THE JEWISH NEWS

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JINI-F =Purim Appeal
Friday, February 39, 1952
In All Synagogues Mayor .
Shragai,
Purim appeals in behalf of
Me Jewish National Fund will be On Tour of Nation,
inade in all orthodox and con-
servative congregations in De- Here on March 19

troit, according to Irving W.
Schlussel, president of the JNF
Council.
Mr. Schlussel stated that the
synagogue committee is at work
mobilizing the speakers and that
the complete list will be an-
nounced next week.
Activities are proceeding in
behalf of the Forest of the Mar-
tyrs, Mr. Schlussel said. He said
that efforts will be made to
complete in 1952 Detroit's goal
of 75,0100 in the forest being
planted in the Jerusalem Corri-
dor.

Suburban Temple
Beg ins Services

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Peace in the

Allied Jewish Campaign

Community

An Open Letter

TO THE DETROIT JEWISH- COMMUNITY:

We, as contributors to the Allied Jewish Campaign, are interested in the strengthening
—through the democratic process—of our Jewish Welfare Federation and preserving its in-
dependence from the influence of any one group. We are proud of its fine services. We are
thrilled with its heroic fund-raising efforts and achievements. It was in this spirit that the
Delegate Assembly of the Jewish Community Council unanimously confirmed full support of
the Allied Jewish Campaign.

SHLOMO ZALMAN SHRAGAI,
Mayor of Jerusalem, will soon
return the visit of New York's
Mayor VINCENT IMPELLIT-
TERI, shown above (left)
chatting with Shragai during
the Jerusalem reception last
September for the visiting
mayor. The Jerusalem mayor
will receive a public reception
at City Hall on March 6. He
will invite the mayor and the
community to participate in
the celebration of the 3000th
anniversary of the founding
of the kingdom of David in
Jerusalem. While in this coun-
try Mayor Shragai will be the
guest of honor of Hapoel
Hamizrachi.

The first bi-monthly service
of the newly-formed Suburban
Temple will be held at 8:15 p.m.,
today, at the Burton School, lo-
cated at Scotia Rd. and 10Y2
Mile Rd.
Walter Schmier, president of
the new congregation, an-
nounced that
R a b bi Richard
C. Hertz, of Chi-
cago's Sinai
Congregation,
will be visiting
rabbi. He will
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speak on "What
Is a Reform
The Detroit Jewish community
Jew?"
will honor the presence on
Rabbi Hertz
Ordained a March 19 of S. Z. Shragai, mayor
rabbi at Hebrew Union College, of Jerusalem. Mr. Shragai will
he served as a chaplain during spend only one day here while
World War II. For the past four on a brief tour of this country.
years, Rabbi Hertz has been a
The sponsors of his trip to
literary critic for the National Detroit, Hapoel Hamizrachi and
Conference of Christians and the League for Religious Labor,
. Jews, and has helped to select have planned a dinner in his
each year the best books on de- honor at 6 p.m., March 19, at
mocracy.
Bel-Aire Terrace.
Services will continue at the
Shragai, one of the most be-
Burton School every two weeks, loved and respected men in Is-
with the exception of the March raeli life, is a leader and a chief
14 service, at which the Tyler_ ideologist of Hapoel Hamizrachi,
School in Oak Park will be. used. and for many years has played
Less than two months old, the an important role in the
Suburban Temple already has a achievements of the world Zion-
sizeable membership. _Nearly 300 ist movement.
people attended 'the first plan-
In the crucial days - before for-
ning meeting.
A social program is expected mation of the new state, he
to begin on March 15, and plans served as a member of the Jew-
are being made for the forma- ish Agency in London. Mayor
tion of a Sunday school in the Shragai is also known as a
journalist and writer.
fall.
Among those who have ac-
Melvin Ravitz to Speak cepted membership on the re-
ception committee_ are Mayors
At Bnai David Meeting James L. Eisele of Center Line,
Dr. S. S. Skrycki of Hamtramck,
The Bnai David religious Claude E. Porter of Adrian, Har-
School Parent-Teacher Organi- old F. King of Ludington and
zation and the synagogue's Sis- Paul Goebel of Grand Rapids.
terhood will observe the Purim
Mayor Albert E. Cobo of De-
festival at a joint celebration
Monday, 8:30 p.m., at the syna- troit has accepted honorary
chairmanship of the sponsoring
gogue.
The first part of the evening committee, which also -includes:
Mesdames Sam 'Aaron, Bernard May
will be devoted to the PTA when
Jack Seder; Rabbis A. M. Hershman,
Morris Shepherd, president, will and
M. Kapustin, L. Neuhaus, Charles Rosenz-
read the by-laws, and present to weig, Joshua Sperka and M. J. Wohlge-
the audience members of the lernter; and David Berris, Louis Berry,
board. Following a brief busi- Harry Citrin, David J. Cohen, Lawrence
ness meeting Melvin Ravitz, in- Crohn, Walter Field, Hon. William Fried-
structor of sociology at Wayne man, Morris Garvett, Abe Kasle, George
University, will speak on "The Kaufman, Leon Kay, Jerome Kellman,
Theodore Levin, Abe Nusbaum, Max
Parent, the Teacher and the Hon.
Osnos, Louis Rose, Hon. Charles - Rubiner,
Child." A question and answer Hyman
Safran, Irving Schlussel, Harry
period will follow.
Schumer, Morris Schaver, Philip Slomo-
vitz,
Phillip
Stollman, Daniel Temchin,
For the traditional part of Max
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W. Temchin, Joseph Warner and
this festival, the Sisterhood has Charles Wolok.
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Also: Rabbis Jacob E. Segal, Moses
prepared a humorous and mod-
Lehrman. I. Halpern. I. Stollman, E.
ernized version of the Purim Greenfield, D. Bakst, Morris Adler.
story of Queen Esther. Mrs.
Molly Fellows, program chair-
man, and a cast of 15 Sisterhood
members will patticipate.

Women's Sabbath League
Sponsors Essay Contest

The Women's Sabbath League
is sponsoring an essay contest,
open to all children attending
religious or Hebrew scho -ols in
the city. The topic to be discuss-
ed is "What the Sabbath Means
to a Jewish Child."
Aimed at stimulating and en-
couraging sabbath observances
among young people, duplicate
prizes will be awarded older and
younger children for the best es-
says.
Mrs. Morris Servetter, chair-
man, announces that anyone in-
terested in competing may con-
tact her at 2406 Richton. Direc-
tors of schools in all synagogues
and Hebrew schools have been
contacted, and are urged to seek
participation of all students,

Full Support to the

We are mindful also of another singular institution which is unique to Detroit. We refer, of
course, to Detroit's Jewish Community Council—one of the very few democratically consti-
tuted Jewish Community Councils in the United States—and like the Federation, an organ :-
ization which we must maintain and strengthen. The present stalemate has resulted in a
series of unwarranted abridgements of Council activities. This stalemate is a result of an
attempt to exclude some of the traditional activities from the Council's operations: It is an
attempt to formulate somebody else's policy by budgetary means. It is an attempt to sub-
stitute for the judgment of devoted and specialized lay members of Council's committees -
the judgment of budgeteers.. As sincere as they are, they do not possess a full knowledge of
the issues involved; nor do they have the right to deny the transfer of funds from one
activity to another within the total amount already appropriated.

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THE ISSUE IS NOT "MORE FUNDS TO THE COUNCIL." IT IS THIS: "IS THE
COUNCIL TO CONDUCT ITS OWN AFFAIRS WITHIN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF
FUNDS • APPROPRIATED TO IT ?"

To create and develop the strengths of our community we are prbposing two definite
courses of action to be taken at the annual meeting of the Jewish Welfare Federation to be
held. this Tuesday, March 4, at 8:00 p.m. at the Brown Memorial Chapel, Temple Beth El.

OUR PROPOSALS ARE :

(1) The election of candidates to the Jewish Welfare Federation Board of Governors

who are committed to the strengthening and democratization of our community. The

candidates who, we are satisfied, would pursue such a course if elected are listed below.

(2) The adoption of an amendment to the Federation by-laws which would perman-
ently forestall any such impasse between Council and Federation as now disrupts and
weakens our community. This -amendment, summarized below, would be the Federation's
acknowledgement of a status for the Jewish Community Council which the community
at large has already granted it.

These, simply stated, are our proposals. We submit them as individuals interested in
Detroit's Jewish community, committed to the strengthening of the fine institutions we have
developed and devoted, above all else, to eliminating unnecessary frictions that stand in the
way of doing those community jobs that are the responsibility of all of us.

For

Contributors' Committee for a

Democratic Jewish Community

Dr. S. Kleinman • Dr. Lawrence Yaffa • Morris Jacobs •

Philip Stollman • I. Pokentpner • William Hordes

• Mrs. Samuel A. Green

Candidates

VOTE "YES"

(Your Choice)

2.

(Your Choice)

(Your Choice)

4. Cohen, David J.

6. Crohn, Lawrence W.

7. Lieberman, Morris

8. Safran, Hyman

9. Schlussel, Irving

NOTE: If you vote for less than

nine (9) your vote is lost.

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On- the amendment adding Article VIII, Sec-
tion 3 to the by-laws.
This amendment:

• 1. Recognizes the status of the Jewish Com-

3.

5. Cohen, William

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Amendment

munity Council as a central coordinating body
in its field.

• 2. Recognizes the right of the Council to de-
cide upon its own program within its field.

• 3. Eliminates dictation of Council
through allocations of funds.

activities

• 4. Maintains the Federation's present responsi-

bility to determine the total amount to be ap-
propriated to each beneficiary cause.

For a Democratic Jewish

For a Stronger and Healthier

Community

Jewish Community

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Community.

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