THE DETROIT JEWIS H NEWS—Friday, February 20, 195 0- 14
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The Suburban Community
The Brotherhood of Children] Dr. R. Robinson
Speak at BB
Is a Model for Adults to Copy to
Award Banquet
By the Oak•Woodser
The other day, we took a little
time out between acts at the I
Shrine Circus to watch two Cub
Scouts having a marvelous time
as they gazed upon all the won-
ders that the circus has to offer
little boys and all the tempta-
tions it affords in the way of
cotton candy, peanuts, popcorn,
ad infinitum.
Now there is certainly not
much that's unusual about two
little fellows having a good
time at the circus or sharing
conversation about the acts or
dipping into one another's bags
of peanuts.
Only it was close to Brother-
hood Week and we were especi-
ally conscious of the fact that
one of the boys was white and
the other was Negro.
Our own brood kept us too
busy to give much thought to
the two young men sitting there
in front of us, but during the
next few days we kept coming
back in our mind to that friend-
ly scene.
Snap a picture of it and
probably it would win a Bro-
therhood Award because that's
how the adult mind measures
Brotherhood. Show the same
picture to the youngsters in-
volved and they'd laugh at
seeing themselves in a photo
and they'd reminisce about
the circus.
That's how simple Brother-
hood is to children. It's just
being with someone whose com-
pany they enjoy, without a
thought of anything else that
might go with it. Certainly
these two cub scouts would
frown and be puzzled if one
were to mention Brotherhood to
them. They were living it with-
out even understanding it.
Children everywhere g e t
along in the same manner. They
may ask questions about dif-
ferences in skin or differences
in religion, but they readily
accept differences with no con-
demnation.
Do children hate? Certainly
they do! They hate being told
what to do or how to do it;
they hate coming home to din-
ner when they're playing out-
side; they hate vegetables; and
they hate other children, in-
cluding their best playmates,
at one time or another.
But young children have
not put a label on thOr per-
sonal hates. They may call
silly, non-sensical names, but
they are not the names of
prejudice. They may have
squabbles or even fights, but
they are for very dear causes,
and not abstract ideas of hate
for the sake of hating.
We would do well, as adults,
to copy • this basic simplicity
which is universal in all young-
sters: to like and to hate, if
we choose, but to do so on the
basis of the individual and not
because of the groiip he irepre-
sents.
This is Brotherhood because
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it represents each person to
every other person as another
human being with common
problems and similar goals. This
is the Brotherhood of children,
but it could well serve as the
model for us all.
Park Gallery to Show
Works by Meyerowitz
Beginning Sunday at the
Park Gallery, 20960 Greenfield,
Oak Park, and continuing
through March 14 will be an
exhibition of 23 paintings and
etchings by William Meyero-
witz.
Russian-born Meyerowitz, who
has been a resident of this
country since 1908, is highly
regarded in the art world. He
is represented in the per-
manent collections of numerous
galleries, including the' U.S.
National Museum, Metropolitan
Museum of Art and Library of
Congress.
He has produced many works
of Jewish interest. and his
paintings hang in the Bezalel
Museum in Jerusalem and the
Tel Aviv Museum.
I In his newest collection are
five works of Jewish subjects,
including three paintings taken
from sketches he made while
on a trip to Israel a few
years ago.
Among the works to be ex-
hibited are Moses, Meoh Sheo-
rim (Jerusalem), The Torah,
Haifa, Israel and Chasidim.
Bnai David Men's Club
To Hear Rabbi Sperka
The Men's Club of Cong.
Bnai David will hear a talk
by Rabbi Joshua S. Sperka on
"Crime Around the World" at
an open meeting planned for
8:15 p.m., Thursday, in the
synagogue social hall.
A question and answer pe-
riod and a social hour will
follow Rabbi Sperka's address.
Wives of members and friends
are invited to attend.
Emanu-El Groups to Stage
Ice Capades Benefit Show
A benefit performance of Ice
Capades will be presented by
the Sisterhood and Men's Club
of Temple Emanu-El at 2 p.m.,
March 1, at Olympia Stadium.
Tickets are available to or-
ganizations at discount prices.
For tickets, call Mrs. Lottie
Malkin, LI 3-8321; Mrs. Sylvia
Berman, LI 2-7910; or the tem-
ple office, LI 7-5015.
Nazi Persecution Revealed
in Hungarian Jewish Book
BUDAPEST (WJA)—A book
of documents entitled "Indict-
ment Against Nazism — Docu-
ments on the History of Perse-
cution of Hungarian Jewry,"
has just been published by the
Central Board of Hungarian
Jews, a member organization
of the World Jewish Congress.
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Dr. Remus G. Robinson,
president of the Detroit Board
of Education, will be principal
speaker at the seventh annual
Brotherhood Award Banquet of
Oak - Woods Lodge of Bnai
Brith.
The event
will climax the
annual observ-
ance of Broth-
erhood Week,
and will be
held at 6:30
p.m., Thurs-
day, at Sam-
my's Avalon
Room in Oak
. Park.
Dr. Paul
Durham, of
First Metho- Dr. Robinson
dist Church, Royal Oak, will
present the lodge's Brotherhood
Award to Dr. James N. Pepper,
superintendent of the Oak Park
Schools, who is the seventh re-
cipient of the honor.
The banquet will attract a
host of dignitaries from the
Detroit and suburban areas, in-
cluding city officials of the
communities around Oak Park,
educational leaders and repre-
sentatives from community or-
ganizations.
Joseph Broder, Oak - Woods
Lodge president, will extend
greetings, and Herbert Stoor-
man, vice-president of program
and Brotherhood chairman. will
lead in the salute to the flag.
Dr. Herman Bennett is the eve-
ning's toastmaster.
A highlight of the program
will be the presentation of a
medley of songs by the Oak
Park High School choir, which
will sing while past recipients
are introduced to the audience.
Another feature will be a
presentation of the Bnai Brith
"Dolls for Democracy" project
conducted in the schools by
Mrs. Edith Goodman and Mrs.
Frances Sayles.
Dr. Robinson, a physician, is
a graduate of the University of
Michigan medical school, and is
a fellow in the American and
International College of Sur-
geons.
He is a member of numerous
professional organizations, and
is a staff member of Sinai Hos-
pital.
Chairman of the Board of
Governors of Wayne State Uni-
versity, Dr. Robinson also is a
member of the Detroit Metro-
politan Regional Planning Corn-
mission and the Detroit Public
Library Commission. In 1952,
he was a co-chairman of the
United Negro College Fund.
He is the recipient of numer-
ous _awards, including the
NAACP and the Booker T.
Washington Trade Association
Awards for public 'service, the
Urban League Award and the
Wayne State University Award
for community service.
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Birobidjan Postmarks Bear
`Jewish Region' Legend
PARIS (JTA)—For the first
time since Stalin's death, letters
received here from Birobidjan
carry a postal cancellation of
mark of JAO, the equivalent of
the Russian phrase "Jewish
Autonomous Region." In the in-
tervening five years the can-
cellation read "District of
Birobidjan."
Postal cancellations, clues to
the political fate of the Siberian
area assigned Jews as a state
of their own in the late 1920s,
have changed five times in the
30-year history of the region.
The first cancellation bore He-
brew characters.
Oak Park PTSA Ema nu-El Women
to Stage 'Follies' Set Inter-Faith
Parents and teachers will let Judaism Institute
their hair down when they join
with students at Oak Park High
School in presenting the 1959
version of the Oak Park Follies.
A variety show, the produc-
tion will be staged for the sec-
ond successive year on March
3, 4 and 5, in the school audi-
torium. The program is spon-
sored by the Parent-Teacher-
Student Association.
Harry Mayers, fund - raising
chairman, stated that 1,000
people can be accommodated
each night, but recalled that
last year's program was a com-
plete sell-out, with many being
turned away at the door.
Proceeds from the event go
to the Francis V. Baad Scholar-
ship Fund, which is a four-year
grant of $250 annually. Two
previous award winners, Ber-
nard Krentzin and Bar bar a
Kole, are presently attending
Wayne State University.
Tickets are available at the
school or from Bernard Sands,
LI 6-0653; Mrs. David Farber,
LI 7-0254; or Mrs. V e r non
Morningstar, LI 3-4977. Stu-
dents working on the ticket
committee are Mike G r e e n.
PTSA student vice - president;
Judy Siporin and Lori Pantzer.
Beth Shalom Affiliates
Set Panel on Children
"The Emotional and Educa-
tional Development of Our Chil-
dren" is the theme of a panel
discussion to be presented by
the Beth Shalom Sisterhood and
Men's Club at 8:30 p.m.,
Wednesday, in the synagogue.
Rabbi Mordecai S. Halpern
will moderate the panel, which
will be comprised of Mrs. Jacob
Berson, teacher at the Paul L.
Best School; Eli Grad, educa-
tional director of the Shaarey
Zedek Religious School; and Dr.
Herbert Raskin, associate pro-
fessor of psychiatry at the
Wayne State University college
of medicine.
A question and answer period
will follow the discussion. Ac-
cording to Mrs. Sidney Berg
and Martin Herman, the eve-
ning's chairmen, guests are in-
vited to attend.
Over 250 suburban women of
all faiths are expected to attend
the second annual Institute for
Church Women, being held by
the Sisterhood of Temple
Emanu-El at 10:30 a.m., Wednes-
day, at the temple.
Designed to acquaint the vis-
iting women with the tenets of
Reform J u d a-
ism, the Insti-
tute will open
with a briefing
and orienta-
tion period,
followed by a
question a n d
answer session.
Following
luncheon, t h e
women will
hear more
about the be-
liefs of Juda-
ism. Conduct-
I ,et.
ing the brief-
Rabbi
ing sessions
Rosenbaum
will be Rabbi
Milton Rosenbaum, of the host
congregation; Rabbi M. Robert
Syme. of Temple Israel; and
Rabbi David A. Baylinson, of
Temple Beth El.
Mrs. Joseph H. Maltzer, Sis-
terhood president, has named
Mrs. Aaron Kurland as Institute
chairman. She is assisted by the
following women:
Mesdames Jack Dublin, cere-
monial tables; Ramon Gerson,
registration; Felix Rosenwach,
program; Sidney Katzman, host-
esses; Bernard Meyer, education
!vice-president; Samuel Rubin,
orientation; Samuel Ryshen and
Larry Oettinger, luncheon; Her-
: man Grand, clerical; and Leo
1Baum. publicity.
Mrs. Milton Rosenbaum, chair-
man of community relations for
the Sisterhood, originated the
program in South Oakland
County last year.
Rabbi ARTHUR A. CHIEL,
of Genesis Hebrew Center,
Tuckahoe, N.Y., has been named
chairman of the 1959 conven-
tion of the Rabbinical Assembly
of America, to be held at Con-
cord Hotel, Kiamesha Lake,
N.Y., May 17 to 21.
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