Representative Committee Active
in Testimonial for Norman Cottler
A large. representative com-
e; mittee, including spokesmen for
all elements in Detroit Jewry,
=
s. has been organized to sponsor
sm• the testimonial dinner in honor
I of Norman Cottler. prominent
a. Detroit labor; Zionist and trea-
surer of the Histadrut Campaign.
The dinner will be given Tues-
day, May 1, at the Labor Zionist
ci;
French Assail
Renewed Action
• on Jews in USSR
PARIS, (JTA)—The renewed
action in the Soviet Union
t against Jews, including the sen-
t:,
tencing of Jews to death under
•
various pretexts, flared into the
E.
open in the French press.
•
Newspapers from __left to
right, including the influential
• ' daily Le Figaro and the leftist
Observateur, are carrying ar-
ticles and editorials denouncing
the recent spate of anti-Jewish
acts in the Soviet Union.
L'Humanite. organ of the
French Communist Party, 're-
acted to this press campaign
today by printing an article
claiming that the charges of
anti-Semitism, leveled here
against Soviet authorities, "are
motivated exclusively by the
cold war and the desire to
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smear the Soviet Union."
Andre Blumel, former presi-
dent of the French Zionist
Organization. announced today
that he plans to visit the Soviet
Union this summer with the
intention of drawing the atten-
tion of high Soviet authorities
to the grave anxiety caused by
the Moscow attitude toward the
Jewish minority in the USSR.
1l. Blumel will go to Russia
as a member of a delegation to
be sent there by France-USSR,
an organization devoted to the
improvement of relations be-
tween this country and the
Soviet Union. of which he is
co - chairman. He questioned
Sergei Vinogradov, Soviet Am-
bassador here. about the situa-
tion of the Soviet .Jews. when
they met recently at a luncheon
honoring the Soviet diplomat.
given by France-USSR. Mr.
Vinogradov replied: know
nothing about it: there is no
such problem ui It ussit "
Histadruth Ivrith
to Expand Study of
Hebrew in Colleges
I Institute. Proceeds from the $25-
' a-plate event will be used to es-
tablish a children's home - in Ki-
butz Givat Chaim in Israel. Res-
j ervations for. the dinner should
be made by calling UN 4-7094.
David S. Tesher, Israel's
i Consul general in Chicago, who
I has jurisdiction over 15 Mid-
western and Southwestern
states, will be guest speaker.
The guest artist at the dinner
will be Masha Benya, soprano,
who has gained acclaim in many
cities and whose frequent ap-
pearances here have built up a
large following for her in De-
troit.
Miss Benya
is especially
known for her
rendition of
Israeli and Yid-
dish songs.
The Cottler
testimonial corn-
mittee is head-
ed by Harry
Becker, Frank
N. Isbey and
John E. Lurie
as co-chairmen;
Bonds Honor Bnai Brith Institute on Judaism
Features Lectures by Dr. Grayzel
Israel's 4th
Dr. Solomon Grayzel, lecturer i be conducted by Rabbi Nathaniel
Steinberg of Livonia Jewish
and historian, will
Anniversary I major addresses
at the forth- Center with Cantor Reuven
coming Institu- ♦ ,Frankel of Shaarey Zedek.
deliver three
The 14th anniversary of the
State of Israel will launch the
intensive Spring phase of the
1962 Israel Bond drive in com-
munities throughout the United
States and Canada, it was an-
nounced by Dr.. Joseph J.
Schwartz, vice president of the
Israel Bond Organization.
More than 300 campaign
meetings honoring Israel's an-
niversary are scheduled for
May and June to stimulate wide
response to the Israel Bond
drive for 1962, which is seek-
ing to raise a minimum of $66,-
500,000 for the development of
the country's economy.
The anniversary celebrations,
Dr. Schwartz pointed out, will
mark the formal opening of Is-
rael's "Decade of the Negev,"
during which the vast desert
area must be developed with
the aid of Israel Bonds as a
center of industrialization and
immigrant settlement.
Moslem Leaders Visit
Harry Schumer
ORT in Casablanca
and Philip Slo-
CASABLANCA, (JTA) — Col-
movitz, honor-
ary chairman; onel M. Driss, the Governor of
Rabbi Jacob E. Casablanca, and Ferhat Abbas,
former Prime Minister of the
provisional Algerian FLN gover-
n-lent and one of the influen-
tial figures in the new Algerian
independence government, vi-
following sponsors:
Cantor Shabtai Ackerman, Albert ' sited the Ort school here.
Adelman. Cantor Hyman Adler,
The visitors, who signed the
Rabbi Morris Alder. Edward F. An-
drews. Mitchell M. Andrews, Ber- school guest book, were wel-
nard Becker. Harold B. Bornstein, comed by M. Senouf president
Henry Cohen. Kaffman Cohen, Sam
Cohen, Rabbi Haylin Donin, Abra- of the Moroccan Ort and A.
ham Elconin, Julius W. Englander. Fedotin, director of the organiz-
Moses Englander. Eugene J. Epstein,
David Fealk, Cantor Nicholas Fena- ation here, and other Moroccan
kel, Abraham Franzblau, Charles Jewish leaders.
Segal, dinner
MISS BENYA chairman; Mor-
ris Lieberman. Histadrut camp-
aign chaiman chairman, and the
Gardella. George Gardell a, Sr.,
George Gardella. Jr., Hyman Gilman
Max H. Goldsmith. Philip G. Gold-
smith.
Rabbi Benjamin Gorrelick, Rabbi
A. Gottesman, Rabbi - Eugene Green-
field, Harry Gunsberg. Rabbi Israel
I. Halpern. William Hordes. A. J.
Katz. Judge Ira G. Kaufman. Ber-
nard KOzloft. Harold Kozloff, Harry
Laker, Robert Landy, Louis Levine,
Max Lieberman, Hyman Lipsitz, Jack
Malamud, Louis Markow, Maurice
Marrich, Leonard A. Mason. Dr. H. S.
Mellen. David Mendelson, Morris
Mendelson, Harry Mondry, Mike
Must, Irving Pokempner.
Julius Pollak, Benjamin Poss, Na-
than Rose. Nathan P. Rossen. Mrs.
Morris L. Schaver, Jacob Schreier,
Morritz Schubiner. William Schu-
mer. Sidney M. Shevitz, Isadore L.
Shrodeck, Ben Shwedel. David Sis-
lin. George Spoon, S. Sternberg.
-Joseph L. Stone, Louis Stone, Morris
Sukenic, Allen Walker, Harry Warsh,
Earl Weingarden, George Weingar-
den. Melvin Weingarden, Meyer
‘Veingarden. Alfred Weiss, Abner A.
‘t oil. Isadore Wolf, Paul Zuckerman
a
te of Judaism,
Evening entertainment will be
planned by the provided by Dan Ronin, Israeli
Metrop o l i t an song stylist.
The following committees are
Detroit Bnai
Brith Men's and preparing all the neccessary ar-
Women's Coun- rangements: registration and
room assignments, Jack Tarnow,
cils.
The Institute Mrs. Hyman Fox, Harry Ober-
will take place stein, Mrs. Morris Fishkin and
May 5, 6 at
Dr. Grayzel C a mi Tama-
rack, according to Bernard Pan-
ush, chairman, and Mrs. Alex
Mann, co-chairman, of the Insti-
tute committee.
Purpose of the Institute is to
promote the quest for Jewish
knowledge and understanding of
the Jewish heritage.
Grayzel will talk on the theme:
".`The American Jew Meets His
Challange." He is editor of the
Jewish Publication Society of
America; author of "The Church
and the Jews in the 13th Cen-
tury." and "History of the Jews."
He was president of the Jewish ,
Book Council of America from
1944 to 1950. At present he is
recording secretary of the Jewish
Historical Society.
Each lecture will be followed
by a discussion period. The
leaders of the discussions are:
Professor Shlomo Maren, dean
of Midrasha of the United He-
brew Schools; Judge Ira Kauf-
man, judge of Probate Court and -
president of the Detroit Zionist
Organization and Rabbi Nathan
Hershfield, Rabbi of Temple Beth
Jacob in Pontiac and formerly
professor of Old Testament at
Livingston College in Salisbury,
N.C.
Regular Sabbath services will
Mrs. Yetta Herz; menu prepara-
tion and food supervision, Mrs.
Phillip Goren and Mrs. Jack
Friedman; publicity, Hy Crystal
and Bernard Panush; religious
services committee, Harry Na-
than and Alfred Beunin; book
shop . and displays, Elsie Rodd
and Mrs. Philip Fealk.
The deadline for registration
is April 30. For information
Call DI 1-0863.
Higher Learning Schools
There are some 18 schools of
higher Jewish learning through-
out the United States including
major rabbinical seminaries of
three branches of Judaism and
Hebrew teachers training schools.
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As we commemorate the Festival of Freedom, we rejoice in
our liberties, with gratitude for the blessings inherent in our Ameri-
canism and in our Jewish heritage that stems from Passover . . .
On this Feast of Pesach, we rededicate ourselves anew to the
ideals of justice and liberty for all humanity.
,
mr.
and Mrs. Arbe Xasle and gamil y
NEW YORK. (.1"1'A) - A new
the study
of the Hebrew language and cult-
ure on the ('ampu.ses of Ame•i•
can colleges
and universities
was announced at the annual
banquet of the Histadruth Ivrith
of American.
campaign to expand
THE HORDES
INSURANCE AGENCY
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Rabbi William Rerriwitz.. , pirit-
ual leader of Cong. Bnai Jeshu-
17616 Wyoming, at Thatcher
rn, and chairman of the dinner.
said that ••new paths must he
laid out for the future" to reach
American college students.
Dr. Abraham I. Katsh, direc-
tor of the Department of He-
brew and Near Eastern Studies
at New York University, called
for the inauguration of 501) He-
brew departments in 500 col-
leges and universities through-
out the country which will give
every strident. regardless of race.
religion or national origin. a
chance to study and familiarize
himself with the Hebrew langu-
age and Ifebrew culture as a
living. dynamic civilization and
bring him closer to the young
democracy Israel.
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Israel Region Named
For Interior Minister
JERUSALEM, 1 JTA)
The
Region, comprising 14
settlements affiliated with the
National Religious Party, was re-
named Shapiro ('enter in honor
of the 60th birthday of Interior
Minister Mnshe Shapiro.
Shafir
UN 3-2900
Extends heartiest greetings to all its friends and
associates, and to the entire Jewish Community, for a
HAPPY PASSOVER
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We proclaim our faith in our freedom and in the
ultimate triumph of all democratic aims affirmed
in Mosaic laws as we read again from the traditional
Passover Haggadah which admonishes us to perpetuate
the message of our great Festival of Freedom.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hordes
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hordes
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wishnetsky
and the Hordes Agency Associates