CoEgress Women's Drive for Israel
rked by Gift of 5,000 Diapers
THE JEWISH NEWS— 7
Friday, October 24, 1952
At a well-attended meeting
The film, "Israel Diary," was
of workers and friends of His- shown, after which workers re-
A DL Commissioner Here tadrut at the home of Nathan ceived individual kits for the
To Discuss BB Stand
Shecter, the furniture division all-out drive. The first report
of the Detroit Histadrut Cam- meeting will be held on Wed-
at the home of Aaron
Mrs. Joseph S. Berenson, na- paign formally launched its nesday,
Berg.
tional commissioner of Bnai 1952-53 drive.
Brith's Anti-Defamation League,
Following a brief report on
JACK B. LIGHTMAN of Wash-
will discuss
the outcome of the preceding ington, D.C., has been appointed
Bnai Brit h'
campaign, Shecter introduced director of fund-raising of the
withdrawal from
guest speaker, Sidney Shevitz, National Conference for Israel
NCRAC at a
president of the Jewish Com- and Jewish Rehabilitation, ac-
program Tues-
munity Council, who pointed up cording to an announcement by
day, 8:30 p.m..,
the vital work performed by Saul Hayes and Rabbi Jesse
at Cong. Bnai
Histadrut in the past several Schwartz, co-directors of the
Moshe.
years.
National Conference, composed
Former Bnai
Shevitz also outlined and of the Canadian Jewish Con-
Brith national
stressed the importance of the gress, the United Zionist Coun-
chairman for
continuance of this work in the cil, the Bnai Brith and the
Israel bonds
major fields of endeavor which Canadian Council of Jewish
and a former Mrs. Berenson Histadrut has undertaken.
Federations and Welfare Funds.
president of the New England
Region, Mrs. Berenson is the
first woman elected to ADL's
From a Former Detroiter to Detroiters:
executive committee.
Her visit here is under the
I have been away from my former home in Detroit for
auspices of the Greater Detroit
Bnai Brith Men's and Women's
a few years. But I have watched events in Michigan
Councils, of which Maxwell M.
with a great deal of inter-
Lowe and Mrs. Samuel Gutter-
est and I have rejoiced
man are presidents. The public
that one of my dear friends,
is invited to attend.
ROSE RITZ and LEE LESSER, employees of the Stork Baby
Service look on as members of the American Jewish Congress con-
gratulate BEN HERMAN, driver of a Stork truck, on his company's
gift of 5,000 diapers toward the AJC all-out drive for Israel. Pic-
tured, left to right, are Mrs. DAVID FULLER; chairman, Northeast
Chapter, who arranged for the contribution; Herman, Mrs. BEN
BAYER, co-chairman, Northwest Chapter; and Mrs. LOUIS RED-
STONE, chairman of community service.
Off to a good start on its all-
sot drive for Israel thanks to
a contribution of 5,000 diapers
from the Stork Baby Service,
members of the American Jew-
ish Congress will hold a pick-up
day on Sunday.
Diapers, .aluminum pots and
pans. children's clothes. soaps
are items on the must list for
pick-up day.
Members will call on all
houses in the community, and
trucks will be stationed at Da-
vison Jewish Center, Workmen's
Circle and Kroger parking lot,
Seven Mile and Livernois.
The Congress collected 160.-
000 pounds of clothing for Is-
rael last year, which was sent
to families in immigration
camps.
For pickups, call any of the
following:
Mesdames Ben E. Gelman. UN.
1-5714. diaper chairman: M a x
Davis, UN. 3-8992, NW Chapter;
Gee Walker to Address
final Moshe Bar Mitzvah Club
Ex-Tiger ball player Gerald
fGee) Walker, will be the guest
speaker of the next meeting of
the Bnai Moshe Bar Mitzvah
Club at 9:30 am., Sunday in
the synagogue social hall.
Membership in the club is
open to teen age boys interested
tn. a Sunday morning religious
service, a breakfast and an out-
standing speaker from sports
and government. Maxwell M.
LO;We is chairman.
Joseph Loomus, UN. 3-9042; Ben
Bayer, UN. 3-4277; Central; Leon Hebrew Schools Honor
J. Herman, WE. 3-3915; South, Schreiber for Service in
Harry Shuman, TO. 8-9023;
Northeast David Fuller, UN. Membership Campaign
1-4053.
AJ Committee to Hold
Conference in Chicago
The executive committee of
the American Jewish Committee
will hold its semi-annual meet-
ing this weekend in Edgewater
e a c h Hotel,
Chicago, with
Irving M. Engel,
chairman, pre-
siding. Engel
recently return-
ed from Pana-
ma where he
served by ap-
point ment of
President Tru-
man as a mem-
Engel ber of the gov-
ernment's special mission to the
inauguration of Panama's new
president. The meeting opens
Saturday night with a report
from Jacob Blaustein of Balti-
The board of directors of the
more, AJC president, and a re-
port on the AJC program by Dr. United Hebrew Schools, at its
John Slawson, executive vice- last meeting, presented this
plaque of appreciation to Na-
president.
JDA National Council Plans
Annual Meeting in Chicago
More than 200 members of the
Joint Defense Appeal National
Council will gather from all
parts of the country Saturday
at Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chi-
cago, for their annual meeting,
which will be an integral part
of the concurrent meetings of
uOic flo te.
the executive committee of the
American Jewish Committee and
Igor Youskevitch is one of the the national commission of the
great stars who Anti-Defamation League of Bnai
ill be featured Brith.
in the Ballet
Theater's ap- World Jewry Numbers
pearance here
at Masonic Tem- About 11,672,000.,
ple, Nov, 14, 15 WJC Survey Reports
.:and 16, aftetT a
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The Jews
successful s t ay
''at the New York of the world number some 11,-
Metropolitan 672,000, distributed in 97 differ-
Youskevitch Opera House. ent countries, it was reported by
Joseph Levine conducts the sym- the World Jewish Congress on
phony orchestra for the Ballet. the basis of a survey of world
Jewish population made by the
* * *
organization.
Three nations—the United
States, Israel and Russia—ac-
count for more than 70 percent
of the total, while there are four
countries in which less than 100
Jews reside : Indochina, Malta,
Siam and the Virgin Islands.
The Jewish population of the
United States is approximately
5,000,000, some 2,000,000 Jews
live in the Soviet Union, and
Israel has a Jewish settlement
of 1,450,000.
Breaking down Jewish popu-
lation figures on a continental
basis, the survey reports 5,865,-
506 Jews in the Americas, 3,379-
647 in Europe, 1,663,995 in Asia,
707,025 in Africa and 55,845 in
Australia and New Zealand,
The first Piano Quartet, fea-
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The
turing Eabove) Adam el-artier Soviet Union has purchased
Poland, Olauco D'Atilli 5,000 tons of citrus fruits from
*ow Italy, Prank Mittler from Israel and has option for an
Acoatria and the American Ed- additional 10,000 tons from this
Atiumt lesson will appear at We year's crop, the Foreign Ministry
Itititopale Teintde Oct, 44,
announced.
Tn
.
Furniture Group Opens '53 Histadrut Drive
.
than Schreiber for- his out-
standing performance in bring-
ing in more than 200 new mem-
bers during 1951-52. Mr. Schrei-
ber's campaign spearheaded a
s u cc e s f ul membership drive
which has brought the rolls of
the United Hebrew Schools to
1,100 members.
Montefiore Lodge to Hold
Membership Social Nov. 9
Montefiore Lodge No. 12, Free
Sons of- Israel, will hold its sea-
son's opening social meeting on
Nov. 9, at the Detroit Leland
Hotel. The party will honor new
members. Mrs. Samuel Roth-
stein is chairman,
Women in the organization
are planning to continue their
services to the Downtown USO.
In the near future they will
service the center with sand-
wiches, coffee and doughnuts,
NS MI MI s IMI
Congressman JOHN DIN-
GELL, remains in -the van-
guard among the country's
leading progressive legisla-
tors.
I urge my friends to vote
for him and to re-elect him
by an overwhelming ma-
jority. It will be a step in
the direction of keeping
America safe and demo-
cratic.
Sincerely
MORRIS D. SCHWARTZ
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