Library's Tercentenary Book Exhibit Opens Monday
The second phase of Detroit's American Jewish Tercen-
tenary< celebration will open Monday evening, when the Detroit
Public Library will start the Tercentenary Book Exhibit, at the
Main Library on Woodward and Kirby.
Participants in the program will include Rabbis Morris Adler
ond Max J. Wohlgelernter, who will give the prayers; Rabbi Leon
Frain, who is a member of the Detroit Library Commission;
Ralph A. Ulveling, Librarian; Dr. Harvey M. Merker of the De-
troit Library Commission, and spokesmen for the Detroit Ter-
cenetena ry Committee.
The Book Exhibit will include the outstanding works on
The Emergence of
A New
American Jew
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Tercentenary
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VOLUME 26—No. 2
American Jewish history published in this country; works by De-
troit Jews; Jewish Americana in English, Hebrew and Yiddish.
Irving I., Katz heads the committee that is gathering the
English works; Joseph Bernstein is in charge of the Yiddish de-
partment and Bernard Isaacs heads the Hebrew committee.
The major English collection is being provided by the Ameri-
can Jewish Archives of Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati,
through the courtesy of the Archives' director, the eminent his-
torian, Dr. Jacob Marcus. An outstanding collection of Yiddish
books is coming from the YIVO—the Yiddish Scientific Institute.
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Weekly Review
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Tercentenary
Exhibitions
at Public Library
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Million Francs Rushed by JDC
To Aid
Victims of Earthquake
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Hundreds Throng Jewish Life' Exhibition
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Show to Run 4 Months
At Historical Museum
By FRANK SIMONS
Faced with strong competition from the
Michigan State Fair and the Do-It-Yourself
Show, the Detroit Jewish Tercentenary celebra-
tion began impressively last Sunday when the
Jewish Life and Culture in Detroit exhibition
opened at the Detroit Historical Museum.
Despite the loss of many thousands of De-
troiters who attended the other attractions, more
than 2,500 thronged the Museum to see an ex-
hibit which was four months in the planning
and preparatory stages.
The success of the Jewish Life and Culture
exhibit may best be summed up in an overheard
remark by a woman observer, obviously of Jewish
faith, to her companion. She said:
"I knew we contributed a great deal to civic
life in Detroit, but I never knew we were respon-
sible for this much progress."
There are numerous display areas and panels
which will thrill Detroit Jews, others that will
bring back many memories and still more that
will cause discussion for many weeks among
communityites.
'While the exhibit is certain to appeal to the
pride of this community's Jewish population,
the many displays, as stated by the Museum's
director, Henry D. 34rown, in a brief and formal
program which opened the exposition, "are ac-
tually designed for non-Jews."
Thus in its preparation of the exhibit, the
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10 Jews Die in Orleansville; Synagogue Undamaged
Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News
PARIS — A contribution of 1,000,000 francs for immediate release to the needy victims
of
the Orleansville earthquake was announced by the Joint Distribution Committee here Tuesday. The
money for the relief of persons of all creeds in the Algerian disaster area has already been sent.
In addition, the JDC office in Morroco has been authorized to provide food, clothing, blankets and
other supplies from its warehouse in Casablanca
Organizations Combine
"In the absence of specific details as to the extent of the
destruction
of life and property among the Jews of Orleansville,
Meetings and Tours at
who are our designated responsibility, we are taking these emer-
The Historical Museum
gency measures," Moses Beckelman, European director of JDC,
The Detroit Historical Museum an-
declared. "As soon as we have definite knowledge of the damage
nounces that provisions are being
wrought and know the needs of the Jewish residents of the
made for organizations to conduct
area, we shall draw up a relief program and do whatever we
educational programs at the Museum
can for the Jewish victims of this tragedy."
and at the same time to see the Ex-
The JDC relief programs in Algeria have been limited up
hibition "Jewish Life and Culture in
Detroit." Reservations can be made by
to now to the cities of Algiers, Constantine and Bone and serve
calling Miss Barbara J. Paulson at the
1,355 annually. Discussions are under way with Jewish com-
museum, TE. 3-5410.
munity leaders for the broadening of JDC activities to meet
Robert E. Lee, preparator of the
specific needs among thousands of poverty-stricken Jews in
Museum, will speak about the Exhibit
Algeria.
at the meeting of the Democratic
Jewish organizations here continued efforts to establish
Human Relations Committee of the
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Detroit Public Schools. Groups that
already have arranged meetings and
tours of the Museum are:
Faculty of Women's Clubs of Wayne
University, Pioneer Women'i Hanita
Group, Evening Group of Hadassah,
Community Relations G r o up of
League of Jewish Women's Organiza-
tions, Detroit Teachers' Association,
Wayne University Faculty Wives and
Russell Woods Hadassah.
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At Formal Opening of Museums. Tercentenary Exhibition:
Participants in the program, which
formally opened the American Jewish Tercentenary Exhibition at the Detroit Historical Musum, Sunday aft - moon were, left to right;
Dr. RICHARD C.
HERTZ, Rabbi of Temple Beth El; CHARLES E. FEINBERG, chairman, committee on exhibitions for Tercentenary; IRVING I. KATZ, association chair-
tan of committee on exhibitions; HENRY D. BROWN, director, Detroit Historical Museum; PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, chairman, Detroit Committee of
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for American Jewish Tercentenary; GEORGE W. STARK, president, Detroit Historical Commission; LOUIS C., MIRIANL,
sia.,; Rabbi BENJAMIN H. GORRELICK, Beth Aaron Synagogue. .
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president, Detroit Common Coun-