Century of Progress Foreseen at
Conan
- ding Tercentenary Event

NEW YORK, (JTA)
"The
Jews of the United States stand
now on the threshhold of the
fourth century as citizens, as
partners with all other Amer' ,
cans in the great common ad-
venture of freedom for nations
and for the body, the mind and"
the spirit of man," Adlai E.
Stevenson told a crowded ass
- em-
bly at Carnegie Hall which
marked the closing of the nine-
month observance of the Ameri-
can Jewish Tercentenary.
The Jews in this country, _ Mr.
Stevenson told the audience, can
"contemplate with joy and with
pride" the three centuries just
ended. "For all they have
wrought for this nation, for
themselves, for the brave new
Republic of Israel across the
sea, for brothers and sisters in
need and clistresS everywhere in
the world, they are entitled' to
great and deserved satisfaction,
and also to the admiration of
their fellow countrymen of - all
faiths."„

.

A Prediction

Mr. Stevenson expressed con-
fidence. that. "a century from
row, our descendants will be
celebrating the 400th anniver-
sary of the first Jewish migra-
tion in a free and abundant na-
tion dwelling in a spacious and
peaceful world." He predicted
that' the years ahead would not
be easy "because the future of

all mankind lies in the darkling
shadows of the atom."
Mr. Stevenson's address was
carried on a national radio
hook-up, as was an address by.
Sen. Herbert H. Lehman of New
York.

Mission 'To Proclaim Liberty'

Sen. Lehman said that the
American Jewish Tercentenary
celebration "has not been mo-
tivated by a - desire for congratu-
lations for past achievements."
He pointed out that "today's
missions of Jews — as of all
Americans—furnishes the true
theme of this Tercentenary."
The mission, he said, is still "to
proclaim liberty throughout the
land, to uphold justice and to
love mercy."
Sen. Lehman called upon all
Americans to undertake a pro-

gram of action, and to es-
pouse it "sincerely and pas-
sionately," in world affairs
and to apply it to the con-
duct of "affairs at home." He

outlined the following points
of the program: "To insure

equal rights and equal jus-
tice for all men, to make pos-
sible a basic security for all
mcn; to spread the benefits of
prosperity as widely as pos-
sible, to tolerate dissidence, be
patient with non-conformity,
and insure to each among us
the right to practice the good
uses of freedom; to advocate
freedom for all peoples who
are enslaved or exploited; - to
re-establish the traditions of
asylum in this country, to wel-
come aliens and immigrants,
and to treat them with grace
and hospitality."

Jacob "Blaustein expressed his
belief that social and other
forms of discrimination 'against
Jews will disappear in the
United States just as legal dis-
crimination and most forms of
'economic discrimitaation have
been removed.
Other speakers included: Am-
basgador Abba S. Eban of Israel,
Dr. Israel Goldstein and Ralph
E. Samuel, national Tercenten-
ary chairman.

DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-71

Friday, June 10, 1955

Hebrew Schools
To Graduate 84

Thirteen students of the He-
brew High School together with
71 boys and girls of the elemen-
tary department of the United
Hebrew Schools will receive
their diplomas at 'joint com-
mencement exercises at 8:15
p.m.,. Wednesday, at Adas Sha-
lom Synagogue. -
Graduates of the elementary
department will have completed
five years of study at the United
Hebrew Schools, and high
school graduates will have com-
pleted three more years of He-
brew and Jewish subjects. -
Representing their . respecti've•
schools at the graduation exer-
cises will • be Sidney • Barack and
Joseph Saul, Bnai Moshe
Branch; Michael Weiserifeld and
Elaine Korchak, Rose Sittig Co-
hen; Jeffrey Tigay, Marshall
Saltzman and Michael Swirsky,
Adas Shalom; Gerald Cook, Oak
Park; David Levey and Linda
Lite, Egther Berman; and Calvin
Weiss and Clifford Miller, high
school. .
The graduates will present a
choral. reading based on the
Thirteen Principles of Rambam,
under the direction of Moshe
Haar and Julius Schwartz. Rab-
-bi Jacob E. Segal and Abe Kasle,
president of the United Hebrew
Schools, will deliver greetings to
the graduates.
Maurice Landau and Law-
rence W. Crohn, chairman and
co-chairman of the United He-
brew Schools board of educa-
tion, will present the graduates
with their diplomas. Mrs. Irving
Palman, newly-elected president
of the Woman's Auxiliary, will
present each graduate with a
pin as a gift from the Auxiliary.
An instrumental trio with
Lillian Robbins Zellman at the
piano, Sadie Braver, violinist,
and Harry Segal, cellist, will ac-
company the program. A recep-
tion for all graduates and guests
will take place after the exer-
cises in the social hall of the
synagogue.

Hebrew Benevolent Society Gives Three Awards

Three outstanding board
members of the Hebrew Benevo-
lent Society were last week
honored by their fellow directors
with Awards of Merit presented
to them at an affair held at
Turover Temple.
T h e winners
were Hyman
Mitnick, a trus-
tee and treas-
urer for the past
two years. who
has be_en a
member of the
organization al-
most since its
inception; Bar-
ney Citrin, re
cording se ere.
tary; and Na-
than Wolok,
vice - president Mitnick
and for seven years chairman of

the cemetery. committee.
Nathan Samet was the eve-
ning's toastmaster, and pre-
sented the award to Wolok. Sam
Nelson, honorary president, pre-

sented the award to Mitnick, and
Rabbi Israel L Rockove, execu-
tive director, made the presen-
tation to Citrin.

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B. G. R. Says

Encvclopedias Don't Just Happen

* TOPS
* IN QUALITY
AND TASTE

In reviewing a book of essays
by the late Prof. Louis Ginz-
berg, perhaps the greatest Tal-
mudist of modern. times, Dr.
Robert Gordis, now a member
of. the Jewish Theological Se-
minary faculty, which was "once
graced by the departed scholar,
recalls old times and refers to
the publ
ication of the first Jew-
ish Encyclopedia in 1912, by
Funk & Wagnalls.
Encyclopedias don't just hap-
pen and Funk & Wagnalls with
all the scholarly interests of its
president Dr. I. K. Funk, did not
of its own accord propose to
publish a huge and unpreced-
ented work like the Jewish En-
cyclopedia. It was a queer,
quizzical, Volatile and irrepres-
or
profits
sible little man, a wandering
journalist-scholar from Europe,
sTOCK THESE
who was full of all kinds of
BRANDS
ideas about books, Publications
and literary enterprises who in-
rWINDSOR 4 CLUB
itiated the enterprise. He was
Sweet and Dry Wine's
Dr. Isidore Singer and though
his reputation by now has al-
LA SALLE CLUB
most sunk into oblivion, the
SWeet Wines
name is written large over all
LA SALLE RED. STRIPE
the 12 volumes of the Encyclo-
„...S‘nreet and Dry Wines
pedia as "Projector and Man-
aging Editor." It was he who
ROYAL: WINDSOR
conceived the idea of such a
Sweet dind Dry Wines
library of Jewish knowledge. It
:SARATO .GA
was he who ran around and
Sweet Wines
aroused the interest of Jewish
leaders in the plan of preserving
WINDSOR - CLUB
or spiritual heritage. First, he
Wine Cocktails _
interested the Jewish leaders of
WINDSOR -CLUB
the time and then he ap-
Red and White Carbimated Wines
proached Funk & Wagnalls and
.7.
probably boMbarded them with
ON SALE AT BETTER
his pleas and arguments in sev-
STORES EVERYWHERE
eral languages which he usually
spoke at the'same time.
Through his wide knowledge.
of Jewish intellectual - leaders
and scholars throughout the
world, he was able to assemble
riNES & CHAMPAGNE,INC. a board of editors representing
the greatest authorities in Jew-
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project was pretty , well on the
way, the publishers encountered
difficulties because the publica-
tion of the books involved a

larger outlay than was first an-
ticipated. It looked for a time as
if the whole operation would be
suspended and a number of

scholars imported here from
Europe for the purpose would
have remained stranded in the

United States; but little Isidore
Singer would not be discour-
aged; he kept running and

buzzing around all over town
seeking aid and support every-

where. There was not much
general interest among the peo-
ple in the 'undertaking, but
there was a distinguished lead-
ership which cherished the
printed Jewish work, and always
in those days there was Jacob
H. Schiff and his associates and
friends who followed in the path
of his generous benevolence and
philanthropy. When the pub-
lishers of the Encyclopedia were
faced with a crisis they under-
wrote or subscribed for a thou-
sand or more sets of the collec-
tion of books and publication
was assured.
Dr. Singer, the creator of this
and other published enterprises,
came out trimphant, though
when the plan was completed
he .was again at loose ends, pro-
jecting new schemes that would
absorb his energies and keep
the wolf from his • door. That his
fame is now almost entirely
eclipsed is a sad commentary an
our present indifference - to
Jewish history, which we extoll,
but seldom study.
Bernard G.,Richards

The eyes of the Lord run to
and fro throughout the whole
earth, to shetv himself strong in
the behalf of them whose heart
is perfect toward him.

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