Dr. Kaplan Gets Szold Award The Henrietta Szold Award for distinguished hu- manitarian service, conferred annual- ly to p e r petuate the memory of the founder of Hadas- sah, t h e women's Zionist organiza- tion, was conferred upon Dr. Mordecai M. Kaplan, profes- sor of philosophies of religion at the Jewish Theological Seminary of Amer- ica. Shown pre- senting the award to Dr. Kaplan is Mrs. Rebecca Shul- man, national president of Ha- dassah. Previous recipients o _ f the award included former President Harry S. Tru- man, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt,. Senator Herbert H. Lehman and Supreme Court Justice William 0. Douglas. Prague Population Reported at 1,850 Leebove, Winkelman Co-Chairmen of AJC Mercantile Division MUNICH, (JTA) — The num- ber of Jews "registered with the ancient Prague Community, which was 36,000 in 1939 and 6,100 after the end of the Nazi occupation, is now down to 1,850, according to a report received by Radio Free Europe here. Official Believes Israel, Could Defeat the Arabs WASHINGTON, (JTA) — A State Department official said here that the Arabs worry that Israel could beat them in a mili- tary showdown and made known that it was his opinion that Is- rael probably could. Richard H. Sanger, chief pub- lic affairs adviser to Assistant Secretary of State George V. Allen, told the Middle East In- stitute that Israel holds the mil- itary upper hand because it is more technically advanced than the Arabs, many of whom he de- scribed as still living in the "Twelfth Century." Mr. Sanger described the Is- raelis as efficient soldiers able to employ the logistics of mod- ern war. He charactekized the Arabs as still thinking in terms of the individual rifleman. ARTHUR LEEBOVE (left) and STANLEY J. WINKELMAN will serve as co - chairmen of the mercantile division in the 1955 Allied Jewish Campaign, John E. Lurie, drive chairman, an- nounced. Leebove was a vice- chairman of the mercantile divi- sion in 1954. He is a member of the board of the Detroit Service Group. Winkelman, who, along with Alex Sklar, -was co-chair- man of the division last year, is on the boards of tfie Detroit A collection of 98 first editions country, will speak at Detroit Service Group, Jewish Home for 'of the work of WILLIAM DEAN Town Hall, Wednesday morning, Aged and Jewish Community HOWELL has been presented to at 11 o'clock in Fisher Theater. Council. 1 News Brevities the Library of Brandeis Univer- sity by David Horowitz of Chi- cago. * * * FARBER FAMILY CLUB met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Bronson, 13200 LaSalle. The next meeting will be held Sunday, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Farber, 2961 Fuller- ton. This meeting will be given by Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Farber and Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Green- berg. * * * SOLOMON FAMILY CLUB re- cently elected the following of- ficers: Irving Klein, president; Ann Lieberman, secretary; Har- ry Dorfman, treasurer; and Bet- ty Klein, publicity. * ▪ * * DOUGLAS R. STRINGFEL- LOW, former Utah Congress- man, whose retirement made newspaper headlines across the MICHIGAN'S FOUR LARGEST SELLING WINES* ROYAL WINDSOR WINDSOR CLUB LA SALLE RED STRIPE LA SALLE CLUB • First IN QUALITY First IN SALES FOR 20 YEARS * • On Sale at Better Stores Everywhere 'Wines produced in Michigan LASALLE Wines & Champagne, Inc. FARMINGTON, MICHIGAN His subject is, "This I Have Learned." * * At a recent meeting of the DAVID OLSHANSKY FAMILY CLUB, in the home of Mr. and Mrs.' Josh Selman, of Oak Park, the following officers were elec- ted: Abe Olshansky, president; Louis Bregman, vice-president; Josh Selman, secretary; and Philip Trubow, treasurer. Pearl Olshansky was chosen to the entertainment and publicity committee, which is currently planning a Purirm party'. * * • "Rearing Children of Good Will" was the theme of the border city conference held on Thursday under sponsorship of the DETROIT ROUND TABLE. The League of Jewish Women's Organizations was one of the sponsors. Participants included Mrs. _Irving Small, League presi- dent; a n d Mesdames Arthur Gould, C a r 1 Schiller, Marvin Kahn, Nathan Shafkind, A. L. Landau and Marvin Levy. • • * JAMES N. McNALLY, former Prosecuting Attorney of Wayne County and for 17 ,years a Jus- tice of the Peace in Grosse Pointe, is a candidate for Circuit Court Judge in the Primary elec-, tion of Feb. 21. In the 1953 elec- tion for Circuit Judge, McNally just missed election, running 19th as 18 judges were elected. A veteran of World War II, Mc- Nally is married and the father of six children. • * • BODZIN FAMILY CLUB will meet Sunday at the home of the David Bodzins, who recently moved into their new honie at 23550 Kenosha, Oak Park. • * * A George Washington square dance, with Jim Schultheis as caller will be held by the ROOSEVELT -HOME AND SCHOOL ASSOCIATION at 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, at Roosevelt School, 11526 Linwood. Refresh- ments will be served. Tickets may be purchased in advance from Mrs. Victor A. Kelmen- son, TO. 8-9399, or at the door. -California Court Rules in Favor of Parochial Schools SAN FRANCISCO, (JTA)—The California District Court has ruled that the town of Piedmont, Calif., may not forbid the erec- tion of parochial schools in resi- dential areas. The case involved a suit by a Roman Catholic group which sought to build a parochial school but was denied a permit by Piedmont officials. The Amer- ican Jewish Congress filed a "friend of the court" brief, argu- ing that the Constitution guar- anteed parents the right to send their children to parochial schools rather than public schools, if their religious convic- tions so dictate. 8 — DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, February 18; 4955_ Philadelphia Mohelim To Take Lecture Course VOTE FOR JAMES N. PHILADELPHIA, (JTA)—The Milah Board of the Philadelphia Board of Rabbis has arranged a' series of lectures on the latest developments in the fields of asepsis, antisepsis and sterility for the mohelim on its registry. The lectures are designed to sup- plement the knowledge of basic principles of these subjects re- quired for registration of mohe- lim The lecture series will be con- ducted by members of the Milah Board's medical panel, composed of leading obstetricians in the city. A medical code has been formulated by the physicians' panel in cooperation with rab- bis on the Milah board, designed to integrate progressive medical techniques with the require- ments of Jewish law. . McNALLY for CIRCUIT JUDGE Monday, Feb. 21 California Rabbis, MDs To Certify Mohelim LOS ANGELES, (JTA) — The Rabbinical Council of California will establish a Certification Board for Mohelim in this state with the cooperation of the medical profession. The board will consist of three rabbis and three physicians and will issue certificates to candi- dates who comply with require: , ments set up by Jewish law and standards of technical skill and knowledge required by modern medicine. Discover Escaped Nazi in Home of French Anti-Semite PARIS, (JTA)—A former offi- cer of the Gestapo who escaped from a French prison last Au- gust has been recaptured in the home of the director of "Rivar- ol," a French weekly notorious for its anti-Semitic articles. The former Gestapo man, Jacques Minihy, condemned to death in 1945 and later saved from the guillotine and given 20 years/at hard labor, was found in the home of J. Malliavin, the editor. Mrs. Malliavin has been charged with harboring a crim- inal. PONTIAC CHIEFTAIN 2-DR. V-8 , $2098 COMPLETE GENEROUS TRADE-IN ALLOWANCE FREE 5,000 GREEN STAMPS * WOODY * PONTIAC SALES TW. 1-1600 12140 JOS. CAMPAU • Qualified • Experienced • Respected Of the Jews who managed to remain in Prague thrOughout the Nazi holocaust, or who had returned there, some 2,000 • were able to leave for other countries in the first few postwar years. Then the newly - establshed Communist regime put a virtual end to legal emigration. In connection with the Sian- ksy trial, many Jews were ar- rested and it is believed that more than 300 of them are still in jail. Subsequently, the resi- dents of the old age home and other Jewish individuals were forcibly moved to the provinces. The inverted age structure, with its heavy preponderance of elderly people, - accounts for many deaths and few births. Government employees shun identification with *Jewish life. Due to all these reasons, the community's membership rolls listed only 1,863 names as of last May, the report said. WE NEED Boarding Homes for Children Temporarily Separated from Their Families WE'PAY Boarding Care and All Other Expenses CALL TO. 8-2490 JEWISH SOCIAL sgvicE BUREAU 13327 Linwood