LaMed, Shudofsky Prescott to udge Book Fair Contest
Louis LaMed, Dr. Joseph
Prescott, and Dr. Maurice M.
Shudofsky have been named
judges for the Teme Skully
Award Contest for essays on a
Jewish theme, sponsored by the
Jewish Community Center, in
conjunction with the sixth an-
nual Jewish Book Fair, to be
held Nov. 23-25 at the Davison
branch.
All three men are well-known
figures in Detroit educational
and literary circles.
LaMed, founder of the Louis
LaMed Foundation for the Ad-
vancement of Hebrew and Yid-
dish Literature, also established
the LaMed professorship for
Jewish studies at Wayne State
University, which played a part
in the development• of a de-
partment of Semitic languages
and literatures at that institu-
tion.
LaMed also is chairman of
the Midrasha, a member of the
National Jewish Council Teach-
er's Board of License and of
the executive committee of Na-
REWARD
Dr. Shudofsky
LaMed
tional Study on Jewish Educa-
tion.
Dr. Prescott, who received
his BA, MA, and PhD in Eng-
lish language and literature
Dr. Prescott
from Harvard University, is
currently associate professor of
English at Wayne State Uni-
versity. He recently returned
from a sabbatical year in Paris
Ex-Tel Aviv Mayor to Speak
at Warmup for JNF Conference
Israel Rokach, Deputy Speaker
of the Israel Knesset and for-
mer Minister of the Interior in
the Ben-Gurion coalition cabi-
net, will discuss the, current
situation in Israel at a special
meeting called by the Jewish
National Fund Council.
The program, to be held at
8:30 p.m., Monday, in the Beth
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practice by Saudi Arabia in bar-
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A resolution adopted at the
annual state convention here
declared that "Saudi Arabia,
Egypt and other Arab nations
are allowed to dictate to the
United States which Americans
shall not serve in the Armed
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tioned in their countries, or in
construction crews of American
contractors in their countries."
VIENNA, (JTA) —A Warsaw
court has sentenced five Poles
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following their conviction on
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a native Israeli who is cur-
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Youth department.
According to Richard B.
Kramer, conference chairman,
sessions will open with a
brunch at 10 a.m. Delegates
and representatives from all
communities in Michigan will
attend.
The entire conference theme
will be oriented to discussing
the tenth anniversary celebra-
tion of the re-establishment of
Israel, in which the Jewish Na-
tional Fund Council will par-
ticipate, together with the Joint
Committee of the Jewish Com-
munity Council—Zionist Coun-
cil, which is planning this com-
munity-wide event.
A feature of the conference
will be the ceremoniel com-
memoration of the fifth anni-
versary of the death of -Dr.
Chaim Weizmann, Israel's first
president.
At the plenary session, be-
ginning at 2 p.m., to which
both delegates and the public
at large are invited, there will
be a rich musical program.
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Dr. Shudofsky, a writer and
former professor of American
literature at the University of
Wisconsin, is assistant profes-
sor in the department of Semi-
tic languages and literature at
WSU. He has also served as
chairman of the faculty of the
Midrasha.
The contest is made possible
through a bequest of Harry
Skully. The competition, open
to all Jewish youth 16-22 in the
United States, Canada and Mex-
ico, offers prizes for essays
dealing with a Jewish theme,
such as Jewish history, folklore
and modern Israel.
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Dr. JOSEPH BURG, Israel
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Bond testimonial dinner hon-
oring the 59 years - of spiritual
leadership of Dr. A. M. Hersh-
man at Cong. .Shaarey Zedek,
on Nov. 6, in .the
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