$40 Million Project
For Israel Irrigation
To Begin Oinerations
,
A $40,000,000 irrigation sys-
_ tens, under construction ho. Is-
rael for the past two years, will
begin operations in June, ac-
cording to Dewey D. Stone, na-
tonal chairman of the United
Israel Appeal.
The announcement was made
at the UIA's board of directors
meeting in New York last week.
The largest single portion of the
funds was provided by American
Jews, Stone said.
Known as the Yarkon-Negev
line, the network will carry -
more than 50,000,000,000 gallons
of water annually from Yarkon
River sources, near Tel Aviv, to
the parched northern Negev
area.
More than 2,000 workers,
mostly immigrants, and 60 en-
gineers, put in nearly 1,000,000
days in laying the 66-inch pipe
fo 70 miles. The water is to be
directed through three giant
reservoirs and pumping stations
and raised gradually by 750 feet
from Yarkon head waters to
the Negev reservoir at Takuma.
History of American Zionism
Tercentenary Edition
Of 'This Is Bnai Brith'
O
The part that Bnai Brith has
played in American Jewish his-
tory since it founding. in 1843
is highlighted in a new Tercen-
tenary edition of "This Is Bnai
Brith."
Outstanding events in the his-
tory of Jews in .America since
the first settlement 300 years
years ago, including some in
which Bnai Brith participated
since its founding in 1843, are
dramatized in a historical sketch,
"A Time for Remembrance."
"This Is Bnai Britt'," can be ob-
tained - for 25 cents a copy from
Bnai Brith, 1003 K St., N.W.,
Washington.
By DR. JAKOB ROSENTHAL dnd MAURICE del BOURGO
European Commanders
Receive UM Honors
Gen, JOSEPH T. McNARNEY,
former commander of U. S.
Forces in Europe, (left) and
Gen. JOHN H. HILLDRING, for-
mer Assistant Secretary of State
for Occupied Areas, will be cit-
ed by the United Jewish Appeal
on June 4 and 5, in Watching-
ton, D. C., as the UJA com-
memorate the 10th anniver-
sary of the World War II vic-
tory in Europe. Others promi-
nent in the U. S. occupation of
Germany and Austria who will
be given honors are Gen. Mark
Clark, former commander of
U.S. Forces in Austria; Gen. Lu-
cius D. Clay, former U. S. Mili-
tary Governor in Germany; Sen.
Herbert H. Lehman, former Di-
rector-General of UNRRA; Rab-
bi Philip S. Bernstein, Judge Si-
mon H..Rifkind, Judge Louis E.
Levinthal, Dr. William Haber,
Harry Greenstein and Abraham
S. Hyman, all of whom served
as civilian advisors on Jewish
affairs.
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR.
HARRY FRIEDENWALD, NOTED
PHYSICIAN OF BALTIMORE,
WHO BECAME PRESIDENT OF
THE FEDERATION (LATER THE
Z.O.A.) FROM 1904 TO 1912, THE
MOVEMENT IN AMERICA TOOK
BIG STRIDES. IN 1909, "YOUNG
JUDEA" IS FOUNDGD—THE FIRST
ZIONIST YOUTH ORGANIZA-
TION IN THE COUNTRY.
AMERICAN ZIONISTS
FORMED THE VAN-
GUARD IN AROUSING
PUBLIC PROTEST. IN
NEW YORK A GIANT
RALLY IS HELD WITH
MAYOR SETH LOW AND
EX-PRESIDENT CLEVE-
LAND AS SPEAKERS.
NEWS OF THE KISHINEV POGROM IN
1903 SHOCKED THE JEWISH WORLD.
New York Program
To End Tercentenary
Celebration in U.S.
Israel Ambassador Abba S. Eb-
an will join with Sen. Herbert H.
Lehman and Adlai E. Stevenson
in addressing the Public Assem-
bly of the American Jewish
Tercentenary at 8:15 p.m., Wed-
nesday, in New York's Carnegie
Hall.
The event will bring to a close
the nine-month celebration of
the 300th anniversary of Jewish
setWement in the United States,
which was launched last Sep-
tember. More than 2,700 persons
from various parts of -the coun-
try are expected to attend.
Other speakers will include
Jacob Blaustein, Baltimore in-
dustrialist and honorary presi-
dent of the American Jewish
Congress. Ralph E. Samuel, na-
tional chairman of the Ameri-
can Jewish Tercentenary Com-
mittee, will preside.
.In addition, the impact of Ju-
daism on American life will be
discussed by Dr. Samuel Belkin,
president of Yeshiva University;
Dr. Louis Finkelstein, chancellor
of the Jewish Theological 'Semi-
nary of America; and Dr. Nelson
Glueck, president of Hebrew
Union College.
2. An Aroused Jewry
Copyright, 1955, by American Jewish Press
400,000 Children in Jewish Schools in U.S.
ATLANTIC CITY, (JTA). —
There are some 400,000 children
of school age attending Jewish
schools, a new high in registra-
tion, it was reported at the an-
nual conference of the National
Council for Jewish -Education.
The report to the 300 Jewish
educators of schools represent-
ing all trends and ideologies in
Jewish life said that 30,000
pupils, or nine precent of the
total, attended Jewish all-day
schools, as compared with two
percent of the total attending
all-day schools a generation ago.
A national 'conference will be
held in the Fall to consider the
crucial shortage of Jewish
teachers, school supervisors and
administrators in all Jewish
communities, it was announced
by Philip W. Lown, president of
the American Association for
Jewish Education, the lay body
which is meeting with the Na-
tional Council.
The educators were urged to
accept leadership posts in their
various communities in order to
help mold community life.
The conference decided to for-
mulate a set of standards for ac-
crediting Hebrew schools and
appointed , a commission to draft
standards.
Dr. David Rudaysky, executive
director of the Bureau of Jewish
Education of Essex County, N.J.,
was selected president_ of the
National Council. Vice-presidents
include Dr. Joseph Diamond, of
Toronto, Yudel Mark, of New
York, Hillel Henkin, of New Ha-
ven, Conn., and Dr. Israel Naa-
mani, of Louisville, Ky.
Dr. Rawidowicz to Assume
Brandeis U.'s Lown Chair
Brandeis University announces
the establishment of the Philip
Lown Chair in Hebrew Litera-
ttre and Jewish Philosophy. The
Chair was established by Philip
W. Lown of Auburn, Me., and
Newton, Mass. Incumbent of the
Lown Chair will be Dr. Simon
Rawidowicz, famed Hebraic
scholar and author of more than
two dozen volumes dealing with
Jewish philosophy and_ history.
New Course at Brandeis
Gradiiate instruction in mi-
crobidlogy will be offered at
Brandeis University commenc-
ing this fall. This marks the
seventh area of study leading
to Master's or Doctor's degrees
to be opened in the university's
,graduate school of arts and
sciences.
CARD OF THANKS
The family*of the late Estelle
Silverman acknowled g es with
grateful appreciation the many
kind expressions of sympathy
extended b y relatives a n d
friends during the family's re- 22
cent bereavement.
DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 27, 1955
The Adas Shalom Young Mar-
ried Couples Club attended a
meeting of the Fortnighters,
young marrieds group of the
Mayflower Congregational
Church, on Wednesday. Rev.
Philip W. Sarles and Rev. Gene
McCornack were the principal
speakers.
CARD OF THANKS
The f a -m i I y of the late A.
Charles Lipchinsky acknowl-
edges with grateful appreciation
the many kind expressions of
sympathy extended by relatives
and friends =during the family's
recent bereavement.
when you cook
When Emotion Is Uppermost
Clear Thinking Is Impossible
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electrically!
What's nicer than walking into a newly decorated
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sparkling colors, the crisp new curtains. If things
would only stay that way . , .
Only those who have experienced a bereavement can
fully realize the value of friendly advice and help in
such an emergency. From the moment we receive your
call, our trained staff is ready to help you make alt
necessary arrangements.
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EARLY ZIONIST EMIS-
SARIES TO THE U. S.
WERE DIPLOMAT NA-
HUM SOKOLOW AND
THE ORATOR SHMAR-
YAHU LEVIN, WHO HAD
A GREAT IMPACT ON
THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE MOVEMENT IN THE
U. S. A.
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