r The
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Suburban Community
'And Where Do You Live'
Brings Astonishing Reply
By the Oak - Woodser
The other clay- ,we were talk -
Ing to a casual acquaintance
when we found ourselves, not
uncommonly, on the subject of
residence. He told us that he
lived in Dearborn, while we, in
turn, casually said that we lived
in Oak Park.
His next remark amazed us.
"Oh, I didn't know you were
Jewish."
His statement was made with-
out malice, just matter-of-
factly, but it aroused our curios -
Ay. We asked him how it was
he asked the question. He an-
swered that he thought of Oak
Park as being a Jewish com-
munity.
Through further conversa-
tion, we learned that because
he had seen one synagogue
and heard that others were to
be built, Oak Park was now
considered as being a 'Jewish
section.
That brought us to call the
Oak Park City Hall where Har-
old Schone, the City Manager,
informed us that there were no
statistics available on religious
or nationality breakdowns . of
the population.
We asked him, however, if he
could give us an estimate of the
Jewish population. Based on
religious preference gathered
from school children on a basis
SOC Hadassah Chapter
To Feature 'Buzz Session'
Mrs. Herman Prady, president
of the South Oakland County
Chapter of Hadassah, announces
that its first meeting of the
new year will be held on Jan.
18, at the Oak Park Center,
Coolidge and Allen Rd. Dessert
luncheon will be served at 12:30
p.m.
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Mrs. Harley Citrin, chairman.
has planned a buzz session on
"Why Hebrew," featuring au-
dience participation. Mrs. Irma
Silberg, president of South Oak-
land County Chapter, Women's
American ORT, will give read-
ings from Sholem Aleichem and
currently popular literature.
A series of skits dramatizing
American affairs, vocational
education and the new play be-
ing rehearsed by the Chapter,
also will be presented.
Rabbi Eskin to Speak at Late
Services of Beth Shalom
"The Ethical Roots of Ju-
daism" will be the topic of Rab-
bi Herbert S. Eskin's sermon at
9 p.m. services today, of Cong.
Beth Shalom. The services will
be held in the Andrew Jackson
School, Oak Park Blvd. and
Rosewood.
At the conclusion of the serv-
ice, the congregation's Sister-
hood will sponsor an oneg shab-
bat. Each member is urged to
bring a guest to the service and
social hour.
Cong. Einanu-El to Resume
College of Jewish Studies
Emanu-El will hold
services at 8:15 p.m., today, ,n
the Burton School, Huntington
Woods. Rabbi Frank Rosenthal
will officiate and preach the
sermon. A social hour will fol-
low. The congregation's College
of Jewish Studies will resume
sessions at 8 p.m., Monday, at
Cong.
Burton School.
Germ any Issues Postage Stamp
Honoring Woman Social Worker
FRANKFURT, (J T A) — The the White-slave trade. Her main
Hebrew Schools
Move Classrooms
To Oak Park High
;that is not completely accurate
The Oak Park - Huntington
; Woods Branch of the United He-
; brew Schools is transferring its
activities from Burtori School,
; Huntington Woods to the Oak
We print these figures, Park High School, Coolidge and
though we personally dislike Oak Park Blvd., Oak Park,
comparative breakdowns .ac- starting Jan. 31.
School officials feel that the
cording to religion or race, be-
cause of the numerous guesses change will make it possible for
we have heard from Jews and [ the Hebrew School to more ade-
quately serve the needs of the
non-Jews alike as to the pop-
I large Jewish population that
ulation in Oak Park.
We have heard, from unreli- I now resides in Oak Park.
The School is now in the plan-
able sources at -best, that the
percentage of Jews residing in ning stage of its own building
Oak Park ranges from 5 to 95 in Oak Park, which will provide
percent. In relating the only the community with a modern
estimate that bears a semblance Hebrew School building, suit-
of closeness to the actual statis- able for giving children the best
tics, we hope to tone down the Jewish education p ossibl e,.a
spokesman said.
wild guesses we have heard.
Registration in all branches of
the Schools is currently taking
Emanu-E1 Sisterhood
place for the new semester,
To Fete Second Birthday
which begins Jan. 31. The corn-
munity is reminded of the Bar
The Sisterhood of Cong. Mitzvah requirements of Con-
Emanu-El will hold its second servative synagogues which have
birthday celebration at 12:30 set a four year minimum as a
p.m., Monday, at Northwood -1 prerequisite for Bar Mitzvah.
Inn. Beginning with a lunch- ;Children, between 8 and 9 should
eon, the program will highlight now be registered.
a fashion show by Hilda, for
Nursery school, which meets
which members will serve as at the Esther Berman Bldg.,
models.
from 9 to 12 noon, daily, is also
Modeling these new creations accepting enrollments. Trans-
will be Mesdames Albert Finn, portation is provided for all
Raymond Robbins, Alfred Alex- children in the northwest area,
ander, Joshua Finkel, Herbert Oak Par k and Huntington
Josephson and Irving Zicker- Woods.
man.
Special girls classes are now
Mrs. Steve Gold will provide being organized in`-- all branches,
the m u sic al accompaniment. and will meet on a_ two-day-a-
Mrs. Joseph Maltzer and Mrs week basis. They are geared to
Eliot Magidsohn, chairman of the special needs of girls as well
the affair, announce that prizes as to prepare them for confir-
will be awarded.
mation.
The UHS fleet of 12 vehicles
provides transportation in all
Emami-E1 to Compile
areas of Detroit and its sub-
Commemorative Scrolls urbs to the following *branches:
Esther Berman Bldg., 18977
. Members and friends of Tem- -Schaefer; Adas Shalom, 7045
ple Emanu-El wishing to per- Curtis; Beth Aaron, 18000 Wy-
, petuate the names of the living oming; Bnai Moshe, 11401 Dex-
or memorialize the departed will ter; Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg.,
be able to do so during the 13226 Lawton; Linwood Branch,
cornerstone laying ceremonies 8849 Linwood; and the Oak Park
of the temple on May 29, it was Branch. For information, call
announced by temple officers.
UN. 2-2200.
Scrolls of life and scrolls of
memory are currently being pre-
pared, and will be placed in the Swiss Laud Israel Atom Policy
ZURICH, (JTA) — Israel's ef-
cornerstone at the ceremonies
later this year. Duplicate scrolls forts to use atomic energy for
will be preserved in the temple peaceful purposes were hailed by
Swiss newspapers as "a revolu-
archives.
For information on the scrolls, tionary factor" in the country's
write Mrs. Lou Kronen, -13159 economy.
Talbot, Huntington Woods.
ihe said he would consider the
. population split about equally—
a third Catholic, a third Protes-
t tant and the remaining third
Jewish.
Dedication Dinner of
Oak-Wood Center Feb. 27
The Young Israel Center of
Oak Woods announced plans for
a Chanukas Habayis dedication
dinner on Feb. 27, at its Center.
The program will feature en-
tertainment, guests from the
Metropolitan area and other
centers of Jewish activity.
Morris Novetsky is chairman
of overall planning. Dave Feld-
stein is program chairman and
Max Raimi is ticket chairman.
cALpi N
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The Sy-
rian-Israeli Mixed
Arrnisticz
GIVE STRENGTH TO
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Friday, January '7, 1955
23057 Coolidge, Just a few doors North of 9 Mile Rd. .
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Formerly H. Golsky Kosher Meats
Of 13936 Dexter Blvd.
We Deliver
LI. 7-3900
Attention Residents of
Oak Park and Huntington Woods
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26041 COOLIDGE
Is Now Open to Serve You
With a
complete selection of fine groceries, dairy and delicatessen
products, fruits and vegetables.
WE DELIVER: LL 4-9804
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lb.
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Mexi can Israel Treaty
MEXICO CITY. (JTA) — The
Mexican Senate has ratified a
Commercial agreement between
Israel ,and .,v1exico. The agree-
ment, which was negotiated some
time ago, is expected to lead to
intensified trade between the
two countries.
OAK MANOR
Salami
Hot Dogs
Bologna.
World-famous NicALPINIHotel
is the center of everything
worthwhile in New York.
Convenient to shopping,
interest, however, was Jewish
social and educational endeavor.
! Sohn after coming to Frankfurt
in 1881, she founded the "Jew-
ish Society for the Welfare of
Women and Girls." For .a dozen
years, she headed the Frank-
furt Jewish girls' orphanage and
one of the first Jewish kinder-
gartens. It was she who, in the
summer of 1904, set up the
' German-wide "Jewish Womeh's
League." and guided its des-
tiny for a score of years.
This is believed to be the first
! time a German stamp portrays
someone whose principal claim
to fame rests upon work for the
Jewish community in a specifi-
cally Jewish context.
We Are Pleased to Announce The Opening of Our
Chicago Brand
KOSHER
Deny Syrian Complaint
Commission rejected a Syrian
request for censure of Israel in
connection with the seizure of a
Syrian commercial passenger
plane which Israeli army fight-
ers forced down at Lydda Air-
, port.
West German postal system
issued a special postage stamp
with the picture of Bertha. Pap-
penheim, the Jewish social
worker woo just 50 years ago
founded the Jewish Women's
League of Germany.
The blue stamp is of the 40-
Pfennig denomination, the one
needed for letters to other
countries. It will . be sold for
face value plus a surcharge of
. 10 Pfennig as one of a series
of welfare stamps, with the
; amount realized from the sur-
charges being turned over to
charitable organizations. Among
these is the Central Welfare
Agency of Jews in Germany,
whose share will run to one
percent of the proceeds.
Bertha Pappenheim, whose
profile as a young woman ap-
pears on the stamp, was born
in Vienna almost a century ago
and died in 1936 at Neu-Isen-.
; burg, near Frankfurt,' where she
! created a renowned home for'
Jewish girls.
; - In the sphere of general so-
: cial work, she took a leading
part in the rehabilitation of de-
linquent girls and in combating
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STOKELEY'S
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Dish-O-Tuna
PIES
FROZEN
ORANGE
JUICE
Strawberries
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4 ,0-oz. 99c
7 cans 99c
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With Your Generous and
Annual Donor Event
Uninterrupted Support of the
Wednesday, Jan. 26,
Ladies' Auxiliary of the
12:30 p.m., at the
Jewish National Fund
Adas Shalom Synagogue
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Golden Book
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riptions
Seter Ha Yeled
S-efer Sar Mitzvah
Gardens of Trees
To secure invitations cords to the annual JNF. Women's Donor Event, make your contribution to the JNF -
Auxiliary by calling Mrs. Sidney Ravin, president, UN. 4-7542; Mrs. Max Stolimon, fund-raising chairman,
WE. 3-4113; Mrs. Abraham Scheuer, Dl. 1-0506, and Mrs. Joseph Greenbaum, TO. 8-1659, co-chairmen.