 in the 1951 drive or 105%
of the money the group brought
in last yeear.
For reservations call the divi-
sion's office, 250 W. Lafayette,
WO. • 5-3939, to indicate 'whether
transportation to Fresh Air
Camp is needed or can provided.

Egyptian Entourage
In U.S. Blasts Israel

NEW- YORK (AJP)—A group
of -Egyptian leaders, comprising
Egypt's Town Hall Mission, stop-
ped here for the first of a series
of programs in the United
States. Their spokesman, Hussein
Kamel Selim Bey, said that
peace with Israel at this time
Was "out • of the question."
Selim 'Bey referred to the lack
of cooperation given the Arabs
by Great Britain, and called Is-
rael the "darling of America,
the United States and the United
Nations."
In his talk here, Selim :Bey re-
sorted to a barrage of anti-
Israel statements, based. :mainly
on the Arab refugee problem,
but not once did he mention
that Palestinian refugees fled
Israel of their own free will, and
moreover, at the advice of Arab
propagandists..

Friday, June 22, 1951

Detroit's popular soprano,
laying Brasley, who came from Emma Schaver, will be the solo-
Pittsburgh for the dedication, ist at the Detroit Symphony Or-
told the gathering that he could
certainly appreciate the progress
being made in today's universi-
ties, since in . the days when he
was a' student "no such institu-
tion as fine and helpful existed"
to give the students a lift so-
cially, spiritually and culturally.
In what might possibly be his
last public appearance as presi-
dent of the University of Mich-
igan, Dr. Alexander Ruthven,
who is retiring this month, ex-
tended greetings for the Univer-
sity. "I want to compliment you
on the sticcess of the construc-
tion of this building, which will
serve to promulgate a Univer-
sity's three most important R's—
realism, resolution and religion."

Moody Speech Cancelled -
The dedication address, which
was to have been delivered by
Sen. Blair Moody, was cancelled
because the Senator was com-
pelled to appear on a program
with Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt.
Senator Moody, however, sent
a recording expressing his re-
grets at not being able to ap-
pear.
"As a father who has a son
attending the University,"
Moody said, "I certainly know
the importance of having a
home away from home. where he
can receive the benefit of a fine
cultural and religious life."
The Senator's son, Blair
Moody, Jr., a student at U. of
M.'s law school, briefly spoke "as
a pinchhitter for my dad," and
received a warm welcome.
Osias Zwerdling, president of
Beth Israel Community Center
in Ann Arbor, which will share
the quarters of the Hillel build-
ing, mentioned how much a
home Hillel had become for the
university's Jewish students, and
how lost many of them now
seemed since the old building
was torn down to make room
for the present structure. He
urged speedy collection of out-
standing funds to assure the
success of the building program.
Kasle in Ceremonies
Other speakers on the pro-
gram introduced by Rabbi Ly-
mon- who delivered introductory
remarks, were Prof. William
Haber, member of the National
Hillel Commission; Albert Fried-
man, president, Hillel Student
Council; Irwin I. Cohn, vice-
president; Louis H. Schostak,
secretary; and Abe Kasle, who
represented the Hillel Corpora-
tion.
Abe Kasle, fund raising chair-
man, • and Osias Zwerdling
placed the cornerstone, in which
were permanently set a picture
of the burning of the old Hillel
building mortgage, a copy of
the Michigan Daily, the names
of the Hillel and Beth Israel
councils, a program of t h e
ground breaking and an edition
of The Jewish News.
It was announced that on the
completion of the building, the
rooms would be completely fur-
nished by Women's District
Grand Lodge Number Six. of
Bnai Brith.

EMMA SCHAVER
chestra "Pop" Concert Saturday
at 8:30 p.m. at the Michigan
State Fair Grounds Shell Mrs.
Schaver will sing Gluck's "Di-
vinities du Styx" and Chajes'
"Adarim."
Of particular interest at this
concert will be the accompani-
ment of the entire orchestra
to Mrs. Schaver's singing of
Hebrew songs. The noted sing-
er plans to include a special
rendition of "Tzena" in her
program.
The orchestral selections will
include Mendelssohn's Scherzo
from "Midsummer Night's
Dream," the Bacchanale music
from "Samson and Delilah" and
Tschaikowsky's Waltz from "Eu-
gen Onegin." Valter Poole will
conduct the orchestra.
Mr. Poole's appointment as
assistant director of the Detroit
Symphony 0 r -
chestra h a s
been hailed here
during the week.
Mr. Poole, in ad-
dition to being
associate p r o-
fessor of music
at Wayne Uni-
v ersit y, has
conducted vari-
Poole ous orchestras
and choirs, has assisted the Mu-
sic Study Club and has appeared
as viola soloist.

Turover Society
Opens Bond Drive

The Turover Aid Society will
open its Israel Bond Drive at a
meeting scheduled for 8:30 p.m.,
Monday, at the Turover Tem-
ple, 12129 Dexter.
Turover members are urged to
attend, and friends are also in-
vited. Guest speaker on the
evening's program will be Dan-
iel Temchin, chairman of the
Mizrachi Organization of De-
troit.
Officers of the Turover Aid
Society are Ben Grant, presi-
dent; Isidor Sosnick, honorary
president; and I. J. *Gran t,
secretary. Refreshments will be
served.

First Autos Built in Israel

—American Jewish Press Photo

The first auto plant to begin operation in Israel, the $2,500,000
Kaiser-Frazer of Israel, Ltd. (above) turned out its first finished
automobile at Haifa this .week in a ceremony witnessed by Prime
Minister David Bean-Gut-ion. Expected to turn out 20 new cars a
day, the plant has already received orders totalling $4,500,000 from
countries outside of the Jewish state. Though parts for the cars
are now brought in from the United States, plans are underway
to construct some of the parts locally, An order for 30 cars has
been filled and sent to Finland, and soon 800 will be shipped to
France. • ;

Dr. Priver INTnied Director
Of Detroit's Sinai Hospital

Julien. Priver, M.D., associate
director of Mount Sinai Hospital,
of New York, has been appoint-
ed executive director of the
Jewish hospital of Detroit, now
under construction, Max Osnos,
president of the Jewish Hospital
Association, has announced.
Dr. Priver will come to Detroit
early this fall to assume the
directorship of Sinai Hospital, as
Detroit's Jewish hospital will be
known. He is a graduate of the
University of Western Ontario,
where he received his MD degree
in 1940.
Following internship at the
Marine HoSpital on Staten
Island, N. Y., he served as epi-
demiologist-in-training with the
New York City health depart-
ment.
From 1942 until 1946, Dr. Pri-
ver commanded the Medical Col-
lecting Company of the Sixth
Infantry. Division of the Army.
Upon his discharge he became a
resident in Hospital Administra-
tion at the New York Hospital
for Joint Diseases.
At the end of 1946 he was ap-
pointed assistant director of Mt.
Sinai and was elevated to asso-
ciate director in 1950.
• The Sinai Hospital is being
constructed as a part of the new
hospital facilities provided by
the Greater Detroit Hospital
Fund, along with contributions

made in a special Jewish hos-
pital drive conducted under the
auspices of the Jewish Welfare
Federation in 1944. Ben B. Buten

DR. JULIEN PRIVER

is executive secretary of the As-
sociation, in charge of coordinat-.
ing activities regarding con-.
struction.
Designed by Albert Kahn
Associated Architects and Engi-
neers • Sinai Hospital is being
built on a 34-acre site bounded
by Whitcomb, Lauder, Outer
Drive and McNichols Rds.

Maclver Report Shakes Defense
Agencies; Is Hit by Educators

NEW YORK, (AJP)—The "top
secret" study of Jewish com-
munity relations agencies in the
United States—the, red-hot Mac-
Iver report — shook Jewish de-
fense agencies amid disclosures
that it contains strong attacks
against Orthodoxy, Jewish edu-
cation and separatist activities
of American Jews.
On the heels of still-growing
speculation, representatives of
the National Community Rela-
tions Advisory Council's evalua-
tive study committee—the group
set up by the NCRAC to .guide
the report of Dr. R. M. Maclver
and map a future program for
defense agencies on the Ameri-
can scene — met with Maclver
here to clarify points in the re-
port.
The report flays the duplica-
tion of activities among Jewish
civil defense groups and their
competition for membership and
credit. 'MacIver's recommenda-
tions—and they are by no means
a final blueprint for action —
would strip Bnai Brith's Anti-
Defamation League and t h e
American Jewish Committee of
a number of activities which
then would be reassigned to the
American Jewish Congress, the
Jewish War Veterans and other
groups of the NCRAC.
Opposing separatist a c t i v ity
and duplication of work on the
American Jewish scene, Mac-
Iver's findings in the main ad-
vocate a stronger NCRAC.
Where a lawyer's group of
general membership exists, for
instance, Maclver does not favor
the operation of a Jewish coun-
terpart. Instead, he would have
Jews affiliate with the existing
bodies. This is in line With his
contention that separatist ac-
tivity hampers American Jewry.
Maclver's report hits Ortho-
doxy as setting apart Jews from
the bulk of the American com-
munity. It raps Jewish educa-
tion on the grounds that it has
failed to present an acceptable
picture of Christianity to Ameri-
can Jews, especially youth.
The highly-controversial re-
port failed to invoke official
comment from member organ-
izations of the NCRAC pledged
to secrecy on the study's find-
ings up to this point. Neverthe-
less, sharp disagreement w a s
voiced privately by some agency
spokesmen.
Criticized by Educators
M a'c I v e is suggestion that
Jewish schools teach Christian
observances to offset the alleged
hostility belief was flayed by Dr.
Azriel Eisenberg, director of the
Jewish Education Committee of
New 'Yorli City.
Dr. Eisenberg, disputing Dr.

Maclver's contention that some
Jewish households foster the be-
lief that hostility toward Jews
exists in Christian celebrations,
demanded to know whether a
survey has been undertaken to
substantiate the conclusion,
"Has Dr. Maclver been in
Jewish households?" the Jewish
educator asked. .
(In referring to Jewish educa-
tion in schools and homes, Dr.
Maclver, in his 10-month sur-
vey, said, "the present writer
has no knowledge of this mat-
ter but a number of his Jewish
friends have discussed it" with
him. "They informed me that
in some circles there is an in-
culcation of the young in habits
and thoughts that in effect, and
no doubt unwittingly, create the
sense of a deep cleavage be-
tween Gentile and Jew." He ex-
pressed belief that the inculca-
tion tended to ignore common
ground and was apt to instill a
counter prejudice.)
A two-day conference aimed
at clarifying various portionS of
the stormy Maclver report was
held by members of the NCRAC
evaluative study committee.
Future meetings of the com-
mittee are expected to compile
and integrate these comments
with an eye toward preparation
of a tentative report for action
by the NCRAC executive corn-
mittee.
Detroit members of the com-
mittee are Isidore Sobeloff and
Sidney Shevitz.

Flapoel Hamizrachi
Marks 30th Year

A membership dinner at 7
p.m., Thursday, at Rainbow Cat-
ering will mark the founding df
Hapoel Hamizrachi in Israel 30
years ago. Joining the celebra-
tion will be all chapters of the
local Torah V'Avodah in o v e-
ment, which includes the De-
troit League for Religious Labor
in Israel, Bar Ilan and Morashaa
Hapoel Hamizrachi, Bnai Akiva
groups and their parents.
Hanna Michael, representative
of Irgun Hapoalot, Women's Di-
vision of the religious labot
group, will be guest speaker,
Miss Michael is visiting cpir-
rently in the United States.
A farewell to Rabbi Joshua S.
Sperka, of Bnai David, who is
leaving for a trip to Israel in
July, will also be made 'at the
occasion. Included on the pro-
gram will be dramatic presenta-
tio.ns by several of the groups.

