700 Athletes to Converge on Tel Aviv
For Fourth Annual Maccabiah Games
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Prepara-
tions for the Fourth Interna-
tional Maccabiah — the Jewish
Olympic Games—which opens in
the huge Ramat Gan Stadium
Sunday, are in full swing with
hundreds of workers bringing
the grounds into shape and the
Israeli team practicing hard. •
Minna Weisenf el d, Detroit
swimmer and only Michigan en-
try in the games, will be among
the competitors.
The games will be opened
with an, elaborate ceremony at-
tended by President Ben Zvi and
Premier David Ben-Gurion and
representatives of many • other
nations. Maccabiah Village, set
up along. tne lines of the Olym-
pic camps in which athletes of
all nations live together (hiring
the games, is ready. for teams
from 23 countries. The village
has its own post office and med-
ical center.
The South African team, the
first one to arrive in Israel,
moved • into the flag bedecked
village. In the course of the
week, 700 athletes will take up
quarters there.
Ina special proclamation, the
Tel Aviv municipality called on
the city's inhabitants to festoon
;their homes with flags, ribbons
and decorations to welcome the
athletes and an expected '3 ) 000
visitors. Foreign . Minister Moshe
Brandeis Women
Schedule Meeting
Mrs. Samuel Aaron, president
of the Detroit Women's Com-
mittee Of Brandeis University,
announces • the g r o u -p ' s first
board meeting at 10:30 a.m.,
Monday, at the home. of Mrs.
Leon Wayburn, 19465 Canter-
bury.
Mrs. Leonard Kasle, program
chairman, will discuss plans for
the opening membership meet-
ing, slated for Oct. '7, at Tem-
ple Beth El. A nationally promi-
n e n t speaker,
who will be an-
nounced late r,
will addresS the
gathering.
Brandeis, the
first Jewish-
sponsored, non-
sectarian u n
v e r s i t y in the Mrs. Basle
United States, is supported na-
tionally by the Women's Com-
mittee.
The Detroit group derives its
funds solely through annual and
life memberships and through
its book-o-gram project for li-
brary books. No fund - raising
events are held.
• Mrs. Leo Mellen, head of the
book fund, states that memorial
and testimonial gifts for - $5, or
book plates bearing appropriate
inscriptions are placed in the
school's library.
In -addition to Mrs.. Mellen
other committee chairmen are:
Mesdames George Golanty and Irvin
Greenstone, annual membership; Benja-
min Jones and Sidney. Solomon, life
membership; Herbert Eskin, .young mar-
rieds Membership; Isaac Gilbert, budget;
Jerome Grossman, bulletin; William Fo-
gel, conservation; Harold Robinson and
Julius Gilbert, mailing; Leonard Kasle,
program; ..Stanley Akers, supplies; . Aaron
Gershenson, printing: Robert Drews, pub-
licity; Harvey Rattner, hospitality; Law-
rence 5egar. assistant treasurer; Charles
Solovich....bY-laWs;, Leonard Sims, miler-.
gency.; Fred Ginsburg, -nominating; and
Saul Bloom, telephone. -
.Sharett and the Mayors of Tel
Aviv and Ramat Gan are ar-
ranging a round of functions
for the athletes and representa-
tives from abroad.
The largest delegation, 110
athletes, will come from the
United States. It will include
some men who are competing
in their third Maccabiah and a
number of winners in the last
competition. The British team
will include a number of cham-
pions of the earlier games.
Thirteen national delegations
will compete in the swimming
events, 15 will enter contestants
in the light games and events
and a. smaller number of dele-
gations will be represented in
water polo, football, basketball,
hockey, boxing, wrestling, weight
lifting, fencing, bicycling, bowl-
ing, tennis and table tennis.
Mexico will be represented by
one man, a weightlifter. Israel
will enter teams in every event.
Some of the games will be
held in the new Haifa Stadium
and the swimming events will be
held in the Haifa Pool.
DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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Rosario Jewish Commun:ity
Marks 50th Anniversary
Local Labor Zionists to Elect Neap, Officers
BUENOS AIRES, (JTA) — The
Jewish community of Rosario,
second largest city of Argentina,
celebrated the 50th anniversary
of its formal constitution as the
Association Israelita. Dr. Abra-
ham Blecher is president of the
community.
Jacob ,Katzman, national di-
rector of 'the Labor Zionist Or-;
ganization. of America, Will be
guest speaker at the opening
event of the Detroit Labor I
Zionist Council at 8:30 p.m.,
Sunday, 'at the LZOA Institute,1
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Cordial/9! __9nvite You
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REUVEN DAFNI
CONSUL OF ISRAEL IN NEW YORK CITY
and
CANTOR DAVID KUSEVITSKY
INTERNATIONAL LEADER IN CANTORIAL RANKS
At
Jeglinonial 2)inner
in
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HARRY SCHUMER
HOTEL STATLER Grand Ballroom
Tuesday, September 29 - 6:30 P. M.
Com m Wee
MORRIS L. SCHAVER, Chairman
Maurice Baker
Isadore Brown
Morris Chesnick
Sol R. Colton
William Gayman
Peter S. Goldstein
Phil Goldstein
Joe Greenbaum
Ben Harold
Berl Hearshen
William Hordes
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LIGHT, FLUFFY SPONGE CAKE
Friday, September 18, 1953
Ann Arbor Cominunity
Plans Holiday Dance
Beth Israel Community Center
In .Ann Arbor opens its fall
social season with a Yom Kip-
pur. night dance at 9:30 p.m.,
Saturday, in its social hall at
1429 Hill Street. -
Sam Barnett and his orchestra
will provide music for dancing,
and: the Arthur Murray Studios
entertain with exhibition
dancing.
Dr. Jack G. Weinbaum, chair-
man, is assisted by William Best,
MisS Lillian Lampe, Mrs. Ken-
neth Wax and Mrs. Dean Car-
ron.
Refreshments will be served
by hostesses Mrs. George Lan-
sky, chairman, Mrs. Irvin Sat-
Unger, Mrs. Morris Friedman,
Mrs. Philip Seymour. and Mrs.
Anya Finkel.
13722 Linwood.
Following Katzthan's talk. the
Habonim dance and. choral
group will 'entertain with sev-
eral selections. Election of of-
ficers to the local Council will
conclude the program.
John Isaacs
Mrs. Harry Kay
William Klafer
Mrs. Philip Kutnick
Benjamin Laikin
Morris Lieberman
Nathan Linden
Harry Mondry
Harold Nelson
Larry Nichamin
Herbert Pincus
David Rosen
Morris Sandier
Max Schmuckler
Mrs. Jacob Schreier
Morritz Schubiner
William Schumer
Sidney Shevitz
Sam Simmer
David Sislin
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