Israel Articles
By Dr. Hertz in
Detroit Times
An enthusiastic audience of
1,500 people who jam-packed
the Mumford High School audit-
orium last Sunday evening help-
ed to officially launch the an-
nual Histadrut Campaign in
Detroit.
Behind the stirring drama of
Zvi Scooler, the beautiful sing-
ing of Lea Koven and the pow-
erful performance of the Ha-
'Machol Dance Group, was the
ominous apprehension of the
audience which had been stirred
by current tensions in the Mid-
dle East.
Morris Lieberman, chairman
of the Detroit Histadrut Cam-
paign, presided. Morris Scha-
per, honorary Campaign chair-
man together with Harry Schu-
mer, who was to have intro-
duced Lieberman, was ill and
could not attend.
Lieberman stressed the cur-
rent goal of $250,000 plus $1,
and said it was vital to reach
this mark quickly.
Stating that Histadrut has
taken over in the present emer-
gency to do three jobs ordi-
Beginning next Tuesday, the
Detroit Times will feature a se-
ries of six articles on Israel and
the Israel situation by Dr. Rich-
ard C. Hertz, Rabbi of Temple
Beth El.
Dr: Hertz visited in Israel
during the summer. In his se-
ries he will give his impressions
of the land and its people and
will outline his views on the
present situation.
He will primarily deal with
the problems involving Israel's
and her neighbors' armed re-
sources, the present and future
economic situations and the ref-
ugee problem.
Detroiters to Head
CJFWF Sessions
Detroiters George M. Stutz,
Isidore Sobeloff and William
Avrunin will play major roles
in the 25th anniversary assem-
bly this weekend of the Coun-
cil of. Jewish Federations and
Welfare Funds.
Meeting at the King Edward
Hotel, in Toronto — the first
time the assembly has been held
outside the United States—more
than 500 Jewish .leaders from
the U.S. and Canada will ap-
praise developments at home
and abroad.
Stutz will be chairman of the
workshop session on "Jewish
Community Responsibility for
Services to the Disturbed
Aged," and chairman of the din-
ner meeting of the community
budget practices committee,
both being held today.
Sobeloff, executive vice-presi-
dent of the Detroit Jewish Wel-
fare Federation, will be a pan-
elist at a workshop on "Fund-
Raising and Budgeting in 1957
in Large Cities," and will pre-
sent the summary of the session
at the closing assembly meeting.
The Sunday morning session
on "Community Planning for
Education, Recreation and Cul-
tural Services in Large Cities"
will be addressed by Avrunin,
who is assistant director of the
JWF in Detroit.
Other Detroit leaders taking part
in the four-day conference include
Judge and Mrs. Theodore Levin, Mil-
ford Pregerson, Rabbi Morris Adler,
Sidney J. Allen, Mrs. Harry E. Au-
gust, Mrs. William Avrunin, Mrs.
Theodore Bargman, Mandell L. Ber-
man, Joseph Bernstein, Louis Berry,
Bud Bielfield, Irving W. Blumberg,
Tom Borman, Justice Henry M. But-
zel, Jacob A. Citrin, Irwin I. Cohn,
Mrs. Abraham Cooper, Mrs. Lewis B.
Daniels, Israel Davidson, Mrs. Aaron
DeRoy, Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich, Na-
than R. Epstein.
Others include Max M. Fisher,
Herman Fishman, Dr. Leon Fram,
Mrs. Max Frank, Samuel Frankel,
Judge William Friedman, Morris
Garvett, Harvey H. Goldman, Samuel
J. Greenberg, Samuel S. Greenberg,
Dr. A. M. Hershman, Joseph Holtz-
man, Mrs. John C. Hopp, Milton M.
Howard, Mrs. Benjamin E. Jaffe,
Mrs. Harry L. Jones, Sidney J. Kar-
bel, Abe Kasle, Jacob L. Keidan,
George D. Keil, Mrs. Julian H. Kro-
lik, Mrs. Charles Lakoff, Louis La-
Med, A. C. Lappin, Daniel A. Laven,
Rabbi Moses Lehrman, Jack 0. Lef-
ton, Hoke Levin, John E. Lurie, Mil-
ton M. Maddin, Harry T. Madison,
Milton K. Mahler, Morris Lieberman,
Nathan L. Milstein and Gus. D. New-
man.
Concluding the list are Max Osnos,
David I. Rosin, Samuel H. Rubiner,
Silverman,
Hyman Safran,_
Erwin S. Simo, Abraham Srere,
Emil T. Stern, Mrs. Isidore Sobeloff,
Louis Tabashnik, Mrs. Leonard H.
Weiner, Melville S. Welt, William
Wetsm•n, Harvey Willens, Henry
Wineman, James Wineman, Stanley
J. Winkelman, Julian L. Zemon and
Max J. Zivian.
narily undertaken by the Israel
government, he outlined:
1. The work of Kupat Holim,
Histadrut medical arm, which
has been caring for wounded
servicemen in the clash with
Egypt;
2. The efforts of Histadrut
to take care of the wives and
dependents of Israeli service-
men called into action; and
3. The bolstering of front
line defenses in the kibbutzim,
nearly all of which are affi-
liated with Histadrut.
Berl Locker, former co-
chairman o f t h e Jewish
Agency and a member of the
Israel Parliament, called on
American Jewry for Aliyah,
mustering of public opinion
and finances.
The guest speaker empha-
sized the need for increased
emigration from the Western
world to provide the skills and
technical know-how so vitally
needed by Israel today.
He called on American Jewry
to tell and keep repeating the
important fact that the Israelis
are not aggressors, but are only
seeking to defend themselves
against hostile neighbors who
refuse to live in peace with
Israel and seek only to exter-
minate her.
Locker said that during the
current emergency in the Mid-
dle East, the financial require-
ments of Histadrut have dou-
bled.
Not alone is there the added
burden o f mobilization o f
Israel's armed forces, Locker
pointed out, but plans for im-
migration call for an increase
this year.
Locker said that while last
year 51,000 Jews came to Israel,
immigration figures for the
current fiscal year have been
established at 75,000, mostly
from North Africa.
Still another factor. in +.•"
irrin-i3gratioh picture is
overe
the indication that Russia and
the Iron Curtain countries may
allow some migration during the
year, although recent actions
tend to nullify that hope,
Locker said.
Scooler, the Yiddish and
Broadway actor, opened the
evening's program with a dra-
matic sketch, "The March of the
Halutz," which he dedicated to
the 70th birthday of Israel
Prime Minister Ben-Gurion.
Both Lea Koven, Detroit
soprano, and the dance group,
under the direction of Harriet
Berg, made their first perform-
ances at a large gathering, and
were received enthusastic ally
by the audience which called
them back for encores.
During the week, Histadrut
workers began intensifying
their efforts to reach the
campaign goal. Delegates to
the annual Histadrut conven-
tion in New York seek to take
a sum of $50,000 as the mini-
mum Detroit advance on its
total- figure.
The parley, to be held Nov.
22 to 25 will hear from numer-
ous American, Israeli and labor
leaders. Principal speaker will
be Semah Cecil Hyman, Israeli
Consul General in New York.
Local Delegates are Maurice
Baker and Jacob Glaser, Far-
band; Laible Hoffmitz and Her-
bert Pincus, LZOA; Jacob Brody
and Mrs. Oscar Warren, organ-
izations; Mrs. Ethel Wasser, Pi-
oneer Woman; a n d David
Chaney and Isaac Litwak, trade
unions.
Joseph Haggai, a teacher in
the United Hebrew Schools of
Detroit, was one of 32 instruc-
tors, who have served their
communities 40 years or more,
to receive acclaim by fellow
educators.
The honors came at a ses-
sion of the third national Con-
ference on • Jewish Education,
sponsored by the American As-
sociation for Jewish Education,
in Washington, D. C. '
A tribute to the Jewish
teacher was delivered during
the program by Prof. Horace
M. Kalen, and citations were
awarded by Mrs. Dorothy K.
Oko on behalf of the AAJE.
Abe Kasle, president of the
United Hebrew Schools, was a
speaker at one of the sessions.
Other Detroiters attending the
conference were Mrs. Carl S.
Schiller, Morris Nobel and Al-
bert Elazer.
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7—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, Novemb er 16, 1956
1,500 Hear Histadrut Plea
for Urgent Aid to Israel
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