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of Jewish Events

Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle

VOLUME XXXIV—No. 21 loo el nion Shop 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd.—VE 8-9364--Detroit 35, January 23, 1959

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American Jewry Gets Plea for
`Philanthropic Priority ' for UJA

Sidney J. Allen Selected
for Fred NI. Butzel Award

Breaking tradition, Judge Theodore Levin, presi-
dent of the Jewish Welfare Federation, announced that
Sidney J. Allen has been named the Federation's 1959
Fred M. Butzel .Memorial Award recipient. The name

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of the Award winner has always been
withheld until the Federation annual
meeting, which this year will be held
8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 3, at the
Esther Berman Branch of the United
Hebrew Schools.
Allen, president of the United
Jewish Charities, Federation's prop-
erty .holding unit, joins the ranks of
communal leaders, Julian Krolik, Hen-
ry Wineman. William Friedman, Abra-
ham Srere. Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich,
Samuel H. Rubiner, Henry M. Butzel
and Abe Basle, as recipient of the
award.
The Awards Committee is com-
posed of presidents of member agen-
cies of Federation and Detroit Service
Group and Women's Division and re-
cipients of the award.
Judge Levin reports that the com-
Sidney Allen
mittee took into consideration length of service to the Jewish
community, service to the total community as well as its con-
stituent parts. in selecting Allen from a group of outstanding
candidates for the honor.
In addition to being president of United Jewish Charities.
Allen holds the following communal positions: First vice-pres-
ident, Jewish Home for Aged; .first vice-president, Sinai Hos-
pital: executive committee member. Jewish Welfare Federation:
cabinet member, Allied Jewish Campaign.
He is chairman of the board of Allen Industries.
In addition to his interest in Sinai Hospital and the Home
for Aged, Allen has been a staunch supporter of recreation
programs.
On his last birthday, friends of Allen presented Camp
Tamarack with the Sidney J. and Phyllis Allen Amphitheater.
The annual meeting will elect nine members-at-large to
the Federation board and will review the Federation activities.

NEW YORK, (JTA)—A plea that American Jews give "full philanthropic priority" to
a United Jewish Appeal S100.000.000 Special Fund for resettling 100,000 immigrants expected
by Israel this year from Eastern Europe was voiced Monday night by Levi Eshkol, Finance
Minister of Israel.
Eshkol's plea was made to 200 key American Jewish leaders here. called together in an
emergency session to hear the high-ranking of ficial report on Israel's greatest immigration
crisis in a decade. "I know," he declared," it sounds trite to say we are faced by our greatest
immigration emergency in ten years. but the plain. cruel, truth is that we are."
The crisis arises "not just from the numbers who are coming," he told the group. "It
derives from the fact that Israel has no housing available for immigrants beyond the next
month or so and no funds with which to build more." He said Israel expected some 8,000
immigrants monthly following the recent liberalization of emigration procedures by various
East European governments. The largest Jewish community in Eastern Europe outside the
Soviet Union is that of Romania. numbering 250.000 Jews. Poland has about 40,000 remaining
Jews.
The conference. made up of leaders from communities across the nation about to con-
duct drives in behalf of the 1959 United Jewish Appeal. also heard from Morris W. Berin-
stein, UJA general chairman. Avra'.am Harm ‘n. member of the executive of the Jewish
Agency. and Charles Jordan. di•ector general of the Joint Distribution Committee.
The UJA general chairman pointed out t hat the emergency meeting was "unprece-
dented," in that the leaders had been called back from their communities only a month after
the Dec. 12-14 UJA annual conference. There they Voted to seek a 5100 million Special Fund
"over and above" the 1959 UJA regular goal of S105 million to meet the ongoing programs
of its beneficiaries. He urged the audience to advance the progres-s of their pre-campaign
efforts, with a view to producing The greatest sums possible for the UJA National Inaugural
Conference in Miami, Feb. 7.
Avraham Harman, member of the Jewish Agency executive. who arrived from Jerusa-
lem for the meeting, declared that despite the present emergency. one 1959 welfare objective
that must be retained to the fullest extent possible was a program for clearing Israel's
"ma'abarot"—shanty towns housing 110,000 earlier immigrants.
Harman revealed that the Agency hopes to direct the greatest number of newcomers
to various "development - areas in Israel's less populated regions. These include the Galilee
region in Israel's north, and the Negev. He said that the Agency must have 51.600 to meet
-4he cost of an immigrant's first year in Israel. This includes transportation from Eastern
Europe, the immigrant's share of housing costs, and welfare services.

Israeli Leaders Coming to U.S. in Behalf of the UJA

Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News

JERUSALEM. Foreign Minister Golda '_Heir, Development Minister Mordecai Bentov
and Minister of Communications Moshe Carmel are expected to join Finance Minister Levi
Eshkol, who is already- in the United States, in touring American cities in behalf of the spe-
cial United Jewish Appeal fund to finance the transportation and reception of 100,000 im-
migrants from Eastern Europe, it was learned here Tdesday.
In addition. the UJA has asked the representatives of parties in and outside the govern-
ment to choose outstanding members of parliament to join the speaking tours.
The possibility exists that one or more ranking military' men also will tour the U.S. on
this mission and the name of former -Chief of S taff Gen. Moshe Dayan has been mentioned.

Open Physical Education Wing on Feb. 15

New 53.000.000 Center Is The Nation's Largest

By FRANK SIMONS

Jewish Community Center officials will take the wrappings off
the Center's flew main building on Feb. 15, when the doors swing
open to give the community its first glimpse at the interior of this
$3,000,000 building. The three-wing structure is the largest of any
Jewish Community Center in the country.
Open house at the building will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
However, only the physical education and health club wing will be
open for viewing, with operations scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m.,
the following day. The remainder of the facilities will be open by
April 1.
To give an idea of the vastness of the new Center, there are
300 rooms of various sizes for a multitude of facilities. The entire
building occupies an area of 154,000 square feet. The center is built

on a 121/2. acre plot of land, which has allowed 110.000 square feet
for parking facilities.
The physical education portion which will open Feb. 15
occupies a total area of 49.000 square feet and was built at a cost of
S825.000. The health club area is 12.000 square feet, with 7,500 square
feet given over to men's facilities and the remainder to the women.
In the physical education set-up also is a 30x75 foot swimming

pool. four handball courts, four squash singles courts and a doubles
squash court. all of them being of championship specifications. An
interesting sidelight is that the doubles squash court is one of only

two chaMpionship courts in the entire state.
The Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher gymnasiums consist of a

main gym, 80x100. and an auxiliary gym, 40x66. This gives the Center
a main basketball court of 50x90 proportions, another large court and

two smaller courts.

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An idea of the enor-
mity of the new Jewish
Community Center can be
seen in this exterior view
showing all three wings
of the building at Curtis
and Meyers Rd. Workmen

here are putting the fin-
ishing touches on the
Center, which is the larg-
est building of its kind
in the country.

