10-- DETROIT JEWISH NEWS' i•• ■ Friday, June 10, 1955 People Make News Israel's Tallest Building 9-Story Hospital Wing, Opens at Petach Tikvah Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News TEL AVIV — Israel's tallest building, a nine-story structure, was opened Tuesday as a wing to Beilinson Hospital at nearby Petach Tikvah. Among the thousands of per- sons who attended the inaugural ceremonies were Premier Moshe Sharett, Speaker of the Knesset Joseph Sprinzak, members of Cabinet, Parliamentary Deputies and an American labor delega- tion, headed by David Dubinsky, president of the International Ladies. Garment Workers Union. The building, which cost $3,- 000,000 pounds, contains 240 rooms • with a bed capacity of 500. Besides offices and medical facilities, the hospital has wards for various types of diseases and recreation facilities. It extends two floors under the street level, in addition to nine stories above. The hospital is part of the Histadrut medical network. Mordecai Namir, Histadrut general secretary, addressing the guests singled out Dubinsky and American Jewish labor leaders in general for "the great part" they played in recruiting moral and material assistance of both Jewish and non-Jewish Ameri- can workers in Israel's behalf. Five Agencies Approve San Francisco Merger SAN FR ANCI SCO, (JTA)- Five more local agencies have voted in favor of joining the new central health and welfare organization which will result from the proposed merger of the Jewish Welfare Fund and the Federation of Jewish Charities here. - At PACKER PONTIAC UN. 3-9300 18650 Livernois In recognition of his contri- butions to modern music, especi- ally the music of the synagogue, Darius Milhaud, noted French Jewish compos- er, was awarded an honorary de- gree at the fifth gradua ti on of the Hebrew , Union School of Sacred Music , Wednesday eve- ning. Dr. Nel- son Gluecic,' . zriz president of Hej.• brew Union COl_ Darius Milhaud lege-Jewish Institute of Religion, of which the training center for cantors is a part, presented the degree Doctor of Hebrew Letters to the composer. Mr. Milhaud participated in the exercises, held in Stephen Wise Free Syna- gogue, and heard a School of Sacred Music chorus of student . cantors sing selections from his own Prayers for Sabbath Eve. Dr. Glueck also invested 1955 graduates as cantor-educators and delivered the baccalaureate address. * * * Adolph Held, national chair- man of the Jewish Labor Com- mittee, now on his second visit to Israel, was the _guest of His- tadrut Central .,Council in Tel Aviv. Earlier, he was a guest at a reception at the Hebrew Uni- versity of Jerusalem, where he was presented with a special copy of the new edition of the * * * BERL SENAFSKY, a 30-year- old Philadelphian, has been named the winner of the 1955 Queen Elizabeth competition for violin in Brussels. Senafsky, who studied at the Julliard School of Music, was victorious in a com- petition which is reported to be the most difficult of its kind in the world. His prize has a cash value of $3,000. * * * Dr. and Mrs. M. N. LEVINE, of Minneapolis, will be leaving for I s r a e l today where Dr. Levine will take up his duties as and expert on cereal rust problems. He has been carrying out research on this problem at the University of Minnesota for many years. * * * Dr. HARDY SWARENSKY, editor of "Die Juedische Woch- enschau," most important Ger- man-language Jewish publica- in South America, was honored at a banquet commemorating the 15th anniversary of h i s semi-weekly publication, in Bu- enos Aires. Ambassador Arieh Kubovy of Israel presented Dr. Swarensky with a Jerusalem Bible and with a certificate of his inscription in the Jewish Na-; tional Fund's Golden Book. CONGREGATION B'NAI MOSHE Announces the Opening of Its OAK PARK SUNDAY SCH00 BRANCH Classes will meet in THE CLINTON SCHOOL 9 Mile Road 2 Blocks West of Coolidge Hwy. (22 171 Kipling ) . Classes Will Start September 11, 1955 REGISTER YOUR CHILD TODAY Synagogue Office—TE. 4-5897 Delegates to the 58th annual convention of the Zionist Or- ganization of • America, to be held in Washington, June 16-19, will hear first-hand reports on Israel's internal problems and its position in the international arena of power politics, to be presented by JOSEPH SERLIN, Israeli Minister of Health and General Zionist leader, who is flying over especially to address the convention, and Ambassa- dor ABBA EBAN, who recently returned from a special confer- ence of Israeli diplomats held in Jerusalem. * EDWARD M. M. WARBURG, president of the United Jewish Appeal was awarded an honorary degree at the 71st commence- ment of the Hebrew Union Col- lege-Jewish Institute of Religion He was cited as "one of the country's most distinguished hu- manitarians" who helped make it possible for the UJA to save and aid more than 2,300,000 per- sons since 1939 and under whose chairmanship the UJA raised close to $300,000,000. He was awarded the Doctor of Humane Letters degree. * * Mayor and Mrs. ROBERT F. WAGNER of New York will visit Israel for four days this month. The Israel visit will be their only Middle Eastern stop on a Euro- pean tour. The itinerary of their trip, released here this week calls for them to arrive in Tel Aviv from Paris on Saturday night, June 18. They will leave Tel Aviv for Athens on June 22. * * The Hebrew Theological Col- . lege in Chicago will confer the unique title MOREINU, Doctor in Divine Law, upon Dr. DAVID DE SOLA POOL, spiritual leader of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Shearith Israel in New York, the oldest congrega- tion in this country, on June 7. * * * The chairman of the board of governors of Dropsie College, Philadelphia, Chief Justice Hor- ace Stern, announces the ap- pointment of Rabbi ISIDORE DAVID PASSOW as assistant- to-the-president. * * * Gov. ORVILLE L. FREEMAN, of Minnesota, h a s appointed Municipal Court Judge Irving R. Brand, a prominent member of the Jewish community, as a judge of the Hennepin County District Court. Judge . Brand, who is 36, is believed to be the youngest man ever to serve on the district bench and is the second Jewish jurist to be given that honor. He was first named to the bench by former Gov. Luther W. Youngdahl in 1951. * * * Rabbi HARRY KAPLAN, director of the Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation at Ohio State Uni- versity and "dean" of the Uni- versity's religious workers, will be awarded an honorary Doc- tor of Laws degree at the Uni- versity's 78th June commence- ment today. * * * MARK CARTER, Los Angeles philanthropist, will be honored with a tribute dinner celebrat- ing his 70th birthday, July 4. The occasion will highlight the five-day long City of Hope na- tional convention. • * Mrs. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT will be the principal speaker at the eighth annual assembly of the National Jewish Welfare Board-sponsored National Jew- ish Youth Conference, Ruth Breitman, Bronx, conference chairman, announced this week. The assembly will be held at Cejwin Comps, Port Jervis, N. Y., Sept. 2 to 8. Grant Only 30,000 Visas Under 1953 Refugee Act NEW YORK, (JTA)—Only 30,- 000 visas have been granted prospective immigrants under President Eisenhower's Refugee Relief Act of 1953, which envis- aged the admission of 209,000 refugees to the United States in. over three years. Israel Jurist Feels at Horne on. American. Bench NEW YORK, (JTA)—An Israel Judge "feels perfectly at home" in American courts, Judge Hel- muth Lowenberg of the District Court of Tel Aviv declared here at the conclusion of a nine-week visit to the United States as guest of the American Jewish Committee. He praised American courts for carrying out "the liberties and free traditions of the com- mon law in its truest form," add- ing that although four systems of law are competing for adop- tion in his country "the courts of Israel are following the courts of the United States in teaching its citizens the true meaning of respect for law and order," The Israel jurist, who was the youngest judge in the British Empire when appointed to the bench in Palestine in 1946, at the age of 28, said that Israel has made great strides in streamlining its law and its legal procedures. "Israel unhesitatingly abolish- ed bigamy in any form," Judge Lowenberg reported, "and will not tolerate it even for its Mos- lem citizens. In addition, Israel has established full equality of men and women, the only coun- try in the Near East to do so." During his stay in the United states, Judge Lowenberg visited with U. S. Supreme Court Jus- tice Felix Frankfurter, and sat . on the b en c h with General Sessions Judge Abraham Geller in Manhattan, Federal Judge Phillip Forman of Trenton, and with judges in Chicago, Cleve- land and Boston. Sunday Nighters' Dance The Sunday Nighters of the Jewish Community Center will sponsor a dance Sunday evening, at the D. W. Simons building. Abe Bader and Edith Rosen- bloom head the entertainment committee. MORE FUN FOR EVERYONE AT OMENA INN ON GRAND $CO50 TRAVERS UP BAY PER PERSON FOR 7 DAYS FOR EVERYTHING 1 /2 RATErg CH.LEN FISH! swim! PRIVATE BEACH DANCING - ORCHESTRA N. Y. ENTERTAINMENT COUNSELORS TAKE. CARE OF YOUR. CHILDREN FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE KENWOOD 3-7290 OR WRITE OMENA INN. OMENA. MICH. INN ::z ON CRANE TiVAIRSI SAY 25 AMISS NOtall OP TUVE CARSON BUICK 13900 HAMILTON AVENUE I'll make you the best deal in town . . . When better deals are mode— DAVE GARFIELD Will Make Them! 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