On the Record
News Brevities
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Stars of stage, night clubs, TV
Syndicate)
(Copyright, 1954, Seven Arts Feature
and radio will contribute their
Through An Artist's Eye
talents to the WESTOWN LIONS
New York's lower East Side, a unique spot in a unique era in Club's 10th annual benefit show
Jewish life, is a subject which has unfortunately not received the for the blind, at Mumford High
treatment it deserves from Jewish artists and writers. A major School, Sunday afternoon, start-
step in rectifying that neglect is Leon Israel's "The East Side of ing at 2 p.m.
Yesterday in - Pictures," published by the artist. Israel, noted as
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cartoonist and painter to tens of thousands of Jews throughout
The premiere of a three-song
the country under the name of Lola, captivated the culture and
folksiness of that area through types who could be no products of cycle by Detroit composer Evan-
other soils and environments. The art album deserves more than geline Lehman will highlight
passing mention. Appearing at a time when the American Jewish the 39th anniversary concert of
community is celebrating its Tercentenary, the album is not only the MADRIGAL CLUB, Monday,
of Arts.
an artistic but a cultural and social contribution to our great at the Institute
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democracy.
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Mrs. Bernard Hoffman, presi-
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dent of the Department of
Miniatures
Michigan Auxiliary, Jewish War
The missionary industry in Israel is showing a distinct decline.
The number of converts has variously been reported between two Veterans, will be
and four thousand. The true figure is closer to two than to four— guest speaker on,;...
still a tragically excessive rate. However, some would have it that Altman's Jewish
most of the "new converts" are not really new converts but ele- Hour at 10:30
ments who returned to Judaism under the impact of Hitlerism. a.m., Sunday,
A major public relations change is about to take place in the over Station
American Jewish Congress, with Ben Harift looking to newer WJLB. Topic of
Mrs. Hoffman's
pastures.
talk will be "The
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Ladies Auxili-
On the Anti-Semitic Front
aries of the Jew-
Unless current campus sentiment flops as a barometer
ish War Veter
Southern Methodist University of Dallas, Texas, may gain the
ans—What Are
distinction of becoming the first institution of higher learning to
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oust a faculty member on charges of anti-Semitism. The "edu-
the Community •
cator" facing this dubious distinction is Professor John Owen
Beatty, head of the university's English Department, whose au- and the Veter-j'' .
thorship of anti-Semitic tracts has aroused a storm of protests an." Mrs. Hoffman
and indignation among students and faculty alike. His latest * * *
pamphlet containing the fantastic charge that powerful non- Delegates of Jewish women's
Christian elements—Bnai Brith, Muscovites and friends of Israel organizations in eleven countries
—were seeking to seize the university was denounced at a faculty will assemble in London, Eng-
meeting by a vote of 114 to 2. Beatty has long been mouthing land, on May 23 for the opening
the Hitlerite anti-Semitic thesis, but always claiming he was no of a six-day triennial meeting
Jew-hater but merely an objective reporter of facts. His infa- of the INTERNATIONAL COUN-
mous book "The Iron Curtain Over America" received the acco- CIL of JEWISH WOMEN„ it was
lade from racist Gerald L. K. Smith as the finest of its kind. announced by Mrs. Moise S.
Cahn, of New Orleans, president
of the international organiza-
Potpourri
When Professor Harry Shulman dons the deanship toga of the tion, and Mrs. Joseph M. Welt of
Yale Law School this July it will mark the second time that a Detroit, as honorary vice-presi-
Jew has held the post of dean at Yale University. The first one dent.
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was Dr. Charles Winternitz of Baltimore who was dean of Yale's
Medical School from 1920 to 1925.
Jews -in Jamaica, the Virgin
A movement is afoot at Brandeis University, with some facul- Islands, and the Dominican Re-
ty backing, for the introduction of Yiddish courses. Spearheading public are planning to join in
the drive is the Yiddish Club whose petition for such courses is celebrating the 300th anniver-
now in the hands of the university administration.
sary of Jewish settlement in the
Of the estimated four and one half billion philanthropic dol- United States, according to Dr.
lars raised in the United States in 1953, Jews contributed about Israel Goldstein, associate chair-
400 million dollars, or nine per cent of the total. Since Jews con- man of the AMERICAN JEWISH
stitute only about three per cent of the general population it is TERCENTENARY, who discussed
ouite apparent that Jewish giving is governed by heart more than Tercentenary plans with Jewish
capacity.
leaders in Kingston, Jamaica,
The Italian publishing house Arnaldo Mondadori of Milan has and St. Thomas, the Virgin Is-
invited an Anierican Yiddish poet and essayist, N. B. Minkoff, lands.
to serve as advisor on Jewish literature in connection with its * * *
planned publication of a lexicon of modern European literature.
A new approach to adult
Do you remember the Jewish GI Leizer Zirkin who was al- study, an experiment in mass
most court-martialed two years ago when he refused to obey an, education, will be a central fea-.
army order to shave off his beard and peoth? Well, Leizer is ture of the biennial convention
back in Brooklyn now with talith and tfillim he took along to of t h e NATIONAL WOMEN'S
Korea and with beard and peoth, too. Service in the army, Leizer LEAGUE, United Synagogue of
says,. has only reinforced his faith in God and ancient tradition. America, to take place in Cleve-
By NATHAN ZIPRIN
JWF Women's Division Nominations Listed
Names of proposed officers for
the Women's Division, Jewish
Welfare Federation, have been
submitted by the nominating
committee, headed by Mrs. Sey-
mour J. Frank, Mrs. Harry L.
Jones, president of the division,
announced.
Election of officers will take
place at the division's annual
meeting and workers' party,
June 15, 12:15 p.m., the place to
be announced later.
Nominated for president is the
incumbent, Mrs. Jones; for vice-
presidents, Mesdames Lewis B.
Daniels, Seymour J. Frank, J.
Shurly Horwitz, Sidney J. Kar-
bel; recording secretary, Mrs. I.
Jerome Hauser; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Harry L. Jackson.
For board of directors, for a
second term of three years, Mes-
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dames Harry Frank, J. Shurly
Horwitz, I. Jerome Hauser, Ben-
. jamin E. Jaffe, Louis Redstone,
Nathan Spevakow and Melville
Welt. The following are new -
nominees for a three-year term:
Mesdames Ben Jones, Murray
Altman, Eli Gross, Maxwell Jos-
pey, Leo Mellen, Irving Posner,
Eugene J. Arnfeld, Nathan H.
Schermer and Hyman R. Nathan.
Additional nominations may
be made by petition signed by
25 members and submitted at
least one week in advance of the
annual meeting, providing nomi-
nees have consented to serve if
elected.
Members of the nominating
committee in addition to Mrs.
Frank are: Mesdames Perry P.
Burnstine, I. Jerome Hauser,
Jain C. Hopp, Max Lichter, Lew-
is H. Manning and George Stutz.
Detroit Windsor BB Girls
To Hold 'University Day'
A "University Day" with classes
and honoring Jean Brindze,
president of Bnai Brith District
Grand Lodge 6, will be held by
the Detroit-Windsor Council of
Bnai Brith girls at the Wayne
University Student Center on
May 2.
That evening, the group will
sponsor a dance at the Sheraton-
Cadillac Hotel, where com-
mencement exercises will be
held for the girls who attended
classes.
Ilene Stotsky is overall chair-
man for the event; other chair-
men include Marilyn Weinberg,
publicity; Rae Wenner, com-
mencement; Barbara Zalman,
contact; Judy Katz, luncheon.
land, Nov. 14 to 17. In addition
to clinics on organizational
techniques, the plenary sessions
and formal platform programs,
a .regular course of study is
being outlined to run through
the four days of the convention.
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BODZIN FAMILY CLUB met
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Bodzin of Jerome Ave.,
Oak Park. A theater party was
planned. The next meeting is
to be held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Milton Duchan of
Greenlawn Avenue, Sunday, May
9.
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ROSNER FAMILY CLUB will
meet Sunday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Rosner,
4221 Tuxedo.
Musk Study Group
Plans Membership Tea
A -membership tea is planned
Thursday afternoon by the
Drama G r o u p, Music Study
Club, at the home of Mrs. Elias
Goldberg, 1860 Balmoral. Leon-
ard Leone, professor of drama at
Wayne University and director
of the university theater, will be
guest speaker.
Following Leone's talk, discus-
sion will be held and members
will present several dramatic
readings.
Hostesses will be Mesdames
Ralph Po3sky, J. Stewart Lin-
den, Solomon Spector and M.
Posner. Mrs. Joseph Mehr is
hospitality chairman, and Mrs.
Jerome Blum is chairman of
the day.
Those wishing • to join the
group should contact Mrs. Gold-
berg, TO. 8-3169.
Herut Re-Elects Beigin as Leader
TEL AVIV (JTA)—The Herut was 'warned of the dangers of
national convention closed here such a policy, and the delegates
after to re-electing
gin
head the Menahem
party and Bei-
decided to send a mission to the
adopting a number of resolu- U.S. to arouse American public
tions on domestic and foreign opinion against this policy.
problems, including one calling
for an end to
_ Byron Krieger Clinches
the Israel gov-
4 26th Stote Fencing Crown
ernment's pres-
t
economic
e n
Byron Krieg, noted fencer ,
policy which\
swept epee, foil and saber corn-
the rightists say
petition at the YMCA to become
"has choked off"=
state fencing champion for the
immigration to
26th time since 1941; He had
the Jewish
previously won at least one state
state.
title each year since 1941 and
The conference
also took all three champion-
appealed for an
ships in 1942. Krieger has also
end to the per-
won 18 midwest championships.
secution of Zi-
Beigin
onists in the
In 1951, he was a member of
Communist states of East Eu- the Pan - American Olympic
rope and decided to initiate. a team in epee, foil and saber;
worldwide campaign to obtain and was a member of the U. S.
the release and emigration of Olympic foil team in 1952. He
Zionists held in the Communist leaves for Milwaukee next week
states. It was decided to under- to defend his midwest foil and
take an intensified campaign saber titles. In Tune, bc. will
against the Israel Community compete in the National cham-
Party which was dubbed "an pionships in New York.
agent of foreign interests."
Noting that Israel's political NW Congress Women
situation is difficult, the dele- To Honor New Members
gates called for Jews from
abroad, especially the youth, to
Mrs. Jack Udow, program
immigrate to Israel and help chairman of Northwest Chap-
defend its security. The right- ter, American Jewish Congress
ist party also called for an in- Women's Division,- announces
tensified revival of the world that new members will be hon-
Zionist movement.
ored at a program Wednesday,
Asserting that the armistice at the home of Mrs. Alan Brown,
agreements between Israel and 19366 Santa Barbara.
the various Arab states had not
Following dessert luncheon at
contributed to peace, the Herut
convention urged Israel to de- 12:30 p. m., Rabbi Sanford E.
Saperstein, of Pontiac's Temple
nounce the pacts and call for
Beth Jacob, will review "The
withdrawal
of
the
United
the .
Redeemer" by Leo Schwartz.
Nations truce observation staff.
The program is being arranged
It demanded that the govern-
by Mesdames. Melvin Nord, Jo-
ment resume work on the Jor-
seph Loomus and H. Kay.
dan River hydroelectric project
Mrs. Edward Rothenberg,
to which Syria has objected and
to take action to end Egypt's Chapter president, will induct
the new members. Participating
blockade of the port of Eilath.
The delegates opposed the re- in the ceremony will be past
arming of Germ -any and arming presidents of the organization.
of the Arab states on the "pre-
text" that they would fight 14—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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