1 • 1 How the Work of Three Pioneers 3 Reform Temples Founders Dinner to Erase Debt Rabbis and leading laymen It was reported that the Ye- Developed Passover Aid Movement Mark 'Isaac Wise participated in an emergency shiva last year had a deficit of What can three men do? relief organizations, a system Sabbath' Tonight confer e=n c e at Cong. Beth about $30,000 in a total budget Shmuel and issued an appeal of $260,000. was established which coordi- The story of Mo'os Hitim is a dramatic answer, for it is a story of a good deed by three pious Jews that today has grown to cast its shining light upon the entire Jewish Com- munity of Detroit. The story goes back to the beginning of the century, when three good and pious men — Louis . Smith, Jacob Levin and Aaron Ackerman,—were sorely troubled by the plight of fellow Jews who could not afford even the Matzos for the Passover which was then approaching. With the aid of friends, these three men saw to it that the need was met that year, and the year after that. Every year, when Pa s s o v e r approached, their friends knew they could expect a visit from these three, soliciting aid so that •the Pass- over would not pass over the needy Jews of Detroit. Out of these yearly efforts, the Mo'os Hitim Committee was born. From all over the city, those who needed help at Passover time would gather at the Old Folks Home on BruSh Street and Edmund Place, where the distribution would take place. There were piles of Matzos, Matzo meal and Matzo Products, and the amount of cash given in each instance would vary with the number of children in the family. But as the city grew, the problem grew. Each year, more came, and finally it was more than the-small committee could handle. Confusion and duplica- tion developed as other organi- zations did their best to meet the growing need. In 1926, Mr. Smith learned from the members of his fam- ily how a new volunteer or- - ganization, the Home Relief Society, was handling similar problems. He invited Mrs. Harry M. Shulman, who was then president of the Home Relief S,ociety, to help system - . ize the investigation and dis- tribution of Passover aid. Gradually, out of, the separ- ate and duplicating efforts, Mrs. Shulman, with the help of members of the- Home Re- lief Society and Mrs. Rose Lipson, who was then director of the Jewish Social Service Bureau, developed a single clearing house with one Mas- ter file. With the cooperation of other GET IT AT LEO ADLER AND SAVE MONEY! 41/5 z " V110.4.1% 4401 rr The world's largest DeSOTO-PLYMOUTH Dealer LEO ADLER UN. 3-7400 3 locations 3000 Fenkell W. of Livernois Woodward 1 blk. N. of Grand Blvd. 7 Mile Rd. Just East of James Couzens nated all Passover aid, avoiding duplication and making certain that all deserving pers,ons in need would be helped without embarrassment. This is the sys- tem that is still in force. Each year, the names of all Jewish cases known to the De- partment of Public Welfare, Old Age Assistance, the Blind and the Handicapped, the Aid to De- pendent Children, as well as names from the lists of private relief giving organizations, are complied anew in the One Mas- ter File. There are also included the names of families who are self-supporting, but who need a bit of .extra help for the holidays. To these people are sent checks and Matzo orders, by mail, with- out embarrassment, without any loss of pride or dignity. Today it can be said, with the `help of many contributors, par- ticipating organizations, Syna- gogues and Temples: No Jew in the city of De- troit needs to be withoUt the necessities for Passover. Upon the death_ of Louis Smith in 1932, the leadership of this movement was taken up by his son, Charles Smith, who continued until his health oblig- ed him to retire in 1950. For the next two years, the committee was led by Mrs. Peter Miller, as past president of the Home Re- lief Society. In 1952, Harry Cohen, a past president of ConVegation ShaaL rey Zedek, was invited to head the committee and has been re- elected each year since as presi- dent. Harry M. Shulman, also a past president of Shaarey Ze- dek, who helped to coordinate all synagogues in this work, has been serving as treasurer.- Mrs. Joseph Markel, secretary of the Jewish Social Service Bureau, too, has been reelected each year as secretary of this committee. Other officers of the committee, which is now incor- porated in the State of Michi- gan as the., Mo'os Hitim Or- ganization of Detroit, Inc., in- clude four vice-presidents, this Year's being Mrs. Paul Deutsch, Mrs. Joseph Fisher, Morris Gould and Abe Katzman. Mrs. Maurice Garelick was •re-elected financial secretary. There is also a rabbinical advisory board and a board of directors, on which representatives of participating organizations serve. Thus, from a small private ef- fort of these good men has grown an organization which helps 2,500 people • each year with necessities for . Passover, and the spirit of the holiday is to be found in their selfless la- bors. Midwestern Yeshiva PTA Conference Here On March 24 the Midwestern convention of the National As- sociation of Yeshivah PTAs will meet at Yeshivath Beth Yehu- dah. Educators and PTA delegates from Chicago, Cleveland, Pitts- burgh, Toronto, Cincinnati, Min- neapolis and St. Louis, have an- nounced their participation in the conference. Dr. Kaminetsky, Rabbi M. Belsky and Rabbi M. Weis- berger of Torah Umesorah will direct the proceedings. The highlight of the conven- tion will be a mass meeting to be addressed by Roshey Ye- shivah. Chairman of the convention is Mrs. Jack Isbee, Detroit PTA president. Mrs. Israel Rocko -e is chairman of the arrangement?, committee. The principals of the Mid- western Yeshivath will remain in Detroit and will hold a con- ference March 25 and 26, 'de- voted to questions of curricu- lum and methods. Rabbi Joseph Elias, principal of Yeshivath Beth Yehudah, and vice-presi- dent of the National Conference of Yeshivah Principals, is in charge of program arrange- ments. In observance of "Isaac M. Wise Sabbath," by Reform congregations throughout the country, the three local Re- form Temples—Beth El, Israel and Emanuel—will hbld a joint service at Temple Beth .E1, to- night, at 8:30. The guest preacher will be Dr. Ferdinand M. Isserman, rabbi of Temple Israel, St. Lou- is, who will speak on "Reform Judaism Around the World." Agudath Israel Chief to Sneak in Detroit Rabbi Izhak M. Lewin, head of the Israeli Agudath Israel party, will address a meet- ing to be sponsored -by the Agudath Israel organization of Detroit at 8 p. m., Tuesday Ati; at Agudath Is- : ' r a e 1, 123 22 Dexter. Rabbi Lewin, former Israel cabinet minis- ter of welfare a n d signer of the Israeli dec- laration of Rabbi Lewin freedom, will report. on the cur- rent Middle-Eastern situation. He also will present an ortho- dox Torah perspective. The community is invited to attend the event. to the community to help alle- The meeting called for a self- viate the critical financial situa- sacrificing effort by the Ye- tion of Yeshivath Beth Yehu- shiva's friends to help remove dah. the financial burdens. One of the means of solving the prob- Bar Mitzvah Club to Lead lem will be the Founders Din- ner to take place May 26. Ahavas Achim Services Members of the Ahavas Ach- im Bar Mitzvah Club will con- duct late services of the con- gregation at 9 p. m., today. Participants will be Skip Snov- er, Allan Wilson, Wayne Co- hen, Allan Lite, Bob Bazell, Rodney Burke and Michael Tar- now. The group, organized for post-Bar Mitzvah age boys, 12 to 15, meets at 9 a.m., each Sunday for services, a break- fast and study period. Following today's service, Mr. and Mrs. William Lite will be hosts at a social hour. IN HONOR OF PASSOVER KEDEM Strictly Kosher Royal Sacramental WINE MANUFACTURED BY RABBIS Product of Royal Wine Co. Detroit TOWN HALL w i 11 open its 1957-58 season in Ford Auditorium, Oct. 14. The 16- lecture series will end on March 3. Drapes — Lampshades — Curtains — Sanctioned by The Union of Or- thodox Rabbis and Vaad Htirabonim of Detroit. 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