LESLIE R. SCHMIER. (left),' chairman of the building
committee which erected the newest addition to Temple Israel,
the $225,000 Harry Sucher School, turns over the final papers
to SOL I. STEIN, outgoing president of the congregation. Later
in the evening, at the Temple's annual meeting, Schmier was
elected president of the congregation.
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Leslie R. Schmier, prominent Harold Trunsky and Louis Vine-
Detroit civic and communal berg. Mrs. William P. Green-
leader, will serve as president berg will serve a two-year term,
and Sam Rabinowitz a one-year
of Temple a Israel during the tenure on the board.
coming year following his elec-
The election was preceded by
tion to office at the congrega- a dedication dinner, marking
tion's 21st annual meeting last the completion of the Harry
week.
Sucher School and the Sarah
Elected to serve with Schmier Memorial Chapel.
Schmier, who succeeds Sol I.
Stein as president, were Harold Hamlin Heads Jewish
H. Gilbert and Julian S. Tobias,
vice presidents; Harry L. Agency for Israel in U.S
Pliskow, secretary; and Morton
NEW YORK, (JTA) -- The
H. Barris, treasurer.
American section of the execu-
Nafned to posts on the con- tive of the Jewish Agency for
gregation's board of trustees Israel announced the appointment
for three-year terms are Mor- of Isadore Hamlin as executive
ton J. Bechek, Alan N. Brown, director. Hamlin has been asso-
Mrs. Samuel B.. Danto, Milton ciated with the Jewish Agency
E. Feldman, Arthur J. Hass, for 15 years, as press officer in
Nathan King, Nathan Kolb, Ed- Washington and as administrative
ward Rose, Dr. Theodore Rosen, director in the New York office.
U.S. Urged by Rabbi to Cancel Scholarships of Arab Students Here
Arab students in the United the everla.sting humiliation and
disgrace of our Government."
States."
Rabbi Bergman told the din-
Speaking at the 40th religi-
ous-labor anniversary banquet ner guests that the American
of the organization, Rabbi Berg- taxpayer "should not be com-
man said - such action should be pelled to defray the heavy
taken because the Arab stu- costs of supporting these Arab
dents "have been abusing the students in our halls of higher
hospitality of this country, in .a learning. A guest in a foreign
Detroiter Weintraub
variety of illegal and wanton land is not privileged to bes-
the reputation, dignity
Invested as Cantor by acts. These students recently mirch
picketed' the conference of and standing of a host country,
Hebrew Union College President Kennedy and Prime as is clearly indicated by the
A former Detroit resident has Minister David Ben-Gurion to American Logan Act."
He also urged that Britain,
been invested as a synagogue
France and the United States
cantor and awarded the Bachelor
"issue a positive declaration to
of Sacred Music degree by the Pontiac's Bnai Israel
Arab and Communist nations,
SchoOl of Sacred Music of He-
reaffirming the territorial in-
brew Union College-Jewish In- Elects New Officers
Congregation Bnai Israel in tegrity of Israel" and he con-
stitute of Religion, in New York.
Cantor Henry 'Weintraub, son Pontiac has elected a new slate demned the Soviet Union for
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wein- of officers, announces Rabbi Is- "creating serious problems in
traub, who lived on Webb St., rael Goodman, spiritual leader.
the Middle East by continuing
They include Charles Jacobs ; to supply weapons to the Arab
Detroit, until they moved to Cal-
ifornia recently, is a graduate president; Edward Blumens, countries."
of Detroit's Central High School Charles Eilender and Norman
and United Hebrew School. He Blumens, vice presidents; Alvin
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was widely known in Detroit as Jacobson and Ralph Merkovitz,
a singer of synagogue music and secretaries; and Benjamin Mon-
son, treasurer.
a radio and TV artist.
Almost ye
Voted to the board were Dr.
ilig Appa
Daniel Foxman, Morris Blelstein,
Extra
Ogden Reid Named
Leon Sirlin, Sam Toby and Sol
to N.Y. Anti-Bias Body Newhouse.
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ALBANY, (JTA)—Ogden R
Reid, forme:• United States Am
bassador to Israel, was appoint-
ed by Goyernor Nelson A.
Rockefeller here to member-
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Against Discrimination.
He will serve a five-year
term, beginning July 1. Reid is
the former publisher of the
New York Herald-Tribune.
In. announcing the appoint-
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ment, Rockefeller stated: "Mr,
Reid is not only deeply com-
mitted personally to elimina-
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States Department of State
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15 -- THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, June 23, 1961
Temple Israel Dedication Marks
Completion of Harry Sucher School