Special to the Jewish News
JERUSALEM — Max M.
Fisher, president of the Detroit
Jewish Welfare Federation,
who, as treasurer of the re-
organized Jewish Agency Inc.,
occupies one of the major posi-
tions of Jewish world leadership
today, last week conferred for
four days with Israeli and Agen-
cy leaders on urgent matters
involving future Israel-U. S. re-
lations.
Fisher participated in meet-
ings of Jewish Agency leaders
who dealt with matters involv-
ing future allocations of funds,
liquidation of loans made in
banks in behalf of the United
Jewish Appeal by various Amer-
ican Jewish communities, and
issues related to exchange of
representations on Agency work-
ing bodies in Israel and the U.S.
Dr. Isadore Lubin, economic
expert Who has been called in
to advise the Jewish Agency
on fund allocations, participated
in the Agency sessions.
Among the world leaders at
the meeting were Dr. Nahum
Goldmann, Mrs. Rose Halpnn,
Dr. Emanuel Neumann, Dr. Is-
rael Goldstein, Gottlieb Ham-
mer and spokesmen for the Is-
rael government.
During his visit in Israel,
Fisher conferred with Prime
Minister David Ben-Gurion and
other Israeli officials. He also
conferred in Haifa with petro-
leum investors regarding a new
To Dedicate Brandeis
Center in Name of
Abraham Shiffman
Abraham Shiffman, prominent
Detroit philanthropist, will see a
new project named in his honor
Sunday: The Shiffman Humani-
ties Center of Brandeis Univer-
sity, Waltham, Mass.
Shiffman, a Fellow of the Uni-
versity, is president of the Shiff-
man Foundation which donated
the ultra-modern educational fa-
cility, one of three buildings in
a newly developed academic
quadrangle on the North Cam-
pus.
Dedication ceremonies will
climax special week-end events
taking place as part of the semi-
annual conference of the Fel-
lows of the University. The De-
troit realtor and his wife Lucille
will be among the 200 guests,
including his family, friends and
University officials. Among the
speakers will be Shiffman, Bran-
deis President Dr. Abram L.
Sachar and Dr. Max Lerner, pro-
fessor of American civilization
and institutions at Brandeis.
Shiffman Foundation is the
donor of the half-million-dollar
out-patient clinic at Sinai Hospi-
tal, where Shiffman is a member
of the Board of Trustees. The
foundation also has given large
sums to the Jewish Community
Center and other local and na-
tional charitable organizations.
*Jewish Welfare Board
Awards Presented to
3 Jewish Leaders
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
National Jewish Welfare Board
honored three prominent per-
sonalities, with the organization's
1961 Frank L. Weil awards for
distinguished leadership and
achievement in the board's areas
of service.
The recipients of the awards,
chosen by a panel of notable
Americans headed by Justice
Stanley H. Fuld, of the New
York State Court of Appeals,
were: Rabbi Max D. Davidson
of Perth Amboy, N.J.; Dr. Harry
Austryn Wolfson, professor of
Hebrew literature and philoso-
phy at Harvard University; and
Charles Aaron, a former presi-
dent of the Jewish Community
Centers of Chicago and former
head of the Jewish Welfare
Board.
petroleum investment project in
Israel.
Visitors who drew special
notice here last week included
Jacob Blaustein of Baltimore,
former president of the Ameri-
can Jewish Committee, who
met with Ben-Gurion to discuss
with him his attitude toward
Aliyah and American Jewry. A
Blaustein-Ben-Gurion agreement
had been reached about ten
years ago to avoid conflict be-
tween the two Jewries regard-
ing the settlement of American
Jews in Israel. The current con-
ferences are believed to be re-
lated to Blaustein's concern
that the early agreement for
amity should not be invalidated.
Also in Israel during the past
three weeks was Albert Elazar,
superintendent of the United
Hebrew SchOols of Detroit, who
came to Israel to interview
prospective applicants for teach-
ing posts in the Midrasha and
the UHS Hebrew High School,
under the teachers exchange
program encouraged by both the
U.S. and Israel governments.
urged by Senator Kenneth B.
Keating, of New York, to take
more "vigorous initiative" to end
the Arab econo m i c warfare
against Israel and to bring about
a settlement of the Arab-Israel
conflict. The Senator spoke at
the '75th anniversary celebration
of Temple Israel here.
"It behooves the United S St • s
above all, as the leader o
he
free peoples of the wo , to
press more vigorously f f nego-
tiation and settlemen of the
problems of the Mid • East,"
he said. "In general t
Govern-
ment of the United
ates has
been rather remiss
is treat-
ment of Middle East
prob-
lems recently. There h
no action taken to stop block-
ades, reprisals and boycotts
against American Jews in the
Middle East. In fact, we have
continued to supply foreign aid,
derived from the taxes paid by
all American citizens, to
very countries whic
nate a,
cargo ships passing through the
Suez Canal, even though such a
blockade is in violation of the
principles laid down by the
United Nations and recognized
by all nations. I myself have
sever es c • this whole
ion to
el
f the
tate Dep. ent, most r•
tly
last m h. But the rep
is
always the same and it is al ys
disappointing: th • U ted S tes
Govern er'(' is
exp
ng
meth •
rab lock-
ades, II •
an • th restric-
Lions
be ended ;
somehow
it n yen seems
d anything.
And it nev
ems to feel the
time i
for a more vigorous
ve.
"Obviously, at the moment,
there are other parts of the world
•
efforts. But I can virtually guar-
antee that if we do wait until
a crisis arises once more in the
Middle East, it will be too late,"
Keating warned.
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unds and the board of direc-
tors of the United Hebrew Im
migrant Aid Society.
Miss Stone, Israeli and Yid-
dish folk song interpreter, has
appeared in films, on television
and in concert halls throughout
the United States.
More than 300 Campaign
leaders and workers are ex-
pected to celebrate the Cam-
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Gazit Thanks U.S. Jewry at Detroit's
Celebration of Isr ad.'s Statehood
By CHARLOTTE HYAMS
A "debt of honor" was paid
to the Jewish communities of
the United States by an Israeli
envoy at Detroit's 13th anni-
versary celebration of the State
of Israel Sunday evening in the
Mumford High School auditor-
ium.
Mordecai Gazit, Envoy Extra-
ordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary at the Israel Embas
in Washington, D.C., told
audience that without
eir
help, and that of the
wish
communities through
the
free world, Israel's
o-fold
task, "rebuilding a
ple and
rebuilding a land," 'uld have
been "impossible." Thus, to-
night I pay a debt
honor on
behalf of the Stat
f Israel."
"Long after the d
atic per-
iod of our foundin,, 's over,
there will be spiritual
cul-
tural interaction betwee
United States and Israel," he
predicted.
"Our childhood in Israel is
over, and we are a strong,
resolute plant ... with strong
roots." But, he added, "we
have a long way to climb."
Gazit cited the progress in
Israel, including the settling
of 1,000,000 Jews in the past
13 years, the pioneering in in-
dustry and exploitation of nat-
ural resources.
Gazit was introduced by Mor-
ris Lieberman, chairman of the
Zionist Council of Detroit, who
suggested that President Ken-
nedy "implement the objective
of peace by bringing Israelis
and Arabs together" to discuss
the future of the Middle East.
The 14 members of the
Kinneret Company, a group of
Israeli singers and dancers, took
part in Joseph Edelman's "Bar-
Mitzvah of a Nation," narrated
by radio and television person-
ality Harry Goldstein. Neil Zech-
man, who was born 13 years
ago, at the b .
of Israe
e H
beh
all Bar Mitzvah boy
it.
Unique stage settings, ar-
ranged by Harry Docks, May-
nard Feldman, Michael Mich-
lin, Oscar Ra
Selma
de
cence of Israe
t lands,
and inu ti-col ed spotlights
help
Kin ret dancers re-
crea
changing mood and
man
ed culture of Israel.
The audience, which co
,ued to flow into the au ••
long after the 8
arting
time, was
attentive
program, until
ompany danced to the spir-
ited "Havah Nagilah." Spurts
of clapping erupted, and the
audience joined in singing. At
the program's conclusion, Ha-
bonim youth joined the dancers
on stage for a horah.
Greetings were extended by
Stanley J. Winkelman, presi-
dent of the Jewish Community
Council, and Rabbi M. Robert
Syme of Temple Israel deliv-
ered• the invocation. Mrs. Alex
Roberg sang the national an-
thems of Israel and the United-
States. The Drum and Bugle
Corps of Mumford High School
opened the ceremonies and the
Jewish War Veterans, Depart-
ment of Michigan, and Habonim
Zionist Youth Organization pre-
sented the colors.
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Fisher Confers in Israel
Keating Urges U.S. Push for Mid-East Peace
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