Dr. Salo W. Baron, world-
renowned historian and lecturer,
will deliver the keynote address
at the centenary of Simon Dub-
now, famed world Jewish his-
torian and champion of Jewish
rights, 8 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 26,
at the Jewish Center, 18100
Meyers, it was announced by I.
Pokempner, chairman of the
culture commission of the Jewish
Community Council which is ar-
ranging the event, and Dr. Nor-
man Drachler, chairman of the
Detroit Dubnow Centenary Com-
mittee.
Dr. Baron will speak on "World
Jewish Dimensions bf Jewish
History," based on Dubnow's
"Weltgeschichte."
The Detroit Dubnow Centen-
ary gathering is being arranged
in conjunction with programs in
Jewish c o m-
muniti es
throughout the
world to mark
the birth of the
Jewish thinker
and communal
leader who
p r op ounded
the theory of
"spiritual au-
Dr. Baron
tonomism." Dr.
Baron, chairman of the depart-
ment of Jewish history, literature
and institutions at Columbia Un-
Center Presents
`Arms and the Man'
American Jewish Historical Soci-
ety, and chairman of the cultural
advisory committee of the Con-
ference on Jewish Material
Claims Against Germany.
Dr. Baron's widely acclaimed
eight-volume "Social and Religi-
ous History of the Jews," is
regarded as authoritative and de-
finitive in this particular and
complex area of. study. He also
wrote the three-volume "The
Jewish Community: Its History
and Structure to the American
Revolution," and "Modern Na-
tionalism and Religion."
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Tickets for this event, • at a
very nominal fee, may be ob-
tained from organizations or at
.LATE SIMON DUBNOW
the Jewish Community Council
iversity, where he also serves as office, 163 Madison, WO 2-6710.
director of the Center of Israel
Studies, _ is visiting professor at Young Israel Council
the Jewish Theological Seminary
Family Bowling Night
of America.
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He is a member of the
governing council and the Per-
manent Minorities Commission of
the International Federation of
the League of Nations Unions,
serves as corresponding mem-
ber of the International Commis-
sion for a Scientific and Cultural
History of Mankind, is a fellow of
the American Academy for
Jewish Research, and president
of the Conference on Jewish Rela-
tions. He was the founder and
president of the Jewish Cultural
Reconstruction, president of the
to Get Rolling 'Sunday
Young Israel Council of
Metropolitan Detroit announces
the formation of a "Family
Bowling Night," 8 p.m. Sunday
at the Ritz Bowling Alley, Wyo-
ming and Fenkell.
Bowling leagues will be
formed according to ability and
age, and there is no charge
for shoes. Family and friends
are invited. For - information,
call Rev. Marshall Goldman,
youth co-ordinator, DI 1-9909, or
the Council office, UN 1-7691.
Beth Shalom Consecrates Ground
for Sanctuary; Launches Campaign
Grounds for the new and
enlarged sanctuary of Cong.
Beth Shalom, Oak, Park, were
consecrated in a ceremony last
Sunday with Dr. Samuel Krohn,
vice-president of the Jewish
Community Council of Metro-
politan Detroit, as main speaker
on "The Role of a Synagogue in
Contemporary Life."
ating the consecration.
The seal was accepted by
Oscar Kanat, president of the
synagogue, and Seymour Tarn-
off, general chairman of the
building fund.
Also included on the program
were remarks by Dr. Abraham
Citrin of the Jewish Community
Council; Raymond J. Alexander,
mayor of Oak Park; Rabbi Mil-
ton Rosenbaum, of Temple
Emanu-El, Oak Park, and Ira
G. Kaufman, judge of probate.
Meetings of campaign work-
ers will be held at the congre-
gation 9 a.m. Sunday and 8 p.m.
Monday as plans for the syna-
gogue's new sanctuary move
forward.
The ceremony of consecration
opened the six-week drive to
solicit support for the new addi-
tion designed by Percival Good-
man of New York.
Tarnoff will discuss the drive
with the workers and present
many of the officers and com-
mittees which will lead the cam-
paign.
Kanat will be advisor for com-
mittee chairmen. Chairman of
solicitations will be Robert
White. Al Rosenblum is chair-
man of building.
Speaking to the congrega-
tion membership, which has
grown from -12 to some 450
members in the past eight years,
Krohn said that a synagogue's
role is important, not only for
its religious meaning, but also
in terms of survival, linkage
with the past and continuity
with the future. Families pray-
ing and studying together are
an act of togetherness which
"will be long remembered when
many less significant joint ac-
tivities will have been long for-
gotten," he said.
After a blessing of all of the
children of the Religious School
by Rabbi Mordecai S. Halpern,
spiritual leader of the congre-
gation, Rochelle Nelson, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nel-
son, and Alan Paul, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Paul, as one of
the youngest girls and the old-
est boy in attendance at the
Religious School, participated in
Spring unlocks the flowers to
the presentation and symbolic paint the laughing soil.
setting of a seal commemor-
—Reginald Heber.
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"Arms and the Man," comedy
by George Bernard Shaw, will
be presented by Jewish Center
Theater at.-
8:15 p.m. Feb.
23, 25 and 26,
in the Aaron
DeRoy Thea-
ter. The play
is directed by
Beth - Sheva
Laikin. The
cast features
Claire G o 1 d-
berg, Alan
Kroker, Diane
Margolis, J e d
Miller, Gil Par-
ish, Ruth Selig-
son, Paul Stol- Diane Margolis
arsky and Abe Ulanoff. Edward F.
Toti is technical director. Dr.
Lee Shulman is stage manager.
Tickets are available at the
Center.
Lach Nacht, Memorial
and Discussion Set
by Sholem Aleichem
Sholem Aleichem Institute
will hold its traditional Puriin
program 9 p.m. Feb. 25. This
year the program will take the
form of a `lath nacht,' a cabaret-
style evening to include refresh-
ments and a variety of humor-
ous and musical entertainment,
featuring classics of Jewish wit
and humor. For information call
VE 8-7440.
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The memory of the Baal Shem
Tov will be honored at a spe-
cial program 9 p.m. March - 10.
The teen-groups of the Insti-
tute, id cooperation with the
Institute chorus, will present
the cantata by Judith and Ira
Eisenstein, "The Seven Golden
Buttons," a legend put to music
and based upon an episode in
the life of Besht.
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Chapter. Two of the Institute
will continue its discussion
series,. "In Quest of Positive
Values," 9 p.m. March 12 with
a talk on "Youth in an Organ-
ized Society," based upon a
part of Paul Goodman's latest
book, "Growing Up—Absurd."
Valentine's Dance
Alpha Epsilon Pi Parents
Club will present its Valen-
tine's Square Dance and Buffet
Supper 8 p.m. Saturday at
Sholem Aleichem Institute,
19350 Greenfield. Tickets may
be purchased at the door or by
calling UN 2-8477. Prizes will
be awarded; •
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Rebecca of `Ivanhoe"
Rebecca Gratz of early Philadelphia was
a belle whose dark beauty and charm few
men could forget. To her father's house
on Chestnut Street came the great figures
of the day—men of government and
finance and letters. All of them became
her devoted admirers.
Thus it was that Thomas Sully, one of
the great artists of his day, committed her
glowing beauty to canvas. Here, too, Sir
Walter Scott met her and was so entranced
by this young Jewish girl's charm that
he modeled the "Rebecca" of his novel
"Ivanhoe" on the real life Rebecca Gratz.
But though Rebecca Gratz had many
admirers she remained a spinster all her
life. She was deeply in love with Samuel
Ewing, son of a clergyman, but she made
the hard 'decision not to marry outside
her faith.
Her love was turned, instead, 'to the
helping of others. Her good works are her
memorial.
She'was a charter member of the Phila-
delphia Orphan Asylum, and in 1819 she
helped organize The Female Hebrew
Benevolent Society—the oldest Jewish
charitable institution in America. As a
member of the Mikveh Israel congregation
she originated, in 1838, the first Jewish
Sunday School in the United States.
She lived to be eighty-eight years old;
and each' passing year, many said, en-
hanced her goodness and beauty.
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Baron to Address Dubnow Centenary Event Feb. 26