EDITORIAL Facts You Should' Know: Obituaries SARAH FRANK, 4075 Burlin- game, died Dec. 2. Services at Ira Kaufman Chapel. She leaves her sons, Herb and Daniel; •daughters, Mrs. Nathan Sachs, Mrs. Charles Rothenberg, Mrs. Tille Keene and Mrs. Julius Ku- bek; two sisters and four grand- children. * * * • GEORGE I. LEVIN, 3597 W. Outer Dr., died Dec. 2. Services at Ira Kaufman Chapel. He leaves his wife, Gertrude, and a brother. * * * MARGARET ART, Lee Plaza Hotel, died Dec. 2. Services at Ira Kaufman Chapel. She leaves her husband, Jacob; son, Jack, of Shreveport, La. ; two sisters and two grandchildren. * * * EUGENE SKLAR, 19703 Ard- More, died Dec. 5. Services at Ira Kaufman Chapel. He leaves his wife, Ida; daughter, Leslie and four brothers. * * * YETTA BRESLER, 19482 Ap- poline, died Dec. 5. Services at Ira Kaufman Chapel. She leaves her son, Bernard M.. of Flint; daughter, Mrs. Max Myerson; a brother and a sister. * * * HANNAH AINBINDER, 3824 Cortland, died Dec. 5. Services at Ira Kaufman Chapel. She leaves her husband, Joseph A.; son, Donald J.; daughter, Edythe; mother, Mrs. Sarah Kraft and brother. * * * GEORGE FEUER, 2944 Fuller- ton, died Nov. 28. Services at Ira Kaufman Chapel. He leaves his wife, Ida; sons, Edward and Harold; and daughter, Mrs. Dora Koenig, of New York. * * * -- ELIAS MILLER, 2220 Hazel- wood, died Nov. 29. Services at Ira Kaufman Chapel. He leaves six sons, William I., Samuel, Henry, Joseph, David and Her- man; six daughters, Evelyn, Edith, Mrs. Helen Schneider, Mrs. Pauline Schiff, Mrs. Ruth. Fishman and Mrs. Rosalyn Copley; 21 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. * * FLODELL FLANDERS. 13560 Washburn, died Dec. 3. Services at Ira Kaufman Chapel. She leaves her husband, Montrose S., daughters, Dianne Rita and Marcia Lee; and a brother. * * * HARRY 0. TURNER, 3784 Tuxedo, died Dec. 1. Services at Hebrew Benevolent Chapel. Sur- vived. by his wife, Ida; daugh- ters, Mrs. Ella Balamut, Mrs. Ruth Feldman and Mrs. Lillian Goldman; 4 sisters, a brother and 5 grandchildren. * * * DAVID TRACKTENBERG, 115 South Ave., Mt. Clemens, died Dec. 4. Services at Hebrew Benevolent Chapel. Survived by v._ his wife, Becky; a- son, Jacob, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; a daughter, Mrs. Pauline Girson; a sister and 2 grandchildren. 24—THE JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 12, 1952 . BETH EL MEMORIAL PARK OFFERS JEWISH FAMILIES THE FINEST BURIAL PLOTS AT MODERATE PRICES ON EXTENDED TERMS One of America's newest and most beautiful ceme- teries, dedicated to the service of Detroit Jews. Beth El Memorial Park 28120 WEST SIX MILE ROAD 7 Between Inkster and 1!,*.liatilebeit For information Cali Mr. Segall at TR. 5-8530 JACOB LEVY, 2749 W. Buena Vista, died Dec. 5. Services at Hebrew Benevolent Chapel. Sur- vived by his wife, Dora; sons George, Paul and Harold; a sis- ter and 3 grandchildren. Monument Unveilings (Unveiling announcements may be In serted by mail or by calling The Jewish News office, WO. 5-1155. Written an- nouncements must be accompanied by the name and address of the person making the insertion. There is a standard charge of $2 for unveiling notices, measuring an inch in depth). Due to the death of Mrs. Benjamin Pupko's brother, Mr. Harold Bernstein ; of Bay City, the unveilings of monu- ments in memory of the late Mrs. Fannie Pupko and the late Mr. Benjamin Pupko, or- iginally scheduled for 12 noon, Sunday, Dec. 14, at Clover Hill Park Cemetery, has been postponed until further notice. The family of the late Jennie Green announces the unveiling of a monument in her memory at 1 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 14, at Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi Adler will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. * * * Mrs. Morris Levin announces the unveiling of a monument in memory of her late husband, Morris Levin, at 12 noon, Sun- day, Dec. 21, at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Rabbis Adler and Wohlgelernter will officiate. Rel- atives and friends are asked to attend. In Memoriam In loving memory of our dear daughter and sister, Barbara Seltzer, who passed away Dec. 16, 1947. "Happy were the years we spent together Lonely are our hearts today. For the one we loved so dearly, Has forever passed away. No one knows how much we miss you, No one knows the bitter pain We have suffered since we lost you, Life has never been the same. In our hearts your memory lingers, Sweetly, tender, fond and true. There is not a day, dear Barbara, That we do not think of you." —Your Loving Parents and Brother. `The Chicago Pinkas' "The Chicago Pinkas," con- taining a series of articles re- viewing the development and history of the Chicago Jewish community, has been published by the Chicago College of Jew- ish Studies on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. Bloch Pub- lishing Co. is distributing the volume. This volume is in two sections —one in English and another in Hebrew. The major essay deals with Chicago's Jewish popula- tion and shows its development and growth. According to the author, Erich Rosenthal, there are approximately 300,000 Jews in Chicago. Reviewing other sampling methods in arriving at the pop- ulation figures—the name meth- od, Yom Kippur absences from schools, etc.—Rosenthal makes reference to the approach in Henry J. Meyer's 1935 study of the Jewish population of De- troit. The Hebrew and Yiddish press and publications are reviewed historically in the Hebrew sec- tion. J. A. Klein Dies MONTREAL. (JTA) — J. Some trace this custom back to the ancient Biblical command which required the mother to bring a sacrifice to the Temple. Usually a woman in the course of childbirth feels such great pains which she expresses as regret of her role of motherhood and even goes as far as vowing that she will never have another child again. After the child is born she regrets these sentiments as she makes her peace with nature. This calls for some means of atonement. Hence the sacrifice in the days of the Temple, or the visit to the synagogue in modern times. Some find in this custom the desire to thank the Lord for the gift of the child or the miracle of birth. Others simply say that getting over childbirth is comparable to getting over a serious illness. Getting over such an illness would thus call for a prayer of thanks to the Lord for re- covering from a dangerous experience. In the case of the male who is obligated to atone or offer thanks, he himself is called be- fore the Scroll. Since it is not customary to call women before the Scroll, the husband represents the wife. In addition, it leads the husband into assuming responsibility for his wife's experiences and the family welfare. Thus he too offers thanks for the miracle of birth and the well being' of his spouse. Maccabean Glory 2744 W. Davison cor. Lawton TO. 8-6923 TO. 8 - 7523 `Joel' : Story of Jews and the American. Revolution. An interesting chapter in Hale and Thomas Paine, who include warriors of their own race in their gallery of heroes, to be able to say, "My people have produced its brave men equally with the Greeks and the Romans and the English." But, still better is it for them to feel that these brave men drew their courage from the purest of all sources, from a passionate love for their religion, from a ven- eration for the good and the true and the morally beautiful. The Maccabees boldly faced overwhelming odds, not for their own selfish ends, but in a spirit of self-sacrificing fidelity to the holiest of all causes. They felt that God was calling to them, and they could not hold back. the little Maccabean band was like a rock in the midst of the surging sea. Standing almost alone in their day, the heroes beat back the forces that threatened to involve all man- kind in a common demoraliza- tion. They kept a corner of the world sweet in an impure age. They held aloft the torch of true religion at a time when thick darkness was covering the na- tions. My Dreidel ca", by Nora Benjamin Kubie (Harper). Mrs. Kubie was inspired to write this novel while doing re- search in early American Jew- ish history. Her Joel, she ex- plains, "could have been" the Minute Man on Compo Road. The Sons of Liberty are the heroes of her story. and among those emerging as the inspirers of freedom are the courageous men of the Revolution, Nathan ures in the story is Gershom Mendes Seixas, who was one of the pillars of the Spanish Port- uguese Synagogue, the oldest in New York. There is romance, one with a Christian girl, and the end is traditional: a happy Jewish en- gagement. Mrs. Kubie has caught the spirit of the time covered in her story and has added a good tale about the Revolution and its heroes, Jews and non-Jews. Memorial Evening CHAVER ALEX NICHAMIN Wednesday, Dec. 17 — 8:30 P.M. LABOR ZIONIST INSTITUTE 13722 LINWOOD AVENUE MOSHE BITAN of Israel will speak Arranged by Arlazaroff Branch 137, Farband Friends, members urgently asked to attend By HAYYIM NAHMAN BIALIK Come, my dreidel, my dreidel of tin, Dance about merrily, dance and spin! Go swift, go far, And shining bright„ Find the star Of my delight. Come, my dreidel, merrily scale The towering hill, and span the vale. Over the prairie Dance and reel, Light and airy, Like a spinning Wheel. Make way for my dreidel, his whirl and sweep. One step is a league, and a mile his leap. He's off with a bound Like a stallion bold. Hurrah! He has found A mountain of gold! Rush to the mountain! Make way, make way! Seize the treasure without delay! Win it, 0 My dreidel of tin, Before my foe Can say, I WIN! 1 Cemetery Memorials DETROIT MONUMENT WORKS Sunday will be a BIG day for Israel in every respect. It is an official BIG Day set aside in communities throughout the • land for the sale of bonds for the Israel govern- ment. It is BIG in the sense that the results of this day will mean so much for the de- velopment of the Jewish state as an inde- pendent entity. Recognized as of major significance in the creation of industrial enterprises for Israel's economic advancement, the bond issue is the one big project which not only supplements United Jewish Appeal and other funds but strengthens the economy of the state that is being helped by phila n- thropic enterprises. The investment dollar is vitally needed in Israel for the development of the Negev, for the establishment of new industries, for the manufacture of items that are certain to make Israel self-supporting. BIG Day calls to all of us—to work as volunteers, to buy bonds, to speed the day when Israel will not need philanthropy. By giving our support unstintingly, we help bring that dream nearer to reality. By DR. MORRIS JOSEPH American history is retold in play a role in "Joel." It is good for Jewish lads to "Joel: A Novel of Young Ameri- One of the great Jewish fig- A. dreidel swayed and shud- Klein, national chairman of the The dered once, Canadian Materials for Israel And then went backwards — 0 program, died here suddenly. you dunce! It wavered, strained, No longer bold. It had not gained The mountain of gold. Lowest Prices for Highest Quality Granite and Outstanding Designs 'BIG Day for Israel Why is it customary for a woman who has just become a mother to visit the synagogue on the Sabbath when she has fully recovered? Tipsy, it staggered, backed, until Down it went—my heart stood stilt . Gimel! !Oh, joy! Come all and see How my spinning toy Has won for me. HANUKAH—ROCK OF AGES Rock of Ages, let our song, Praise Thy saving power; Thou amidst the raging foes, Wast our sheltiring tower. Furious they assailed us, But Thine arm availed us, And Thy Work broke their sword, When our own strength failed us Thus we sing in praise of the Altnighty on Hanukah. May this Festival bring new courage and joy to oil. The Ira HAUF1111111 Chapel 9419 DEXTER BLVD. At Edison TYler 7-4520