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Mrs. Roosevelt Pays Tribute to Israeli
Leadership; $180,000 Raised Here Toward
$250,000fornefroitDormitoryaillebrewU.

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, ican Friends of the Hebrew
in a brief but deeply moving University, spoke briefly
after being introduced by
address to 250 guests who gath-
ered at dinner in the Terrace Simons who praised her for
Room of Hotel Statler on Sept. her tireless efforts in behalf
24 to launch the project of of the local project.
building the Detroit Dormitory
In her address, Mrs. Roose-
at the Hebrew University in velt told of her visit to the
Jerusalem, paid tribute to the Hebrew University last March
builders of a new and modern in the company of her grand-
society in Israel and declared: daughter.
"One of the most vital things
"Much will come out of
Israel that has value to the happening at the Hebrew Uni-
world. If we have a peaceful versity is that the value of edu-
, world, Israel will give us the cation is drawing together many
greatest stimulation that can people from 100 nations who
now are gathered in Israel,"
come out of any area."
she declared. "I have the feel-
Nate S. Shapero introduced ing that Israel is rich in lead-
Mrs. Roosevelt to the guests, ership. That is her greatest
who included the most promi- strength."
nent representatives of Detroit
She added that "people with
Jewry.
ability do research at the uni-
Judge Theodore Levin was versity along different lines.
toastmaster at the dinner, at The reason adjustments are
which the guests present, in made in Israel is because they
addition to several absentee have a wealth of young leaders.
donors, contributed $180,000 It is the result of an educated
towards the $250,000 needed for citizenry for which I have the
the building of the Detroit greatest admiration."
Dormitory.
"I was very much impressed
• Judge Levin outlined the by the young people who went
history of the American
Friends of the Hebrew Uni-
versity, whose Detroit Chap-
ter, under the chairmanship
of Charles Feinberg, has en-
listed aid for the university
in Jerusalem, and he told of
the progress attained by the
university.
Telegraphic messages of
greetings to the gathering were
read by Judge Levin from Prof.
Benjamin Mazar, president of
the Hebrew University, and
Philip M. Klutznick, who has
just been chosen president of
American Friends of the He-
brew University.
Joining with Judge Levin in
conducting the dinner meeting
were his associate chairmen,
Leonard Simons and Allan
Schwartz. The latter introduced
his father-in-law, Nate Shapero,
as the introducer Of Mrs. Roose-
velt. Judge Levin stated in in-
troducing Schwartz that his as-
sociate chairman is the young-
est man to be selected to the
hoard of American Friends of
the Hebrew UniverSity.
Simons, who announced the
pledges to the Detroit Dor-
mitory fund, told of earlier
gifts by Detroiters to the He-
brew University — by the
Aesculapian Pharmaceutical
Society, Alpha Omega dental
fraternity, Maimonides Medi-
cal Society and its Women's
Auxiliary, the contributions
to the music library by Mar-
guerite Chajes and the gifts
made by Charles Feinberg. A
number of rare volumes were
to be presented by Governor
G. Mennen Williams to the
Hebrew University, during
his visit in Jerusalem on
Oct. 1, in Feinberg's name,
Simons announced. Earlier
Feinberg gifts to the univer-
sity, presented for him also
by Governor Williams on the
latter's visit in Israel five
years ago, included rare Whit-
man manuscripts.
Simons told the audience that
the undertaking to establish the
Detroit Dormitory is aimed at
solving the housing shortage
for students in Jerusalem.
Several large contributions in
amounts of $10,000 each are
included in the $180,000 raised
thus far. The gifts are to be
payable over a period of five
years. After the contributors
were several who made their
gifts before leaving for Israel
wit the 58-person mission that
studied Israel's conditions there
this week.
Mrs. Zelda Popkin, well
known author of several nov-
els and world traveler, who
was here to arrange for the
dinner in behalf of the Amer-

Air Horrors of Nazi Regime on Hamburg TV Network

HAMBURG, (JTA) — A tele- the films, leaders of_ several
visiOn program- presenting film Jewish communities in West
documentaries showing persecu- Germany were interviewed on
tions of Jews under the Nazi
the program about the dangers
regime was shown over the
of the revival of anti-Semitism
Hamburg television network.
to the university while working
in Germany.
Following
the
presentation
of
with children in agricultural
settlements," Mrs. Roosevelt
said. "I saw it again in a young
kibbutz in the Negev. I was in-
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what we had witnessed. We saw
youths fighting locusts _and beat-
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realized that the youths won
because they had a great pur-
pose to accomplish. My grand-
daughter commented that
Israeli youth are succeeding be-
cause they are building a na-
tion, .while American youth feel
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