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'lanai Brill' Convention Takes Strong Stand for
Civil Rights, Desegregation and Israel 's Defense
Keynote Address by Sidney Karbel;
Plea for Israel by Envoy Comay
An enthusiastic gathering off out that the central task Of the
more than 800 delegates, attend-Jewish generation is the up-
ing the Bnai Brith District building of Israel. Describing
Grand Lodge No. 6 and the Wo- the difficulties of the "over-
men's Grand Lodge No. 6, , at night improvization of the
the Sheraton Cadillac Hotel, State," and the hard times that
Saturday night through Tues- accompanied the rise of Israel,
day night, took a strong stand he warned that "we must not be
in defense of Israel's poSition unrealistic about the present
and adopted resolutions favor- situation." He said that while
ing desegregation and action for, Israel has become stronger, so
civil -rights. have her enemies. Denying that
The convention's keynote ad- the problem at hand is one of
dress was delivered by \Sidney • an arms race, he said that Israel
J. Karbel, retiring president of must have arms because, "if
the District, and the major con- Israel can deter aggression there
vention address was by Israel's will be no aggression - against,
Ambassador to Canada, Michael her."
"Israel draws her strength
Saul Comay.
Speaking to an overflow gath- not only from weapons but from
ering, at the closing session of moral and psychological factors
the convention, at the banquet in which we have superior arm-
on Tuesday, Mr. Comay pointed aments," Mr. Comay said. "This
ADL to Participate in Michigan's
SUmmer Human Relations Workshop
Dr. Morton J. Sobel, Michigan: for Henry Morgentheau Lodge.
Regional Director of Bnai He is a- graduate of Rabbi
Brith's Anti-Defaination League, Jacob Joseph Yeshiva and cam-
- will be one of a number of p•eted Hebrew studies at Herz-
ADL representatives to service liah Hebrew Teachers Academy,
Hurrian _Relations Workshop in both in New York. He alsO was
Universities throughout this area educated at New York and
Wayne Universities.
during the summer months.
In his new capacity, Kohler
Dr. Sobel will be a regular
staff member of workshops at will consult with ADL leaders
.- Central Michigan -College, Mt. throughout Michigan and coordi-
, Pleasant, and Wayne Universi- nate programs, serving as as-
sistant to Dr. Sobel.
ty, each a'-two-w.eek project.
Reznik also announced this
In addition, AD'', will provide
consultant for a four-week week the formation of a com-
workshop at the University of mittee on bigotry in political
Detroit and a two-week pro- campaigns to combat "extreme
- grain at the University of Mich- rightists, nationalists and pro-
igan. Dr. Sobel will spend time fessional hate groups (who)
at a workshop at the Universi- will • likely be deposited in
- ty of Toledo, and the ADL will third party movements this
- provide a representative for a year,' ,
Committee members include
Methodist Camp near Port
the following:
Huron. -
Walter Betlow, Benjamin D. Bur-
Scholarships for workshops dick,
Sidney J. Karbel, Sainnel W.
- have been provided by ADL to Leib; Max Osnos and 'James Wine-
all of Detroit; Morton Kanfer,
- MrS. Albert L. Brown, of Ink- man,
Farmington; Benjamin M. Rose, Wy-
- seer, to Wayne University; W. andotte; Irving Fidelman,. South
Zola Rosenfeld, Jackbon; Dr.
Raymond Adkins, to U. of D.; Haven;
I. A. Bernstein, Ann', Arbor.
and Rev. Eugene H. Vetter,
Others are Sidney Cassel, Atlanta;
J. Pearlman; Battle Creek;
minister of St. Johns Lutheran Aaron.
Joseph C. Hirschfield, Bay City; Dr.
Church, New Haven, Mich., at Raymond Engleman; Flint; Paul 0.
Liebert, Grand Rapids; Seymour K.
_ Padnos,
U. of D.
Holland; Mrs. Herman Lan-
Julius Reznik, chairman of the do, Kalamazoo; Mrs. Gunter Joseph,
ADL Michigan Regional Adviso- Landinf; Leonard Bergstein, Mid-
Jerry ;L May, Monroe.
ry Board this week announced land;
Concluding the list are Louis M.
- they . appointment of Robert Davis, Mt. Clemens; Dr. Bernard N.
1Vteltzer, Mt. Pleasant; Edward
Kohler as program coordinator Krause,
Muskegon; Arnold Mundell,
Oak Park; Joseph L. Linden, Owosso;
of the regional • office.
David
Galin,
Plymouth; Dr. Maurice
• Kohler served- as ADL chair- Thome, Pontiac;
Mrs. Alvin Winkel-
. man of the Greater Detroit Bnai man, Port Huron; Frank M. Polasky,
Saginaw; Leon J. Harris, St. Joseph;
Brith CoUncil .this year, and James
Mintz, Sturgis; • and Dr. Moses
previously was ADL chairman Cenker, Trenton.
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Yeshiva U. Students
Look Over. New Home
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A member of Bnai Brith for
is the end of road. This is where
our roots are. This is where we 18 years,' Mrs. Goldberg is a.
have come to stay. Our Jtws past president of Pisgah Chapter
will not run from Israel and and the Greater Detroit Bnai
we draw strength from the fact Brith Council. She has served as
that Koy Israel Haverim — all a supervisor and area chairman
Jews are brothers. We ask you of the District, is a member - of
to stand by us. We stand ready the Michigan -Regional board,
to defend our poistions, but chairman • of the advisory board
some demands must be made of the Detroit ADL office and
upon -you, for you are our broth- a member of the BBYO advisory
ers, our partners in an historic committee.
In the community, she is a.
enterprise." -
member of the Foster Parents
Karbel's Appeal for Israel
Recruitment Committee of the
Mr. Karbel ; in a strong plea Jewish Social Service Bureau,
in defense of Israel, and con- community relations committee
demning Arab propaganda in of the Jewish Community Coun-
this country, declared in his cil, Bnai David Sisterhood and
presidential address:
Ladies Auxiliary, Jewish Na-
"We must unitedly convince tional Fund.
Serving with Mrs.. Goldberg
our State Department that if
peace is to be achieved in the are the following . District -of-
Middle East, the Arab nations ficers:
Mesdames Lest er Cannel,
must be made to understand
that as members of the United Chicago; Robert Coggan, De-
Nations they must, irk good faith, troit; Joseph Garland, Chicago;
agree to negOtiate with Israel Morris Tack, Detroit, all_ vice-
for a just, honorable and last- presidents; Bernard C. Bolotin,
ing peace; that they must for- executive secretary; Morris
get their passion to destroy Goldberg, Chicago,' treasurer;
Israel; that Israel, as a creation Davi clt Glickman, Winnipeg,•
of the United Nations, is here Can., guide; Miss Ida Blitz, Rock
to stay; that if Israel should fall, Island, Ill., 'sentinel; Morris
Glassman, Minnesota, historian;
the. United Nations will fall." -
Mr. Karbel declared that "so and Frederick Solomon, Chi-
long as we Jews can present a cago, counselor.
Committeewomen elected
united, strong, fearless front,
we can prevent that catastrophe. were, from Chicago, Mesdames
nd, Meyer
The moment we become dis- Julius Berk, Leo Bla
united and weak, our enemies, Gold, Morton Gorch, Isadore
of whom there are many, will Feinglass and Sam Naparstak;
from Detroit, Mesdames Lewis
strike."
In his presidential message, Manning, Alfred Lakin, Henry
Mr. Karbel reviewed the past P. Onrich, Marcella Steuben,
year's activities and pointed to Michigan Council; Jerry Cash-.
a rise in Bnai Brith membership mere, Miwaukee Council; Min-
nesota, Irving Mack; South Illi-
in the District.
At the stormy session Tues- nois, Abe Solomon; Central Illi-
day, delegates required four nois, Miss Dorothy Wolfson; un-
ballots to elect the District's attached, Mrs. Cecia Yaffe.
Delegates to the S u`'p rem e
third vice-president, after the
remainder of the top-level posts Council are Mesdames Frederick
had been filled with business- Solomon, Gerald Goldberg,
Irving Ackerman, Charles Solo-
like precision.
vich, Leonard Sims, Herman M.
Mr. Karbel relinquished his Berman, Morris J. Silver, Harry
- gavel to Albert P. -Mitnick, of
Yampa' and Hyman Israel.
Chicago, while Harry Epstein,
Washington Boulevard –be-
of Madison, Wis.; David O.
came Bnai Brith Boulevard,
Goldfine, of Chicago; and Sam
on _Saturday, by, action of the
J. Stone, of Peoria, were
City Council, in recognition
elected the vice-presidents.
of `the District 6 convention.
- The importance of the, third 'Messages, greeting the con-
vice-presidency is that the man vention, were received from
elected automatically moves up Governor Williams and Mayor
to District presidency in 1960.
Cobo. The Mayor was 'repre-
In contention for the office sented at . the session by Na-
besides Stone, - were Harvey thaniel H. Galdstick. The invo-
Steadman, of Lansing; Paul L. cation at the opening . session
Moscovitz, of Milwaukee, Wis.; was given by Rabbi Morris
and. Ervin Lavine, of Fargo, Adler.
Tuesday's luncheon served
N.D.
to honor Detroiter Harry
For Detroiters, a highlight
Yudkoff, who has been a Bnai
of Tuesday's sessions, was the
Brith member for 31 years.
election of Mrs. Gerald Gold-
He was given a plaque—the
berg, of this city, to the post
Bnai Brith Service Fund Cita-
of women's District president.
300 Children Can't Be Wrong
tion—by the convention dele-
gates.
The plaque cited his many
contributions to the fraternal,
social service and philan-
thropic or g a n i zation on a
1 o c a 1, district and national
level.
A number of resolutions were
adopted by both the men and
women, principally urging sup-
port for Israel, changes in U.S.
immigration policy, and in car-
rying out. the Supreme Court's
desegregation ruling and pro-
moting civil rights.
The .chief resolution on
Arab anti-Semitism charged
Arab students and diplomats
presently in this country with
going beyond mere anti-
Israelism, but adding addi-
tional blows against this coun-
try's Jews.
The resolution called on the
U.S. Government to permit Jews
who are citizens of this coun-
try to enter any country of their
choosing, including Saudi
Arabia, and asked the Govern-
ment to check propaganda being
distributed on college campuses
by Arab exchange students. .
The resolution on immigration
urged immediate revision of
present laws and a re-examina-
tion of the national, origin quota
system to further that end.
Calling on President Eisen-
hower to convene a bi-partisan
conference to study the de-
segregation issue, the conven-
tion urged its own members 'to
work through the Anti-Defama-
tion League and any other group
which opposes threats to : ful-
filling the " Supreme • Court de-
cisian.
In another major resolution,
'delegates adopted a statement
of principle supporting the in-
herent justice of the . separa-
tion of church and state.
Claiming that this factor has
permitted us to keep our free-
dom of religion, the, resolution
stated that lately there has
arisen a tendency to minimize
this histOric separation.
If this belief were not adhered
to, the resolution concluded, it
would weaken the public schools
by permitting them to become
involved in sectarian, religious
disagreements.
'Participants in, the banquet
program included Mr. Karbel,
toastmaster; Alfred H. Bounin,
Rabbis Minard Klein and Mor-
-ris Adler, Dr. Lawrence I: Yaf-
, fa, Mrs. Alfred E. Lakin, -Mrs.
Frederick Solomon; Harry Yud-
koff, Ben Z. Glass, Albert Mit-
nick, Mrs. Gerald Goldberg; and
- Mrs. Louis L. Perlman.
Entertainment was prOvided
by Mickey Woolf. Cantor Hy-
man Adler was the soloist.
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Summer Classes Are Fun In Hebrew School's Program
By FRANK SIMONS
Working on the theory that
education can be fun, the United
H e b r e w Schools this week
opened its fifth annual summer
program.
Over 300 youngsters from 7
to 13 are participating in the
four-week schedule of classes,
arts and crafts activities, rec-
reation and informal study ses-
sions, which continues through
1 the end of July.
Albert Elazar, superintendent
of the Schools, talks enthusiasti-
cally about the merits of such
a program, and states that the
Solomon Jacobovits (left) atmosphere about the Esther
of Dublin, Ireland; Joshua Berman Branch where all classes
Chorowsky, Jerusalem., Israel;
are held, is relaxed yet charged
and Henry Klein of Lima, with activity..
Peru, students at Yeshiva
Youngsters who attend the
University, examine plans sessions generally fall into four
and model of the new resi- classifications:
dence hall being erected at
1. The idle child, who,. with
the Main Academic Center,
nothing planned for the sum-
Amsterdam Avenue and 186th
mer months, is anxious to
Street in the Washington
participate enthusiastically in
Heights section of New York
a program that will keep him
City. The building, frame-
busy and entertained.
work of which is in the back-
2. The Bar Mitzvah student
ground, is scheduled for com-
of late summer or early fall
who must prepare for his
pletion this fall and will re-
lieve housing shortage for the
Maftir.
University's undergraduates.
3. The slow student who is
given a second chance to
catch up to his class (and
often because of the intensity
of instruction, surpasses the
other when .'classes are re-
surnel in the fall).
4. The gifted pupil who may
sometimes be held back during
regular sessions is given a
chance to advance a grade •
through applied study with a
special tutor.
The summer program usually
r e v o l v e s around , a central
theme, with this year's activ-
ities centered on the Jewish
calendar. The summer scholar
will learn the differences be-
tween the Hebrew calendar and
the Julian calendar, the months
comprising the former, the
number of days and holidays
occuring in each month-, the leap
years and the Sedrah portions
for each week's service in the
synagogue.
Additionally, students w i 11
conduct the daily services them-
selves, learn the prayers of the
Siddur and prepare for the High
Holy Days which come early
this year.
The time, spent daily at the
school, however, is not all work,
Elaftar explained. 'During the
three-hour classes, from 9:30 to
12:30, there are services, class
work and elective activities.
In the latter classification are
group games such as baseball,
volley ball and soccer • at nearby
playgrounds to which the
youngsters are taken.
For those not *ishing to par-
ticipate in sports, there is chess
and checkers, the school library,"
arts and crafts, dramatics and
a choir.
Wednesday is devoted to an
all-day outing from 10 a.m. to
3 p.m. In the past, students have
gone to Bob-Lo, Greenfield Vil-
lage or to see Jewish points of
interest.
Elazar told how last year the
group visited the original site
of Cong. Shaarey Zedek and of
the Negro pastor who showed
the children around his church:
Visits to various Orthodox, Con-
servative and Reform syna-
gogues are planned, as well.
The advantages of a sum-
mer Hebrew school are many,
Elazar explained. He said that
during the regular school
year, a teacher has three
classes, and when the bell
rings he is confronted with a
new group to teach.
In summer school, ne said,
the children get to know their
teachers better, the claSses are
smaller and informal. Material
that time will not permit during WV
regular sessions - is emPhasized.
Pupils will learn all about
Tisha b'Ab during the next two
weeks, and,. shoUld they choose
to fast, they will have the op-
portunity to express their reac-
tions to the fast and its signi-
ficarice to them—in ,Hebrew, of
course.
Many other occasions will be
presented to experiment with
their knowledge of Hebrew and
Jewish life, Elazar explained.
Maybe they will write a one-
act play, perhaps in arts and
crafts they will construct a syn-
agogue, with each student build-
ing a separate object. The pos-
sibilities are numberless, h e
said .
One of the major reasons for
the summer program; Elazar
concluded, is that the continuity
of Hebrew learning goes on
from June to September.
There is a tendency to forget
what one has learned over the
summer months, he said, but
the Schools' summer program
brings this down to a minimum.
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