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September 06, 1957 - Image 28

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1957-09-06

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DOWENU BY HENRY LEONARD

"u1.1.A.ruLai Q.))

,

Strictly Confidential

By PHINEAS J BIRON

by
tional scientific gathering? . —Holland is represented
International Recognition
1 For, this is the first conference seven, India by two, Japan
Monday, Sept. 9, a distin-
guished galaxy of scientists will of this kind that will have been two, Poland three, Sweden six,
assemble in the modern Mich- held in the Middle East. . . . Switzerland eight, Yugoslayia
ael and Anna Wix Auditorium Well, the undisputable f act seven, Belgium one, and Can-
of the Weizmann Institute of which led to the selection of ada two. . . .Israel's scientists
from its three institutions pf
Science at Rehovoth, Israel, for the Weizmann Institute is the higher
learning will number 30.
acknowledgment
that
this
sci-
the opening of the International
In all, about 130 participants
entific
center,
founded
by
Dr.
Nuclear Structure Conference.
have registered and prepared
. . . Among the participants Weizmann, is one of the ad- papers to be read at thiS con-
will be topnotch authorities on vanced research institutions in clave which is attracting the
atomic energy, scientists who the field of nuclear structure! attention of the scientific world.
h a v e contributed significant . . . A number of Israeli scien- . . . Dr. William L. Laurence,
knowledge to the many prob- tists, not only from the Weiz- science editor of the New York
lems in nuclear research. . . . mann Institute but also from Times, is on his way to Israel
The Rehovoth conference is be- the Hebrew University and the to cover the meeting.
ing held under the auspices of Haifa Technion have achieved
Yet it is problematic whether
UNESCO, the cultural arm of world-wide recognition in nu- the daily press will be able to
"..and now a big hand for our beloved Rabbi;
the United Nations, the Interna- clear research.
It is significant that the larg- tell its lay-readers much about
tional Union of Pure and Ap-
scholar, educator, spiritual leader, lecturer,
est
delegation at the conference the Rehovoth scientific event,
plied Physics, and the Weiz-
will
be from the United States. for the program will deal pri-
mann Institute of Science.
cantor, organizer—administrator, specialist In
. . . The exact number is 36 marily with the theoretical as-
How come that Israel and
delegates. . . . All the top level pects of nuclear structure prob-
public relations, expert in family relations,
specifically the Weizmann Insti- universities and technological lems, the practical applications
tute has been selected for the institutes in America will be of which may be in the distant
fund raising, psychiatry, and weddings....
site of so important an interna- represented. . . . The research future Whatever the practi-
plus occassionally Officiates at brisses I"
offices of the U. S. Navy and cal results, the Weizmann Insti-
toproqhr 1914 Leonard Prail.n
Air Force are interested in the tute meeting marks the coming,
London Visitor Sees
Rehovoth Conference and have of age of Israel science, ex-
Trend To Conservatism collaborated with the Weiz- changing information, on an
mann Institute to make pos- equal basis, with the highest
Charles Lichtenfeld, a con- sible representation by an sta-ndard institutions of the
Form Cultural Group
gregational leader in England, American delegation. . . . A world ... In other words, Chaim
who, with Mrs. Lichtenfeld, total of 16 countries will have Weizmann's dream of creating
for Bulgarian Jewry
LONDON (JTA)—Bulgarian visited here last week' with his participants. . . . France is in the Jewish State a scientific
Jews have formed a country- brother and sister-in-law, Mr. sending 22 scientists . . . Great tradition and a scientific basis
wide Jewish Cultural Organiz- and Mrs. Walter L. Field, ex- Britain will have 17 delegates. for research in almost every
THE BOOK OF RUTH. Hebrew
ation, according to a report pressed the view that Jews in . . . Little Denmark has ar- branch of theoretical investi-
and English texts hand-lettered by
Franziska Baruch; the whole illus-
from
Sofia - in the latest issue, England will lean more and ranged for nine of its most dis- tigation, is being realized much
trated with original woodcuts by
received here, of Folkstimme, more towards the Conservative tinguished scientists to attend sooner than we could have
Jacob Steinhardt. List Price $5.00
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication
Yiddish-language newspaper ways of religious observances. and Germany will have five. hoped for.
Society of America.
Mr. Lichtenfeld, who is life
published in Warsaw.
Three of the greatest short
The Sofia dispatch reports president of a congregation he
stories in the world are found that, for the first time since founded in Kingston on the
in the Bible: the story of 1
Thames, a suburb of London,
Joseph, the story of Esther and 1952,
delegates
from all
the explained that the Conservative
Jewish
communities
in of
Bul-
the story of Ruth. The first is garia had convened at a Con- group in England is known as
"The Hero Revealed;" the sec- ference of Bulgarian Jewish "Reform" and that the "Liberal"
and is "The Villain Unveiled;" Communities.
congregation is more like the
the third is "Loyalty Re-
In "lively" debates, the Sofia Reform in the United States.
warded." Ruth the Moabite, dispatch relates, both the ex-
He said there were evidences
who expressed her devotion to isting Jewish Community Or- of increases of intermarriage in
the bereaved Naomi in the fa- ganization and the organiza- England, but he was hopeful
mous line "Entreat me not to tion's executive committee were that young Jews nevertheless
leave thee . . .," became one criticized sharply by delegates will retain their Jewish loyal-
Tuesday, September 10, for
of the most lovable heroine's in who charged that many of the ties. "The challenge of assimila-
the long roster of heroic Jewish activities undertaken by the tion faces us nevertheless," he
ATTORNEY WILLIAM T.
characters. The little Book of executive committee "were in- said.
Ruth was picked for reading adequate or came too late to
The Lichtenfelds left for Los
in the synagogue on Shavuot, meet the various problems" Angeles to attend the marriage,
not only to indicate Judaism's facing the Jews of the country. this Sunday, at the Beverly Hills
universal appeal, but also to re- There is no hint in the dis- Hotel, Beverly Hills, Calif., of
mind us that character and per- patch, however, as to the , na- their nepheW, Irwin, to ,Joanna
sonality are the ultimate fruits ture of those problems.
Sinaiko.
of religion.
The call for the formation of
In its efforts to attract read- the country-wide Jewish Cul-
ers—as distinguished from buy- tural Organization came, it ap- Gaza Strip UN Force
ers—to the Bible, the Jewish ' pears from the dispatch, from Reduced by 600 Men
• Outstanding Trial Lawyer
Publication Society has been the rank and file delegates.
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.,
• Former Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
publishing its individual books Representatives from all corn- (JTA) — The United Nations
separately and in handsome 1 munities where Jewish coin-
• Educated in Detroit Public Schools
format. "The Book of Jonah" munal activties are functioning Emergency Force in the Gaza
• Graduate of University of Michigan Law School
Strip is being reduced by 600
was issued about five years ago; were elected by the Sofia con-- men, about one-fifth of its com-
• Air Force Veteran
now "The Book of Ruth" has ference to membership in the
• Leader in Civic Activities
plement, as a result of the de-
appeared in a singularly beauti- new cultural organization.
• Strongly Endorsed by Civic, Business, Religious and
cision of the Indonesian Gov-
ful volume. It looks like an art
ernment to withdraw its troops
Labor Organizations
book and that's what it is. The iwk
and not replace them. The In-
book, like "The Book of Jonah,"
donesian unit will sail from
was not set in type but was
Port Said on Sept. 9, after
hand-written both - in English
eight months of service.
and Hebrew by Franziska
Baruch whose calligraphy is
The creation of a new office
exceptionally decorative. Jacob of synagogue administration
Steinhardt, the famous artist t and the appointment of Myron
who was formerly director of
E. Schoen as
the Bezalel School in Jeru-
its director was
salem, illustrated this volume
announced by
with original woodcuts. Here
Dr. Maurice
then is a volume one should
N. Eisendrath,
not merely place on a shelf, but
president of the
rather on a table as a work of
Union of Amer-
art—not only a reading but a
i c an Hebrew
conversation piece, apart from
C o n gregations.
being an unusual and distin-
The- new office
guished gift item.
w ill aid the
542 Reform
Schoen
congregations in the United
Sid Shmarak's
States and Canada in matters
relating to temple manage-
ment, finances and architecture:
* * *
CARL SCHILLER, of Cong.
LEWIS CAMERA SHOP, for- Shaarey Zedek, Detroit, has
merly of W. - 7 Mile Rd., an- been named co-chairman of the
nounces that it has moved to talis and tfilum groups and
minyans of the National Fed-
a new location at 19129 Liver- eration of Jewish Men's Clubs.
PI
nois, just North of 7 Mile. Open- The announcement was made
ing on Tuesday, the store is by Detroiter Abraham Satov-
featuring a complete line of all sky, president of the NFJMC.
Fair—Honest—Concerned for You! Friend of All Minorities
cameras, projectors and photo-
Sol. C. Siegel has signed In-.
Ed Carey is Number 35 on the Primary Election Ballot
graphic equipment. They do grid Bergman to star in MGM's,
Next Tuesday, September 10
Eastman and Berkey color and "I Thank A Fool," to be filmed
VOTE
FOR HIM ON HIS RECORD!
Ireland
next
For
in-
in England and
Technicolor developing.
Summer.
formation, call. DI. 1-1252.

Book of Ruth;
Work of Art

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