Creedal Cooperation Marked by Gift
of Toledo Synagogue to Catholic Nuns
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. -"It was a wonderful Christmas
present."
. That was all that Mother Vin-
cent de Paul of the Ursuline
Community of Roman Catholic
nuns at Toledo could say upon
. learning that a Jewish congre-
. gation bought a 19-acre tract
there and donated 11.7 acres to
the sisters. The congregation,
Bnai Israel, also deeded one acre
free to the city.
Bnai Israel plans to build a
new synagogue school and li-
brary on the six acres it retain-
ed. The Ursuline sisters will
build a school and the city will
use its strip to enlarge a public
playground. The three parties
have agreed to build no fences
separating their parts of the
land. The Jewish congregations
and the nuns have decided to
use a common landscaping
scheme and "harmonious" archi-
tecture.
The congregation's action was
hailed by Mayor Lloyd E. Roulet
as "a landmark in the advance-
ment of religious and racial tol-
erance • and understanding.,"
It was almost two years ago
that the congregation, the nuns,
and city welfare authorities be-
gan competing for the right to
purchase the property, which is
in a residential section. The ri-
valry threatened to become em-
barrassing to the •Owens-Illinois
Detroit Foundation
Makes Special Grant
To Aid Synagogues
The Josephine E. Gordon
Foundation of Detroit, establish-
ed by the late James Gordon,
president of the Silvercup Bread
Co., has made a grant of $5,000
to the Union of American Heb-
rew Congregations, for . the pur-
pose of assisting Jewish congre-
gations in low-income areas; it
was announced this week by Dr.
Maurice N. Eisendrath, president
of UAHC, and Dr. S. S. Hollender,
board chairman.
The plan will be executed
through a number of "Living
Scholarships" to upper classmen
and graduates at the New York
.School of the Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Re-
ligion which will enable them to
minister to the spiritual needs
of Jews in low -ineOme areas who
are financially unable to engage
a rabbi and establish an organ -
ized congregation. •
In making the $5,000 grant,
John Cooper, president of Silver-
cup Bread Co., declared that the
bringing into the spiritual fold
of unaffiliated JeWs for organ-
ized religious life would benefit
all faiths.
Dr. Eisendrath and Mr. Cooper
paid tribute to 'Rabbi Leon Frain,
of Temple Israel, for his efforts
in outlining the program.
Glass Company, which owned
the property.
The three parties seeking the
land early last year agreed to
try to work out a solution har-
monious to all. A long series of
conferences were held by Dr.
Morton Goldberg, Bnai Israel
rabbi; Mother Vincent de Paul,
superior of St. Ursula's convent;
Arthur W. Gratop, city welfare
director; and Dan Degnan of the
glass company.
Dr.. Goldberg's congregation
decided that it could get along
with six acres and the sisters
figured that they needed six
acres. The city reduced its de-
mand from six acres to less than
one. An agreement on the way
the land was to be divided was
announced in December.
But, instead of allowing the
purchase price to be pro-rated
among the three parties, the
Bnai Israel Board of Trustees
voted unanimously to buy the
plot and preserit parts of it to
the city and the convent free.
The glass company, as its con-
tribution toward good-will and
harmony, sold the property for
$23,728, the 'Price it paid in 1945
and much less than the current
market value.
After the congregation had
announced its purchase, Mother
Vincent de , Paul disclosed that
Dr. Goldberg and Sidney Fried-
enthal, congregation president,
had called on her Christmas Day
to inform her of the board's de-
cision.
Friederithal declared that the
congregation had decided to pay
the whole cost "to express our
appreciation of the fine spirit of
amity that made settlement of
this problem possible."
Dr. Goldberg talked of the
agreement as a step toward re-
alization of two dreams he had
had for many years.
Bnai Moshe Students
To Officiate at Service
Bnai Moshe PTO, United He-'
brew Schools, will be hosts of
the school's junior congregation
at a program Jan. 17 commemo-
rating Rosh Hodesh Shebat.-
Abraham Schachter will lead in
the chanting of the Halel; • greet-
ings will be extended by Rabbi
Moses Lehrman, Mrs. S. -Kosow-
sky, chairman of PTO; Mortis
Lachover, school principal; and
Bernard Isaacs and Albert Ela-
zar, superintendent and associ-
ate superintendent of the Unit-
ed Hebrew Schools.
Students w ill participate as
cantors, and will read the Torah.
Following services, a kiddush
will be served by the executive
committee of PTO, headed by
Mesdames J. Kramer, P. Higer,
W. Olson and H. Saul. MrS. B.
Sharkey and Mrs. L. Koven are
co-chairmen of the program
committee.
THE JEWISH NEWS-19
Friday, January 9, 1953
Bnai Moshe Junior Cong.
To Sponsor Late Services
TEMPLE BETH EL: At 8:15 p.m. services today Rabbi Minard
Klein will preach on "The Lowly Bush."
TEMPLE ISRAEL: In honor of the dedication of Sinai Hospital,
Rabbi Leon Fram will speak on "Religion and Medicine" at
8:30 p.m. services today.
CONG. BNAI DAVID: At Saturday services Rabbi Joshua S.
Sperka will preach on "God's Providence in Ordinary Events."
ADAS SHALOM SYNAGOGUE: At 8:30 p.m. services today Rabbi
Jacob . E. Segal will speak on "A Formula for Happiness." At
• Saturday services the Bar Mitzvah of Martin Benjamin Spiz-
man will be ,observed.
CONG. SHAAREY ZEDEK: Sabbath services at 5 p.m., today; at
9 a.m., Saturday. The Bar Mitzvah of Jerald Maltzman will
be observed.
CONG. BNAI MOSHE: Sabbath services at 5:05 p.m., today; at
9 a.m., Saturday.
CONG. MISHKAN ISRAEL: At Saturday services Rabbi Isaac
Stoliman will speak on "Galuth and Redemption."
AHAVAS ACHIM SYNAGOGUE: At 8 p.m. services today Rabbi
Jacob Chinitz will preach on "Either/Or."
Temple Israel to Open
Second Artists Series
With Joint Recital
Plans for the second annual
Temple Israel Artists Series
were launched at a program on
Jan. 7, featuring Karl Haas, one
of the guest artists who will ap-
pear in the series.
Mrs. Frank W. Coolidge, presi-
dent of the Michigan Federation
of Music Clubs and president
of the Music Council of Greater
Detroit, was the evening's guest
of honor.
The series will open on Jan.
25, at Temple Israel, when
Samuel Sorin, Detroit-born pi-
anist, and Olga Coehlo, Brazili-
an soprano-guitarist, will ap-
pear in joint recital.
Richard Tucker, Metropolitan
Opera tenor, will be the second
soloist, appearing in the March
22 program in an evening of
operatic, classical and Hebrew
melodies.
The concluding program on
April 26 will bring together
Josef Gingold, concertmaster of
the Cleveland Symphony, Karl
Haas, noted pianist and organ-
ist at Temple Israel; and Ernst
Victor Wolff, head of the piano
department at Michigan State
College.
- Series tickets may be obtain-
ed at Grinnell's, Metro Music
Shop or Temple rsrael, UN. -
Rovner Farein to Install
New Officers on Jan. 17
Rovner Progressive Farein will
install new officers at a banquet
MEET REST 141‘1) ZEST At
Jan. 17, 8 p. m., at Zack's. A
musical program is planned as
a tribute to the officers-elect
Pewaukee, Wisconsin
and to members of Yiddish Folks
• 0 miles west of Milwaukee.
Farein, who will be guests at
Tropical Indoor Swimming
the celebration.
Pool.
Complete Health Spa and
Officers to be inducted at the
Solarium.
Daily
program, which also will be in
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honor of Rovner'S 26th anniver-
sary, include: L. Warren, presi-
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Sunday to Friday
dent; A. Kassel, vice-president;
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J. Siegel and M. Wasserman,
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secretaries; H. Stone, treasurer;
Mrs, I. Gruskin, hospitalern; S. chbfaf itrahrigi nialiatnitnerT,
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Bassin, hospitaler; and D. Ka- .S
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Sloindarman "Hospitality" Manors
men and B. Helfer,- trustees.
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The Detroit Board of Educa-
tion last week accepted $2,500
from the Kasle Steel Corpora-
tion to be used in making known
the services which Wayne Uni-
versity can perform for small
industry. The grant will also be
used as an aid in securing addi-
tional funds for this purpose.
Yellowstone Hospital to Open Monday
Miami Beach, Fitrida:
Meant Royal Manor-4w the *coos
North Shore Manor—lonary apts.
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FEBRUARY 11th
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As' YOUR Date for the Annual
CANTORS' CONCERT
at the Mai David Synagogue
UNITED HEBREW SCHOOLS
CLASSES FOR BEGINNERS
3-7769.
Kasle Grants Board
Of Education $2,500
The junior congregation of
Bnai Moshe Synagogue will
sponsor late services at 8:15
p.m., today, announces Rabbi
Moses Lehrman, spiritual leader
of the congregation.
Ronald Ellis, president of the
young people's group, Sheldon
Roth, Jacqueline Jaulus, Maxine
Moses and Allan Lubin will par-
ticipate. David Rappaport, direc-
tor of the group, will guide the
service. A tea will follow in the
social hall.
STAIT JANUARY 26th, 1953
Adas Shalom
Bnai Moshe
Beth Aaron
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corner Collingwood, announces that the hospital will open on Jan. 12. At a recent meeting of the
clinic's board of dir-ectors, Dr. Samuel Rosen was elected president and Mr. Nathanson vice-presi
dent. Mr. Nathanson, general contractor, has been working for five months converting the former
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