THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-1'riday, Grave Challenges to Jewry in '59 Outlined by Klutznick at Yudkoff Testimonial Dinner 500 Attend Bar-Ilan Dinner for Philip, Max Stollman The weather, two brothers named Stollman, a university in Israel celebrating its first gradu- ation and a fine guest speaker all combined last Wednesday to provide an evening many folks -,• • • ......... In a stirring address to the mittee for the dinner, was toastmaster. gathering of 400 at the Sheraton Cadillac Hot e I, Wednesday Joining in paying honor to night, Philip M. Klutznick, presi- Yudkoff were spokesmen for the dent of Bnai Brith, declared he Detroit Jewish community and knows of no other year—includ- national and local Bnai Brith ing even "the .periods of strife leaders. Including among them and glory of 1948, the trying were Nathaniel Goldstick, who years of the '30s and '40s, the represented Mayor Miriani and Sinai events of 1956-7-which will presented Mr. and Mrs. Yudkoff be of greater challenge in Jew- with keys to the City; Ben Glass, ish life than 1959." of Chicago, secretary of Bnai Speaking at the testimonial Brith District 6; Mortimer J. dinner in honor of Harry Yud- Rubin, of Washington, national koff, one of Detroit's most dis- director of Bnai Brith service tinguished leaders in national, funds; Sidney J. Karbel and district and local Bnai Brith, Charles L. Goldstein, who spoke Kutznick reported on national for the Jewish Welfare Feder- planning sessions held in New I ation and the Jewish Commun- York during the past few days. ity Council; Mrs. David Gros- berg, William Lite, Mrs. Robert "Large numbers are on the march again," he said in ref- Coggan and Louis W e b e r, erence to the new migration spokesmen for the Women's movement of Jews from Ro- Bnai Brith Councils, the Metro- mania to Israel. He declared politan BB Council and Pisgah Lodge. that "what is happening in Romania is something we Gifts and plaques were pre- asked for," and he declared sented to the Yudkoffs by a that a grave duty rests upon number of the speakers. Elias Jewry to make it possible for Goldberg presented them with the 100,000 Jews who applied a \testimonial book in behalf of for visas to leave Romania to the Israel Bond Organization fulfill the obligation of rescu- and the BB Israel Committee. ing them. Program participants also in- ''I should hate to think of the cluded Rabbis Leon Fram and consequences in all the capitals M. Robert Syme and Alfred H. of the world if ever it became Bounin. known that Jews had failed willingly and honorably to as- sume the task of aiding these people," he declared. Klutznick took occasion to criticize tendencies in feder- MIAMI. (JTA) — The Florida ated fund-raising to spend too Board of the Anti-Defamation much time in testing "what's League has convened at state- wrong with functioning agen- wide meeting of chairman and cies" and too little time in board members to consider the raising the vitally needed impact of the desegregation funds. He also asserted that struggle on Jewish-Gentile re- overseas relief can not be so- lations in the south, it was licited at the expense of Jew- announced here by Paul Seider- ish education, the Joint De- man, board chairman. The meet- fense Appeal and the many ing will be held Feb. 7 in Palm other local a n d national Beach. needs. Seiderman said that the dela- "Quit piling up praise on your leaders and do the task your- gates will explore a number of self," he admonished his audi- issues in an effort to determine ence, urging increased efforts in the causes "behind the preva- support of vital Jewish needs. lent feeling of threat to the He expressed confidence that southern Jewish community" de- American Jewry, when the veloping from the segregation needs are properly piesented to issue. it, will meet the serious chal- The delegates will consider lenges of the present time. whether there has been a notice- Klutznick joined with other able difference in the various speakers on the program in southern cities in Jewish non- praising "the service of the heart and the time and the Jewish relationships since the s strength of Harry Yudkoff." He segregation issue flared and in what ways; whether a particular expressed his "depth of affec- Bnai Brith lodge or a particu- lion and appreciation" for Harry and Molly Yudkoff and their lar synagogue hesitates to dis- son Jerome "for having made cuss the segregation issue for- mally and whether this was also themselves available to Bnai true prior to the 1954 Supreme Brith." Court decision on integration of In his response to the public schools and whether any numerous tributes, Yudkoff delegate, his Jewish friend or spoke of the manifold activ- his organizations had ever been ities of Bnai Brith and made approached by any group or a strong plea for their con- individuals asked "to take a tinued support. He also out- stand" on the race issue. lined the program of Bnai The delegates will seek to Brith services to the many determine whether there have communal philanthropic ef- been actual cases of economic forts. boycott of Jewish merchants Milton Weinstein, who arising from the segregation struggle. headed the arrangements com- Probe Segregation Imports on Jewish Life in the South Kr MORRIS SPITZER * To Honor Spitzer on 70th Birthday Honoring the 70th birthday ' of Morris Spitzer. manager of the Detroit and Midwest States Board of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, a testimonial dinner will be given on Feb. 28. at the Veterans Me- morial Bldg., 151 W. Jefferson. Sponsored by the Michigan membership of the ACWA, the dinner is being given in behalf of the Israel Histadrut and the National Association for the Ad- vancement of Colored People. Justice George Edwards of the Michigan Supreme Court is honorary chairman of the din- net-, and also will serve as the evening's toastmaster. Murray H. Finley is chairman. Among the honorary patrons Williams, Mayor are Gov. Miriani, Senators Hart and Mc- Namara, Jacob S. Potofsky, Frank Rosenblum, Walter P. Reuther, Emil Mazey and David Chaney. will remember for a long time. Although the suburbs were in the grips of freezing rain, over 500 friends and co-workers in many causes turned out at Cong. Bnai David in Southfield, to honor Phillip and -Max Stollman for their efforts on behalf of Bar-Ilan University at Ramat Gan. The occasion of festivity was the celebration locally of the first commencement exercies of the school. Sponsored by Misra- chi-Hapoel Hamizrachi of De- troit, the chairman was Dr. Jacob Goldman. Dr. Henry Raphael Gold, one of the few great orators in the American Jewish community today, spoke of Bar-Ilan, which he visited last summer, as a bridge between: 1. The Torah of past genera- tions and the Torah of Israel today; 2. Jews coming from many lands and many backgrounds; and 3. The world of science and the world of religion. justice and morality. Irving Schlussel, who ex- Annual tended greetings, presented each of the Stollmans with a copy of the Tenach made in Israel as a measure of appreci- ation. Announcement was made by Dr. Goldman of the establish- ment at the chapel of the Israel school of a Ner Tamid for Abe Nusbaum and the establishment of a $50,000 scholarship fund in his memory. Formation of a free loan fund by Dr. Aaron Dubnove also was announced. A musical program, featuring Cantors Hyman Adler and Shah- tai Ackerman in solo numbers and a duet closed the program. Rebecca Frohman 'was accom- panist. JACOBSON COAL & OIL CO. Serving Detroit Homes and Industry for Over 45 Years WA 1-3617 Schaefer Concert of The DETROIT .JEWISH FOLK CHORUS HARVEY SCHREIBMAN, Conductor Presenting The Dramatic Oratorio "MART1RER BLOT" Music by J. Schaefer Guest Artists: YOUTH CHORUS; HOWARD FRIED, Tenor from New York; SHOSHANA FREEDMAN, Soprano from Detroit; ELLIS FREEDENSON, Bass from Detroit SUNDAY, JANUARY 25 at 8 P.M. DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS Tickets $1.20 and $1.80, con be purchased from oll chorus n ► mbers or, S. Milgrom, UN 1-2606 Make your child's first pre-school experience a meaningful happy and - equipped new one in a modern Jewish well nursery. French, Algerian Rabbinates Unite SHOLEM ALEICHEM NURSERY SCHOOL . ALGIERS (JTA) — Chief Rabbi Jacob Kaplan has ac- cepted the additional post and duties of Chief Rabbi of Al- geria in a compromise of an internal struggle within the Algerian Jewish community, it was revealed here this week. As a result, there will be no separate function for a Chief Rabbi of Algeria. Another aspect of the com- promise was the designation of Rabbi M. Morali. who lives in Metropolitan France, as Chief Rabbi of Algiers. a post which had not been filled in over a year. Differences over the filling of a number of im- portant communal posts have pla•ed havoc with communal unity in recent months. Chief Rabbi Kaplan came here to iron out these dif- ferences. In the course of his efforts he met with the new French Governor General of Algeria, the Chief Rabbis of various districts in Algeria and Algerian delegates to the Con- sistory of French Jews. NEW SEMESTER BEGINNING FEBRUARY 2nd 19350 GREENFIELD VE 8-7440 DIET FACTS: • Y . _ „.„ w celebrating our 75th Anniversary', The 21st Anniversary Dinner of the Council Orthodox Rabbis and Merkaz Tuesday, March 3rd, 1959 6 p.m. Guest Speaker: RABBI PINCHOS TEITZ, prominent rabbi of Elizabeth, N.J., member presidium of Agudath Haro- bonim of America, and originator of "Talmud Hour of the Air." Mayfair Room — 19161 Schaefer The Entire Jewish Community Is Cordially Invited to Attend Council of Orthodox Rabbis, Rabbi Leizer Levin, Chair. Presidium; David J. Cohen, Chair. Merkaz; Ira Kaufman; Chair. Dinner Comm.