'Free Tickets to Selfridge Personnel
For Jewish Vets Annual Military Ball
Holding aloft 50 tickets to the Ninth Annual Military Ball of
the Jewish War Veterans are Cpl. HARRY CREECH, SOL HOBER-
MAN, JWV Dept. Jr. vice-commander; Sgt. EVO MINI; Major
MAXWELL GURMAN, in charge of special services for Selfridge
Field; and Pfc. CHARLES ItOLT. The tickets will be distributed to
men at Selfridge Field to attend the dance to be held Saturday
night, at the Veterans Memorial Building on W. Jefferson. Ben
Young and Leonard Stanley and their orchestras will play for the
dance.
Lawrence Crohn, Zionist
Leader, Reaches 60th Year
At 60—today--Lawrence W. Jewish community. The Baum
Crohn is in the front rank of name became famous in the his-
Jewish .leadership in Detroit. tory of the largest Jewish com-
munity in the world. The elder
Baum was among the first set-
tlers in California during the
gold rush in 1849, but he re-
turned to the center of Jewish -
life in this country.
Mr. Crohn's father came here
from Posen, East Prussia. He,
too, became a leader in Jewish
life.
Esther J. Russkay, one of the
leading figures in - Jewish life
in New York, Lawrence Crohn's
maternal aunt, was a defender
of Jewish traditions and battled
for years for the advancement
of Jewish cultural values. Mrs.
Moses Epstein, former national
president of Hadassah, is Law-
rence Crohn's first cousin.
He has four brothers and five
sisters. One of his brothers, Dr.
Burrill Crohn of Mt. Sinai Hos-
pital staff in New York, is fa-
WiRENCE W. CROHN
mous for the discovery of what
PresLlent of the Zionist Council, is known as Crohn's Disease for
the central body. that speaks for the curing of regional illiitis.
all Zionist groups of Detroit, he The eminent Dr. Berg perfected
is this city's recognized spokes- the surgery for curing this dis-
man for the movement. He is ease.
a former president of the Zion-
Mr. Crohn was married in 1927
ist Organization of Detroit and to the former Jennie Brodie.
is a leader in the most important They have three children, David,
local Jewish causes.
who settled in Israel three years
_During the 18 years of the ago and was married there;
Crohns' residence here, Mr. Leah, an able musician who ap-
Crohn has made an important peared in concert here last Sun-
place. for himself. He is vice- day4evening, and Harris, and
president of the United Hebrew one grandchild, the Israel-born
Schools, vice-president of the Sabra.
Jewish Community Council and
is the leading advocate here of Michigan Organizations
the Reconstructionist idea.
His family background links Hear of FEPC Progress
him with great tradition. Born
House FEPC Bill No. 369 intro-
in New York City, he has been
inspired to dedicate his life to duced, by Representatives Carey
Jewish activities by the prece- and Currie, and Senate FP;PC
dents created by 'grandparents Bill No. 262 introduced_ by Sen-
and parents.' His maternal ators Diggs, Blondy and Bryant
grandfather, Abraham Baum, as well as House FEPC Bill No.
tame to this country in 1838 385 introduced by Representa-
from Lithuania and was among tives Cramton, Montgomery and
the builders of the New York Carroll were enthusiastically en-
dorsed by a Michigan state-wide
educational FEPC conference, at
Adas Shalom Forms New Olds Hotel, Lansing.
Delegates from 20 Michigan
Married Couples Group
communities, representing
Members of the newly formed church, civic, labor and fraternal
Young Married Couples Club of organizations with combined
Cong. Adas Shalom will hold a memberships in excess of a mil-
business and social meeting at lion Michigan voters, responded
8:30 .p.m., Wednesday, at • the to the call from the Michigan
Committee on Civil Rights to be
synagogue.
Officers include William Sklar, briefed on the status of FEPC
President; Al Lerner, treasurer; legislation.
Among the major organiza-
Nita Barit and Irene Schwartz,
secretaries. Charter members tions cooperating with the
14—THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, February 22, 1952
Leo Majzeh to Head
Junior Division Drive
Leo Majzels, chairman of the
community service committee of
the Jewish Young Adult Coun-
cil, will lead the Junior Division
in the 1952 Allied Jewish PLUS
campaign. His vice-chairman
will be Avern Cohn.
In the 1951 campaign, Majzels
served as an area chairman, re-
cruited s eve •
section c ha i r-
men and helped
to staff
section with
seven captains
and 49 workers.
By the time the ,
Junior Drive
opened on Apr4.
,
1, he had the
support of 300
Majzels
workers behind him.
Leo is the Community Service
Committee's representative on
the board of governors of the
Jewish Welfare Federation. Av-
ern serves on the board of the
Hebrew Free Loan Association.
Leo fled his native Vienna in
1940 and managed to escape to
the United States. He served in
the U. S. Army during the war
as a flight engineer and in 1949
enlisted in the Israeli Air Force
CARD OF THANKS
The family of the late Ida
Brandt wishes to thank its rel-
atives and friends for the many
kindnesses extended during its
recent bereavement.
Dr. Max Arzt, vice chancellor
of the Jewish Theological Semi-
nary of America, announces the
appointment of WILLIAM D.
KAUFMAN as field representa-
tive of the Seminary in Eastern
Canada. Mr. Kaufman will be
in touch with members of the
Rabbinical Assembly, and with
congregations affiliated with the
United Synagogue of America,
in addition to representing the
Seminary in Canadian cities.
*
IRVING JAFFEE, who holds
the distinction of being the only
Jew in the world ever to have
won a winter Olympic cham-
pionship, has been appointed
special correspondent to cover
the winter Olympic Games at
Oslo, Norway, Feb. 14-25.
* * *
Supreme Court Justice Charles
D. BREIT EL, Sylvan COLE,
manufacturer and chain store
executive, and Mrs. Richman
PROSKAUER have been elected
members of the exceutive com-
mittee of the American Jewish
Committee, for a three-year
term.
•
MILTON ELLERIN, attorney
and former agent for the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, has
been appointed director of fact-
finding for the Anti-Defamation
League.
• • •
AARON WEISBERG, general
representative of Solel Boneh in
the United States and Canada,
arrived from Israel to conclude
agreements with Americans for
business enterprises in Israel
and also to spend up to $10,000,-
000 in this country for the pur-
chase of equipment and raw
materials for Solel Boneh's in-
dustrial enterprises.
Rabbi Cyperstein at
Mizrachi Rally Saturday
Rabbi A. Cyperstein, dean of
Yeshivath University, New York,
will be the guest speaker at a
Detroit Mizrachi rally at Young
Israel Center this Saturday
night. All are invited.
DETROITERS TEL
Starting Ash Wednesday
(Feb. 27) and Continuing
Through Palm Sunday Eve.
Each day for thirty-nine days, thirty-
nine active Detroit church members
will tell in The Detroit Free Press, in
. .. how it helps with their problems.
A DSR driver, a devout churchman
tells how religion gives him rules for
living . . a physician gives his pre-
scription for peace of mind . . a
president of a great automobile cor-
poration shows how he depends upon
Means to Me,"
religion. Never before in a Detroit
Catholics, Jews and Protestants tell
how religion affects their daily lives
newspaper has there been such effec-
tive witness for the church.
DON'T MISS ANY OF THESE
REMARKABLE STORIES, THEY
WILL APPEAL,TO MEN OF
ALL FAITHS AND BELIEFS
"The Free Press is engaged in no crusade. It is simply acting as a medium
through which devout men tell their honest thoughts on religion."
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their own words, "What My Religion
Committee on Civil
are Joyce and Bernie Amhorvitz, Michigan
Nita and Irving Barit, Dina and Rights are the Detroit Jewish
Norman Brodsky, Helen and Community Council and the
Martin Berger, Sanford and Michigan Councils of Bnai Brith.
Shirley Brown, Betty and Nor-
man Charufofsky, Jean and Joe
PLUS
Climstein, Margare and Al Gold-
stein, Jerry and Nat Goldstone,
Joy and Louis Landau. Sybil and
Al Lerner, Joy and Marshall
Mark 1 e, Irene and Edwin
Schwartz, Vera and William
Sklar, Raundie and Harvey Tan-
nenbaum.
The bigger your plus,
The club was formed to aid
synagogue and community ven-
tures. All couples under 35 are the stronger you build
welcome to join. For informa-
your community.
tion, call TO. 6-6235 or TY.
S-3023.
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FULLER
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