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The Suburban Community
1958 - THE DETRO IT
New ADL Film Reminiscent
of Local Girl's Experience
By the Oak-Woodser
Interesting to pass along to
local suburbanites is some in-
formation which comes from
the national office of the Anti-
Defamation League of Bnai
Brith in New York.
It concerns .a new film, "An
American Girl," which deals
with prejudice among teen-
agers in a suburban setting.
Produced by Dynamic Films,
under sponsorship of ADL, it is
strangely reminiscent of a local
story.
The movie relates the actual
experiences of an American
girl, who is rudely awakened to
the existence of irrational prej-
udice in her community when
she is mistakenly believed to
be Jewish by her high school
friends and neighbors.
If it sounds like the story
of Karen DesLandes, the
young Berkley High School
student who posed as being
Jewish to learn about preju-
dice in her community, it's
because the film is probably
based on this incident.
Karen, you'll recall, was the
winner two years ago of the
Oak - Woods Lodge annual
Brotherhood award, and was
hailed throughout the general
community for her contribu-
tion in promoting understand-
ing among all peoples.
But, more than the release
of the film, it's recent premier
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and reduce rays that cause heat
and glare is now being market-
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For use in offices, plants,
homes, schools hospitals. or any
establishment with window
space exposed to direct sun-
light, Sun-X has been used suc-
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particularly in the Southwest-
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awnings and other protective
devices.
Among the merchandise pro-
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parel, furniture, fabrics, foods
and liquors, floor coverings,
shoes and leather goods, toys,
art and office supplies.
The silicone-based liquid
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forming a tight bond with the
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and is washable in the usual
manner.
The plastic is available in a
variety of colors and shades,
and vary as to individual needs.
A frosted plastic will eliminate
fade completely, but can not
be seen through, while a clear
color will eliminate fade up to
91 percent, while also reducing
glare and heat.
For information, call the
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Co., LI. 7-0297.
Emanu-El to Graduate
13 High School Students
At sabbath services of Temple
Emanu-El, planned for 8:15
p.m., today, 13 young men and
women will be graduated from
the congregation's high school
department.
The graduates will present a
cantata, "Am Yisrael Chai," and
following services the temple's
Youth Group will be hosts at
an oneg shabbat.
in New York brings to light
some of the pitfalls of subur-
ban living that normally tend
to be overlooked.
Its enough of a problem ap-
parently to cause the chairman
of the New York State Com-
mission Against Discrimination,
Charles Abrams, to declare that
"the emergence of the modern
suburb, with its emphasis on
conformity," is undermining
gains made in the fight against
racial and religious discrimina-
tion in the past 10 years.
"If the trend toward subur-
ban exclusion is to be re-
versed," Abrams said, "the Fed-
eral Government — through its
various housing agencies—must
promote democratic communi-
ties."
One point that Abrams em-
phasized was that "antagonisms
held by old suburbanites against
the city are frequently carried
over into prejudice against new
suburbanites, particularly Jews
and other minorities who are
their symbols of city life."
Charging that "a false feeling
of neighborhood dignity has be-
come associated with neighbor-
hood homogeneity," the com-
missioner said, "This leads to a
concerted effort to keep out the
`wrong people' and the 'foreign
element'."
He also said that home maga-
zines have "highlighted the im-
portance of class differences
and of social standing as im-
portant aspects of neighborhood
solvency," and warned that
FHA restrictive practices prior
to 1950 "even now, after the
barring of such covenants, are
often continued in the field."
There is ' probably much
truth to what Commissioner
Abrams reports. Enough so,
that independent of his state-
ment, a local Bnai Brith
worker recently told us that
youngsters in the suburbs are
growing up with the thought
that Negroes are second rate
citizens.
The only active contact chil-
dren in the suburbs have with
Negroes these days, she said, is
when their mothers have in the
maid or their fathers hire a
handy man.
The schools are devoid of
Negroes, so there is no knowl-
edge that colored people have
anything but common tasks to
perform—no understanding that
there also are Negro doctors
and lawyers and educators.
She stressed that teaching
about Negroes through such a
leader as George Washington
Carver is one of the purposes
of Bnai Brith's newest local
project, "Dolls for Democracy."
Erry . Lowenthal Begins
2nd Term as President
of OW Young Israel
Erry Lowenthal was re-elected
to a second term as president of
Oak-Woods Young Israel.
Others who will serve with
him are: Harry Mirvis and David
Bodzin, vice-presidents; Ernest
Citron and Benno Levi, secre-
taries; Joseph Rodd, treasurer.
Arnold Cohen, Herman Cohen,
David Dombey, Morris Novet-
sky, Irving Moskovitz, Seymour
Ribiat, Jack Ginsburg, Dr.
Meyer Green, Paul Kelman, Isa-
dore Schwartz, Leon Wolok, Sam
Ginsburg, Isaac Knoppow, Sam
Lieberman, Morris Trager and
David Felstein are members of
the board of directors.
David Spinner and Mrs. Fayga
Dombey we r e elected repre-
sentatives of the Men's Club
and Sisterhood, respectively.
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Beth Shalom
Service to Mark
5th Anniversary
Cong. Beth Shalom, Oak Park,
will celebrate the fifth anni-
versary of its founding at a
special service of worship
planned for 8:30 p.m., today,
in the synagogue, 14601 W. Lin-
coln.
The principal speaker will be
Rabbi Abraham E. Halpern,
rabbi of Cong. Bnai Amoona,
St. Louis, Mo., for 40 years and
father of Rabbi Mordecai S.
Halpern, spiritual leader of
Beth Shalom.
The program will include for-
mal dedication of the memorial
plaque by Gordon Meisner,
chairman of the Yahrzeit com-
mittee, and the reading of the
names of those persons who
have been memorialized.
The five-year-old synagogue
which now has a membership
of 350 families last fall com-
pleted the first stage of its
three-faceted building program.
Plans are now under way for
the sanctuary.
The public is invited to the
services, which will be con-
ducted by Rabbi M. S. Halpern
and Cantor Ruben Erlbaum.
Hostesses at a social hour fol-
lowing will be wives of charter
members of the congregation.
They are: Mesdames Morris Ar-
nowitz, Milton Atlas, Jack Bod-
zin, R. Breuer, Sol Brown, Max
Dobrowitsky, George Duchan,
Ivan Fidler, Norman Garland,
Edward Gordon, Max Israel,
Gerald Kepes, Irven Leider,
Bernard Plotkin, Albert Rosen-
blum, D. Rosenblum, Philip
Smith, Seymour Tarnoff and Jo-
seph Tulcensky.
At 9 a.m. services Saturday,
the Bar Mitzvah of Daniel
Goren will be observed.
SOC Hadassah to Close Season
president; Lawrence Katz, Louis
Cooper, Morris Brandwine,
Stanley Waxenberg and Abel
Selburn, vice-presidents; Bern-
ard Pedell, treasurer; Merle
Harris, Donald West and Joseph
Warren, secretaries.
Mrs. Joe Ellis, outgoing pres-
ident, will receive the past
president's pin. A skit written
by Mesdames Ernest Beck, Mar-
shall Fisher and Abel Selburn
will be presented.
There also will be a discus-
sion of current events and the
Bible, and a quartet, comprised
of Mesdames Samuel Freedland,
Maurice Reizen, Harold Ross
and Ernest Mendelsohn, will be
heard.
Reports, including the pres-
ident's annual summary, will
OP War Vet Auxiliary include the final figures on
fund-raising from this year's
to Get Its Charter
production, "Flaming Youth."
Oak Park Jewish War Veter-
ans Auxiliary will receive their
charter from the national or-
ganization in about two weeks
and will hold formal installa-
tion of officers at that time.
Until the Charter is issued,
new members may still sign up
as charter members. All per-
sons interested may attend the
next meeting at 8:30 p.m.,
BASEMENT
Tuesday, at the home of Mrs.
Ben Zaslow, 15421 Park, Oak
Park. For further information,
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The closing meeting of the
year for South Oakland County
Chapter of Hadassah will be
held at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, at
Temple Emanu-El, Oak Park,
when a dessert luncheon will
be served.
"Like Mother, Like Daugh-
ter," the theme of the after-
noon will aim at entertaining
and informing mothers of mem-
bers of the group's efforts for
Hadassah during the year. Mem-
bers are ,urged to bring their
mothers and mothers-in-laws.
A highlight will be the in-
stallation by Mrs. Herman
Prady, past president, of the
new executive board. This in-
cludes the following:
Mesdames Maurice Schiller,
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Temple Devotes Service
To Adult Education •
Tonight's service at Temple
Beth Jacob, in Pontiac, will be
devoted to the theme of adult
Jewish education. Certificates of
graduation will be presented to
members who attended a series
of lectures during the year
based on the book, "Where
Judaism Differed." Isadore
Goode will distribute the cer-
tificates, with Rabbi Nathan
Hershfiels speaking on "Is Jew-
ish Education for Women and
Children Only?"
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Oak-Woods Women
Elect New Officers
Mrs. Louis Gold has been
elected by Oak-Woods Chapter
of Bnai Brith to serve as presi-
dent during the coming year.
Chosen to serve with her are
the following women:
Mesdames Richard Sitron, Al
Urnovitz and John Demunter;
vice-presidents; Joseph Gordon,
treasurer; William Glieberman,
Marvin Liberson, Marvin Shef-
lin and Harvey Feinberg, secre-
taries; Ludwig Strass, historian;
Leo Corben, guide; Morris Ep-
stein, sentinel; Irving Chadwick,
monitress; and Stanley Baal.;
William Litt and Henry Onrich,
trustees.
Board. members include Mes-
dames Dave Dickman, Julius
Iskow, Herman Weisman, Carl
Sattler, Mark Singerman, Irving
Lober, Al Weiss, Martin Taylor,
Charles Cowan, Burton Bacher,
Irwin Katz, Louis Wolf, Harvey
Ellias, Saul Firsten, Marvin
Chaben and Ben Sandler.
At the election meeting, Mrs.
Richard Sitron was chosen to
receive the Chapter's "Woman
of the Year" award for out-
standing service.
A meeting of the new board
will be held at 8:30 p.m., May
27, at the Ten Mile Center, 10
Mile Rd. and Radclift, Oak
Park.
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Right Sermon, Wrong Rabbi
In a story last week listing
sabbath services for Temple
Emanu-El, it was stated that
Rabbi Milton Arm would speak
on "Forces That Shape Us."
The sermon was delivered by
Rabbi Milton. Rosenbaum, who
is the spiritual leader of that
congregation.
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