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Awards for Best Works
By Jewish Book Council
Four awards carrying cash
prizes totalling $700 for 1954's
best works of Jewish interest in
the fiction, poetry and juvenile
fiel. --3 ---were made at the annual
meeting of the National Jewish
Welfare Board. sponsored Jewish
Book Council of America. held
May 17, at Congregation Shear-
ith Israel, New York.
The $250 -Daroff Memorial
Fiction Award went to 'Louis
Zara, for his novel "Blessed. Is
the Land" (New York, Crown
Publishers).
The $250 Siegel Memorial
Award for 1954's best Jewish
juvenile in English was given to
Nora Benjamin Kubie, for. her
"King Solomon's. Navy" (New
York, Harper and Brothers).
The Kovner Memorial Awards
of $100 each went to: Alter Es-
selin,•- for hiS book of Yiddish
poetry, "Lider Fun a Midbarnik"
("Poems of a Hermit"--Milwau-
kee Culture Club of the Peretz
Hirshbein Folk Theatre) : Ga-
briel Preil, New York. for his
volume of Hebrew poetry, "Ner
Mul Ko-Chavim" ("Candle Un-
der the Stars"—Jerusalem, Mo-
.sad Blank).
Torah V'Avodah Council'S
M'laveh Malke on June 4
The newly formed Torah
V'Avodah Coun3il of Detroit will
hold a M'laveh Malke on June
4 as a farewell to Meyer Segal,
a local Bnei Akiva member, and
Shalom Horwitz, this year's
Shaliach director of Bnei Akiva,
who are leaving for new York.
The program will feature en-
tertainment, a guest speaker
and refreshments. Admission is
free.:
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Pupils from the EVE MEISTER
STUDIO of Dramatic Art will
be presented in a variety show at
the installation program of Ze-
dakah Club Monday, at Holiday
Manor. Mary Ellen Rivers will
be featured with Mrs. Meister in
an original skit, "Radio vs. T.V."
Mrs. Rivers will also be accom-
panist.
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Two FORD MOTOR COM-
PANY execrtives have been ap-
pointed to management posi-
tions in the ne- Ily-established
Special Products Division, Rich-
ard E. Krafve, general manager
announced. J. C. (Larry) Doyle,
who, has been associated with
ompany since 1946, has been
company
named general sales and mar•
keting manager. J. B. Lackey,
formerly manager of the intra-
company price analysis depart-
ment,' finance staff, h a s been
appointed divisional controller.
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PALESTINE ECONOMIC COR-
PORATION announces that
American-Israeli Paper Mills,
Ltd., has declared an interim,
initial dividend for 1955 , of 1 1/2c
per share, which puts the stock
on a 5' yield basis.
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MONTEFIORE LODGE, Free
Sons of Israel, is currently plan-
ning a rummage sale to raise
funds to send underprivileged
children to Fresh Air Camp. The
Lodge currently ranks second in
amount of contributions given to
the camp. Leon' Schembeck is
president, and Milton Gottes-
man is fund-raising chairman.
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MATTATHIAS TENT HIVE, of
the Maccabees, is planning ..a
Mishpocha Night for . members
and 'their friends at 8:30 p.m.,
Thursday, at Jericho -Temple,
LinwOod at Lawrence. A new
Israeli movie will be shown.
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The Israel actress HAYA
HARARIT was honored with the
best , .film actress award at the
International Film Festival at
Cannes, France. Miss Hararit
was chosen for her performance
in the Israel film, "Hill . 24
DoeSn't Answer," which deals
with an incident in the War
of Liberation.
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WILLIAM B. HERLANDS, for-
mer Commissioner of Investiga-
tion of New York State, was
named-to be a Federal Judge by
President Eisenhower. . -
Mr. Herlands is honorary pres-
ident and former president of
the Union of Orthodok Jewish
Congregations of America. He
also served on the board of trus-
tees of yeshiva University.
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Friday, May 20, 1955
Dedicate JWV Shrine
Dedicate 'Canada Hall ' First Building
Of New Hebrew University in Jerusalem
,
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Canada
Hall, the first building of the
new Hebrew University, was
dedicated here at a ceremony
at Givat Ram, on the outskirts
of Jerusalem and site of the
new campus. - Present at the
ceremony were Premier Moshe
Sharett and Edward E. Gelber,
president of the Zionist Organi-
zation of Canada, as well as
members of the Cabinet and the
University faculty. Funds for
construction of the building were
raised by the Canadian Zionist
Women's Organization, the Ha-
dassah-WIZO.
(Canadian Hadassah celebrat-
ed the dedication of the new
building with a special cere-
mony at McGill University in
Montreal. Dr. Cyril James,
principal of McGill, and Pro-
fessors D. L. Thompson and
J. Quastel participated and
paid tribute to the Hebrew Uni-
versity and Cahadian Hadassah.
Mrs. William Riven, national
vice-president of t h e women's
group, presented a number of
citations.)
The cornerstone for a build-
ing for the Hebrew Language
Academy will be laid within the
next two months. Prof. A. Tur-
sinai said that construction of
the building, which will be com-
pleted within a year, was made
possible by a $50,000 contribu-
tion by William Salzman of New
York. He also revealed that the
Academy will shortly publish
vocabulary works in music and
anatomy.
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This is a portion of the Na-
tional Shrine for the Jewish
War Dead, located in Wash-
ington, to be dedicated Sun-
day. Special ceremonies will
be marked by a parade of col-
ors from all JWV Posts and
Auxiliaries throughout the
United States.
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Jordan Water Development
Project. The Governor stated:
"The dominating impression I
came home with was that the
people in Israel were determined
to build a new life. This was
evident at every step, and I
heard it from the top—Sharett
and Ben-Gurion — down the
line." .
Governor Williams also made
the comment that "it is not true
that • the Arab countries are
backward," and he poirited to
Beirut as an example of another
center that "is exceedingly pros-
perous."
He _made special. reference to
the plans that. are being made
by the JNF of Detrbit for the
planting of the Williarns-Hart.
Forest in Israel and to the pri-
vilege he had of presenting to
the Hebrew University the col-
lectirm of Whitmania provided
by Charles E. Feinberg, • of • De-
troit. •
Samuel H. Rubiner, president
of the Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion, introduced the Governor.
In preliminary remarks, Mr.
Rubiner echoed the general feel-
ing at the meeting when he said
"we shall not be content until
every prospect has been con-
tacted." Outlining the objectives
of the. Federation he said that
"today's concept of w e l fa r e
touches every one in the com-
munity—that is why We cam-
paign priniarily for the educa-
tional features of the drive, for
high moral ideas, for the human
values which flow out of this co-
operative endeavor."
Mr. Rubiner presented a cita-
tion to Mr. Lurie, the campaign
chairman, from the Federation,
in recognition of his campaign
efforts. •
Leaders of all the men's youth,
and women's divisions submit-
ted reports at Tuesday's meet-
ing.
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