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Jewish Gr ps C it Upon Bonn
To Implement Indemnifications
Annual Federation Butzel
Award Given Dora Ehrlich
The Jewish Welfare Federation's annual Fred M. • Butzel-
Award was presented Tuesday evening, at the annual Federation
meeting, to Dora Ehrlich. The distinguished communal career of
Mrs. Ehrlich, who is recognized nationally a_s Michigan's leading
Jewish woman, is outlined in the following statement which ac-
eompanied the presentation of the Award:
- It is with a great deal- of pride that the Board of Governors
of the Jewish Welfare Federation confers on Dora Ehrlich the
Fred M. Butzel Memorial Award.
Wife, mother, teacher, friend, worker and leader of the
Jewish community and the com-
munity at large — Dora Ehrlich
has devOted• her life to others.
From her traditional interest
in Judaism as a religion . and
the longing for Zion taught to
her in prayer, she . acquired a
burning and unquenchable love
for Israel that has animated her
deep concern for Hebrew.educa-
tion, for Jewish culture and for
the re-establishment o f the
Jewish Nation.
Love for Israel was blended
and .harmonized with love of
America. Uniquely, she has sym-
bolized the .American, the Jew
and the daughter of Israel, in
one harmOnious personality.
No worthwhile cause has ever
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been too small or too large for
her to tackle. Scores of persons.
Dora Ehrlicit
have . benefited from her counsel
irAt4 literally thousandr cif others'are directly indebted to her for
the communal assistance being provided today.
For; Dora Ehrlich was the guiding spirit in the founding
.fitv.4 organization of many community services. The United
,Hebrew Schools, the Jewish Community Council, Sinai Hos-
pital and its Women's Guild and the Women's Division of Feder-
attion, of which she was the founding president, were born and
greto because of the nurture protided by Dora Ehrlich. She-is
tke. only woman to have ever held the position of president of
:Me 'Detroit ServiceGroup.
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She organized • many chapters in the State of Michigan for
iladassah, -was a. member of its national Youth Aliyah . Com-
. wittee and a national vice president. She was an active, or-
. ‘ganizer of the League of Jewish Women's Organizations..
In the general community Dora Ehrlich served on the board
.e1 the Community Chest and was a member af_ the -gOverning
: board of the United Foundation's Torch Fund. She served on
_ Me Corrections Commission of the State of Michigan.
In all these roles, Dora Ehrlich placed. other people's prob:-
lens ahead of her own. Three times she declined to have her
". name listed in "Who's Who in America."
So, 'to this great woman, whose name has appeared on prac-
. Malty 'every governing body of Federation's agencies, and whose
-energies were instrumental in creating services for human
lieeds, we award this -honor.
A grateful community gives thanks that the understanding,.
generosity, humanity and • grace of Dora Ehrlich are. bestowed
town
it.
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PARIS, (JTA)—A resolution directing Dr. Nahum. Goldmann, president of the
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, to "convey to West German
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer the "serious concern" of the 22 member organizations of
the claims conference "about, the Manner in which the German indemnification pro-
gram is being carried out," was unanimously adopted at the two-day meeting of the
claims conference's board of directors, at which Dr. Goldmann presided.
In adopting the resolution on indemnification, the board asked Dr. Goldmann to
stress the following points in a letter to Chancellor Aidenauer:
1. Indemnification legislation must be. simplified 2. The maze of technicalities
which is strangling the law' must be abolished; 3. Insistence on detailed proof,
which is almost impossible:to obtain, must be eliminated; 4. Extension of cate-
gories of persons entitled to •compensation, and increasing of amounts being paid;
5. Advance payments must be facilitated and the machinery for handling the
claims must be enlarged and improved.
"Most important of all, however, the spirit which animated enactment of the law
must somehow be communicated down to every official until the compensation prom-
ised claimants becomes not merely a hope, but a reality," the resolution said.
"Although- two and a half years have passed since 'the agreement was signed, legis-
lation which would compensate individuals for loss of assets confiscated by the Third
Reich is still in draft form. Even the first regulations under the law, defining the rights
of widows and orphans, took a full year to release and the basic revision which is so
essential has not yet been drafted," the resolution said.
Prior to the adoption of the resolution, Dr. Goldmann
voiced his deep concern over West Germany's failure to im-
Lavy at Music
plement its individual indemnification legislative program.
Event; Women's
He appealed to the Bonn-Government to give this matter
"its highest and most urgent attention." At the same time,
Pageant Monday
he expressed satisfaction with the progress of deliveries
of German reparations goods to Israel, noting that between
the time the reparations' pact was ratified and Dec. 31,
1954, Germany had delivered goods valued at $120,000,000
to Israel. In addition, he said, approximately $50,000,000
more in goods is scheduled to be delivered within the next
six months.
Emphasizing his disappointrnent with the German
government's shortcomings in carrying out its restitution
and indemnification laws, Dr. Goldmann said: "After almost
10 years since the end of the war, tens of thousands of
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MARC LAVRY
Morris Schaver, chair-
man of the music commit-
tee of the Detroit Tercen-
tenary Committee of 300,
announced this week that
t h e distinguished Israeli
composer and pianist, Marc
Lavry, will be featured at
the Tercentenary music
festival at Mumford High
School on Sunday evening,
Feb. 20. He will appear to-
gether with Emma Scha-
ver, who will sing a group
of songs especially selected
for the Tercentenary.
The pageant of the Wo-
men's Tercentary Commit-
tee w ill be presented at
noon Monday, Feb. 14, at
Temple Israel. ,
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Detailed Stories
on. Page
Disorders at N.Y. Orthodox
Anti-Israd Demonstrations
Fist fights, a false bomb scare and noisy 'disorders developed
at a demonstration arranged in New York's Manhattan Center
by the United Orthodox Jewish Congregations and Organizations
in protest against "the continuous persecution of religion and
religious Jewry in Israel, and particularly in Jerusalem."
It was stated that no arrests were made because of the ad-
vanced age of most of the participants. Elderly rabbis objected
to the mixing of sexes at the social and recreational club opened
near Mea Shearim in Jerusalem by the Working Mothers Organ-
ization, an Histadrut affiliate. This club is one of the major
bones of contention in the religious flare-up among the Jerusalem
Neturei Karta.
Hapoel Hamizrachi, the Zionist religious labor movement,
condemned the demonstration and charged that "self-appointed,
irresponsible, elements" had chosen "to arouse public feeling
against Israel at a time when the entire Jewish world has been
plunged into deep mourning over the cold-blooded execution by
the Egyptian government of two Jews falsely accused of- . es-
pionage."
Expansion of Hebrew Schools, Center Facilities
udined at Meeting of Welfare Federation
Expansion of Detroit communal services, the
Butzel Memorial Award to Mrs. Joseph IL
construction of new Jewish Community Centers , Ehrlich, who responded with a moving address
and United Hebrew Schools - buildings to fill -the
in which she declared that those who render
growing needs of Detroit Jewry and _the devel-
community service are rewarded for their ef-
.0pment of our social services , were' outlined at.
forts with satisfaction that adds up to compen-
The annual meeting of the J6wish Welfare Feder-
sation. far beyond the services a person can
ation, held Tuesday evening, at the Esther Ber-
render the community.
man Branch of the United Hebrew Schools.
In his report, in which he evaluated the ac-
In his annual report as president, Samuel H. complishments-of the Federation and its agencies,
Votibiner revealed that "architectural plans for a Mr. Rubiner stated:
joint building of the Hebrew Schools and the
"In the five years since 1950, when I took
Center are within weeks of Completion" and that -office as president of Federation, our -ties with
•'4-2,onstruction is "Underway for the second unit at world Jewry have deepened and matured. "There
the Jewish Home for Aged which- will add 120 has been a leveling off, at least in our community,
Was for the chronically ill.", • " . .
of the competitiveness in the mindS of some be-.
Abraham Sretr(e presented the 1955 Fred - if.' tweim..overseas. and _ local _needs and increased.
recognition of the inter-related necessity of all
of the causes which we support-together.
"Overseas and Israel causes have remained
the major beneficiary, dollar-wise, of our Allied
Jewish Campaign. A total of over $12,500,000
was allocated to these causes during this five-
year period. On two occasions I had the oppor-
tunity to observe personally the programs which
we finance in Europe and Israel. Our dollars
have purchased progress, security and dignity
for our people beyond measure. I have unwaver-
ing confidence that we will do our part in con-
tinuing the job, until we are satisfied that Jews
all over the world are living decently and
securely.
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