458-DistWerwans to Mark Honor Half Century Tenth Anniversar y of Israel's Birth Of Child Service NEW YORK (JTA) — Four hundred and fifty-eight distin- guished- American leaders, repre- sentating the world of religion, art, science, _law, labor, educa- tion, music, literature; theater, Motion pictures, radio, television and public service—accepting an invitation of former Senator Her- bert H. Lehman—have joined in an American committee to mark in the United. ,States the Tenth Anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel. Sen. Lehman has agreed to serve as the general chairman of the committee, which will plan a series of -functions to be held during 1958, emphasizing "the community of interests which binds Arabs and Jews and Americans in the dynamic search for peace." The new group is to be known as the Ainerican Com- mittee for Israel's Tenth Anni- versary Celebration. Dr. Israel Goldstein, president of the American Jewish Congress, will • serve as chairman of the com- mittee. Nineteen vice chairmen represent every facet of organ- ized American Jewish community life. Jack D. Weiler will serve as treasurer. In announcing the formation of the committee, Senator Leh- man underscored that "Ameri- ca's security interests are in- volved in the Middle East as never before," and that Ameri- ca's special role in the creation of the State of Israel should not be forgotten. "The world, espe- cially the Western world, has a deep spiritual as well as tem- poral reason to take appropriate notice of this 10th anniversary of the re-birth of this ancient state, whose roots are common with thoSe nf western civiliza- tion itself. As' the Land of .the Bible was the cradle of the spir- itual:heritage of all of us, it is toda3 the :foothold and the.focus of the forces of freedom and democracy in the Middle East." Leaders from the state of Congress of Industrial Organiza- tions; Walter Reuther, president of the United Automobile Work- ers of America. Also, Carl Sandburg, . poet laureate; Professor Reinhold Nie- buhr, vice president of the. Fac- ulty at Union Theological Semi- nary; Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, Methodist Bishop for the Wash- ington area; a former. president of the World Council of Church- es; the Rt. Rev. Msgr. John O'Grady, secretary of the Na- tional Conference of Catholic Charities; Louis Lipsky, , presi- dent of the Eastern Life Insur- ance Company, • and Dr: Abba Hillel Silver, Members of the committee, in addition to the oficers, include 28 .GOvernors; eight Bishops; 28 distinguished writers, among them nine Pulit- zer Prize winners; nine world famous scientists, five of them Nobel Laureates, and 32 educa- tors, including 29 heads of col- leges and universities. - Monument Unveilings (Unveiling announcements may be inserted by mailing or by calling The Jewish News office, VE 8-9364. Written announcements must be accompanied by the name and address of the person making the insertion. There is a standard charge of $2.00 for an unveiling notice, measuring an inch in depth.) * * The family of the late Mrs. Shirley Rothenberg announces the unveiling of a monument in her memory at 11 a.m., Sun- day, Oct. 13, at Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi Eskin will of- ficiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. * * * The family of the late Naonii Green announces the unveiling of a monument in her memory at 12 noon, Sunday, Oct. 6, at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Rabbi Segal will officiate. Relatives and joined the _L -friends-- are asked to. attend. MiChigan * * * committee are Gov. G. Mennen The family of the late Joseph Williams, Dr. Harlan Hatcher, president of the University of M. Goldstein announces the un- Michigan; and Rabbi Isaac Stoll- veiling of a monument in his man, head of the Mizrachi memory at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Hapoel Hamizarachi organization Oct. 6, at Clover Hill Park who will serve as a vice-chair- Cemetery. Rabbi Donin will of- ficiate. Relatives and friends are man of the committee. Associated with Senator Leh- asked to attend. man are sixteen honorary co- chairmen, including General Lu- Seek Former Inmates cius D. Clay; former Gov. Thom- as E. Dewey; Adlai Stevenson; of. Auschwitz Camp NEW YORK, (AJP)—A num- Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt; former Senator William L. Benton, ber of former inmates of the Nazi chairman of the board of the concentration camp at Auschwitz Encyclopedia Britannica; Thorn- are being , sought by the World ton Wilder, playwright and nov- Jewish COngress in connection elist; • John Gunther, author; with the trial of Camp Warden Archibald MacLeish, poet and Otto Locke, who . has been sen-, professor at Harvard University; tenced to life imprisonment by George Meany, president of the the Berlin Court of Assizes for American Federation of Labor- the murder of - camp internees. ' . Locke is due to appeal. Y. The witnesses sought include the following believed to be in THIS 24-YEAR the U.S.: -Arnold - Schisowiti,_ a tailor; Chaiin Spitzberg, also a HEBREW-ENGLISH tailor, and Pinkus Feder, a cob- CALENDAR_ IS FREE TO OUR READERS, bler. . :Others; 'whose whereabouts are completely unkriewn, include: Le- It gives you all Hebrew and on Fleischer; -Abraham Zaks; English dates from 1934 to Wolf Milstein; Nacliamiah 1958. Important Jeyish:hOl- Schwimmer; Paul Feder; Josef Sheib; Abrahairi Kenig; Rubin Mays to 1967. Falik and Abram Goldblin. =Any infermation as to the whereabouts of these • persons Should be: -.Sent' to The World Jewish Congress, 15 E. - 84th St., New York 28, N.• JACOB GOLDMAN, 2957 Mon- terey,• died Sept. 27. Survived by a son, Arthur of Louisville, Ky.; a daughter, Mrs. Eva Messex; three brothers and two grand- children. * * * - SARAH SHERMAN, 3282 Cort- land, died Sept. 28. Survived by two daughters, Mrs. Sam Holtz- man and Mrs. Earl Ross; and five grandchildren. Mrs. Fannie E. Lorber, presi- dent of the Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children at Denver, recently was hon- ored for her 50 -consecutive years as JNHAC president. She • was presented with a diamond lavalier at the golden anni- versary convention of National Home auxiliaries. One of the original founders of JNHAC, a free, nationwide and nonsec- tarian medical center devofed to the treatment of children afflicted with chronic intract- able asthma, Mrs. Lorber has served as president since 1907, the year in which the home opened its doors. Heart Attack Fatal to Former Librarian NEW YORK (JTA)—Funeral services were held here for Dr. Joshua _ Bloch, former chief librarian of the New York Pub- lic Library's' Jewish Division and an ordained rabbi, who died here Sept. 27 of a heart attack while delivering a sermon at Creedmoor State Hospital. Dr. Bloch, who had been head of the library's Jewish Division for 33 years until his retirement last year and who was senior visiting chaplain of the New York State Department of Mental Hygien for 35 years, was . 67. Boin in Lithuania, he came to the United States in 1907. He studied at Hebrew Union Col- lege where he was ordained, and at Dropsie College, Colum- bia University, Jewish Theo- logical Seminary, Union Theo- logical Seminary and New York UniversitY. An author, scholar of early - - If you area reader of this publication, you may secure this valuable calendar ab solutely free. Just write * letter ea post-card so; IL 1 HEINZ CO.., Dept. 32 Pirtshiwg h 30, ?Oh ROSE IWREY, 2698 Sturte- vant, died Sept. 18. She leaves three sons, Louis, Dave and Hyinazi;, six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. •* : * * EMMA ALLAUN, 16560 Ohio, died Sept. 20. Interment, Roches- ter; N. Y. She leaveS a Son; Bern- ard; a daughter, Mrs. Leon.ard tadenburger of Cleveland; a brother, two sisters. and - four grandchildren. * * DORA SHUR; -24070 Black- stone, Oak Park, died Sept. .29. Survived by three sons, Herzl B., Saul- Flint and Nathan E.• three daughters,- Mrs. Isadore Goren, Mrs. Abe Cohen and Mrs. Saul Sinkoff; a -brother and .19. grand- children. * * SOPHIE SCHEIN, 19915 Strat- ford, died Sept. 21. She leaves a son, Dr. Leo; a daughter, Mrs. George Zerry; a brother, a sister and two grandchildren. MEYER LEVY, 2991 Pasadena, died Sept. 21. He leaves .twd daughters, Mrs. Lew Krentzin and Mrs. Maurice Kessler; and three grandchildren. • * * * DINAH CINNAMON, of Bur- bank, Calif., died Sept. 21 in California. She leaves two sons, Jack and Bernard; a daughter, Beatrice of New York; a sister, nine grandchildren and a great grandchild. erated by Cong. Shaarey Zedek; Dr. Philip Seman Dies LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Dr. Philip L. Seman, Jewish\ edu- cator and social worker, died here at the age of 76. He served for 35 years as general director of the Jewish Comm-unity Cen- ters of Chicago, was a founder and executive director of the now defunct Brooklyn Federa- Care Association of Essex- Coun- tion of Charities, and was a founder of Hillel Foundation. in N. J. LOU BERNARD FRANK, 20552 Seminole, Redford Town- ship, died. Sept. 21. He leaves two sons, Elroy and Sheldon; a brother and three sisters. * 4 DORA KLEMPNER, 18640 Schaefer, died Sept. 30. SUrvived by her husband, Ben; two broth- ers and three sisters. a * LOUIS SAGAS, 17385 Indiana, died Sept. 25. Sprvived by his wife, Estelle; a brother and a sister. - * a REBECCA WALPER, 1914 Fern Circle, Orlando, Fla., died Sept. 24. Survived by two sons, Louis of Chicago, Ill. and Sher- wood R. of Orlando; two daugh- ters, Mrs. Jeanne . Pearson of Orlando and Claire of Grand Rapids; two grandchildren and a great grandchild. • 4 4 PHILIP BEN ZELEZNICK, 3780 Richton, died Sept. 26. Sur- vived by his wife, Eva; a son, Harry Zelen Bernard of New York; and a daughter, -Mrs. Leon Weisler. a * 4 HYMAN WILLIAM SMALL, 3283 Kendall, died Sept. 24. Survived by his wife, Bertha; two sons, Irwin and Lester; a brother, a sister, and four grand- children. * 4 ANN STEIN, 1001 Merton, died Sept. 23. Survived by her husband, Frank; four brothers and two sisters. Sam Marks, Detroit Food Broker, Dies . Sani Marks, president of a lo- cal food brokerage firm, died last week at the age of 57. Services were held in the Ira Kaufman chapel. Born in Troy, N.Y., Mr. Marks had been a Detroit resident for 50- years. He made his home at 660 Whitmore. . * * Twenty - nine years ago he ANNA ZATKIN BLAIR, of joined the late William Goergens Stamford, Conn., died Sept. 24 in to form the firm of Marks and Stamford. She leaves two sons, Nathan and George Zatkin; two daughters, Mrs. Monya Thomas and Mrs. Harold Marlowe of Sherman Oaks, Calif.; three brothers, Charles, Nathan and Ben Agree; and a sister, Mrs. Edward Canvasser. * * * JULIUS K E L L E R, 18957 Monica, died Sept. 25. He leaves his wife, Phyllis; two daughters, Mrs. Morton Cash of Ann Arbor; and Judith; two brothers and a sister. Goergens, Inc. fir. Marks re- . mained president of the firm Un- til the time of his death. The prominent food broker was a member of Temple Israel, Knollwood Country Club, Allied Food Club of Detroit, Detroit Food Brokers Club, Detroit Asso- ciation of Grocery Manufacturers Representatives- and the National Food Brokers Association. - Surviving 'him are his wife, Mollie; son, Bernard; daughter, Mrs. Howard Keys, four sisters and four grandchildren. EVA MILLMAN SINGE R, 17371 Greenlawn, died Sept. 25. She leaves_ three sons, Louis Al- bert and Sol; a daughter, Mrs.... Harry Galperin; 11 grandchil- dren and two great grandchil- CEMETERY MEMORIALS • * Hebrew printing, Jewish litera- ture and bibliography, Dr. Bloch also served on the faculties of NYU and the Jewish institute of Religion and was a vice presi- dent of the American Jewish dren. Historical Society and a member * * * of the national committee of the BENJAMIN BLUMENTHAL, National Jewish Welfare Board. 7715 W. 7 Mile, died Sept, 27. Interment, Hamilton, 0. He 2 Cemeteries With Same leayes his wife, Irene; two broth- ers, and a sister, all of Hamil- Names' Not Connected ton. * C • Ben S. Sidlow, supervisor of DAVID ECKER, 3345 Richton, the Beth Olam Cemetery Asso- ciation, 18911 James Couzens, died Sept. 27. He leaves his wife, this week announced that the Berths; a son,- Dr. J. E. Ecker; cemetery is not affiliated with three daughters, - 'Mrs. Samuel Simon, Mrs. Bernard Klein and any other of the same name. Mrs., Sigmund Jaulus; two broth- The announcement followed a ers, , seven grandchildren and story which appeared in The seven great grandchildren. Jewish News recently on the for- ▪ at mation of a new cemetery—also MORRIS AUSUBEL, 3209 Cle- called Beth Olam—under the ments, died Sept. 28. Survived by auspices of • Chevra Kadisha of a niece, Mrs. Ruth Hermann, of Agudas Israel Synagogue. , Union, N. J. The former cemetery, also JDC Personnel Director, known as the Smith 'Street Dr. Henry Selver, Dies Dr. Henry 'Selver, 56, of New- Cemetery, is located in Ham- ark, N. J., a leading educator, tramck, and is owned and op- school administrator and social Welfare Authority in Europe- and the United States, died-last week in -Paris after a' long illness. Dr. Selver was in charge of personnel selection and training for the Joint Distribution Com- mittee, inajor American agency aiding distressed Jews abroad. Dr. SelVer came. 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