Community Council Protests Impending
Appearance of Berlin Philharmonic
.
At the delegate assembly held
at the Esther Berman Branch
of the United Hebrew Schools,
Jewish Comn-ninity Council dele-
gates protested the impending
Detroit visit of the Berlin Phil-
harmonic under the baton of
Herbert von Karajan, who is
charged with early Nazi affilia-
tions and his apparent failure
to renounce the Nazis.
The Jewish Community Coun-
cil reports that von Karajan
joined the Austrian Nazi Party
in April, 1933. When the party
became illegal in Austria, he
left for Germany where he was
called to the Berlin State Opera
at the special request of Goer-
ing. He returned to Austria in
1945 and has been living there
ever since.
The Council delegates at the
meeting also heard a review of
current activities by Council
President, Sidney M. Shevitz,
and Executive Director, B. M.
Joffe.
Mr. Joffe's report described
actions undertaken in the area"
of employment discrimination
which include the recent ap-
pointment of a committee to
enforce Fair Employment Prac-
tices in government employment.
He announced t h e establish-
ment of the Michigan Coordi-
nating Council for FEPC com-
posed of all the major religious,
social and labor organizations.
Prospects for revision of t h e
McCarran-Walter Law were re-
lated to the delegates as were
Zionist Council- Community
Council activities in connection
Dr. Freehof to Address
Beth El Sisterhood
Dr. Solomon B. Freehof, rabbi
of Temple Rodef Shalom in
Pittsburgh, Pa., will speak on
"The Best Books of the Year" at
a meeting sponsored by the
Temple Beth El Sisterhood on
March 14, in the temple's Brown
Memorial Chapel.
special guests of the after-
noon will.be Sis-
terhood mem-
bers of Temple
Emanu-El a n d
Temple Israel.
Dr. Freehof is
himself the au-
thor of several
Dr. Freehof books including
"Stormers of
Heaven," "The S m a 11 Sanctu-
ary," "In t li e Holiness of the
Lord" and "Reform Jewish Prac-
tice." •
A past president of the Cen-
tral Conference of American
Rabbis, Dr. Freehof is now
chairman of the National Jew-
ish Welfare Board's division of
religious activities and the coin-
mission on Jewish education of
the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations.
The program will open with a
dessert luncheon at 12:30 p.m.
The meeting is scheduled to be-
gin at 1:30 p.m.
Jew Becomes Cabinet
Member in Holland;
First in Nearly 50 Years
THE HAGUE, (JTA) — For
the first time in almost half a
century - a Jew has been given
a post which carries with it a
place in the Dutch cabinet. He
is Dr. Raymond Pos who, as rep-
resentative of Surinam at The
Hague, has been made a mem-
ber • of the Cabinet with- special
responsibility for the affairs of
the Dutch West Indies.
For the first time in its his-
tory, the University at Utrecht
will confer an honorary medical
degree upon a layman when it
so honors Saal van Zwaeneberg,
well known Jewish industrialist
and philanthropist, at a special
ceremony March 25. The Uni-
versity will honor Mr. Zwaene-
berg for the services rendered
by his vast industrial organiza-
tion which tests and manufac-
tures, drugs for worldwide , dis-
tribution.
w i.t h recent Arab-Israel ten-
sions.
Mr. Shevitz praised the in-
terest of officers of Beth Abra-
ham Synagogue in retaining the
character of their Linwood Ave-
nue building as "a Jewish com-
munal facility even though such
action meant considerable • fin-
ancial loss. The recent exten-
sive activities of the Council's
Arbitration Committee were de-
scribed.
Mr. Shevitz announced that
the Council has undertaken lia-
ison with the South Oakland
Jewish Community and -1 h a t
many organizations in new cen-
ters of Jewish population are
already members of the Detroit
Council. The new arrangement
calls for a special liaison com-
mittee which will coordinate the
activities of the Council with
the interests of the suburban
Jewish population.
The status of organized hate
activity and domestic threats to
democracy were outlined in a
presentation to the delegates by
Walter Klein, the Council's as-
sociate director..
The meeting was concluded
by a social hour at which the
hostesses were a committee of
Pioneer Women, headed by Mrs.
Gerson I. Berris, president, and
consisting of Mesdames S a m
Wasserman, Irving Posner and
Ben Harold.
(In Ann Arbor, two University
of Michigan groups—Labor
Youth League and Student Zi-
onist Organization—announced -
a boycott of the planned Berlin
Philharmonic concert beiig giv-
en under the sponsoring of the
University Musical Society. The
sponsors are ignoring the pro-
tests.) •
State Dept. Mum on Protest
W A S H I NGTON, (JTA)—The
State Department has not - re-
plied to a protest by the New
York local of the American Fed-
eration of Musicians against the
tour of the United States by the
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,
led by Herbert von Karajan and
managed by Gerhardt von West-
erman, both former members of
the Nazi party. The protest,
adopted by the executive com-
mittee of Local 802 of the AFM,
was sent to the union's presi-
dent James C. Petrillo, who for-
warded it to the State Depart-
ment with a request for clarifi-
cation of the orchestra's status.
At a press conference in New
York, von Westerman admitted
past membership in the Nazi
Party, insisting that he was not
in sympathy with the Nazis but
joined to protect his job. He
made a similar admission about
von Karajan's membership. The
Jewish War Veterans and the
Congress for Jewish Culture
have joined the campaign to
end the orchestra's tour under
von Karajan's conductorship.
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DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, March 4, 1955
Detroiters Aid
WA Campaign
ORT to Celebrate 75th Anniversary
Of Rehabilitation Efforts Wednesday
Oliver Ruby, preident of the
Michigan ORT Region, has al-
tered in various periods of its
development. She traces five
major periods in its growth:
1. In its earliest days as an
agency which facilitated admis-
sion of voluntary migrants to
countries of their choice.
2. In the period between World
Ike Praises ORT
Wars I and II, ORT stabilized
and integrated Jewish popula-
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Presi-
tions in their striving for econ-
dent Eisenhower hailed the
omic and social attainment.
American Women's ORT in a
3. In the Hitler era, ORT
message of greeting in con-
again assumed a "passport to
nection with the annual ob-
freedom" role, since the skills
servance of National ORT day.
its students were taught gave
The message declared, "your
ready admission to lands of
work is an inspiration to all
refuge.
of us," and added:
4. After World War II, the
"Your organization's '75-year
ORT program, under UNRRA
record of training hundreds
and IRO, undertook the rehabil-
of thousands of people
itation of Nazi victims. Approxi-
throughout the world to be-
mately 200,000 DP's were voca-
come productive members of
their communities represents tionally rehabilitated in - five
years.
an outstanding service not
only to those rehabilitated
5. Today, ORT is the largest
non - governmental vocational
but to the, communities in
which they live."
training agency, and is an im-
portant factor in continued in-
grams for Wednesday. They are: dividual rehabilitation of Jews
Northland Chapter—Mrs. John in all countries of the free world.
Hopp, Jr., president, announces
a tea at the home of Mrs. Her-
Second
bert Weingarten, 2471 Wood-
stock.
Anniversary Dance
Northeast Chapter—Mrs. Ir-
Who: The Thirty Plus Club
win Kurtz, president, urges mem-
When: Sunday, March 6, 1955
bers to bring new members to a
Where: Dexter-Davison Branch of
tea at the home of Mrs. Moritz
Jewish Community Center,
Kahn, 1611 Lincolnshire.
4059 W. Davison
Northwest Chapter—A lunch-
Time: 8:30 P. M. until 12:—
eon and games party is planned
Orchestra: Carl Sims and His
at the Furniture Club of Detroit,
Recording Orchestra
Schaefer and 7 Mile, announces
Come—Join the Fun
Mrs. Max Beal, president.
Refreshments
Mrs. Morris Shiffman, regional
membership chairman, states
Admission: Members $1
that all meetings are open to
Non Members $1.25
women who wish to join ORT
Members—Please Bring
and participate in its programs.
Membership Cards!
ORT's work, according to Mrs.
Several celebrations are schedr
uled throughout the United
States this -week as Wednesday is
observed as ORT Day. This year,
ORT (Organization for Rehabili-
tation through Training) cele-
brates its 75th anniversary of
continuous service.
Locally; three ORT groups
have planned anniversary pro-
..
-
Detroit leaders who are vaca-
tioning in Palm Beach, Fla.,
assisted in efforts to boost the
total subscribed in advance tow-
ard the • Allied Jewish Cam-
paign, during the United Jewish
Appeal conference in Miami
Beach, to $1,160,000. Among the
Detroiters who assisted in this
effort were, from the left, bot-
tom to top rows: Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Wineman, Mr. and Mrs.
Louis C. Blumberg, Abraham
Srere, Mrs. Abraham Cooper
and Mrs. Srere.
Workmen's Circle Branch
Announces Its New Officers
\ HOROWITZ-MARGARETEN,
GEFILTE FISH
Workman's Circle Branch 1060
observed its first anniversary
Feb. 19, at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin Shifrin. Following
are the new officers : Edwin
Shifrin, chairman; Richard
Dibner, vice-chairman; Norma
Diamond and Iry Rosenbaum,
secretaries; Dale Weller, treas-
urer; Lindy Konikow, hospitaler.
The next meeting of the branch
will be held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Stan Ovshinsky, 19935
Forrer. The topic will be "Mc-
Carthyism, Its Implications and BY THE BAKERS OF
Effects."
"OVEN CRISP"
UNSALTED
MATIONS
WE MUST NOT LET THEM DOWN!
The Moies Chaim Organization of Detroit IsNow Con-
ducting a Drive to Secure Sufficient Funds to Assure
EVERY NEEDY JEWISH FAMILY IN DETROIT
with Necessities for the Important
P* assover Family Holiday
SEND A LIBERAL CONTRIBUTION TODAY
So That the Committee Has Ample Time for Distribution.
Address to :
HARRY COHEN, President
7303 W. McNICHOLS RD., DETROIT 21, MICHIGAN
THE MOIES CHETIM ORGANIZATION- OF DETROIT