7ity, State Welcome Bnai Brith * * Four-Day Sessions to Begin Saturday; Comay to Speak More than 1,000 delegates representing 75,000 Bnai Brith men and women in eight Midwestern states and four Canadian provinces will be in Detroit this week to attend the annual conference of the organization's District Grand Lodge No. 6. Attending the sessions from Saturday through Tues- day, at the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel will be delegates from 199 lodges and 120 chapters in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and Michigan and the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskat- chewan and Alberta. Festivities will begin Sat- Hillel Foundation at Wayne urday evening when at 9:30 University. Cantor Nicholas p.m., the Greater Detroit Coun- cil will tender a reception for the out-of-town guests. Reg- istration will take place that evening and from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon, Sunday. In honor of the 88th conven- tion of the Lodge and the 24th annual parley of the Women's Grand Lodge, Mayor Albert E. Cobo has proclaimed the week of June 29 to July 5 as "Bnai Brith Week." A proclamation in honor of the organization and calling at- tention to the District conven- tion also was signed by Gov. Williams. The Common Council has voted to re-name Washington Blvd. the "Bnai Brith Blvd." for the p e r i o d, and has granted its permission for the erection of a large electric menorah (Bnai Brith's em- blem) on the Michigan Ave. side of old City Hall. Downtown stores will have window displays portraying the activities • and _philanthropies of the organization, and all main highways leading into the city will have signs of welcome. The convention sessions will open officially at noon, Sunday, in the Grand Ballroom, with De- troiter Sidney J. Karbel, presi- dent of District 6, wielding the gavel. Fenakel will chant the service, and Ben Z. Glass, executive sec- retary, will read the necrology. The Supreme L o d g e vice- president's luncheon is slated for 12 noon, with Harry Epstein, of Madison, Wis., serving as chairman. Rabbi Moses Lehrman will deliver the invocation, after which Benjamin I. Morris, of Chicago, vice-president of Su- preme Lodge, will speak on "The State of the Order." Three business sessions will follow at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., Monday and at 9:30 a.m., Tues- day, when standing committee reports will be heard and new officers, members of the gen- eral committee and District rep- resentatives will be elected. David C. Goldfine, of Chicago, third vice-president, will pre- side at the District past presi- dent's luncheon, at which Dr. Leon Fram will deliver the in- vocation. A special presentation will be made to Harry Yudkoff, of Detroit, past president and for 31 years a distinguished member and leader of Bnai Brith, for "meritorious serv- ice." Closing the parley at 6:30 p.m., Sunday, in the Grand Ballroom will be the convention banquet, at which women dele- gates will join with the men. The principal address will be delivered by Michael Saul Comay, Israel Ambassador to Canada. Mr. Camay, a native of South Africa, settled in Pales- tine in 1946, and since has had a distinguished record with the Israel Foreign Ministry. Participants in the 'banquet program will be as follows: Sidney J. Karbel, toastmaster; Alfred H. Bounin, singing of the American, Canadian and Israel National Anthems; Rabbi Min- ard Klein, invocation and bene- diction; Dr. Lawrence L Yaffa and Mrs. Alfred Lakin, greet- ings from convention chairmen, Mrs. Frederick Solomon, presi- dent of the Women's District Lodge, remarks. Karbel will be presented with the District past president's cer- tificate by Aaron Droock, of Detroit, past president; and with the Supreme Lodge citation by Dr. Abe A. Greenberg, of Oma- ha, Neb., member of the Su- preme Lodge board. Newly-elected officers will be installed by Benjamin I. Morris, and Mrs. Louis Perlman, presi- dent of Women's S u p r e m e Lodge, will extend greetings. The new men's and women's presidents will then extend their greetings. Convention chairmen include: The session will be turned over to Albert P. Mitnick, of Chicago, f i r s t vice-president, who will preside. Greetings will be extended by Mayor Cobo and Gov. Williams. Rabbi Morris Adler, of Cong. Shaarey Zedek, will deliver the invocation, and Dr. Lawrence I. Yaffa, general convention chairman, will de- liver the organizational welcome to delegates. Karbel will deliver the presi- dent's message, followed by a preliminary convention report by Milton M. Weinstein. Ben Z. Glass, executive secretary of the District, will read announce- ments. The presentation of honor awards will be a highlight of Sunday night's session, begin- ning at 9 p.m., and followed by a cabaret night program, at which Mickey Woolf will be master of ceremonies. A special citation will be presented to Grace Gordon, for over 25 years Bnai Brith secre- tary at Rochester, Minn., where she processed tens of thousands of Jewish patients at the Mayo Clinic. Membership awards will be presented by Harry Epstein, Madison, Wis., the District mem- bership vi c e - president; and Harry Yudkoff, of Detroit, past district president and chairman of the finance council, will Hy Crystal and Kurt Ellenbogen, present Bnai Brith service fund delegate registration; Jack Caminker citations. and Louis E. Barden, welcoming The Sidney J. Kusworm committee; Alfred Laikin, transpor- Albert Tucker, road signs; Award will be made by Jack tation; Louis Russman, downtown window Wisemen, another past presi- displays; Harry Pearson, electric committee; Karl C. Berg, dent, of Alton, Ill., and Lodge menorah convention exhibits; Milton M. Wein- bulletin contest trophies will stein, luncheon s ea tin g; Victor banquet seating. be distributed by Saul Bloomfield, Alfred Bounin, rabbi enlistment; Corush, of Chicago, chairman Henry Wald, page boys; James N. of the department of informa- Laker, daily newspaper, managing ,,editor; Fred Sorkow, editor; Harry tion. Katz, banquet programs; Lawrence Monday's sessions will begin Kopel, stenographic help; Leo Sobel, typewriters; Mickey Woolf, entertain- at 9:30 a.m., with the invoca- ment; Max Sosin, refreshments; Sam- tion of the past president's de- uel G. Bank, prizes; Harry Wein- gift shop; Al Cooper, flowers; gree by Harry Lashowitz, past berger, Oscar Bank, gift baskets; Harry Mir- District president from Fargo, vis, baby sitters; Mrs. Lawrence I. Yaffa, delegates' wives entertain- N. D. ment; Leonard Gurwin, restaurant T h e convention Memorial list; Leo Sobel, delegates' badges; Service will follow at 11 a.m., Harry Weinberger, souvenirs; Mer- J. Solomon, photography Ru- wider the spiritual guidance of win dolph Meyersohn, newspaper, radio 41 abbi. Max K.apustin, director of and television publicity. BENJAMIN I. MORRIS SIDNEY J. KARBEL HARRY YUDKOFF Bnai Brith Personalities To Share Honors at District Convention When an organization has over 75,000 members, it be- comes a difficult task to single out one person for special hon- ors. In the instance of Harry Yudkoff, a staunch supporter of Bnai Brith for 31 years, the job is simplified. Yudkoff will receive a cita- tion from the order at the Bnai Brith District 6 past president's luncheon at 12 noon, Tuesday, in the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel "for meritorious service to Bnai Brith on a local, state, district and national level." Born in Baltimore, M d., Yudkoff graduated from the University of Michigan in 1924, and since that time has been" engaged here in the insurance business. He joined Pisgah Lodge in 1925, soon became its presi- dent and later was elected president of the Greater De- troit Council. He is a past secretary o f the Michigan Council, served 24 years on the district general commit- tee and is a past District pres- ident. Just this week, Philip M. Klutznick, president of Bnai Brith, announced Yudkoff's ap- pointment as co-chairman of Women's Convention Sessions to Highlight Bnai Brith Projects Mrs. Frederick Solomon, with adjournment for luncheon president of Bnai Brith Wom- and dinner. Following registration on en's District Grand Lodge No. 6, from Chicago, will officially Tuesday, there will be the elec- open the District convention tion of new officers and selec- here on Sunday morning, in tion of delegates to the Women's Supreme Council. Officers will the Sheraton Cadillac Hotel. In charge of planning the be installed at a 12:30 p.m. women's phase of the conven- luncheon, and the convention tion is Mrs. will conclude with Tuesday Alfred E. La- night's banquet. Guests of the women at the i n, general Convention conference sessions will be Mrs. chairman, and Louis L. Perlman, Women's ler committee Supreme Council president; Mrs. . - of Detroit Bnai Brith women. Following registration on Sunday, a proj- ect luncheon Miss Lakin highlighting a panel -of speakers representing leading Bnai Brith philanthro- pies, will be held at 12:15 p.m. Arthur Laufman, national di- rector of women's activities; and Mrs. Bernard C. Bolotin, execu- tive secretary. Presiding at the various plen- ary sessions will be the follow- ing women: Mesdames Gerald Goldberg, Detroit, vice-president; L. Car- mel, Chicago, vice-president; Robert Coggan, Detroit, vice- president; H. Goodman, Chi- cago, vice-president; J. Druck, Chicago, treasurer; D. Glick- The remainder of Sunday's business sessions will include committee meetings at 3 p.m.; dinner at 5:30 p.m.; plenary sessions at 7 p.m. and a cabaret man, Winnipeg, Can. sentinel; night with the men at 9:30 p.m. J. Weiner, Grand Rapids, guide; Monday's schedule again will M. Goldberg, Chicago, historian; concentrate on business sessions, W. Bloch, Portland, Ore., hon- with plenary conferences in the orary president.. and H. Israel, morning, afternoon and evening, Waukesha, Wis., counselor. * * Mayor Proclaims `Bnai Brith Week' Mayor ALBERT E. COBO hands a signed resolution pro- claiming "Bnai Brith Week" in Detroit to Mrs. ALFRED E. LAKIN, women's convention chairman. Local Bnai Brith lead- ers watching the ceremony are, left to right, SIDNEY J. KARBEL, District 6 president; HY CRYSTAL, executive di- rector, Detroit Council; LOUIS E. BARDEN, president, Detroit ouncil president; Mrs. Council; JACK CAMINKER, past CL_ GERALD GOLDBERG, vice-president, 'men's District Lodge; president, De- Mrs. Lakin and Mrs. BERNARD B74e- troit Women's Council. the organization's national fund campaign cabinet. He w i 11 serve with Judge Samuel A. Weiss, of Pittsburgh, who was named chairman. During the three years he was District membership chair- man, over 25,000 new members were enrolled—a record which still stands. Yudkoff also has been active in community affairs, serving as a member of the Jewish Wel- fare Federation's board of gov- ernors, vice-president of the Jewish Community Council, ex- ecutive committee, State of Is- rael Bonds, board member of Jewish National Fund, execu- tive committee, United Hebrew Schools, board member, Reset- tlement Service. He is a mem- ber of Temple Israel. Benjamin I. Morris, vice- president of Supreme Lodge, who is the official representa- tive of the National body, will attend the District sessions, speak at Monday's convention luncheon and install newly- elected officers at the closing banquet Wednesday evening. He is a past president of Adolph Kraus Lodge and the Chicago Bnai Brith Council, is past president of the District and currently is vice-chairman of the Bnai Brith national youth organizations. Outgoing District president Sidney J. Karbel, who will pre- side at all convention sessions, is a University of Michigan law graduate, who has been practicing his profession in De- troit since 1927. He is a mem- ber of the Detroit, Michigan and American Bar Associations. Joining Pisgah Lodge in 1941, he demitted to help or- ganize the Harry B. Keidan Lodge and served as its first president from 1945-46. He served as local Council pres- ident in 1947 and as a mem- ber of the general District committee for four years. Karbel is a member of Selec- tive Service Board 92, Jewish Welfare Federation board of governors, co-chairman of the professional division in the Allied Jewish Campaign, board member of lawyers division, Detroit Service Group, Resettle- ment Service and Israel Bond Committee. He has served on Boy Scout committees, and is a member of Temple Beth El. District 6 is the largest and considered the most influen- tial of the national districts. Philip M. Klutznick, current Supreme Lodge president, is a past District president, and two others, Adolph Kraus (1905-1920) and Henry Mon- sky (1938-1947), served in the national presidency. Detroit has had six presidents of District 6. They are: Adolph Freund (1883 - 84); Bernard Ginsburg (1898-99); Aaron Droock (1939-40); Harry Yudk- off (1945-46); Samuel W. Leib (1949-50); and Karbel (1955-56).