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$142,000 Needed to Complete `M' Hillel Building
$48,000 Raised at Dinner
Inspired by Dr. A. L Sachar
Inspired by a moving address
by Dr. Abram I. Sachar in
behalf of the tremendous values
inherent in the Hillel Founda-
tions movement, the nearly 400
men and women who attended
the dinner at Hotel Statler Nov.
21, arranged by the "Michigan
Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation,
pledged an additional sum of
$48,000 towards the completion
of the Hillel building at the
University of Michigan in Ann
Arbor.
Louis Schostak, who presided,
announced in advance that an
additional sum of $190,000 was
needed prior to
t h e dinner tc
finish the edi-
fice now under
c on s t r uction.
Hillel leaders
now are pro-
ceeding to raise
t h e additional
$142,000 required
to complete the
proj ect.
Mr. Schost a k
Schostak
announced that $180,000 was
previously raised for the build-
ing project which, exclusive of
the cost of the land, will involve
an expenditure of $370,000. He
also announced that the furnish-
ings, to cost $50,000, will be pro-
vided by the Bnai Brith Women.
of District No. 6. He revealed
that 19 contributors gave 90%
Of the initially raised sum. of
$180,000.
In his stirring address, Dr.
Sachar, who is chairman of
the Hillel Commission and
president of Brandeis Univer-
sity, stated that without Hil-
lel there would be Hefker in
our universities among Jewish
students and that the Hillel
movement has removed the
confusion that bewildered the
students. "In essence," he said,
"we formed 206 new communi-
ties through the 206 Hillel
Foundations ,and counsellor-
ships."
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Hillel, he stated, has provided
integration for Jewish students,
ill offering them guidance, Jew-
ish religious values and knowl-
edge needed to prepare them for
future community leadership.
"Our project makes articulate
and brings to life Jewish ideals
to our students," he said "Hillel
offsets the frustrations which
went with the Cheder that was
dismally located in basements.
It removes the Hillul Ha.Shem
Which marked the shabby ap-
proaches to Jewish life."
Appealing for mass partici-
pation in the Hillel building
project at the University of
Michigan, Dr. Sachar asked
for assistance "in a Hillel that
is to be a mosaic radiating out
of a democratic mass."
tioned in that period and ex-
pressed joy that at last the
2,200 Jewish students will be
ready to derive the movement's
benefits in the new structure at
1429 Hill St.
"If we want to see our com-
munities invigorated with a
healthy stock of leaders,, it is
important that we give them
the proper Jewish instruction,"
he said. He said he was heart-
ened by the reponse that is now
coming forth in behalf of Hil-
lel.
Appeals by Abe Kasle, Louis
Berry and Joseph Holtzman
spurred the response in gifts
from the gathering. Rabbi
Lymon's announcement of a
gift of $500 — the income
from services he conducted
during the holydays—inspired
an ovation for the Hillel direc-
tor. Among the interesting
gifts made at the dinner was
one announced by Abner
Friedman for the Friedman
family in memory of his moth-
er who was a 1908 U. of M.
Graduate.
Osia,s Zwerdling of Ann Arbor,
president of the Michigan Bnai
Brith Hillel Foundation, in his
greeting to the gathering de-
scribed the his-
tory of the Hil-
lel movement at
t h e University
of Michigan and
emphasized that
the students'
prayer is that
the new build-
ing be complet-
ed as speedily
as possible.
Zwerdling
Irwin I. Cohn,
who was scheduled to be toast-
master, was unable to come due
to illness and sent a wire plead-
ing for the advancement of
Jewish moral values through
Hillel. Other participants in the
program included Sidney Kar-
bal, member of the Hillel Com-
mission, who introduced Dr.
Sachar,. and Rabbis -Leon Fram
and Moses Lehrman„ who gave
the invocation and benediction.
To Dedicate Zionist
House Dec. 26 to 30
The Zionist organization of
Detroit announces that plans are
being made for the continua-
tion of the membership drive
and for Israel bond solicitations.
Arrangements are being com-
pleted for dedication of the
Zionist House, on Linwood and
Lawrence, at ceremonies Dec.
26-30.
Walter Field, president, and
Harry Cohen, chairmen of the
finance committee, of the Zion-
ist House, report that they are
developing a plan to complete
payment on the building. .
The gathering was moved by
appeal in behalf of the
building project made by Rabbi
Herschel Lymon, director of the
U. of M. Foundation. Describing
the five years of his service to
Hillel as years of experience,
Rabbi Lymon told of the four 24 — THE JEWISH NEWS
locations in which Hillel func-
Friday, November 30, 1951
Vile
Prepare Interfaith Blood Bank Dec. 11
Strike Creates
Tense Situation
At Port of Haifa
HAIFA — (JTA) — The tense
situation in the port of Haifa
precipitated by the dispute be-
tween the Seamen's Union and
the Histadrut, continued as sea-
men of the S.S. Artza were or
dered by their union not to let
volunteers recruited by the His-
_tadrut aboard to man the ship.
A speaker for the union warned
at a mass meeting that the
striking seamen. would use force
to resist any attempt to land
them against their will.
The Israeli vessel Negba ar-
rived here with 400 immigrants
from North Africa and 120 other
passengers. When the ship
docked, the crew immediately
went on strike. A detachment of
police was sent aboard.
Police units forced all 60
striking members of the crew of
the S.S. Galila to leave the ves-
sel, after they refused to heed
a request that they disembark.
Several of the crew members
were arrested. A report on the
Galila incident was made to
Premier David Ben-Gurion.
The vessels Tzfonit, Hadar
and Nachson are preparing to
sail from Haifa with volunteer
crews. The S.S. Acco, which left
on Monday, anchored at Val-
etta, Malta, and the crew has
been changed, while the crew of
the S. S. Eilath Will be flown
back to Israel from Trieste since
the vessel has been laid up for
repairs. It is understood that
the crews of two more Israel
vessels due within a few days—
Negev and Tamar—will join the
s trike.
A call to foreign sailors not
to aid volunteers who have been
recruited by the Histadrut to
replace the strikers was issued
by the Seamen's Union which
addressed a communication to
the International Transport
Workers Federation explaining
its action.
Flint Navigator Among
Dead in El Al Crash
TEL AVIV—(JTA)---A group
of government and company of-
ficials left Lydda airport for
Zurich to investigate the crash
of an El Al DC-4 freighter plane
three miles north of the •Skviss
city, in which six of the seven
crew members perished. Three
of the dead and survivors are
Americans.
The crash, which took place
while the plane was preparing
to land at the Zurich airport, is
the second disaster in El Al's
history. The earlier one occur-
red when a plane caught fire at
the Lydda airport before the
passengers or crew had boarded
it.
The dead are: Pilot Captain
Theodore Gibson, Miami, Fla.;
co-pilot Captain Robert Con-
stant, Manchester, N. H.; navi-
gator George Henninger, Flint,
Mich.; Morgen Jensen, Copen-
hagen, Denmark; First Officer
Terence Melly, Johannesburg,
South Africa; Shlomo Levite,
Rehovoth, Israel. The survivor,
radio operator Michael Querzia,
is from Brooklyn. .
Isaacs, Back from Israel, Commends
School Systems, Language Revival
Bernard Isaacs, superintend-
ent of - the United Hebrew
Schools, who last week returned
from a three-month stay in
Israel with Mrs. Isaacs, this
week had nothing but praise
for the accomplishments of the
self - sacrificing--
builders of the
Jewish state ?,
and expressed:4
regret that
there should be
m i sundei•stand-
ing among tour-
ists and grumb-
ling among the
misinformed.
In order to
register the
truth in rela-
tion to existing:: .
i s s ue s , Mr. Mr. Isaacs
Isaacs, on his return trip, es-
tablished a five-day institute on
the boat in order to permit- all
returning tourists to speak their
minds. He states that he has
thereby beeii enabled to refute
many falsehoods that were gath-
ered in Israel by those who were
there for too short a time or
who came in contact with dis-
pensers of falsehoods."
"I was especially impressed
by the remarkable growth of
the Hebrew language and the
manner in which Israelis have
literally lifted their expres-
sions from the Bible and have
transformed. the words of the
Prophets into living expres-
sions," Mr. Isaacs said.
Along with financial help to
Israel, the eminent Detroit edu-
cator advocates more extensive
education, declaring that the
study of Hebrew and Jewish his-
tory is important in preparation
of tourists for their visits, con-
ditioning them to a better un-
derstanding of the land and the
people.
"The schools in Israel are
among the brightest spots in
the land," he stated. He point-
ed out that the schools are
well organized, that they are
like the red schoolhouse in our
own country and that there
isn't a spot in the land, no
matter how small the settle-
ment, that isn't provided with
a school.
Mr. Isaacs said there are three
stages in the experiences of
tourists: 1. The initial excite-
ment upon seeing the land; 2.,
the letdown that comes when
watching the queues waiting for
food, for ice; 3. the solution and
the remedy; the tourists .must
stay longer to learn what has
been accomplished, to become
acquainted with the • great
achievements of a people bat-
tling against great- odds, shar-
ing food with newcomers and
tourists, providing means for
subsistence to the soldiers who
are defending the land.
He stated that the kibbutz and
the moshai are the basis for the
state's existence.
Jewish Art Exhibit Continues;
Dinner Ends Shaarey Zedek Fetes
The Jewish Art Exhibit at the
Art Institute will continue until
the end of December. Begun in
honor of the 90th anniversary of
Congregation Shaarey Zedek, the
exhibit is attracting many hun-
dreds of non-Jews as well as
Jews.
On Sunday afternoon, more
than 700 people witnessed the
exhibit. An address evaluating
Jewish art was delivered by
Charles Feinberg, who has con-
tributed many ceremonial ob-
jects to the exhibit.
The Shaarey Zedek anniver-
sary dinner last Sunday con-
cluded three days of events
marking the congregation's 90th
anniversary. The principal
speakers were Dr. Simon Green-
berg of New York, Dr. A. .M:
Hershman, Rabbi Morris Adler
and Mrs. J. H. Ehrlich. Also on
the program were spokesmen
for the synagogue's affiliated
organizations, Dr. L e cinard
Sidlow, chairman of the arrange-
ments committee, Cantor Sonen-
klar, Charles Rubiner, toast-
master, and Arthur Benavie
violinist, who was accompanied
by Rebecca Frohman.
12,300 Women Reported Paid to AJC
As `C-Week' Moves Into Full Swing
Aged Home Residenfs
To See Radio, TV Show
Plans ' for the Red Cross Mobile Blood Unit, to be held at
Adas Shalom Synagogue, 7045 Curtis Ave., on Dec. 11, were made
by these representatives of three religious faiths. Left to right:
Back row: JAMES A. LAKER, president, Greater Detroit Bnai
Brith -Council; Rev. WILLIAM F. FOLY, Assistant Pastor, Gesu
Church; Rev. ROBERT E. BURTT J.- Minister of Mayflower Congre-
gational Church; Rabbi JACOB E. SEGA)L, Adas Shalom Syna-
gogue; ORAN C. swam, Moderator Mayflower Congregational
Church; LEO POLK, blood bank chairman, Men's Bnai Brith
Council. Seated: Mrs. LOUIS E. BARDEN, blood bank chairman,
Women's Bnai Brith Council; Mrs. MORRIS TACK, president,
Greater Detroit Bnai Brith Women's Council; AILEEN O'CONNOR,
president, League of Sacred Heart, Gesu Church,
A radio and televisiOn pro-
gram will be two special events
planned at the Jewish Home for
Aged during the coming week.
On Sunday the American Jew-
ish Hour, usually. broadcast from
station WJLB from 12 to 1 p.m.,
will be broadcast froM the
Home.
Harry Weinberg a n d his
daughter, Mrs. Betty W. Schien,
who direct the show, will have
as guests Cantor Hyman Adler
and Mrs. Shoshanah Brooks
Friedman, singer of Yiddish and
Hebrew songs. Several residents
will be. interviewed.
On Dec. 9, the .Auntee Dee
program of WXYZ-.-TV will be
staged at the Home, with a full
hour program,
A look at the calendar reminds Mrs. William B. Isenberg.
(seated left), collection committee chairman, and Mrs. Perry
Burnstine (right), prospects committee chairman, that there are
only seven days until the all-day report meeting at Mrs. Isenberg's
home, which will conclude the Women's Division, Jewish Welfare
Federation, collection drive. With them are (standing, left to right)
Mrs. Abraham Cooper and Mrs. Lewis Manning-.
Over 100 collection committee workers will begin working on
100 per cent coverage of C-Week assignments as the Women's
Division launches its phase of the Allied Jewish Campaign collec-
tion drive. Over 12,300 women have already paid their 1951 Cam-
paign pledges, but the remaining 1,600 are expected to be paid
up by Spring..
An all-day report meeting at Mrs. Isenberg's home, 2235 Edison
will be held Dec. 7. Other members working on collections are
Mesdames Samuel. S. Aaron, Jack Behrmann, Mark Dale, Irving •.
Mahler, Morey L. Rosenthal • and Nathan IL Siiaernaer9
As,