Dr. Silver's Address Open to Entire Community
ina Schaver will sing the na- ly as chairman of the American I Cleveland, president of the
Public Invited to Lecture
n Sunday Without Charge
The Detroit Tercentenary
Committee of 300 this week an-
nounced that provisions have
been made for all who desire to
hear the address of Dr. Abba
Participants in
Tercentenary
Event, Sunday
tional anthems.
The salute to the flag will
be given by representatives of
the Jewish War Veterans of
Michigan.
Dr. Silver, who was ordained
Rabbi by Hebrew Union College
in 1915, at the age of 22, came
to the pulpit of The Temple in
Cleveland in 1917, after holding
a pulpit in Wheeling, W. Va., for
two years. The Cleveland Tem-
ple was built during his min-
istry.
Hillel Silver on the American
Jewish Tercentenary, at the
Statler Hotel, to attend without
charge.
Two halls adjoining. the ban-
quet hall have been reserved for
those who wish to come for the
program.
Dinner guests will be served
at 6 p. m. and plans have been
made for the program to start
shortly after 8 p. m. The two
halls will be thrown open to the
public at 8 p. m. and there will Dr. Silver's Address
be a first-come-first-seated pol-
To Be Aired on Radio
icy.
An invitation is extended to
As The Jewish News goes to
all who desire to hear Dr. Silver
press, we learn that Pr. Sil-
and the other distinguished
ver's historic address here on
guests to come to the Statler at
Sunday evening, as the prin-
8 p. m.
cipal Tercentenary speech to
The Tercentenary dinner on
be given in this community,
Sunday evening climaxes the
will be broadcast at 9 p.m.,
celebrations already held in De-
over radio station WWJ.
troit. in commemoration of the
300th anniversary of the settle-
He received the degree of D.D.
ment of the Jews in this coun-
in 1923 at the age of 30—an
try.
early age for such an honor.
He sponsored the first employ-
ment insurance law in Ohio. As
a member of the board of the
American Civil Liberties Union,
Dr. Silver has been in the fore-
front of defenders of just rights
for the oppressed. He is active in
the Central Conference of Amer-
ican Rabbis, the Union of Amer-
ican Hebrew Congregations and
Hebrew Union College.
MAX OSNOS
Rabbi Lehrman Rabbi Fram
!LIVES OF OUR TIMES ,
Zionist Council, he was world
Jewry's most dynamic spokes-
man in support of Zionism, in
stimulating action by the United
States Government in behalf of
Israel and in opposing British
restrictions on the settlement of
Jews in Palestine.
He was national chairman of
the United Jewish Appeal and.
the United Palestine Appeal, and
worked with the late Dr. Chaim
Weizmann and Louis Marshall
for the extension of the Jewish
Agency for Palestine.
During World War I, Dr. Silver
was sent by our Government to
France at the request of the
French government and was
decorated by France in recogni-
tion for his services to the Allied
cause.
Eisenhower to Address
New York Dinner Oct. 20
More than 2,000 persons from
all parts of the United States
are expected to attend the $50-
a-plate national Tercentenary
dinner, Wednesday, at Hotel As-
tor, New York. It will be ad-
dressed by President Eisen-
hower, Joseph Willen, chairman
of the dinner committee, an-
nounced.
President Eisenhower's ad-
dress will be carried to the na-
tion over radio and television
networks.
Composer Irving Berlin, who
recently won a Congressional
Gold Medal for creating patri-
otic songs, will sing "God Bless
Cen-
tral Conference of American
Rabbis. A Tercentenary prayer
will be given by Dr. Israel Gold-
stein, of Congregation Bnai Je.-
Shurun, New York. President Ei-
senhower will be introduced by
New York State Supreme Court
Justice Edgar J. Nathan Jr., a'
descendant of Abraham de Lu-
cena, one of the 23 Jews who
came to New Amsterdam in 1654
Women's League
Activity on Oct. 21
The first open meeting of the
season fOr the League of Jewish
Women's Organization will be
the community's kick-off of
women's activities held in cele-
bration of the American Jewish
Tercentenary.
The program, to be held Oct.
21, at the Detroit Historical Mu-
seum, will feature a talk by Rob-
ert E. Lee, the Museum's chief
preparator, on the exhibits to be
seen at the special Tercentenary
exhibit honoring Jews in Detroit.
Mrs. Irving Small, president of
the League and;.:.-:;
chairman of the
T e r c e ntenary,
Women's Divii
sion, in issuing
an invitation to
all women i
the community.:
to attend, sta-
ted that a tour
of the exhibit
will follow.
Presiding .
chairman of the Mrs. Kanter
DR. ABBA HILLEL SILVER/
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SIRING THE UNITED NATIONS PAL-
ESTINE HEARINGS IN 1947, THE WORLD
CAME TO RECOGNIZE THE FERVENT,
DRAMATIC VOICE OF THE MAN WHO
SET THE STANDARD FOR ZIONIST PLAT-
FORM SPEECHES AND JEWISH PULPIT
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BEFORE HE WAS 30,HE WAS OFFERED THE RABBINATE OF
THE TEMPLE Of CLEVELAND,ME OF THE LARGEST REFORM CON-
GREGATIONS IN THE U.S. SILVER TOOK A LEADING PART IN
CLEVELAND'S CIVIC AFFAIRS, HE SPONSORED THE FIRST UNEM-
PLOYMENT INSURANCE LAW IN OHIO,WAS A MEMBER OF
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES
UNION, AND WORKED FOR CHILD LABOR LEGISLATION.
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BORN IN LITHUANIA IN 1893, SILVER CAME TO
THE U.S. NINE YEARS LATER, DETERMI NED
10 BECOME A RABBI. IN 1915, HE GRADU-
ATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
AND HEBREW UNION COLLEGE.
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DUR NG WORLD WAR I, SILVER WAS SENT TO
FRANCE BY THE U.S. AT THE INVITATION OF
THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT, WHICH LATER
DECORATED HIM.
CHAIRMAN Of THE UNITED PALESTINE APPEAL FROM 1938 ON,SILVER
ALSO SERVED SUBSEQUENTLY AS PRESIDENT OF THE ZIONIST
SAMUEL H. RITBINER
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ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA . HE IS NOW CHAIRMAN OF THE
AMERICAN ZIONIST EMERGENCY COUNCIL AND HEAD OF THE
AMERICAN BRANCH OF THE JEWISH AGENCY EXECUTIVE.
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FOR THE CREATION OF THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR
PALESTINE IN 1929. SACK IN THE STATES,HE
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In addition to Dr. Silver, pro-
gram participants will include
the president of the Jewish Wel-
fare Federation, Samuel H. Ru-
biner; Dr. A. M. Hershman, the
dean. of Detroit's rabbis; Max
Osnos, who has been delegated
to bring a message from Gover-
nor Williams; William E. Stir-
ton, vice-president of Wayne
University, who will represent
Mayor Cobo, and the invocation
and benediction by Rabbis Moses
Lehrman and Leon Fram. Em-
He served as chairman of the
Cleveland Jewish Welfare Fund
and was the co-founder of the
Cleveland Bureau of Jewish
Education which he served as
first president.
Dr. Silver was one of Jewry's
chief spokesmen before the
United Nations in support of the
establishment of the State of
Israel. As president of the Zion-
ist Organization of America, as
a member of the World Zionist
Actions Committee and especial-
America," accompanied by the
Jewish Chapel Choir of the
United States Military Academy
at West Point.
Other speakers will be Gov-
ernor Thomas E. Dewey, Mayor
Robert F. Wagner, and Ralph E.
Samuel, chairma.n of the nation-
al Tercentenary committee.
The invocation will be deliv-
ered by Dr. David de Sola Pool,
of Congregation Shearith Israel,
New York, and the benediction
by Dr. Barnett R. Brickner, of
day, Mrs. Norman Kanter, will
be assisted in the program' by
her co-chairmen, Mrs. Louis
Kazdan, Mrs. Marvin B. Levy,
who will give the opening pray-
er, and Mrs. Joshua S. Sperka,
who will speak on the Israel
Bond program.
A tea and reception will fol-
low the day's program at 3 p.m.
For reservations, call Mrs, Hy
Burnstein, UN, 3-4363.
6. The First Jewish Settler
THE TERCENTENARY STORY
Text by DANIEL ELAZAR
Copyright. 1954, by American Jewish Press
Illustrations by MAURICE del BOURGO
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