THE DETRO IT JEWIS H NEWS—Friday, March 20, 19 59- 3 2
Allied Jewish Campaign Selects
Division Chairmen for '59 Drive
Luckoff
Irwin I. Cohn, chairman, and
Leonard N. Simons, co-chair-
man, of the 1959 Allied Jewish
Campaign, announce that Rich-
ard B. Kramer will be chair-
man of the metropolitan divi-
sion and Alan E. Luckoff has
been selected chairman of the
junior division. Kramer and
Luckoff return to the positions
they filled ably in the 1958
campaign. Luckoff is a member
of the board of governors of the
Jewish Welfare Federation.
Max J. Pincus is co-chairman
of the mercantile division.
Maurice B. Sandler is co-
chairman of the services divi-
sion.
Arthur Howard is co-chair-
man of the real estate division.
The current campaign will
average more than two fund-
raising meetings a day during
the coming week, as it picks up
intensity, spurred on by the
March 23 opening at the Sta tier-
Hilton Hotel.
Workers in the pre-campaign
(big gifts) division will hold a
weekly luncheon meeting in the
Butzel Building, at noon today.
Sunday, the campaign special
assignments section, under the
chairmanship of Maurice Schil-
ler, will meet at his home.
The food division, under the
chairmanship of Max M. Shaye,
will hold a report meeting, Sun-
day, at the Ten Mile Branch of
the Jewish Center.
The dentists and dental tech-
nicians section of the profes-
sional division will hold a
brunch the same day, at the
Furniture Club. Dr. Sidney 0.
Siegan is section chairman. Drs.
Ray Pollard and Ted Winshall
are associate chairmen. Dr. Mar-
tin Naimark is advisor.
The social services section of
the professional division, under
the chairmanship" of Abraham
Kastenbaum, will hold a lunch-
eon meeting in the Butzel
Building, Tuesday.
On Wednesday, the engineers
25 Years of Bnai Brith Service
Pisgah's Silver Anniversary
the benediction
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Pisgah. Chapter, the first Bnai Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospitals. voaction, and
Participating in Sunday's ban- will be given by Mrs. Samuel
Brith women's group in Detroit,
will culminate 25 years of serv- quet, which will fe-live the 25 Aaron. The entire program is
ice to the community and to the years of the chapter's existence, under the chairmanship of Mrs.
fraternal organization on Sun- will be Mrs. Sims, Mrs. Robert Samuel Gold.
Music for dancing and enter-
day, when a dinner-dance is A. Coggan, currently president
of District No. 6; Mrs. David tainment will be provided by
planned at Holiday Manor.
Mickey Woolf and his orchestra.
Organized in 1934 under the Grosberg, president of the De-
guidance of the late Nathan troit Council; and William Lite, All Bnai Brith women are being
invited, with their husbands, to •
Metzger, the first president was president of Pisgah Lodge, the
Ruth Metzger Feldman, who oldest local men's group, which participate in the prograin.
For tickets, call Mrs. Gold,
later became honorary presi- last year celebrated its centen-
.UN. 4-8040; Mrs. William Fogel,
nial
anniversary.
dent.
Mrs. David Haberman, chap- UN. 3-0152; or Mrs. Jack Ketai,
Since its inception, the chap-
ter counselor, will give the in- LI. • 1-4467.
ter has set marks in fund-rais-
ing, humanitarian effort and so-
cial service work that has . kept
it among the leading groups in
-
the Bnai Brith organization.
The chapter also has devel-
A Digest of World Jewish Happenings, from
oped leaders who have gone on Dispatches of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Other
to top leadership positions in News-Gathering Media.
other local groups, in Bnai Brith
district posts and on the na-
Israel
tional scene.
JERUSALEM — The Zionist Actions Committee will hold
Mrs. Charles Solovich, one. of 10 days of sessions starting May 31 .. . Israeli imports rose to
Pisgah's past presidents, went $225,000,000 in 1958 compared with $211,000,000 in 1957, the
on to become District president largest single item being for machinery valued at $41,500,000 . . .
and is now a vice-president of A World Bank Survey Team arrived here for a three-week tour
the Supreme Council. She is and will report back to the bank's chairman, Eugene Black ..
honorary president of the De- Several joint Belgian-Israeli industrial enterprises are to be
formed as a result of a visit here of a group of Belgian industrial-
troit Council.
Mrs. Leonard Sims, recently ists headed by Pierre van der Est, president of the Belgian Steel
listed in Who's Who of Ameri- Manufacturers Association . . . Close Tunisian-Israel cooperation
Howard
Sandler
can Women, along with Mrs. in North Africa development projects was proposed by a leading
\Solovich, is another past presi- French industrialist to President Bourgiba of Tunisia, according
and scientists section of the me- dent of the Detroit Council and to Gen. George Picot, president of the Mining and Industrial
chanical trades division will District 6. She is currently Equipment Co. of France and a member of the 25-man team of
meet with division chairman chairman of the national mem- French industrialists now touring Israel . . . A large-scale student
Robert Trepeck, at the Ten Mile bership committee, a post she exchange program has been organized by the Israel Students
Center Branch. Section chair- holds for the second- guecessive Federation following the Federation's accreditation by the Inter-
man is Robert B. Colten. Dr. year. She has been chosen to national Committee for Student Tourism . . . A reception, des-
Henry ∎ Brown, Robert N. Jane- represent the District on a visit cribed as "friendlier than usual," was accorded to Aryeh Harel,
way and Rudolph Wishnow are to Europe for Bnai Brith.
Israel's new Ambassador to the Soviet Union when he presented
co-chairmen.
his credentials to A. Koditsa, Vice President of the USSR, the
Other Pisgah women who Foreign Ministry reported here. Israel's immigration and absorp-
The real estate and building
division will hold its ninth an- have continued their efforts for tion problems were among the topics discussed
nual fund-raising dinner, the Bnai Brith are Mrs. Samuel
same day, at the Henrose Hotel. Aaron, chairman of the Michi-
Europe
The variety stores section of gan Regional Committee for the
THE HAGUE — Dr. Josef Luns, Dutch Minister for Foreign
the mercantile division will Anti-Defamation League; Mrs. Affairs, told the Dutch Senate that negotiations between the Dutch
meet the same day at the home Gerald Gorman, past Council and West German governments on compensation for Dutch
of section chairman, Al Sklare. and District president and dele- victims of Nazi persecutions is "very 'satisfying," Holland claiming
Louis S. Lazarus and Sigmund gate to the Supreme Council; a minimum of 125,000,000 marks, mostly on behalf of Dutch
Littman are section co-chairmen. and Mrs. Lewis Manning, past Jewish victims.
On Thursday, the metropoli- Council president and District
PARIS — Informed foreign trade circles state that economic
tan division will meet at the historian.
relations between France and Israel are first rate now, Israel
Throughout its 25-year span, having placed orders in this country for more than two-thirds
Sholem Aleichem Institute. Sid-
ney J. Karbel will address the the chapter has been the reci- of the $30,7000,000 credit which France offered Israel after the
pient of many awards for mem- Sinai campaign of 1956. . . Moroccan Jews, anxious to leave
meeting.
The scrap metal section of bership and membership reten- Morocco because of the growing poverty and increased difficulties
the mechanical trades division tion, and its bulletin, the Me- in securing employment, are seeking mi...ans to acquire French
will meet at the home of sec- norah, has been a consistent nationality, the report here indicating that a great number of
tion chairman, Harry Goldman, winner of national honors, Jews in the town of Oujda, near the Algerian border, have
on Friday. Harry T. Madison is amassing a total of 18 awards. applied for French citizenship.
COLOGNE—The reparations payments protocols between
section co-chairman.
During World War II, Pisgah
members were cited for assist- West Germany and Israel for the budgetary year beginning
Named to Committee
ing in War Bond drives and for April 1 were signed by Dr. A. Von Haus, of the West German
Charles H. Jordan director providing assistance to service- Republic, and F. Shinnar, head of the Israel Mission here. Out-
g e n e r al of the Joint Dis- men. They also have furnished side of a reduction in its commitment from 310,000,000 to 250,-
tribution Committee in Europe, rooms at Wayne State and Uni- 000,000 marks, major provisions are similar to those of the past.
has been named co-chairman of versity of Michigan Hillel Foun- Israel has delivered a shipment of copper cement to Germany
the newly-organized Internation- dations and provided special from the King Solomon mines.
al Committee for World Refu- day rooms at Percy Jones and
gee Year.
United States
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WASHINGTON -- Members of both Houses of Congress de-
livered speeches on the floors of the 'House and Senate, paying
round the World...
tribute to the Bnai Brith Women's Organization on its 50th
anniversary.
NEW YORK — David Dubinsky, president of the Inter-
national Ladies Garment Workers Union, presented a $25,000
check on the Union's behalf for aid to Romanian Jews arriving
in Israel.
RICHMOND, Va.—The combined appeal here for UJA and
local capital needs is running far ahead of schedule, which is
credited to a new campaign technique. Each contributor was
mailed a phonograph record listing "five distinguished musical
works." After each, a local Jewish leader made a strong appeal
for UJA:
PORTLAND, Me.—The Maine Equal Opportunities Commit-
tee is pushing extension of a present law to include the banning
of discrimination in advertising for "any place of public accomo-
dation, resort or amusement."
Pope Favors Diplomatic Exchange
Direct JTA Teletype Wire
To The Jewish News
Past presidents of Pisgah Chapter of Bnai Brith, which this coming week will
mark its 25th anniversary, will participate in specal festivities to mark the occasion.
Shown here are, left to right, front. row: Mesdames SAMUEL AARON, LEONARD
SIMS, SAMUEL FELDMAN, honorary president; CHARLES SOLOVICH and GERALD
GORMAN; back "row; Mesdames WILLIAM FOGEL, WILLIAM SHAPIRO, BERNARD
GOODMAN, JULES MESKIN, IRVING ROBINSON, now president; MARVIN B.
LEVY, DAVID HABERMAN, JACK KETAI and SAM GOLD. Not pictured are Mes-
dames Jacob Harvith, Joseph Sanders, Helen Tanner, Max Segal, Sol Rosenman, Harry
Cinoar T pwic n Manning Max Madorskv Allan Laban and Nathan Wolf (deceased).
ROME—A report that Pope
John XXIII would favor a
move for the establishment of
diplomatic relations between
the Vatican and Israel was
circulated here Tuesday by the
Italian diplomatic agency.
According to the agency,
which is not an official govern-
Mental organization, the sub-
ject of Vatican-Israeli relations
is now being studied by the
Po•e's Secretariat of State, as
well as by the Cardinal s Com-
mittee for Extraordinary Eccle-
siastical Affairs.
Some experts at the Vatican,
the agency declares, fear that
establishment . of diplomatic
relations with Israel would
alienate the Arab states, and
are advising that nothing be
done along that line until
United Arab Republic Presi-
dent Gamal Abdel Nasser visits
the Pope. Such a visit is ex-
pected next autumn..
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