High Honors for Detroit. Zionist

'INF Dinner to Honor Laikin
On 60th Birthday, 'Monday

still are available at the JNF of-

BOTJAMIN M. LAIKIN
Benjamin Laikin, one of De-
troit's most distinguished Jewish
leaders, will be honored Monday
evening, at a dinner at Holiday
Manor arranged by the Jewish
National Fund Council as the
culminating event in the project
. to plant the Laikin Forest in Is-
, rael, in honor of the Zionist lead-
er's 60th birthday.
_While it has been plannecl,pri-
marily by the Lab-or Zionist Or-
_ •ganization. of Detroit, the Benja-
min Laikin Forest Committee, of
i which William Hordes is general
; chairman, includes .representa-
tives of many local organizations
:. and congregations.
Distinguished national leaders
:and scholars -will •participate - in
the• event, and the main speakers
will be Pinchas Cruso, LZOA
-leader; Abe Tuvim, executive di-
rector of the Jewish National
Fund Foundation, and J. J.
Schwartz, distinguished p o e t.
; Shoshana Freedman_will sing, ac-
companied by Bella Goldberg.
There will be no solicitations at
•the dinner, reservations for which

fice, TO 8-7384.
A former president of both the
Jewish National Fund and the
Zionist Councils, Mr. Laikin for
many years served on the na-
tional central executive commit-
tee of Poale Zion and is one of
the leading guides of Foale Zion
Branch 3 in Detroit.
Mr. Laikin has not limited his
activities to Zionism. He is a
patron of the arts, a lover of
music and a supporter of many
Yiddish literary projects.
He was one of the organizers of
the Detroit Jewish Community
Council and served on its execu-
tive committee for many years;
was a director of YIVO and is
a member. of Congregation
Shaarey Zedek.
Born in the small White Rus-
sian town of Bobolov, in the
Minsk Gubernia, he studied in
the chedorim there and later was
a student in the Bobrvisk• Yesh-
iva.
He came to this Country in
March of 1914, first settled in
Baltimore, then went to Philadel-
phia, from there went to Massa-
chtitetts and returned .to Balti-
more for another 10 years' resi-
dence.
While : working for a Baltimore
firm, he toured the entire United
StateS, visited 16 foreign coun-
tries in Europe as well as Hawaii
and Japan. He settled in Detroit
in 1929.
Last year, he visited' Israel to-
gether with Mrs. Laikin, the for-
mer.Anna Lois Goiomb whom he
married in 1922.: . They have four
daughters.
Two daughters live in Detroit.
They are Mrs. Beth-Sheva David-
sari and Mrs: Shulamith Tuchman.
Another daughter, Mrs. Pnina
Wilkins, lives in Baltimore, Md.,
and -is the mother of three child-
ren. The fourth daughter, Judith.,
is attached to the United States
Embassy in London, England.

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Drive, Early Close
Sought by Local Histadrut

_Local leaders of the Detroit
Histadrut-
inspired by
results of the recent annual con-
ference in New York, are mov-
ing forward in their drive to
raise a record amount of money
to cover Israel's present ether-
gericy needs. -
Plans of - individual volunteer
workers and divisians are being
geared to • conclude the, campaign
as. near to Dee. 18, the . next ma-
i jar campaign meeting, as possi-
ble. . - • -
' • • The Dec. 18 program, which is
to be open to all member§ of the
local community, 'will_ feature
Chaim Shurer, editor-in-chief of
Davar, Israel's - '1afteit
newspaper.

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Ilisladrui -on. Radiov,
The weekly program of the
Histadrut Campaign will again
be heard at 11:15 a.m., Sunday,
over radio station WJLB. Per-
sonalities; news from Israel, mu-
sic and information on commu-
nity events will be presented.

convention were given by local
delegates.

Calling for "a rapid, success-
camPaIgn to insure a maxi-
mum amount of aid-. for the
people of Israel in the shortest
possible time" were Isaac Litwak,
president of Local 285, • Laundry
and . Linen Driers, AFL; Nathan
Rose, Landsmanshaften Division
Chairman; and Simon Richard-
son, Farband Division.

Indicative of the cooperation
being' given. by campaign work-
ers were • returns by the Berdit-
chever Progressive Aid Society,
Keshenever Bessarabier Sodiety,
Jewish. Fraternal Club, Zhitomer
Aid Society, which all reported
huge gains over previous years.

Individual

leaders.for the past.
week included M. &linger, it
Schubiner, S. J. Greenberg, Max
Lieberman, T. Krashin, Mrs.
Dora Jaffee, A• .Burke- and M.
Brddsky, Farband; M. Kane, Mrs.
E. Freedman and Linderman,
LZOA. Division; -Mrs. -E. Grieger,
Pioneer Women; Drs. M. Mosen
and S, C. Stein, professional;
Shkolnick, A. Weintraub
and M. Schulzinger, Landsman-
shaften; and Earl Weingarten,
furniture.

Sharer, _Who is a Histadrut
delegate to the 'United States,
will make Detroit one of his few
campaign stops while in this
counts/v. He will give an account
of the 'status of Jews in the So-
viet Union. •
Non-jew Makes - $100
One of a-few fournalists grant-
:Aid. Israel
ed visa to visit in Russia, Shurer Gift
toured:• as- much at the country
Deeply moved by threats to
as possible in the few weeks he Israel and the difficulties that
was allowed-to remain:
face Jews in lands of oppres-
He also will report on the• in- sion, a - non-Jew, Leo Kirsch,
ternal conditions which prevail owner of Mother's Restaurant,
in Israel today. His address will at 4716 Chene ,this week vol-
be a pajor highlight of the-after- untarily made a $100 ,gift—$30
- noon program, scheduled in the for the MinYan flind of Hadas-
Workmen's Circle auditorium.
sah and $70 for the planting of
Meanwhile, the Detroit cam- trees in Israel by the Jewish
paign for`'Histadrut, now in its National Fund,
fourth week, is maintaining its
Mr. Kirsch made the gift
rate of increase over last_ year's 'through Mrs. Oscar Keer, of-
contributions, Morris Lieberman, 18619 Steel, whose husband op-
Chairman, disclose&
erates Ward's ',Ctit Rate Men's
At a breakfast gathering of Furnishing Store at 6742 Chene.
volunteers and division repre- Kirsch and Keer. formerly were
sentatives last Sunday, detailed business- neighbors and • had
reports on the 32nd Histadrut { struck
,a long friendship.
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Local Young Israel To Host Midwest Leaders at Parley

Jerome W. Kelman, past presi- at the Dexter Center, Rabbi
dent of Young Israel of Detroit, Yaakov -I. Homnick, of Young
has been_ named chairman of the
business sessions of the 24th
Sharett Honored at Reception
midwestern convention of Young
Israel, to be held Jan. 1, in De- By- Abba Ebans in Washington
WASHINGTON (JTA)—Foreign
troit.
Over 100
delegates from Minister and Mrs. Moshe Sharett
branches in Cleveland, Chicago, were guests of honor at .a re-
Cincinnati, Buffalo and New ception tendered by Ambassador
York will join the Detroit and and Mrs. Abba Eban. The recep-
tion was held in the grand ball-
Oak Park groups.
room of the Mayflower Hotel
The convention, to be held here.
from Dec. 30 to Jan. 1, will be-
Included among the guests

Israel Center. of Oak-Woods, will
preach the sermon.
• The Jan. - 1 sessions will in-

clude discussions on Revitalizing

Orthodoxy, The Role of the
Women's
League, reports on

youth committee chairmen,
Young Israel's influence on the
American Jewish scene, Resolu-
tions will be adopted, and offi-
cers elected.
The closing banquet will be
held the evening of Jan. 1, at
the Oak-Woo& Center. Meyer
Weiner, national president of
Young Israel, and Dr. Samson
R. Weiss, national director, will
be principal speakers.

gin with a young adult forum, were 30 ambassadors, other
at which Rabbi Shubert Spero, senior diplomatic representatives,
of Cleveland Young Israel, will members of the Senate and the
speak on "The College Student House of Representatives, repre-
and Spiritual Values." An oneg sentatives from the White HOuse
shabbat will follow. ,
and leaders of executive depart- DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-1 1,
At morning ,services Dec. 31, ments.
Friday, December 9, 1955

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