Mrs. Marshall Greeted in Acre
by Israel's Histadrut Leaders

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While in Israel last month, Mrs. S. L. A. Marshall of
Birmingham, Mich., was greeted by leaders of Histadrut, the
Israel Federation of Labor, at the Histadrut Building in Acre.
Shown in the photo with Mrs. Marshall, from the left, are:
Abraham Ben Shushan, head of the Histadrud headquarters in
Acre; A. Shaban, Arab representative on the Acre City Council;
M. Efrath, Mayor of Acre, and Laible Hoffmitz, former De-
troiter who now is assisting Isaac Hamlin in the directorate of
the Histadrut in Israel.

Awards Presented to Detroiters
at Bnai Brith 94th Convention

Arnold Einhorn. Sol Stein-
The convention adopted a
berg and Harry Weinberger budget of $619,925, allocated
were honored at the recent 94th $390,800 out of dues assess-
annual convention of District 1 ments and District Service
Grand Lodge No. 6 of the Bnai fund to Bnai Brith agencies and
Brith in Chicago.
activities. It also voted unan-
Einhorn was one of five men imously to strive to procure
to receive the national Bnai 10,000 new members and to
Brith "Benny" for having pro- I exert increased effort to retain
cured 50 or more members dur- the present membership.
ing the past year. Ile is a mem-
her of Detroit Downtown Lodge
No. 1641.
Sol Steinberg was awarded an
honorable mention. James M.
Steinman Award for service to
the armed forces and veterans.
He is a member of Pisgah
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The
Lodge No. 34.
Senate Judiciary Committee
Harry Weinberger was elect- heard testimony from Senators
ed to the board of governors, that the Supreme Court's decis-
District Grand Lodge. Also ion banning prayers in the pub-
elected was Marston Busch of lic schools has aroused wide con-
cern in America that all official
East Lansing.
More than 1,000 delegates, al- recognition of a divine being will
ternates and guests from eight be outlawed. A number of Sen-
midwestern states and four ators urged a Constitutional
provinces of Canada attended lamendment to nullify the ruling.
Sen. Olin Johnston, South
the convention. The district has
a male membership of 45,200 Carolina Democrat, presided and
announced that a great number
in 226 lodges in this area.
Dr. Elmer M. Imber of Chi- of organizations and individuals
cago was elected president of have asked to be heard on the
issue. Among the groups seeking
the district.
Among the highlights of the to testify are extremist organi-
gathering was an address by zations, such as Gerald L. K.
U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey, Smith's so - called "Christian
of Minnesota, on "Securing the Nationalist Crusade" and other
Future." Governor Anderson of rightist extremists who want to
Minnesota and Mayor Naftalin of I use the hearings as a propaganda
Minneapolis greeted the conven- rforum against Jews who backed
the Supreme Court. Jewish
tion.
groups may also testify.
The first witness, Sen. John
Stennis, Mississippi Democrat,
charged that the court went far
beyond the intent of the First
Amendment guaranty of religious
A. M. Sonnabend, business
freedom. He said the court's
executive and civic leader, has "extreme position" against re-
been named to the advisory ligion was "a forerunner of
committee of the Jewish Pub- things to come." Senators A.
lication Society of America. Sol Willis Robertson, Virginia Demo-
Satinsky, society president, an- crat, J. Glenn Beall, Maryland
nounced.
Democrat, and J. Strom Thur-
A resident of Brookline, mond, South Carolina Democrat,
Mass.. and Palm Beach, Fla., all voiced concern that American
Sonnabend has been engaged in tradition and religious faith
the hotel business.
were being undermined.
Ile is a member of the board
A strong stand in defense
of trustees of the Good Sa-
maratin Hospital, Palm Beach; of the Supreme Court deci-
Beth Israel Hospital and the sion was taken by Senator
Association of Jewish Philan- Philip A. Hart of Michigan.
thropies, both in Boston, and (See Commentary, Page 2.)
serves on the board of the
Sen. Kenneth Keating, New
Palm Beach Committee Fund York Republican and a member
and the Palm Beach County of the Committee, said he was
Red Cross.
disturbed by portents of "the
Sonnabend is the eighth and bitter and highly emotional char-
final appointee to the advisory acter of many of the letters I
committee and will work with have received on both sides of
other prominent leaders in the the issue." He said the court's
arts, professions and industry action "has been far more divi-
in assisting in the direction of sive than the practice it struck
an intensive membership drive down.' Sen. Keating said there
being conducted by the Society, seemed an almost universal feel-
a non-profit, educational insti- ing that if the decision repre-
tution publishing works on Jew- sented the emerging law, a Con-
ish life and culture for nearly stitutional amendment of some
75 years.
kind is required.

Strong Stand by
Sen. Hart Backs
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Court Decision

Name Sonnabend
on Board of JPS

36,000 Aided by Reading of Philip Roth's 'Epstein'
ORT Last Year Excellent Recording by Storch

More than 36,000 persons over-
Lively Arts Recording Corp. is concerned about his Socialist-
seas last year received educa- and Prestige Records, 203 S. minded daughter who constantly
tional and economic aid through Washington, Bergenfield, N. J., seeks the picket line, about his
ORT, the Organization for Re- 'have produced an animated re- wife who has aged and has be-
habilitation through Training, cording of a prize-winning story. come unattractive, about a life
according to the report on 1961
In addition to wisely choosing that hammers at him tragically.
activities.
Philip Roth's "Epstein" for a
It is Epstein the American
ORT programs were conducted spirited reading, the recording Jew, the aging and the enraged,
in 19 countries, chiefly in Israel. companies selected an able in- the representative of a genera-
North Africa. Iran. Poland and terpreter of the story—the popu- tion not only of Jews but all
Western Europe.
lar Larry Storch.
others past 50 who meet their
In "Epstein", Roth has re- disappointments in life.
The "ORT Yearbook 1962,"
was released simultaneously by created a representative of an
The story is good, the reading
the American ORT Federation older generation and relates in is excellent, and the sum total
in New York and by the inter- lit the anguish of a father who is another mark of glory for
national office in Geneva,
Philip Roth who has won honors
Switzerland.
for "Epstein," "Goodbye Colum-
Steinberger and Rona
During 1961, the report states,
bus" and his newest n o v e 1,
there were 596 trade schools, to Return to Israel
"Letting Go."
emergency courses for refugees,
after Teaching Here
apprenticeship projects and other
Shlomo Steinberger and Mr.
trade instructional facilities in
the international ORT network, and Mrs. Mordecai Ron were
and his
making it the largest non-govern- bid farewell by students and
mental system of technical educa- friends as they prepared to re-
turn to Israel after two years'
tion in the world.
"Music As You Like It"
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OFFICE:
Some 10,000 students com- teaching at the United Hebrew
Schools.
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pleted training in ORT courses
Both
Steinberger
and
the
last year. "Reports from coun-
tries of operation indicate Rons came to Detroit under the
prompt employment for practi- auspices of the teacher ex-
cally all of them." According to change program of the United
the Yearbook, "over 350,000 per- Hebrew Schools. Steinberger,
Fin* Photography
sons have received ORT training an authority on Roman history
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since the end of the Second and language, taught history,
Condids, Professionally Finished
World War. A study of employ- Talmud and Bible to college
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ment of graduates indicates that students at the Midrasha. Ron
by far the great majority are taught literature and grammar
working at their acquired skills and Mrs. Ron, the Hebrew lan- :••••••••••••••••••••S
and are generally earning well guage.
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This fall the vacancies cre- •
above average pay."
ated by their leaving will be
The report announces the filled with other Israeli teach-
establishment of a new pro- ers. Albert Elazar, superintend- •
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Jewish community of that city Schools, in Israel for the World
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in Israel and France to meet tion, is currently interviewing •
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areas."
The Influx of tens of thousands
of Algerian and Tunisian Jewish
immigrants to France has "over-
whelmed existing community
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services," the Yearbook finds.
professional photographers.
The report notes, as a new
"Quality and Service Always"
element, substantially increased
ORT technical assistance acti-
vities on behalf of developing
UN 2-0200
UN 3-8532
nations in Africa and Asia. A
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survey of vocational education
We are happy to show samples on request.
requirements in eight African
countries was conducted by ORT
last year, at the request of the
We Make Our Own Glasses
U.S. Agency for International
Development. The U.S. govern-
ment has just contracted with
HEADQUARTERS FOR
ORT to establish the first com-
• LATEST DOMESTIC AND IM-
prehensive technical school in
PORTED FRAME FASHIONS
Conakry, Guinea. A similar pro-
ject is under discussion for
• PRESCRIPTIONS FOR GLASSES
Bamako, Mali.
ACCURATELY FILLED
In conjunction with the Swiss
government, ORT is providing
• Immediate Repair
• Reasonably Priced
advanced instruction at the
Central ORT Institute in Switzer-
land to managerial personnel
from Israel. The same institute
13720 W. 9 MILE nr. COOLIDGE
has organized courses from train-
ing of Congolese vocational
OAK PARK, MICH.
LI 7-5068
school instructors and techni-
Hours: Daily & Sat. 9:30 o.m.-6 p.m. — Thursdays to 9 p.m.
cians, also in agreement with
the Swiss government.
An international institute has
been established at the ORT
school in Nathanya, Israel, for
young people from Africa, at
the request of the Israeli govern-
ment.
The network • of ORT trade
schools in 23 localities of Israel
is by far the largest single pro-
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gram in the international ORT
system. These schools enrolled
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13,566 students last year. The
1962 projection anticipates over
FOR 2 WEEKS
15,000.

Sheldon Rott

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Bar Mitzvahs I

Mr. and Mrs. Salvator Katan,
of 19309 Schaefer, announce the
Bar Mitzvah of their twin sons,
Albert and Sandor, on Saturday,
Aug. 11, at the Young Israel
Center of Oak Woods. A dinner
in the boys' honor will be held
Saturday at Kozin's Fountain
Room.

A forest fire started some-
where in the U. S. every five
minutes during 1961.

AUGUST 8 to 22

CAMS,

FARBAND
CAMP

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