Mrs. Louis Blank, chairman
of the Women's Division, Sho-
lem Aleichem Institute, an-
nounces that Mascha Benya
will be featured artist at its
forthcoming donor luncheon.
The annual program, which
helps to se-
cure funds for
child and ad
u 1 t education
at t h e Insti-
tute, is plan-
ned for Dec.
10, at the In-!,
stitute, 19350'
Greenfield.
Miss Benya,
a radio and
television per-
sonality, is
known as an
interpreter of
Yiddish,Is-
-raeli and Eng-
lish folk songs.
Born in Luth- Miss Benya
uania, she received her musical
education in Berlin, where she
made her debut as an opera
and concert singer. She has
made extensive tours of Europe,
Canada, Mexico, Israel and the
United States.
Histadrut Delegation
Attends NY Conference
The following Detroit leaders
in the annual Histadrut cam-
paign are currently in New
York to attend the national
conference of the National
Committee for Labor Israel:
Al Berke and Morris Cole-
man, Farband Division; Faigle
Silver and Henry Faigin, Labor
Zionist; Louis Cohan and S.
Rubin, organizations; Joseph
Heideman, Workmen's Circle;
Shulamith Goldoftas, Pioneer
Women.
Morris Lieberman, chairman
of the campaign; and Morris
L. Schaver and Harry Schumer,
honorary chairmen, also are
participating in the four-day
conference, which ends Sun-
day.
Fram Challenges Former State Dept.
. .
Official Pessimistic
Nation's Critic
A challenge against produc- About ME's Future
tion of Shakespeare's "Mer-
Charlton Ogburn, Jr., former
chant of Venice" by the Con- member of the State Depart-
necticut Stratford Festival or ment intelligence service, who
any other company was pub- resigned last July after 11
lished by Nation Magazine in years of service during which
the form of a letter from Dr. he specialized in Near Eastern
Leon Fram, rabbi of Temple Affairs, writing in Harper Mag-
Israel here.
agine in "Divide and Rue in the
Dr. Fram charged that the Middle East," warns that the
play. was "dangerous" to pro- arms race in the Middle East
duce "in a world rife with anti- mus t be expected to lead to
Semitism." In the figure of -. war.
Shylock," Dr. Fram wrote,
To avoid war in the area,
"Shakespeare presented t h e
Jew as incarnation of money Ogburn says, the United States
lust and blood lust. If anyone should explore Russia's .pro-
wants to read the play in the posal for the big four powers,
privacy of his study, with intro- including Britain and France,
ductions and notes, as a docu- to refuse to deliver arms to the
mentary of superstition and Middle East countries and to
malice, there can be no objec- settle outstanding question by
peaceful means.
tion," he continued.
Dr. Fram quoted an editorial
He says the United States
from the London Daily Express should negotiate on the Rus-
on production of "The Mer- sian proposal, because the
chant" by the Old Vic Company Eisenhower Doctrine for the
in Beirut, Lebanon, which said, Middle East, which calls for use
"This monstrous error of judg- of American troops in the event
ment must convey to Arabs that of aggression in the area, has
the British government is hos- failed to halt the Soviet pro-
tile to Jews. It is bound to add gram there.
to the difficulties of a be-
Ogburn says that appear-
leagured Israel."
The Nation published a reply ances that the United States
by its theater critic, Harold is in a strong position in the
Clurman, who stated his belief Middle East may be deceptive.
that Stratford, Conn., is not a Outside of Turkey and Israel,
"community rife with anti- he says, "we seem in every
Semitism." The critic wrote case to have engaged ourselves
further that "Jews have as with the political sides which
much right to miscreants and have poor long-run prospects."
villains as any other people."
Ogburn also says the United
Dr. Fram, however, feels that States cannot expect the bal-
Stratford plays are attended ance of power between the
mostly by New York City resi- Israelis and the Arabs to re-
dents. Remembering the Cough- main forever to the advantage
lin Christian Front organizing of the former.
of pogroms some years ago,
He writes: "A few million
Fram feels that New York City Israelis, however talented and
"is rife with anti-Semitism."
energetic, cannot be expected
The Detroit rabbi also be- to be more effective inde-
lieves that Shylock is not finitely than •fifteen times as
merely a Jew who happens to many Arabs controlling the
be a villain. In virtually every world's major reserves of oil
instance he is called "Jew," Dr. and its most strategic inland
Fram says. Shakespeare defi- waterway--particularly if the
nitely meant to say that the
Jew concentrates within him- Soviet Union really gets behind
self all the evil in the world, its Arab proteges. They cannot
be expected to retain their
the rabbi emphasizes.
In his letter to the Nation, lead even if they continue to
Dr. Fram said "anyone who receive some $80 million a year
undertakes presentation of this in private contributions from
abominable propaganda on the the United States, which in fact
public' stage is guilty of delib- may not be forthcoming as
erate subversion of the human Israel becomes less and less
an expression of world Zionism
spirit."
and more and more a nation-
alist Middle Eastern state."
Members of the graduating
class of 1938 from Northern
High School, meeting as a
planning committee to make
arrangements for a 20th anni-
versary reunion next spring,
elected the following officers:
Joshua N. Gray, chairman;
Julius M. Grossbart, vice-
chairman; William Litt, treas-
urer; ' Shirley Schwartz, sec-
retary; and Jack Shenkman,
publicity.
All graduates of that year
who wish to be placed on the
invitation mailing list should
send their names and ad-
dresses to Leo Berlin, 7344 W.
Mine,
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Noted Speakers at
Conference of UJA
Announcement was made this
week that the 20th annual na-
tional conference of the United
Jewish Appeal, to be held Dec.
14-15 at the Walldorf Astoria,
New York, will be addressed by
the following:
Former Israel Prime Minister
Moshe Sharett, Dr. Nahum
Goldmann, president of the
Jewish Agency; Dr. Dov Jo-
seph, treasurer of the Jewish
Agency, and national UJA
leaders.
U. S. Group to Build
Israeli 'City of Light'
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Plans
for the construction of a "City
of Light" for Israeli blind in
Jerusalem, were announced by
Ira Guilden, president of a
newly-formed organization es-
tablished for the purpose.
and his Orchestra
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Zedakah Club will hold its Officers at Meeting Monday
Aesculapian Pharmaceutical
Association will elect new of-
ficers at an 8:30 p.m. meeting,
Monday, at the Jewish Home
for the Aged, 11501 Petoskey.
Music and Entertainment
Gets Agency Post
Zedakah Club Sets
26th Donor Luncheon Aesculapians to Elect New
26th annual donor - luncheon at
12:30 p.m., Wednesday, in the
Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel, it is an-
nounced by Mrs. Jack Miller,
donor chairman.
The charitable organization
is planning a fashion show by
a prominent local firm, with
Mary Morgan doing the fashion
commentary and Dorothy Saun-
ders coordinating the series of
suits, coats, sportswear, after-
noon and cocktail gowns.
A number of prizes will be
awarded during the afternoon.
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Greenberg, ticket chairman, UN
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Mascha Benya to Sing
at Institute Donor