Dr. I. Leo Sharfman Observes Danny Raskin's
Seventieth Birthday Feb. 19
Leaders in all walks of life
in the United States and in
many other lands which have
sent students in economics to
the University of Michigan in
the past 40 years will rejoice to
learn that one of their favorite
teachers, Dr. Isaiah Sharfman,
will celebrate his 70th birth,
day on Feb. 19.
Chairman of the department
of economics at the University
of Michigan, where he began
his teaching career as a lec-
DR. I. LEO SHARFMAN
turer in economics in 1912,
Prof. Sharfman was advanced
to an assistant professorship
in 1913, to a full professorship
in 1914 and to the chairman-
ship of his department in 1927.
Since 1947 he has held the post
of Henry Carter Adams pro-
fessor of economics.
A Harvard University Law
School graduate, he was • ad-
mitted to the Massachusetts Bar
In economics at Harvard from
in 1909 and served as assistant
1908 to 1910. He held posts on
the faculties of Stanford Uni-
versity and the Imperial Pei-
Yang Univers it y, Tientsin,
China.
* * *
As a student at 'Harvard, he
was co-founder, with Dr. Hen-
ry Hurwitz, of the Menorah
Movement founded by the. Har-
vard Menorah Society in 1907.-
Like his father, who was one
of the American Zionist pio-
neers, he has interested himself
in Zionism. Last . October he
was elected a member of the
board of trustees of Brandeis
University.
His numerous Jewish affil-
iations include the American
Friends of the Hebrew Univer-
sity, American Jewish Histori-
cal Society, Academic Commit-
tee' for the Hebrew University,
Conference on Jewish Relations
and American Jewish Commit-
Music Study Club to Have
Isadore Saslov, Violinist
Mrs. Sidney Jackson, presi-
dent of the Music Study Club,
announces that the dessert
luncheon-meeting to be held at
12:30 p.m., Tuesday, at the
home of Mrs. Ned Smokier, 1720
Strathcona Dr., will feature the
violinist, Isadore Saslov.
Saslov received his training
with Mischa Mischakoff • with
the aid of the Sylvia Simons
Memorial Scholarship fund of
the Music Study Club. He is
now the youngest member of
the Detroit Symphony Orches-
tra.
The club will present their
annual artist concert, which
raises money for the scholar-
ship fund, on Feb. 28 at the De-
troit Institute of Arts. Joel
Rosen, young American pianist
who recently performed in
Town Hall, New York, will be
presented.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of the late David
Mitchell,_ of Phoenix, Ariz., ac-
knowledges with grateful appre-
ciation the many kind expres-
sions of sympathy extended by
relatives and friends during the
family's recent bereavement.
tee, and is a Fellow of the
Jewish Agency of Arts and
Sciences.
LISTENING
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Chairman of emergency and
arbitration boards under the
Railway Labor Act of 1936, Dr.
Sharfman was chief investiga-
tor of public utilities for the
National Civic Federation; di-
rector of investigation of anti-
trust policy for the National
Industrial Conference Board;
referee for the National Rail-
road Adjustment Board and an
associate member of the Na-
tional War Labor Board.
A farmer president of the
American Economics Associa-
tion, Dr. Sharfman is author of
"R a i 1 w ay -Regulation," "The
American Railroad Problem"
and the five-volume "Interstate
Commerce Commission." He is
associated with many univer-
sity, research economics asso-
ciations.
He was married to the for-
mer Minnie Shikes, of. Dorches-
ter, Mass., July 7, 1910. They
have three children, Nelson
Ames, Warren Leonard and
Marcia Louise (Mrs. William
M. Gilmartin) and six grand-
children.
Nelson is a member . of the
firm of William Wyer Sr.- Co.,
railroad consultants, of East
Orange, N. J., and Warren is
associated with the New Eng-
land Grocer Supply Co:, and
resides at Worcester, Mass.
Dr. Sharfman's daughter lives
in Kensington, Md., and is mar-
ried. to an economist who has
been associated with the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruc-
tion and Development since
1946.
The entire Gilmartin family
—including their sons, 9, 6 and
2, left this week for Bangkok
where Gilmartin will serve for
two years as the International
Bank's representative in the
Ministry of Finance of the
Thailand government.
Bnei Aliiv4- Announces
New Offices on Dexter
Bnei Akiva, a religious Zion-
ist youth movement, has re-
cently moved their offices to
bexter at Cortland.
Meetings, which' are held
every Shabbat at 3:30 p.m., in-
clude Israeli singing and danc-
ing, reviewing the weekly por-
tion of the Torah, informal dis-
cussions on Jewish tradition and
Israel, ShaloSh Seudot, and
Havdala.
Additional weekday activities
include hikes, sports,. arts and
crafts, choral and dance groups.
Bnei Akiva groups also spon-
sor the summer camp, Camp
Moshava, at Wild Rose, Wiscon-
sin.
Jewish youth between the
ages of 9 and 18 may participate
in any of these activities. For
additional information concern-
ing membership or camp regis-
tration call the Bnei Akiva of-
lfices at TO. 8-9070.
Adas Shalom Young Marrieds
-Slate Annual Purim Party
The annual Purim party of
the Young Married Couples
Club of Adas Shalom will be
held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
19 in the board room of the
synagogue.
Highlighting the event will be
a masquerade party for the
members' children, which will
include movies, games, prizes
and refreshments.
OVER 37,000 BUILDERS
came from all parts of the coun-
try to the National Builders
Convention in Chicago . . with
about 400 from Detroit . . . Yale
Simons captured honors for at-
tendance at just about every
building clinic given . Even
partner Harold Taines couldn't
keep up with him.
STORIES told during the con-
vention included one about the
three boys boasting about their
parents' accomplishments . . .
"My pop's gonna build a house
with a flagpole on it," bragged
the first . . . "That's nothin',"
declared the second. "Mine's
gonna build a house with a
tower on it." . . . The third said
he had them all beat. "My dad's
gonna build a house with a
mortgage on it."
* * *
WIFE DORIS wasn't expected
to go to the hospital until the
next day for baby number
three . . . and so Jerry Rosen-
berg was working away at the
Buick plant when nature inter-
vened . . She was rushed im-
mediately to the hospital in a
squad car, and the two police-
men who had been on the force
less than a year experienced
their first call to - duty in such
an emergency . . . While en-
route, the boys in blue assisted
as Doris gave birth to a baby
girl.
* * *
LITTLE ARTHUR MANN
was being shown his new baby
brother, last week, and he
seemed especially intrigued by
the infant's hairless condition
. . . "Where'd you say he came
from?" he asked mother, Mrs.
Ruben Mann,, and was told from
heaven . . . "Well," marveled
little Art, "they sure give close
haircuts in heaven, don't they."
* * *
YOUNG WOMAN, obviously
a newlywed, came into Sam
Hammerstein's drug store and
asked anxiously if the baby
tonic advertised by the store
really makes babies bigger and
stronger . . Sam replied that
there had been no complaints
on it and that they sell quite a
bit of it . . "I'll take a bottle,"
said the woman, who then
asked in a whisper, "Who takes
this tonic, me or my husband?"
* * *
PREPARATIONS are being
made for the ninth annual P.
Cincy Sachs Open Amateur
Basketball Tournament, April 1
to 19 . . . games to be played
in top gyms throughout the
area and finals at the Univer-
sity of Detroit Memorial Bldg.
. . . 3,000 tickets have already
been sold for the finals .
Each year brings it closer to
becoming the finest cage tour-
nament in the mid-west . . .
College players from all over
the state are on many of the
teams, always making for some
red-hot basketball at its best
. . . Cincy Sachs is again tour-
nament chairman, and Walter
Siporin is tournament manager
. . Each of the gyms to be
used will hold from 1100 to
2200 people, with large crowds
expected every night . . . Sev-
enty - nine engraved trophies
and awards will be presented to
the winning teams and players
... Entries close March 25.
Twersky-Schaver Reunion
Women Recall Work in PP Camps
Exactly 10 years ago, Emma
(Mrs. Morris) Schaver, promin-
ent Detroit soprano, was in the
displaced persons camp in Ger-
many to help raise, the morale
of the survivors from Nazism
and to assist them in a return
to a wholesome life.
There were a number of pro-
minent world Jewish leaders in
the DP camps at the time.
Among them was Mrs. Genia
Twersky, who now is a mem-
ber of the Israel Knesset.
Last Tuesday evening, the two
women met here to reminisce
about their experiences during
the great historic moments when
rescue ansi rehabilitation of
broken lives was a major Jew-
ish concern.
Mrs. Twersky was here as a
delegate from the Israel Moatzot
Hapoalot, the Working Women's
Council to address the Pioneer
WOmen. On Tuesday evening, at
an intimate gathering at the
Schaver home, the DP camp
experiences were recalled.
Confident that Israel will
Overcome the present difficul-
ties, Mrs. Twersky urged reten-
tion of faith that justice will
triumph in the Middle East.
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Detroit Jewish News-17
Friday, February 10, 1956
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