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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 29,

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The appointment of Rabbi
HAROLD H. GORDON, execu-
tive vice-president of the New
York Board of Rabbis, as Na-
tional Chaplain of the Jewish
War Veterans was announced
by National Commander Theo-
dore Brooks of the Jewish War
Veterans of the U.S.A.
• * *
President John F. Kennedy
named Mrs. Charles Hymes, of
Minneapolis, president of the Na-
tional Council of Jewish Women,
to a newly-established commis
sion to advance the cause of
women's rights. The group, to be
headed by Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, will be known as the
President's Commission on the
Status of Women and will make
studies of "all barriers to the full
partnership of women in our
democracy."

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Herbert Sachs, associate pro-
fessor of engineering mechanics
at Wayne State University's Col-
lege of Engineering, has been
awarded a National Science Fac-
ulty Fellowship. Sachs, who will
be on leave of absence from
Wayne State for a year beginning
in February, will complete his
doctoral studies and research at
the Technische Hochschule Caro-
lo Wilhelmina in Braunschweig,
Germany.
* * *
Dr. JOSEPH J. SCHWARTZ,
vice president of the Israel
Bond Organization, left for Is-
rael to discuss its increased
economic development needs
with top leaders of the Israel
government.
* * *
MAURICE E. (BLACKIE)
RUBIN, '18641 Hessel,, and a
double partner won the First
National Open Four Wall
Paddleball Championship held
recently, in Madison, Wis.
* * *
•
MAX ROSENBERG, educa-
tional director of Temple
Emanu-El of Oak Park, this
week attended the national
convention of the National
Association of Temple Educa-
tors held in Los Angeles, Calif.
* * *
MRS. ZENA HARMAN, wife
of Israel's Ambassador to the
U.S. and a member of Israel's
permanent mission to the
United Nations from 1951-55,
has been elected chairman of
the UNICEF program com-
mittee.
* * *
MYRON E. HERZ 0 G, a
prominent Chicago Jewish com-
munity leader, has been elected
chairman of the board of trus-
tees of the Bnai Brith Founda-
tion, the fund-raising arm of
the organization.
* * *
PHILLIP D. KROLL, son of
Mrs. Mary Kroll, 4266 Waverly,
has been named to the First
Dean's List at Brandeis Univer-
sity for his work during the 1960-
61 academic year.
* * *
Three Detroiters, Pearl Port-
noy of'L
Cohen
of C
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bana
Pre
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By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX

(Copyright, 1961,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)

Hoffman's Tales Tell Nostalgic
Jewish Stories of Family Lore

A new "Tales of Hoffman," ditions, for recollections of child-
What is a "Matzevah?"
published by T. S. Denison & hood.
can Friends of the Hebrew Uni-
In the Bible the expression Co., (321 S. 5th Ave., Minneapo-
versity Jor their "vision and
In these stories are incorporat-
"Matzevah" seems to have sev- lis 15) is not a misnomer. It con-
generosity which helped to
eral connotations. It was a monu- tains a series of short stories by ed the love for parents and grand-
achieve the rebirth of Israel's
ment erected as an altar of wor- William Hoffman, a Minnesota parents, a devotion to Jewish
world renowned institution of
causes, a deep interest in the
ship as was the case of Jacob journalist who is now a commu- Jewish heritage.
higher learning and research."
who took a rock and made of it nity welfare planning director in
The Levin brothers are the
Hoffman even pays tribute to
a "Matzevah" over which he-pour- St. Paul and part-time professor
donors of the physics teaching
his community newspaper, the
ed oil to annoint' it and which in sociology at Macalester Col-
building on the Hebrew Uni-
American Jewish World, in the
eight pages of verse in which he
versity's new central campus at he declared to be a "house of lege.
God." (Genesis 28:18-21). It was
There is an intimacy in these tells about a "little old lady"
Givat Ram, 'Jerusalem. T h e
also a rock which was placed as tales that will delight the reader. who sits in a corner and dreams
building has been named in
a sign to remember an event or The author displays pleasant —she dreams about the syna-
their honor.
an agreement as in the case of nostalgia for family backgrounds, gogue and Mizraphi and the
* * *
Jacob who set up such a rock as for experiences with Jewish tra• Home for Aged and Hadassah.
In a brief ceremony which took a memento of his understanding
"Tales of Hoffman" is, in the
place at Wix Auditorium in Reho- with Laban (Genesis 31:44-52).
main, a personal set of docu-
vat, Israel, a 35-year-old sabra The connotation applied to the Soviet Poet's Attack
ments by William Hoffman. But
physicist was installed as the term "Matzevah" today is its third
all the stories read well and pro-
scientific director of the Weiz- form of usage in the Bible which on Anti-Semitism
mann Institute of Science. He is is a marker for the grave of a Hailed by French Pupils vide good entertainment.
Even in so personal a story as
Prof. AMOS de-SHALIT, head loved one such as Jacob placed
PARIS (JTA) — The World "I Married a Litvak" there is
of the department of n u c l e a r over the grave of his beloved
physics, the first to hold the Rachel. (Genesis 35:20). Origi- Union of French Students, fol- fascination and delight.
The numerous illustrations for
post of director in the past 10 nally, it is doubtful as to whether lowing a mass meeting held
here with the co-sponsorship of many of the stories are by Miss
years.
these
stone
markers
of
the
grave
* * *
the Union of French Jewish Marilyn Goffstein, a Bennington
bore any inscription. It may be
LEVI ESHKOL, Minister of possible to assume that the cus- Students, sent a cable to the College (Vermont) student.
Finance of the State of Israel, tom of placing monuments over Soviet poet, Yevgeny Yevtu-
Technion's Hydraulic Dept.
will come to the United States graves involved the idea of mark- shenko.
Many non-Jewish intellectuals Marks 25th Anniversary
early in January to confer with ing the place off as hallowed
The hydraulic department in
national and community leaders ground, or as a symbol of an un- and students, some of them
concerning plans for the 1962 derstanding between the living known for their pro-Soviet senti- the faculty of civil engineering
ments, attended the rally here in of the Technion
campaign for Israel Bonds, it and the dead.
of Tec
praise of Yevtushenko.
was announced by 'Dr. Joseph
* * *
versary with a
In his poem, Yevtushenko' de-
J. Schwartz, vice president of
Why do people wait 12 months
eld
in
thq department's
nounced
anti-Semitism
in
t
the Israel Bond Organization.
before setting up- a tombstone?
la atories at the\ new campus
* * *
The general reason given for Soviet Union and memoria
of Technion City. The hydraulic
The international congrega- this practice is that the dead are the victims of a massacre
department wag' establi
tional body of Reform, Liberal, not forgotten before 12 months Yar, near Kiev, where
19 • • 4f. J
and Progressive Judaism, the are passed.-There is thus no need thousands of Jews we
now
who la
World Union for Progressive to make any sign to remember dered and buried in a m
•
Judaism, named a new execu , their grave. It would even seem in 1944.
(sr • Haifa
tive director, Rabbi WILLIAM to be an insult that one would
A. ROSENTHALL. The an- need a sign so soon after the Israel Offers Trai
nouncement was made by World passing of one's beloved in order
Union president, Dr. Solomon to remember the place or the Grants to Tanganyika
DAR ES SALAAM, Tangan-
B. Freehof of Pittsburgh. Rabbi person.
* * *
yika, (JTA)—Israel has offered
Rosenthall succeeds Rabbi Hugo
ARE HERE
Gryn. He assumes his new post
What are the abbreviated ex- Tanganyika 100 training scholar-
ENJOYING THE
on Feb. 1.
pressions at the beginning and at ships as an Independence Day
* * *
the end of the Hebrew inscrip- gift to the newly independent
African country, General Moshe
Rabbi RICHARD G. HIRSCH tions on tombstones?
of Chicago was named director
The opening abbreviation is Dayan, Israel's minister of agri-
They discovered the reasons the
St. Moritz is headquarters for
of the newly-established Emioy one of two letters, "Peh" and culture, announced here.
Jewish people who want the ideal
The Israeli Cabinet member
R. and Kivie Kaplan Religious "Nun" which stands for "Poh
oceanfront location, 1 block from
Lincoln Road, where the famous
Action Center, 2027 Massachu- Nitman" or "Poh Nikbar," mean- brought the offer to Prime Minis-
new Lincoln Road Mall is so ever
setts Ave:, N.W., Washington, ing "here is hidden" or "here ter Julius Nyerere when he
delightful. Salt-Free, fat-free and
sugar-free meals available part-
D. C. The Center serves as an is buried." The closing abbrevi- called to extend greetings from
time or all the time; where gra-
extension of the program of ation is made 11D of the letters the government and people of
cious friendly management makes
them feel ever at home ... where
the Commission on Social Ac- "Tof," "Nun," "Tzadeh," "Beth," Israel.
you can share a room, no obliga-
tion of Reform . Judaism, consist- "Heh," which means "May his
tion . . . where the price is al-
Enjoy the
ways right.
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