195,000 Helped
by JDC in Year
Five champion grandparents of the Jewish Community
Center proudly claim a total of 103 grandchildren and great-
grandchildren. Seated is the grand champion, Mrs. Dora Haber-
man, 84, with a total of 29. Standing, left to right, are Mrs.
Sarah Rosenbloom, with 16; Mrs. Pauline Weinstein, with 18;
Charles Brown, with 23; and Mrs. Sadie Cohen, with 17.
Wolfe Smith, 86, dances
with Laina Temchin of the
Jewish Center staff at the
"indoor picnic," which closed
the summer season for the
center's Older Adults at the
D. W. Simons branch. Smith
is president of the Jewish
Folklore club, which has an
avid interest in Jewish his-
tory, authors and cultural.
subjects. First tenor in the
Older Adults choral group,
Smith danced for hours at
the picnic with unflagging
energy.
Center's Older Adults Prove
Youngsters as Season Ends
The Joint Distribution Com-
mittee provided assistance to
195,490 needy Jews in Israel,
Europe and the Moslem world,
including thousands of refugees
from Egypt, Hungary, ,Poland
and other countries, the 1957
JDC Statistical Abstract dis-
closes.
Nearly 100,000 w e r e Jews
from Moslem countries, where
JDC aid continued .to reach
more than one of every five
Jews. These included men,
women and children in Algeria,
Iran, Morocco, Tunisia and
other areas.
In a foreward to the Abstract,
Moses A. Leavitt, JDC executive
vice-chairman, notes that "while
during the two or three years
ending in 1956 JDC had been
dealing mainly with the settled
population, in 1957 nearly 16
percent of the beneficiaries
from JDC activities were tran-
sients; that is, new victims of
persecution or those in search
of new homes in more hos-
pitable lands than the countries
of their residence." The fore-
word indicates that JDC pro-
grams are currently being con-
ducted in some 25 countries.
Funds for JDC's overseas relief,
rescue and reconstruction pro-
grams are provided chiefly by
American Jews through the na-
tionwide campaigns of the
United Jewish Appeal.
The Twelfth Annual Issue of
t h e Statistical Abstract, pre-
pared by the JDC research de-
partment under the direction of
Dr. Boris Sapir, also indicates
the continued large-scale assist-
ance provided by Malben, the
JDC welfare program on behalf
of aged, ill and • handicapped
newcomers to Israel. In 1957
JDC aided more than 36,670
persons in I s r a e 1, of whom
17,461 were aided through a
Malben n e t w or k of old-age
homes, hospitals, sanitaria, shel-
tered workshops and other in-
stitutions throughout the Jew-
ish state, as well as through
reconstruction loans.
Also in. Israel, more than
12,000 persons w ere assisted
through JDC's cultural and reli-
gious programs and some 6,700
received vocational training in
the workshops of ORT (Organi-
zation for Rehabilitation
Through Training). In all, JDC
help provided vocational train-
ing through ORT to more than
25,500 in a dozen countries.
New Playground
Plan at Center
10-Mile Branch
Ted Kascander (left), play-
ground instructor at the Ten
Mile Branch of the Detroit
Jewish Community Center,
shows a pupil how to hold a
golf club at the new eight-
acre playground site of the
branch.
A new playground program
with greatly enlarged facilities
is now under way at the Ten
Mile Branch of the Jewish
Community Center, 15110 W.
Ten Mile Road.
An eight-acre site has been
equipped with swings, a whirl,
parallel bars, see-saws, jungle
gyms and picnic tables.
Softball diamonds, basketball
courts, volleyball, badminton,
horseshoes, tetherball, football
Aelds, and a golf practice area
have been laid out and put into
operation.
Large numbers of teens (13-
19) and tweens (11-13) are
using the hew facilities regular-
ly, according to Moe Richman
of the Ten Mile Branch staff.
Ted Kascander is in charge of
the playground program, assist-
ed by Rochelle Lupovitch and
Irving Tuckel.
Rabbi Credits Truman
with M-E Clairvoyance
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., (JTA)
—Former President Harry S.
Truman forecast the pattern of
assassinations in the Middle
East 24 hours before the revolt
in Iraq and predicted that there
might be a series of assassina-
tions.
The former president's fore-
cast was made in the course
of a three-hour conversation on
board a train carrying the Tru-
mans back to Missouri.
Rabbi Martin M. Weitz, of
Beth Israel Temple here, a pas-
senger on the train, engaged
Mr. and Mrs. Truman in conver-
sation. The rabbi described the
talk in an article in the cur-
rent issue of the Jewish Record.
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GROUND BREAKING
Imagine a bunch of young- fused to give up their outing,
sters 70, 80 even 90 years old transforming it into an "in-
—who wear out their juniors ning." They moved back to the
For Our New Synagogue
with singing, dancing and games Simons branch, 100 strong, had
Schaefer at Clarita (1 Bt. So. of 7 Mile)
—and don't know when to stop. lunch, and deported themselves
These are the Older Adults for nearly five hours in high
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1958 at 2:00 P.M.
of the Jewish Community Cen- carnival fashion.
Building Comm. of Cong. Shomrey Emunah
ter—alert, active and indefatig-
Jaffe and his professional
able.
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staff were virtually worn out
More than 400 of them, some as the day drew to an end, but
High Holy Day Services will be held at 19161 Schae-
as old as 55 and 60, some as the Older Adults were still
fer, in the air-conditioned Schaver Auditorium.
young as 90, tax the facilities dancing, .singing, playing cards
of the D. W. Simons branch and chess and were extremely
Tickets on Sale: Sunday 10 A.M. - 12 P.M.; 7 P.M. - 9 P.M.
Monday - Thursday 7 P.M. - 9 P.M.
and the Center's Davison and reluctant to call it quits.
VE. 8-9364 is your
Ten Mile branches as well, with
Typical of the group are the
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their all-year program of ac- five finalists in the "Champion Jewish News Classified Number
tivities.
Grandparents" Contest, who be-
Among these are club groups, tween them had more than 100
social friendship groups, and grandchildren and great-grand-
many special interest activities children.
—arts and crafts, sewing, choral
Mrs. Dora Haberman, 84, was
You are cordially invited to worship in the beautiful
groups, dance classes and folk the champion with 14 grand-
singing.
children and 15 great-grand-
Yiddish movies, special holi- children. Charles Brown, 81,
day programs, guest lectures claimed 23, while Mrs. Pauline
and other cultural pursuits also Weinstein had 18, Mrs. Sadie
7 MILE ROAD WEST AT GREENFIELD
claim the group's interest. Jew- Cohen, 17, and Mrs. Sarah
ish folklore clubs and other Rosenbloom, 16. The quintet,
intellectual outlets supplement whose ages total 370—an aver-
the easier-going program, which age of 74 each—came up with
also includes cards, chess, lis- a total of 103 grandchildren.
tening to records, informal dis-
These five builders of future
cussions and picnics.
generations remained on the
This summer, the Older Adult firing line at the picnic until,
program included a daily full regretfully, the "end of a per-
.;.,,
schedule of activities from 10 to fect day" came—and the Simons
5, Mondays through Fridays, ac- branch closed its doors on an-
Rabbi Israel I. Halpern and Cantor Shabtai Ackerman with the Synagogue
cording to Eugene Jaffe, direc- other successful season.
Choir, directed by Israel Fuchs, will officiate in the Main Sanctuary
tor of this phase of the Center
and Cantor Eugene Greenfield and Mr. Irving Schlusset will officiate in the
program.
Social Hall.
Excursions to such places as Hebrew University Prof.
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and Walled Lake, plus the an-
Dr. Abraham Fraenkel, pro-
Meaningful, inspiring, Traditional Services in air conditioned comfort.
nual 12-day camping program fessor of mathematics at the
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launched the summer season, since 1929, this fall will join
Seat Reservations Now Available:
drew large numbers of the Cen- the faculty of Yeshiva Univer-
ter's senior citizens.
sity's newly-created Graduate
Daily 9 A.M.-4 P.M. in the Synagogue Office
Closing event of the summer School of Mathematical Sci-
Sundays
10 A.M.-2 P.M. in the Synagogue Lobby
program last week demonstrat- ences. He will hold the rank of
Evenings 6 P.M.-9 P.M. in the Synagogue Lobby
ed the indomitable spirit of visiting professor of mathemat-
the Older Adults. When incle- ics at Yeshiva, and will .teach
Information cheerfully given at the office of the
ment weather cut short the out- a course in the Theory of Sets,
Congregation . . . UN 1-6696
door picnic scheduled for Lola an area in which he is a spe-
Valley Park, the oldsters re- cialist.
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