building bureau of the National
Jewish Welfare Board.
The building program is part
of a total Center movement
which is expanding rapidly
throughout the country in order
to keep pace with changing
Jewish community life.
According to a JWB build-
ing bureau report for the pe-
riod from June 30 to Septem-
ber, 1956, Center building
projects were in various
stages of construction in Har-
risburg, Pa.; Scranton, Pa.;
Atlanta, Ga.; Pelham Park-
way, N. Y.; Allentown, Pa.;
and Ottawa, Can.
During September, 1956, four
new centers opened in Camden,
N. J.; Brookline, Mass.; Law-
rence, Mass.; and Corpus Christi,
Texas.
In addition, plans are being
worked on for new Center
buildings in Oakland, Calif.;
San Antonio, Tex.; Pittsburgh,
Pa.; St. L o u i s, Mo.; Detroit,
Newark, N. J.; Windsor- a n d
-Toronto, Can.; Kansas City, Mo.;
Long Island, N. Y.; Long Beach,
Calif.; and Baltimore, Md.
needs of the new Detroiters.
Those who need temporary
housing are received at the Jew-
ish House of Shelter. The Jew-
ish Community Center has held
its first social program for the
transplanted families and offers
them a year's free membership.
Sinai Hospital and North End
clinics provide for their medical'
needs.
Resettlement Services spon-
sors U. S. admission of refugee
families, provides financial help
to new arrivals, and gives guid-
ance on the problems of adjust-
ing to American life.
Thinking of Cadillac
Think of Me . . .
JOHN LEBOW
Representing
EAST,JEFFERSON BRANCH
CADILLAC MOTOR COMPANY
3180 E. JEFFERSON
LO. 7-6811 — Res. UN. 3-5127
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it's the
NATURAL thing to do!
Boris Smolar's
'Between You
and Me'
...
,(Copyright, 1957,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency,
Inc)
Communal Reflections:
There is a good deal of disappointment among American
Jewish community leaders over the fact that Moshe Sharett,
former Foreign Minister of Israel, was prevented from coming
to the United States to help the United Jewish Appeal campaign.
. . . The decision to have Mr. Sharett stay in Israel, taken only
a few days before his scheduled departure for the United States,
provoked great surprise and all kind of comments among those
in the United States who feel that his coming here would have
contributed greatly to the success of the UJA drive. . . It would
have contributed also to the strengthening of pro-Israel sentiment
among non-Jewish elements in this country before whom Mr.
Sharett could have appeared as the most popular private Israeli
citizen. . . . Mr. Sharett has. many friends among Jewish com-
munity leaders in all parts of the country. . . . He is highly
respected by many non-Jewish intellectuals, labor leaders, and
people active political affairs. . . . The cancellation of his visit
to the U.S. is considered by many as neither a wise nor a prac-
tical move. •
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Tireless workers . . . the bees. But they have something
to show for it. Not so with many of us! Here's a practical
way to make .sure that you ARE getting somewhere.
Consider "savings" a debt you owe to yourself. Then
every week come in or by mail put a fixed sum in a
high-earning American Savings account. And saving
comes naturally at American Savings . . . where the
high return provides a powerful incentive to add to
your account regulatly.
US Echoes
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold refers
to himself—in private conversations—as being "a frustrated
friend" of Israel. What he actually means by that is a matter
Of speculation in circles close to Mr. Hammarskjold. . . How-
ever, the real friends of Israel in the United Nations do not like
the "frustrated" part of Mr. Hammarskjold's friendship. , .
They feel that during the current discussions on the Gaza and
Aqaba issues he did not act even as a "frustrated friend" of
Israel. . . . There was not the slightest sign of even "frustrated"
friendship towards Israel in this report. .. . The importance of
Mr. Harnrnarskjold's personal", feelings lies in the fact that as
chief of 'the United Nations he is also the chief of the United
Nations troops stationed between Israel and Egypt.
Educational Trends:
Exclusive of schools on a college level, New York Jewry
spent $16,000,000 last yek• on Jewish education. . . . This does
not include approximately $1,200,000 which Jewry all-day
schools and yeshivas in New York received in Federal and state
government funds through the JeWish Education. Association. . . .
These funds are used to supply some 120 all-day schools with
lunch, milk , and transportation to and from school. . . . Plans
are being mapped by the JEA to have all Jewish afternoon
schools — numbering about 400 — benefit from the special milk
program established by New York State.
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W. 9 MILE near COOLIDGE
open 9:30 to 4:30—,Tuesday to 8:30 p.m.
open 9:30 to 4:30—Thursday to 8:30
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operr.9:30 to 4:30—Friday to 8- p.m.
open 9:30 to 4:30—Friday to 8:30 p.m.
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p.m.
Sarnood ‘Szpikat
Work will start this summer
on construction of the $2,500,000
main building of the Jewish
Community Center, to be erect-
ed at Curtis and Meyers.
Final working drawings of
the proposed building were
made public this week, after
months of planning.
When completed, the Center
will serve all age groups of
both sexes, offering, educational,
cultural and recreational serv-
ices to individuals and organi-
zations.
Plans call for a Men's Health
Club with a capacity of 1,000;
a Women's Health Club, capac-
ity 500; a complete' physical ed-
ucation plant, consisting of a
main gymnasium, auxiliary
gymnasium, han d b all and
squash courts and a regulation
30 x 75 AAU swimming pool.
The fine arts wing will house
a slant-floor auditorium with a
fully-equipped pr o s c en ium
stage, capacity 500; art, dance
and music studios; and a large
auditorium accommodating 750
people.
An older adult wing on the
first floor will have a lounge
and meeting rooms, and there
will be an elevator making it
possible for older adults to
take advantage of second floor
club rooms and lower level
crafts rooms.
A modern playschool accom-
modating 80 'youngsters also is
planned, catering t o regular
class enrollment and a drop-in
playschool program. An exten-
sive general arts and crafts pro-
gram, club rooms and separate
lounges and games rooms for
juniors, teens and tweens are
envisaged.
Architect for the building is
Paul Tilds and Associates. Sam-
uel Frankel is chairman of the
Center building committee,
which includes Harvey H. Gold-
man, Irving Rose, Nathan Sil-
verman, Samuel S. S i comer,
Richard Sloan and Tilds.
The building committee and
a number of sub-committees
have spent over a year develop-
ing Center plans. The commit-
tee, as a group, visited new cen-
ters in Milwaukee, Louisville,
Montreal and Toronto, while in-
dividual members surveyed
centers in Toledo, Los Angeles,
New Haven and Pittsburgh.
...Planning on the new main
Detroit center incorporates the
latest and best developments
in center program and facilities
as gathered from these visits,
Frankel said.
Reviewing special areas for
the building were Irving Rose
and Harold Sarko, men's health
services; Mrs. Leo Mellen, wo-
men's health facilities; M r s.
Charles Lakoff; fine arts com-
mittee chairman; and Richard
Sloan, little theater facilities.
Additional committee meet-
ings- will continue to determine
in advance the furnishings and
equipment for the various de-
partments to be housed in the
building.
The proposed structure is an-
other step toward fulfillment of
the master plan for developing
Center facilities, which w a s
adopted by the board in 1953.
This is the plan which calls
-for construction of a main build-
ing and a minimum of three
branches to serve the new sub-
urban Jewish neighborhoods by
providing a wide variety of
services to the entire commu-
nity.
The expansion is the culmina-
tion of a program which began
in 1903 at the old Hannah
Schloss Memorial Building and
developed further in 1906 with
the Jewish Institute.
The Jewish Centers Associa-
tion, an outgrowth of the Insti-
tute, was founded in 1926, and in
1933 merged with the YMHA
and YWHA to form the Jewish
Community Center as it exists
today.
In the development of its
plans, the Center has had the
benefit of consultation with the
Thirty Hungarian Jewish ref-
ugee families, comprising 65 in-
dividuals, have settled in De-
troit up to Jan. 30, reports Har-
old Silver, executive director of
Resettlement Service, the Jew-
ish community's agency for
guidance and financial assis-
tance to refugees.
Jewish Vocational Service has
been instrumental in finding
jobs for the breadwinners of
these families, reports Albert
Cohen, executive director.
Four other member agencies
of the Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion are cooperating to meet the
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65 Hungarians Settle in Detroit
7—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS —
Begin Work This Summer
on $21/2MillionMainCenter