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Illustrated Tercentenary Story of U. S. Jewry

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Plan to Attend
American Jewish
Tercentenary
Exhibition at
Historical Museum

HE JEWISH NEWS

A Weekly Review

Formal Opening
Of Exhibit:

2 P.M., Sept. 12

of American

Jewish

Tercentenary

Commentary, Page 2

Editorial, Page 4

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City, State, Nation Acclaim Tercentenary

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xhibition at Historical Museum
Opens Celebration Here Sunday

American Jewish Tercentenary celebrations, which are
being launched officially this week-end in hundreds of
communities throughout the land, will be formally inaugu-
rated in Detroit this Sunday, with the opening of the im-
pressive Exhibition at the Detroit Historical Museum, on
Woodward and Kirby.
Charts, pictures, historical documents and all avail-
able material on the history of the Jewish community of
Detroit have been gathered to present the story of Jews
in our own community, the development of the American
Jewish community and portions of world Jewish history
as they relate to American Jewry, in the exhibition en-
titled "Jewish Life and Culture in Detroit."

A brief ceremony, at 2 p.m. Sunday, will mark the
official opening of the Exhibition and of the numerous
Tercentenary celebrations planned in Detroit. The par-
ticipants will include Philip Slomovitz, chairman of the
Detroit Committee of 300 for the American Jewish Ter-
centenary; Charles E. Feinberg, chairman of the exhibi-
tions committee; Rabbi Benjamin H. Gorrelick and Dr.
Richard Hertz, who will give the prayers; Henry D.
Brown, director of the Museum; Louis C. Miriani, presi-
dent of the Detroit Common Council, and George W.
Stark, president of the Detroit Historical Society.

An invitation is extended to the entire community to
attend the ceremonies on Sunday and to see the Exhibition,
which will remain on display until the end of December.
In the meantime plans are proceeding for scores of
other 'Tercentenary events, which are planned by the re-
ligious, youth, schools, women's, music and other commit-
tees which are acting in behalf of the Detroit Committee
of 300.

The major event will be . the community dinner,
Sunday evening, Oct. 17, at Hotel Statler, with Dr. Abba
Hillel Silver, American Jewry's most distinguished leader
and orator, as the speaker. Reservations for the dinner
are being taken by Mrs. Hy Burnstein, chairman of the
dinner committee, 17380 Monica, UN. 3-4363.

Plans meanwhile are proceeding for the Tercentenary
Sabbath, special events for children during Hanukah week,
radio and TV programs, music festivals, women's pageants
and a score of other events. Book Month and Music Month
observances will be based on the Tercentenary theme.
There will be exhibitions at the Public Library and at the
Art Museum.

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Federation Provides Facilities
For Jewish Historical Museum,
Archives, to Mark Tercentenary

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To mark the American Jewish Tercentenary celebration in
Detroit, the Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit this week
announced 'that ample room is being provided in the Fred M.
Butzel Memorial Building, which is serving as Federation head-
quarters, on Madison and John R, for the establishment of a
Detroit Historical Museum and Archives.
The Federation, earlier this year, acted favorably on such
a proposal made by the Detroit Committee of 300 for the Ameri-
can Jewish Tercentenary. It is planned, in this Museum and
Archives, to gather, and to exhibit frequently, important docu-
ments relating to the Jewish community of Detroit, to the Fed-
eration and to the important personalities who helped organize
this community and to those who serve it at the present time.
William Avrunin, associate director of ..the Federation, said
this week, in his announcement of the Federation's action, that
a beginning already has been made in the accumulation of im-
portant historical material.
"It is our hope that all who are in possession of important
documents which have a bearing on our community's history
will make them available to us for inclusion in the Archives
and Museum," Mr. Avrunin said. "We hear from time to time
of the existence of historic letters, photographs, resolutions and
other documents relating to our community, and we are anxious
to help preserve them in the Museum which we are happy to

help establish as an important Jewish

community venture."