Tercentenary Celebration Be ins Here Sept. 12

Historical M
- useum Exhibit
First in Series of Events;
Take Dinner Reservations

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Detroit's celebration of the
American Jewish Tercentenary
will open Sept. 12 with, a series
of events which include—
The exhibit at the Detroit
Historical Museum, which will
continue from Sept. 12 to Dec.
30.
A radio program' at 11:15
a.m., Sept. 12, over WJLB, un-
der the direction of the His-
torical Museum and the Ter-
centenary exhibits committee
headed by Charles E. Feinberg..
The Tercentenary dinner, to
be addressed by Dr. Abba Hil-
lel Silver, Oct. 17, at Hotel
Statler.
Numerous other planned
events are listed in the Tercen-
tenary Calendar on this page.
Members of the Tercentenary
Committee were urged this week
to make their reservations for
the dinner on Oct. 17. Mrs. Hy
Burnstein, 17380 Monica, UN.
3-4363, has been named chair-
man of arrangements for the
dinner, and is accepting reser-
vations in advance. It is hoped
to assure a capacity attendance
with advance reservations with-
in thrcl weeks.

stal, Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich,
Clarence H. Enggass, Judge Wil-
liam Friedman, Miss Edith B.
Heavenrich, Harry Yudkoff, Bor-
is Joffe, Morris Lieberman, Phil-
ip R. Marcuse, Irwin Shaw,
Judge Charles C. Simons, Isidore
Sobeloff, Melville S. Welt and
Rabbi Max J. Wohlgelernter, and
Philip Slomovitz and Charles E.
Feinberg, exofficio.
The Detroit Tercentenary cel-
ebrations are being spurred by
the non-Jewish community as
well as by all local organizations
Feinberg, ex-officio.
Governor Williams and Mayor
Cobo already have issued procla-
mations declaring Sept. 20 to

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SENATOR CHARLES S. BLONDY

MRS. HY BURNSTEIN

Irving I. Katz, secretary of the
committee, to whom has been
assigned the task of preparing
a chronological history of Mich-
igan Jewry, announces that he
has collected the necessary data.
The Detroit Tercentenary his-
tory committee under the chair-
manship of Mr. Katz consists of
Dr. A. M. Hershman, Rabbi Leon

Oct. 20 as Tercentenary Month
in Michigan. The Detroit Com-
mon Council and the Michigan
Legislature unanimously adopt-
ed resolutions of greeting to the
Jewish community on the occa-
sion of the Tercentenary Year
and called upon all citizens to
join in the celebrations.
Senator Charles S. Blondy
sponsored the resolution adopt-
ed by the State Legislature.
Council President Louis C. Mi-
riani introduced the Council
resolution. The texts of both
resolutions will be found on
Page 1 of this issue.
The complete Detroit Commit-
tee of 300 for the American Jew-
ish Tercentenary includes the
following:

Mrs. Samuel S. Aaron, Rabbi Morris
Adler, Mrs. Morris Adler, Maurine Arons-
son, Dr. Harry E. August, William Avru--
nin, Frank A. Barcus, Mrs. Theodore
Bargman, Sherman Becker, Dale Berger,
Mandell L. Berman, Joseph Bernstein,
Mrs. Phillip Bernstein, David I. Berris,
Louis Berry, Senator Charles S. Blondy,
Irving W. Blumberg, Mrs. George Blu-
menstock, Tom .Borman, Alfred Bounin,
Bernard Broder, Mrs. Hyman C. Broder,
N. Brewster Broder, Louis Brownstein,
David Buegeleisen, Mrs. Hy Burnstein,
Judge Henry M. Butzel, Dorothy Caplan,
Rabbi Jacob M. Chinitz, Jacob Citrin,
Roslyn Clayman, David J. Cohen, Harry
Cohen, Avern Cohn, Mrs. Morris Cole,
Joseph B. Colten, Joseph Comay, Leon
Cousens, Marjorie Cowan, Lawrence W.
Crohn, Hy Crystal, Daniel G. Cullen,
Barbara Daitch, Mrs. Lewis B. Daniels,
Mrs. Samuel B. Danto, Israel Davidson,
Mrs. Aaron DeRoy, Wilfred B. • Doner,
Rabbi H. Donin, Dr. N. Drachler, Aaron
Droock, Jos. Edelman, Mrs. Jos. H.Ehrlich,
Albert Elazar, Rabbi Joseph Elias, James
I. Ellmann, Clarence H. Enggass, Harry
Entin, Clifford Epstein, Nathan R. Ep-
stein, Rabbi Herbert S. Eskin, Myrle
Farber, Mrs. Charles Feinberg, Charles
E. Feinberg, David Feinn, Walter L.
Field, Hulda Fine, Rabbi Moses Fischer,
Max M. Fisher, Lawrence A. Fleischman,
Sam Forman, Rabbi Leon Fram, Mrs.
Max Frank, Leo I. Franklin, Joseph
Frenkel, Morris Friedman, Samuel Fried-
man, Judge William Friedman, Dan Froh-
man, Walter M. Fuchs.
Morris Garvett, William Gayman, Louis
Gelfand, William Gershenson, Max J.
Gerstman, Mrs. Joseph Geschelin, Mrs.
Samuel R. Glogower, Morris Godhalff,
Mrs. Samuel Gold, David Goldberg, Sam-
uel Nathan Goldberg, Harvey H. Gold-
man, Rabbi Leo Y. Goldman, Movsas
Goldoftas, Benjamin Goldstein, Dorothy
Gordon, Aaron Gornbein, Rabbi Benjamin
Ff: Gorrelick, Roland R. Gottesman, Mrs.
Samuel A. Green, Samuel J. Greenberg,

Samuel S. Greenberg, Prof. William Ha
ber, Joseph Haggai, Rabbi Israel I. Hal-
pern, Ben Harold, Rayetta Harris, Edith
S. Heavenrich, Samuel Hechtman, Joseph
Heideman, Mrs. Nadia Hencken, Dr. A.
M. Hershman, Dr. Richard C. Hertz, Ju-
dith Heyinan, Sadie 11. Hirschman, Sol
M. Hoberman, Joseph Holtzman, Mrs.
John C. Hopp, William Hordes, Bernard
Isaacs, John Isaacs, Ruben Isaacs, Mrs.
William Isenberg, Mrs. Harry L. Jackson,
Mrs. Ben Jacob, Morris M. Jacobs, Mrs.
Benjamin E. Jaffe, Boris M. Joffe, Mrs.
Harry L. Jones, Dr. Herbert I. Kallet,
Morrey Kanter, Dr. Max Kapustin, Sid-
ney J. Karbel, Abe Kasle, Irving I.
Katz, Joseph Katz, Norman Katz, Judge
Nathan J. Kaufman, Leon B. Kay, Jacob
L. Keidan, Jacob Kellinan, Ronald Klafer,
Rabbi Minard Klein, Dr. Shmarya Klein-
man, Julian H. Krolik, Mrs. Julian H.
Krolik, Mrs. Daniel Krouse, Harold B.
Kukes, Morris Lachover, Benjamin M.
Laikin, Mrs. Charles Lakoff, Louis LaMed,
Maurice A. Landau, Mrs. Maurice A.
Landau, A. C. Lappin, Daniel A. Laven,
Richard Lazar, Rabbi Moses Lehrman
Samuel W. Leib, Vernon Leopold, Mrs.
Hoke Levin, Laura Levin, Rabbi Leizer
Levin, Prof. Samuel M. Levin, Saul R.
Levin, Judge Theodore Levin, Estelle
Levine, Saul LeVine, Alex Levitt, Mrs.
Leonard T. Lewis, Ruth Lewis, Morris
Lieberman, Henny Littman, Isaac Litwak,
John E. Lurie.
Milton M. Maddin, Harry T. Madison,
Betty Marcus, Philip R. Marcuse, Gerson
Marder, Milton Marwil, Robert R. Marwil,
Robert Metz, Dr. Sol G. Meyers, Michael
Michlin, Harriet Mintz, Mischa Mischakoff,
Rabbi Sydney K. Mossman, Harry Nathan,
Gus D. Newman, Morris Nobel, Janet
Olender, Leon Olshansky, Max Osnos,
Lawrence Pernick, Mrs. Lawrence Per-
nick, David Pikulin, Sam Pludwinski, Irv-
ing Pokempner, Mrs. Irving Posner, Mrs.
Albert Prag, Milford Pregerson, Rabbi
Samuel Prero, Rabbi Joseph Rabinowitz,
Louis Raphael, Mrs. Sidney Ravin, Jacob
Reisman, Louis G. Redstone, Samuel J.
Rhodes, Bertha M. Robinson, Louis Rob-
inson, Jay Rosenshine, Rabbi Frank F.
Rosenthal, Louis Rosenzweig, Dr. Saul
Rosenzweig, David I. Rosin, Harry Ros-
man, Arthur James Rubiner, Hyman
Safran, Dr. Harry C. Saltzstein, Mrs. Alex-
ander Sanders, Abraham Satovsky, Mrs.
Jacob S. Sauls, Saul Saulson, Morris L.
Schaver, Sol Schkloven, Irving W. Schlus-
sel, Abe A. Schneider, Rabbi Isidor Schnee-
balg, Meyer Schneider, Louis H. Schostak,
Harry Schumer, Alan E. Schwartz, Linda
Schwartz, Dr. Oscar D. Schwartz, Rabbi
Jacob E. Segal, Dr. Lawrence H. Seltzer,
Nate S. Shapero, Irwin Shaw, Earl Sher-
man, Sidney M. Shevitz, Ben Shifrin, Dr.
Leonard Sidlow, Samuel Sigal, David Sil-
ver, Harold Silver, Isadore Silverman,
David Simon, Erwin S. Simon.
Judge Charles C. Simons, Frank Si-
mons, Leonard Simons, Leonard N. Si-
mons, Philip Slomovitz, Mrs. Philip Slom-
ovitz, Mrs. Irving H. Small, Barney Smith,
Wolf Snyder, Isidore Sobeloff, Samuel B.
Solomon, Mrs. Sidney R. Solomon, Rev.
Jacob H. Sonenklar, Rabbi Joshua S.
Sperka, Mrs. Joshua S. Sperka, Mrs.
Nathan Spevakow, Abraham Srere, Sol
Stein, Louis Stoll, Phillip Stollman, Rabbi
Isaac Stollman, George M. Stutz, Mrs. A.
Albert Sugar, Rabbi M. Robert Syme,
Mrs. Louis Tatken, Daniel Temchin, Louis
Tendler, Rabbi Joseph Thumim, Lillian
Tron, Henry Wald, Oscar Warren, Allen
Warsen, Mrs. Sam Wasserman, Leon S.
Wayburn, Mark Webber, Dr. Benjamin
D. Welling, Mrs. Joseph M. Welt, Melville
S. Welt, Frank A. Wetsman, Ben Wig-
der, Sol Wildstrom, Benjamin Wilk, Da-
vid Wilkus, Henry Wineman, Mrs. Henry
Wineman, Stanley Winkelman, Rabbi Max
J. Wohlgelernter, Frank Wolfman, Harry
Yudkoff, David P. Zack, Morris W. Zack,
Maurice H. Zackheim, Herbert Zeme,
Julian L. Zemon, Max J. Zivian, I. Lewis
Zuieback, Abraham Zweig, Abe Zwerd-
ling.

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Historic Photo

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IRVING I. KATZ
Fram, William Avrunin, Frank
Barcus, Joseph Bernstein, Jus-
tice Henry M. Butzel, Bernard
Isaacs, Allen Warsen Hy Cry-

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Detroit Tercentenary Calendar

Sept. 12-Dec. 30—Exhibition at Detroit Historical Museum,
Sept. 12-11:15 a.m.—Radio program on Station WJLB,
Sept. 20-Oct. 20—Exhibit at Public Library.
Oct. 17—Tercentenary dinner at Hotel Statler, Speaker, Dr.
Abba Hillel Silver.
Oct. 21—Tour of Historical Museum, arranged by League of
Jewish Women's Organizations.
Nov. 26-27—Tercentenary Sabbath,
Dec. 4-6—Annual Book Fair, at Davison Center. Speaker,
Louis Golding.
•
Dec. 26-27—Youth assemblies at Mumford High School.
• Dec. 26—Young Adult Assembly at Mumford High School.
Feb. 14—Pageant of League of Jewish Women's Organizations,
at Temple Israel.
Feb. 21—Music Festival, at Mumford High School.
June 28-Aug. 28, .1955-"—.Exhibition at Detroit Art Institute,.

History was made at the
United Nations when DR.
ABBA HILLEL SILVER (left)
pleaded the case in support of
a Jewish State, in 1947. In
this photo, Israel's present
Prime Minister, MOSHE
SHARETT, is shown on Dr.
Silver's right. In the back-
ground is Dr. NAHUM GOLD-
MANN. Dr. Silver will address
the Detroit Tercentenary din-
ner at Hotel Stater, Oct. 17.
Reservations should be made
at once by, calling Mrs. Hy
Burnstein.. UN. 3-4363.

Jewry Keeping Pace with
National Gains of Churches

The latest statistics published
by the Yearbook of American
Churches indicate that Jewish
synagogue attendance is keep-
ing pace with the general in-
crease ill church attendance in
the United States, which shows
an overall gain since 1940 from
49 per cent in 1940 to 59.5 per
cent in 1953.

20—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, August 27, 1954

3700-Year-Old Canaan Sanctuary
Unearthed Near Nahariya, Israel

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Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News

JERUSALEM — An ancient Canaanite sanctuary, dating back
to approximately 1,750 years before the beginning of the Chris-
tian era, has been uncovered through excavations by Israel's
antiquity department near Nahariya, it was announced Tuesday.
The sanctuary is said to be one of the most interesting of
discoveries, shedding light on Canaanite religious rites, specific-
ally on their worship of Astarte. The temple is situated on the
shore of a small spring flowing downward toward the sea. The
excavations found a high place where the worshippers brought
their sacrifices to Astarte. Vessels of pottery, and bones of ani-
mals, were found scattered on the floor. Many of the vessels are
of unusual type, most of them miniature pots of various shapes.
Among the vessels found, there is an incense burner, a seven-
cup lamp, and other items known not to have been used in the
daily lives of the Canaanites, but only in worship. There are
interesting figurines on some of the vessels, showing doves and
animals, some of them showing monkeys sitting on small jugs.
Some of the monkeys cover their eyes, other their ears, still
others their mouths—bringing to mind the old adage of "see no
evil, hear no evil, speak no evil."
The archaeologists attach great value to their discoveries.
The excavations were directed by Dr. Moshe Dotan, of the Israeli
Antiquity Department. He was assisted Helene Kanter, of the
Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, and Levy Itzhak
Rachmani, of Israel.

Two Unpublished Documents Throw
Light on Seventeenth Century Jewry

Dr. Jacob R. Marcus, director
of the American Jewish Archives,
located on the Cincinnati Cam-
pus of the Hebrew Union Col-
I lege, has announced that two
previously unpublished docu-
ments, throwing new light on
early American Jewry, a n d
bearing on the Jewish struggle
for civil rights in the new
world, have been found in the
archives of the Amsterdam
Jewish community by Dr. I. S.
Emmanuel, an eminent • Jewish
scholar.
Both documents are petitions
to Dutch authorities in behalf of
the early New Amsterdam Jew-
ish community.
The first petition, dated June
1, 1656, was addressed by Jewish
merchants in Amsterdam to the
directors of the West India Corn-
pany in that city. The petition is
a protest against the action of
Peter Stuyvesant who would not
permit the Jews in New Amster-
dam, now New York, to enjoy
civil and economic liberties.
The second petition, dated
in December, 1656, or early in
1657, was framed by represen-
tatives of the Jewish community
_in Amsterdam. It is an appeal
to the Dutch municipal authori-
ties to give the Jews civil and
religious rights in order to in-
duce them to go to New Amster 7
dam.
The rescue and preservation
of these documents were made
possible by the foresight of the
directors of the municipal Ar-
chives of Amsterdam, a n d
through the insight of the Par-
nassim; or, leaders, of the Portu-
guese Jewish Community of Am-
sterdam, when the directors of

the Amsterdam archives realized
that the German army of occu-
pation would sieze the posses-
sions of the Portuguese Jews, the
civil authorities clandestinely
took into safekeeping the price-
less records of- the Portuguese
Jewish community. It was also
through the generosity of the
leaders of the JeWish community
in Amsterdam that Dr. Emman-
uel was able to consult that
unique archive in order to com-
plete his current study of the
Jews of Curacao.
Both of the petitions brought
to light by Dr. Emmanuel re-
mind the Dutch authorities of
rights already granted officially
to the Jews in the new world,
rights long recognized and es-
tablished in Amsterdam it-
self, but denied by the dour
Stuyvesant and his cronies to the
small band of Jewish refugees
in the Dutch colony.

Israel Expects to Export
$34,000,000 in Citrus

TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Israel will
ship $34,000,00 worth of citrus
fruits to foreign markets this
year, despite a relatively lower
crop as compared with last year.
Tzvi Isaacson, head of the Israeli
Marketing Delegation, declared
before leaving for Europe. • The
value of the crop to be shipped
this year is the same as last sea-
son's, he said.
The Citrus Marketing Board,
Isaacson declared, is "flooded
with new orders," and will ship
first of all to its previously-es-
tablished markets in England.
the Scandinavian countries, and
Eastern Europe.

Tercentenary Features in
Forthcoming Issues Of
The Detroit Jewish News

Marking the American Jewish Tercentenary celebra-
tion, The Jewish News will publish a series of special ar-
ticles on the history of American Jewry, as well as the de-
velopment of major Jewish institutions in Detroit.
Of special interest will be an illustrated strip on the
history of the Jews in the United States, to start in our issue
of Sept. 10.
Included among the features planned in this series will
be several articles, in our Rosh Hashanah issue, on the his-
tory of Jewish philanthropic institutions in Detroit, the de-
velopment of our educational systems and the background
of Jewish leadership.
Symposia and special articles, on the religious institu-
tions in America and on the place of the synagogue in Ameri-
can Jewish life, are being written for us by Detroit's Con-
servative, Orthodox and Reform Rabbis.
The Jewish News also is proud to announce that, be
ginning with its New Year issue, it will commence the re-
printing of the historic book, "The Hebrew Commonwealth
and the Government of the United States," by the late Oscar
S. Straus, Secretary of Commerce and Labor in President
Theodore Roosevelt's Cabinet and Ambassador to Turkey
under Presidents Grover Cleveland and William McKinley,

