'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. 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