THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—Friday, November 27, 1959 - 14 The Suburban Community Move to Suburbs Not a Matter of Ducking Responsibilities By the Oak-Woodser The question of Jews who move into the suburbs "to avoid civil rights issues" was brought to the floor of the convention of the Union of American He- brew Congregations last week in Miami Beach, Fla. Reform leaders heard Balti- more attorney Marvin Braiter- man attack those "Jews running from the cities to the suburbs and carrying their temples with them because of a purported invasion of white neighborhoods by non-whites." Braiterman, who is a member of the UAHC national commis- sion on social action, said that this situation "complicates a social defeat into a moral disas- ter." He also criticized those who would leave for the suburbs be- cause of "problems of juvenile delinquency, urban and human maladjustments arising out of fiscal and communal instability of American cities." The Baltimore attorney said that "the city needs the active participation of a purposeful and conscientious dedication to the social creed of Judaism among more of its residents," and added that Reform Judaism had "streamlined its faith" in order to present social action as a "vehicle of the inner self." Despite the righteous com- plaint of Mr. Braiterman, we think that the suburb is given abuse for naught. While Jews are leaving areas where non- whites have moved in great numbers, they are not picking suburban life to duck respon- sibility, as Mr. Braiterman would have us believe. Mainly, the move from mixed neighborhoods to the suburbs follows economic lines. Often, it is the suburb with its stand- ard three bedrooms and one and one half baths that offers - most what today's family is seeking and can afford to pay. The suburbs offer good school systems in most eases; they offer more space for children to play; they have convenient shopping centers with plenty of space to park a car without having to walk. Most of all, the suburbs offer a wide flexibility in price ranges on houses—with no down pay- ment and mortgages up to 30 years. Most of the people leaving mixed neighborhoods are of low middle to middle class. They naturally choose the home where they can get the most for the least and where their children will have a chance for social and educational growth. We have seen, too, that when finances are not too heavy a burden on a family, their choice for future residence is not the suburbs, but another, well-estab- lished section of the big city. As for the charge that Jews are "carrying their temples with them," we would like to point to the fact that this is true in about one-third of the synagogues. The other." two- . thirds are new to the com- munity, and their member- ships renresent a general in- flux of population from all areas of the city. To Review Wouk's Book Mrs. Joshua Sperka will re- view "This Is My God", Herman Wouk's best seller, at the next PTA meeting of the Hebrew Academy of Oak Park at 8:30 p.m. Monday, at 13855 W. Nine Mile. The meeting is open to the public. A social hour will follow. If this is the ease in Detroit, we would also assume that it is true of Baltimore and other areas of big city population, where population trends have followed nearly identical pat- terns. One fact, however, with which we cannot argue is Mr. Braiter- man's assertion that Jews are —as are other peoples—leaving areas where non-whites move in. Would that we had achieved that happy state—educationally, culturally and socially—where this were not so. We have faith that eventually it will happen. The running must stop some- where. Annual Meeting of Flint Council Sunday Evening The 1959 annual meeting of the Flint Jewish Community Council will be held Sunday, at 8:30 p.m., at Beth Israel Syn- agogue. Dr. H. M. Golden, president, announced that awards for out- standing service will be award- ed to the following leaders of the 1959 United Jewish Appeal campaign of Flint. Dr. S. S. Gorne, general chair- man; Edwin L. Elk, asociate chairman; Louis Kasle and Ar- thur Hurand, co-chairmen of in- itial gifts; Louis A. Cohn and Alfred Klein, co-chairmen of general solicitation; Mrs. Louis Epstein, Mrs. Arthur Hurand and Mrs. David Wolin, co-chair- men of the Women's Division. The following officers will be installed: Dr. Golden, president; Arthur Hurand, Gilbert Ruben- stein and Edwin L. Elk, vice- presidents; Jacob Pines, treas- urer; Mrs. Harry Ratner, sec- retary. _ Irving L. Geisser, new execu- tive director, will be introduced and will be the speaker of the evening. Gilbert Y. Rubenstein and Edwin L. Elk are co-chairmen of the annual meeting commit- tee. Mites Will Model at Sisterhood Show A fashion show will be pre- sented at the Mishkan Israel Sisterhood meeting to be held at 8 p.m., Monday, in the syna- gogue. Children of several of the members will do some of the modeling. Guests are in- vited. The synagogue Sunday School announces the following newly appointed of f i c e r s: Sheldon Saltzman, principal; L i 11 i a n Greenwald, director; and Gail Berger, youth chairman. Registration in some classes is still open. Those wishing to enroll may do so between 10 a.m. and 12 noon, Sundays, at the synagogue. For further information call Mrs. Greenwald, LI 7-1833, or Mrs. Candles, LI 7-1569. Beth Shalom to Receive Kiddush Cup "atService At late sabbath services of Cong. Beth Shalom planned for 8:30 p.m., today, a kiddush cup will be presented to the congre- gation by Don Smith in memory of Mr. Jack Tarnoff, late father of Seymour and George Tarnoff. Rabbi Mordecai S. Halpern will preach the sermon on "Dull- ness and Uniqueness—Curse and Blessing" and Cantor Ruben Erlbaum will chant the liturgy. At an oneg shabbat following services, members of the Sister- hood will be hostesses. Oak Parker Gets Professorship at Wayne State Leon Lucas, of 24730 Sussex, Oak Park, has been promoted to the rank of professor and chairman of the social casework department of the Wayne State University school of social work, it is announced this week. Lucas, who served as asso- ciate professor at the university for six years, previously taught at the University of Nebraska and Columbia University. A board member of the Jew- ish Community Center, Lucas also serves on the health and welfare committee of the Jewish Welfare Federation, the reli- gious school board of Cong. Beth Shalom and i8 vice-chair- man of the Citizens Advisory Committee to the Oak Park Board of Education. Recently elected to serve as chairman of the Wayne State committee on curriculum, Lucas is a fellow in the American Orthopsychiatric Association and holds membership in numerous professional societies, including American Psychologi- cal Association, National Asso- ciation of Social Workers, American Group Psychotherapy Association and American Asso- ciation of University Professors. He has written many articles for professional journals, and was editor of the Journal of Psychiatric Social Worker for eight years. He is presently chairman of the committee in social work practice of the Metropolitan Detroit Associa- tion of Social Workers. In September, Lucas pub- lished a report of an evaluative study on convalescing mental patients that was given to the United Community Services. The study was made possible by a U:S. Public Health grant. Oak Park Seniors to Present 'Harvey' "Harvey," the hilarious Broad- way hit and motion picture, is the senior class play selected by students of Oak Park High School, to be presented Thurs- day and Friday, Dec. 3 and 4, in the school auditorium. Among those who are in the east are Nancy Rovner, Gail Bilto, Jules Aaron, George Layne, Eddie Gooze, Stevie Schwartz, Leonard Tennen- house, Gena Gersten, Rita Tam- aroff, Allen Miral, Marsha Cole- man and Jeff Zussman. Jerry Adams is technical di- rector for the two-act play. Tickets are available at the door the evenings of the perform- ances. Hack Interest Takes Another Giant Step Increased operations and the resulting need for more space have made necessary a move by the Hack Shoe Company and Ripple Sole Corporation to take over the entire fifth floor of the Mutual Building. Continually outgrowing its quarters, the 43-year-old Hack company occupied the structure since it was known as the Stroh Building. From a single suite, the com- pany gradually came to occupy the front of the building's fifth floor. Then, in 1956, the Ripple Sole Corporation opened its own offices on the 8th floor. With additional growth, the corporation returned to a double suite on the 5th floor. Now they will utilize the entire half of the floor, while the Hack Shoe Com- pany continues to occupy the other half. USA Convention Delays Decision on Joining World Zionists KIAMESHA LAKE, N.Y., (JTA)—The question of joining the World Zionist Organization was postponed for two years by delegates to the biennial con- vention of the United Syna- gogue of America meeting here. The decision was reached after considerable discussion on the floor of the convention, in which Dr. Abraham Heschel, professor of Jewish ethics and mysticism at the Jewish Theo- logical Seminary, and Dr. Simon Greenberg, vice-chancellor, op- posed affiliation. Joining in a rebuttal of their arguments were Dr. Mordecai M. Kaplan, professor of philoso- phies of religion at the Semin- ary; Dr. Nahum Goldmann, WZO president, Dr. Miriam Freund, president of Hadassah; and Dr. Usher Kirshblum, ad- ministrative vice - president of the ZOA. The United Synagogue con- vention instructed its executive council "to create opportunities for joint discussions" by all its branches on whether or not the Conservative movement should as a body join the World Zion- ist Organization. Great Lakes Club to Present Trophies to Racing - Winners TUCSAWNiARIZONA The first annual awards. brunch of the Great Lakes Yacht Club will take place at 11 a.m., Sunday, at Darby's, when trophies and plaques will be given to winners- of 1959 racing events. Winners for the overall rac- ing season who will receive spe- cial trophies are Don Sucher, in the class A boat division; Harry Weintraub, class B boat division; and David Askenazy, bull's eye division. In addition, 10 individual race winners will be given plaques for their efforts during the past year. Officials of the club an- nounced that in addition to the regular programs conducted for the past several years, three new programs will be estab- lished for the 1960 season. They are a Rhodes bantam fleet, which was organized this year and will have a complete racing schedule during 1960; a junior racing program for chil- dren under 16; and a women's racing program. All interested persons are in- vited to attend Sunday's brunch. Our Classifieds get results The executive council was re- quested "to report back to the next biennial convention" of the movement, to be held in Jeru- salem in 1961. Bernath L. Jacobs of Phila- delphia was reelected president. Arthur Bruckman of New York was elected secretary and Her- man Greenberg was elected treasurer. The Solomon Sche ch t er Award for social action was pre- sented at the Convention to Temple Emanuel of Staten Is- land, N.Y., for its participation in the rehabilitation of more than 350 juvenile delinquents through a combined program of work placement and religious counseling. The presentation was made to Rabbi Benjamin B. Wykansky, spiritual leader of the congregation. Among a series of resolutions adopted at the convention, most of which were previously an- nounced, was one asking the United States and other atomic powers to desist from testing nuclear weapons. Dr. Louis Finkelstein, chan- cellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, called for an end to "group calumnies" in the -U.S. the sun shines bright at the . Now! Pre-Season Rates to Dec. 20th! Season starts Nov. 15th! Take leave and take off for Tucson and the Sahara! Enjoy warm days and cool evenings, dancing, riding and golf and other activities . . . Or just re- lax in the sun. Superb Kosher cuisine. 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