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Midrasha Establishes Middle East Institute
To Enlighten Community on Current Issues
A "Middle East Institute," aimed at providing all the facts relating to the
present critical situation involving Israel, is being formed by the Midrasha, the
college of advanced Jewish studies of the United Hebrew Schools, it was an-
nounced this week by Albert Elazar, superintendent of the schools, and Dr.
Maurice Shudofsky, chairman of the Midrasha faculty.
The Institute_ is intended for the purpose of analyzing all issues involved
in the Arab-Israel conflict; to discuss the attitude of the United Nations and
its member states, as well as the position of the United States; to arrive at the
truth relating to the current crisis.
Planned for a six-week period, the Institute may be extended to at least
ten weeks, depending on the developments on the international fronts and on
the need to meet issues as they arise to offset the attacks that have been
launched on Israel and American Jewry by Arab propagandists.
An invitation will go out this week, from Midrasha, to all leaders in local
Zionist, civic-protective and other movements, to enroll in this Institute. While
it is intended as a leadership project, others who desire to benefit from it and
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...Justice Butzel,
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to enroll in it may apply for registration at the United Hebrew Schools' main
office, 18975 Schaeffer.
The Institute will open with a briefing session, Monday evening, Feb. 25.
It will be followed by formal discussions, to be led by authorities in their various
fields, on the following Monday evenings, from 8:15 to 10:15 o'clock.
Prof. Preston W. Slosson, head of the history department of the University
of Michigan, will be the first speaker, Monday, March 4. He will direct the
discussion on the subject "The Political Configuration of the Middle East: From
the End of World War I to the Present."
Subsequent lecturers will include: March 11, Dr. Benjamin Schwadran,
"Economic Patterns of the Middle East." March 18, Prof. Guest
baum, of the Oriental Institute of the University of
the Middle East." March 25, "Arab-Israel Relation
Cooperation," speaker to be announced. April 1, Dr
versity of Buffalo, "Israel, America and American Je
up sessions will be announced later.
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'Constructive Spirit' Evident
In E an- ammarskjoid Talks;
Dulles ees Israel Complyin
Justice Butzel Given 1957
Welfare Federation Award .
Henry M.= Butzel, former Michigan State Supreme
Court Justice, was named, by the committee of awards,
to receive the 1957 Fred M. Butzel Award established in
memory of his brother. The citation, presented to Justice
Butzel at the annual meeting of the Jewish Welfare Fed-
eration, which makes the awards, Tuesday evening, reads:
"In every generation of men, there are those who,
because of their inherent ability, balanced judgment and
love of humanity, make outstanding contributions to their
fellow men in all walks of life. Such a man is the Honor-
able Henry M. Butzel, the recipient in this year of 1957
of the Fred M. Butzel Memorial Award.
"From his early youth, he has given of his talents
to every worthy cause, whether of the community at
large or the community of his fellow Jews. The exacting
demands of his professional life were never too great
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to deprive the community of his
services, nor did his elevation to
the bench of the Supreme Court
of Michigan remove him so far
from his fellows as to deprive
them of his interest, aid and in-
spiration in all those good works.
with which his name will ever
be associated.
"The list of his interests and
achievements is a long one, a
few of which only may here be
mentioned — his help in the
Americanization program in the
early days of this century, his
services to the cause of organ-
ized religion as president of
Temple Beth El, his participa-
tion in the founding of the Legal
Aid
Society which made avail-
Justice Butzel
able the courts of justice for
many to whom they had theretofore been effectively
closed, his services as one of the founders, board member
and president of the United Jewish Charities, the first
organized Jewish communal service agency in Detroit and
the predecessor of the Jewish Welfare Federation.
"He has been mindful of his own high standard of
the responsibilities of citizenship which culminated with
his distingushed service of over a quarter of a century as
4!...„A justce of the highest judicial tribunal in the state • of
Michigan. The standards he set for others, he meticulously
maintained. Henry M. Butzel is a man whom his fellow
men delight in honoring. May the days of his years con-
tinue to be long and. fruitful."
Direct JTA Teletype Wires to the Jewish News
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold met Tuesday
morning with the seven-nation United Nations Emergency Force Advisory Board and,
according to his spokesman, reported to the board on his two-hour meeting Mon-
day with Israel Ambassador Abba S. Eban.
The fact that the UN spokesman stressed the point that the discussion with Mr.
Eban was on both resolutions adopted by the General Assembly Saturday night was
taken here as an indication that the Secretary General might be veering around to
the Israel viewpoint that both resolutions—for Israel's withdrawal of forces to the
armistice lines and for UN measures to prevent further hostilities—should be con-
sidered simultaneously. Previously, Mr. Hammarskjold had held the position that
Israel must comply with the first resolution before anything could be done on the
second.
The Eban-Hammarskjold meeting Monday was "a broad discussion of all aspects
of the two resolutions," Israeli sources said. They declared the discussions took place
"in a constructive spirit" and would continue during the week.
During the first hour of their meeting, both diplomats were accompanied by their
chief aides: Mordecai Kidron and Gideon Rafael with Mr. Eban and Dr. Ralph
Bunche and' Andrew Gordier with Mr. Hammarskjold. The two conferred privately
for an hour and 15 minutes.
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Eisenhower, Dulles Believe Israel Will Comply With UN Demands
WASHINGTON. — Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told a press confer-
ence Tuesday that he has grounds to hope Israel will comply with United Nations de-
mands for immediate withdrawal from the Gulf of Aqaba and the - Gaza Strip.
Asked if the United States favored sanctions against Israel, Mr. Dulles said . this
country would not act unilaterally but would act in accordance with UN decisions.
As to whether the United States favors sanctions to compel Israel compliance on
withdrawal, he would not answer directly. He said the issue depended on the UN,
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New Center Ready for Construction:
After more
than a year of planning, checking and investigating, final drawings for the new main
building of the Jewish Community Center on Curtis and Meyers have bedh approved and
building will start sometime during the summer. The Center, to be erected at a cost of
$2,500,000, will serve all age groups in the community. Among its facilities will be a
Men's Health Club, Women's Health Club, complete • physical education plant, regula-
tion AAU swimming pool, an auditorium for 750, little theater accommodating 500,
lounges, club rooms and a modern playschooi for 80 childrene (Story on Page 7)
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