Invitations Issued to Tercentenary Dinner
Event Scheduled for Oct. 17;
Dr. Silver the Guest Speaker
Invitations were issued last
week to the Tercentenary Din-
ner. to be held Sunday evening,
Oct. 1 7-, at Hotel Statler. Dr.
Abba Hillel Silver of Cleveland,
American Jewry's most distin-
guished leader and orator, will
be guest speaker. It will be a
kosher catered dinner.
Reservations for the dinner
are being taken by Mrs. Hy
Burnstein, chairman of the din-
ner committee, 17380 Monica,
UN. 3-4363, and at the Jewish
Community Center by . Mrs.
George Rubin.
It is reported that reserva-
tions are pouring in.and those,
desiring to attend are urged
to send in their reservation
cards with remittances at
once.
Plans are proceeding for the
numerous local events arranged
by the Detroit Committee of 300
for the American Jewish Ter-
centenary.
The community is invited to
the Book Exhibit on second
floor of the Main Public Li-
brary, Woodward and Hol-
brook; and to the exhibit at
the Detroit Historical Museum.
Local organizations desiring to
secure meeting rooms at the
Historical Museum and to tour
the Tercentenary Exhibit are
asked to call Miss Barbara J.
Refute Charges
On Latin American
Zionist Conference
BUENOS AIRES, (JTA) — A
Statement refuting a number of
charges made against the re-
cently-held conference of Latin.
American General Zionists by
Progressive Party of Israel, was
issued by Dr. Mateo Goldstein,
chairman of the Latin American
Confederation of General Zion-
ists, which was set up at the
parley.
Dr. Goldstein charged that
Dr. Moshe Kol and his followers
walked out of the conference
before any votes were taken on
resolutions, but after they had
a full voice in the debates.
He specifically denied Kol's
accusation that the parley had
violated a "gentleman's agree-
ment" in effect in the World
Confederation of General Zion-
ists by asserting its solidarity
with the Israel General Zionists
Party.
Dr. Goldstein said that the
resolution did not identify itself
with any of the Israeli parties,
but had expressed its support of
the idea of unifying the General
Zionist a n d Progressive Party.
The conference, he added,
stated that it could find no
reason for the continued sepa-
rate existance of the Israel Pro-..
gressive Party.
Dr. Goldstein also denied that
the conference had decided to
launch a "non-chalutzic" Gen-
eral Zionist movement in Latin
American in that the decision to
set up a Confederation was a
"surprise move."
He also insisted that Kol's
charge that the Progressive ele-
ments in the various Latin
American countries were not
invited to the conference was
inaccurate, that all national
General Zionist parties had been
invited but that the Pro-
gressives were a weak grouping
in those parties.
Send Aid to Quake Victims
PARIS, (JTA)—A donation of •
50,000 francs was made to the
• Committee for Aid to Victims of
the OrleansVille Earthquake by
the American Jewish Committee.
The gift was made 'through the
Aj•C's European office in Paris
to the general fund which aids
victims of all faiths.
Paulson -at the Museum, TE. 3-
5410.
Tercentenary events are plan-
ned as follows:
Three assemblies for congre-
gational and religious school
children, at Mumf or d High
School, Dec. 26; Women's page-
ant, arranged by League of Jew-
ish Women's Organizations, at
Temple Israel, Feb. 14; music
festival, at Mumforcl auditorium,
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Feb. 20. •
Plans are being made, in co-
operation with the Jewish Com-
munity Council, for three re-
ligious television programs.
The Tercentenary Sabbath
will be observed Nov. 26-27.
Farm Bureau, FOA Spoifsor
Visits of Israel Farmers
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — A
number of young farmers from
Israel will be brought to this
country during the next two
years in a work-training pro-
gram sponsored jointly by the
American Farm Bureau Federa-
tion and the Foreign Operations
Administration. -
The Israelis will actually work
and live with American farm
families as a means of spreading
an understanding of American
ideals and community life.
Historian's Talks Achieve Four-Point Tercentenary Plan
PEEKSKILL, N.Y., (JTA) —
A four-point statement of objec-
tives designed to aid historians
and educators in clarifying the
history of American Jews was
adopted here at the closing ses-
sion of the Tercentenary Con-
ference of Historians called by
the American Jewish Historical
Society under the auspices- of
the the Louis M. Rabinowitz '
Foundation. Seventy-five his-
torians attended the sessions.
The statement underlined the
need for "a new understanding
of the local community and
neighborhood" to study the in-
teraction of various groups and
traditions. It stressed the im-
portance of investigating the
economic history of the Jews in
this country—the contributions
of the Jewish immigration and
the Jews to the national econ-
omy and the expansion of the
American economic life.
The statement called for his-
torians, in this time of restric-
tive immigration, to stress the ! W. Baron, both Professors of
role of free immigration in History at Columbia University;
building the material and spirit-1 Dr. Solomon Grayzel, editor of
ual strength of America. Finally, the Jewish Publication Society
the statement argues the need of America; Dr. Jacob R. Mar-
for more stress on the writing cus, director of American Jewish
of biographies to analyze the Archives, Hebrew Union College-
role of the family in shaping ! Jewish Institute of Religion;
the individual's contribution to Rabbi Isidore S. Meyer, librarian
society.
and editor of the American
The statement was prepared Jewish Historical Society, • and
by a committee consisting of Dr. Sylvester E. Stevens, State
Dr. Allan Nevins and Dr. Salo I Historian of Pennsylvania.
CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM
The first Jew in the United
States was Jacob Barsimson who
landed in the U. S. on July 8,
1654.
DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-1 1
Formerly Oak Park Synagogue
Wishes Its Members and Friends
A Happy and Prosperous
New Year
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