Founder of .Pioneer Women to Speak
At Local Membership Drive Opener

DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-7
Friday, January 1, 1954

Labor Zionists Plan
Series of Lectures

taloguing at the Hebrew Univer-
sity of Jerusalem.
A resident of Israel for the
past several years, Miss Udin
Mrs. Norman Naimark and
currently has charge of the gov- Mrs. Harold Noveck have been
ernment's central library.
appointed co-chairmen of the I
Her arrival in Detroit marks
Labor Zionist
the beginning of the Detroit
Forum, a series
Council's participation in t h e
of three lectures
national membership drive. All
o n " Currents
members and friends of Pioneer
and Undercur-
Women are invited to this kick-
rents in Jewish
off event.
Life," which is
sponsored by
the Labor Zion-
ist Council of
Detroit.
The first lec-
ture, "In Zion-
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The aboli-
ism," will fea-
tion of the • excommunication
ture Rabbi
Mrs. Naimark James G. Hel-
declared by the Amsterdam
Jewish community about 300 ler, president of Labor Zionist
years ago on the philosopher Organization of America on
Baruch Spinoza, and the publi- Jan. 25.
cation of all his works, is de-
Subsequent talks will be given
manded by David Ben-Gurion, by Abraham Duker, historian
retired Israel Premier, in his and sociologist, who will speak
first article written in Sdeh on "In America" on March 1,
Boker, his residence in the Ne- and author and publicist Mau-
gev. The article is published in rice Samuel, who will close the
Davar, a pro-government Labor- series on March 29. All programs
ite daily newspaper.
will be. held in the Davison Jew-
Mr. Ben-Gurion suggests that ish Center.
the Hebrew University should
Assisting Mrs. Naimark . and
sponsor the publication of the Mrs. Noveck will be Ben Harold
work of Spinoza. He points out and Norman Naiinark, finances;
that just as the excommunica- Dr. Sam Koven, arrangements;
tion declared by Athens on Soc- Mrs. Irving Greenberg, publici-
rates could not prevent the ty; Mrs. Herbert Pincus, ticket
Greek philosopher from being sales, assisted by Osher Gold-
recognized as first thinker o berg and Mesdames Boris Joffe,
Helenic times, so. the excom- Sam Koven, Morris Lieberman,
munication of Spinoza by the Irving Pokempner, David Sislin
Jews of Amsterdam can not •and Saul C. Stein.
For. tickets or information, call
evade the fact that Spinoza was
WE. 4-2024 or UN. 1-1642.
Jewish.
Mr. Ben-Gurion urged that
the publication of Spinoza's New City Planner-
works should be timed for the
300th anniversary of his excom- Assumes Post Jan. 4
It II
munication, in 1956.
Maurice F. Parkins will arrive
here from North Carolina to
`53 Israel Census Shows assume his post on Monday as
Detroit's new coordinator of
1,661,763 Citizens
neighborhood conservation and
JERUSALEM, (IIP) — A cen- rehabilitation.
General Manager
sus taken of Israel's population
Parkins, who has been director
during 1953 shows that there of city planning of the Institute
and see
are 1,661,763 Israelis. Of this of Research and Social Science
figure there are 1,477,004 Jewish of the University of North Caro-
The Exciting
and 184,759 non-Jewish citizens. lina in Chapel Hill, is a first
New
The infant mortality • r ate cousin of Mrs. Isadore Levin,
among the Jewish section 3289 Elmhurst, an active com-
Ultra-Modern
dropped by nearly three percent munal worker in this city.
Parkins will reside here with
over the previous year, from
1954 STUDEBAKER
38.6 to 35.7 per 1,000 births. his wife, while assuming the
At
Among the non-Jewish sector $8,758 city post. He is the son.
the drop was nearly ten percent, of Rev. and Mrs. Feivel Plotkin,
Inc
from 70.6 to 60.9. Experts con- of Pittsburgh, Pa.
13111 DEXTER
A native of Russia, Parkins
sider that improved social serv-
At Buena Vista
ices and the better food supply came to this country as a youth.
WE. 3-2700
Two of his older brothers, both
account for the decreases.
doctors are trapped behind the
Iron Curtain, and were last
heard from four years ago when
the family made contact by tele-
phone.
A graduate of the University
of Pennsylvania in 1939, Parkins
earned his master's degree in
city planning from the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology
following his discharge from the
armed forces in World War II.
He has worked as a city plan-
ner in Arlington County, Va.,
Pittsburgh and Chicago,
addition to his latest position in
North Carolina. Parkins was the
Pursuant to the By-Laws of the Jewish Welfare Federa-
only one of 12 applicants who
tion of Detroit, the following list of nominees, selected from
scored a passing grade in the
the membership of the Federation for a three-year term
difficult civil service examina-
ending in 1957, eligible for election to the Board of Gover-
nors of the Federation, has been presented to the Executive
tion for the job in Detroit.
Director not less than thirty days prior to the Annual Meet-
ing which will take place on February 2, 1954.

Sophie A. Udin, a founder of
Pioneer Women, the women's
labor Zionist organization of
America, will be guest of honor
at a dessert luncheon sponsored
by the local Council on Jan. 11,
it was announced this week by
Mrs. Harry Mondry, chairman.
Miss Udin, who has remained
7mgactive in the or-
''''%anization since
its inception,
received a letter
28 years ago
from Rahel
.Yanait, then the
head of a girls'
training farm in
Palestine, a s k-
ing for aid from
. young, Amer i-
'can women in
raising funds
for the digging
Miss Udin
of a well on the
farm.
With six other women, Miss
Udin answered this request, and
formed the nucleus of the pres-
ent-day organization, which is
the sister group of Moatzot
Hapoalot (the Working Wom-
en's Council in Israel). •
The writer • of that - letter 28
years ago still corresponds with
representatives of Pion e e r
Women, only she signs her
name Rahel Ben Zvi, for today
she is the wife of Israel's presi-
dent, Itzhak Ben Zvi.
Miss Udin, who holds a mas-
ter of science degree from Col-
umbia University, is the organ-
izer of the Zionist Archives and
Library, the first central Zion-
ist library in this country. She
also is responsible for introduc-
ing the American system of ca-

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B-C Asks Abolition
Of Ban on Spinoza

Announces The Event
Detroit Men Wait For
Every Year!

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NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

Nominees Announced for
Board of Governors
Jewish Welfare Federation

Tom Borman
Max M. Fisher
William Friedman
Joseph Holtzman
Mrs. John C. Hopp

Abe Kasle
A. C. Lappin
Milton M. Maddin
George M. Stutz

Other persons may be nominated by petition or petitions
signed by not less than 25 members of the Federation and
filed with the Executive Director of the Federation not less
than ten days prior to the date of the annual meeting.
Only one person may be nominated in each petition and no
nomination shall be valid unless the nominee shall have
consented to be a candidate.

Mrs. Harry L. Jackson
George D. Keil
Rabbi Joshua S. Sperka
Mrs. Leonard H. Weiner
Max Osnos, Chairman
Committee on Nominations .

Sisterhood Program.
Features Song-Skit

An original song-skit called
"The Psychiatrist" will be pre-
sented by Adas Shalom Sister-
hood at its donor rally at 12:30
p.m., Jan. 11, in the synagogue
social hall, announces Mrs.
Herbert L. Harris, president.
Principal parts will be taken
by Mesdames Harry Nachman,
Morris Sherbow, Albert Egrin,
Stewart Linden, Harry Levine,
Joseph Bortman, and Sol Slomo-
vitz, with musical accompani-
ment by Mrs. David Holtzman.
There will also be a highly
novel fashion show with 20
models. The nature of the fash-
ions will be a surprise to the au-
dience and is expected to be
entertaining, stated Mrs. George
Liss, program chairman. Friends
are invited

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