The Holy Park
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By DANIEL L. TICKTON
An era has come to an end.
A throbbing, pulsating hub of
Jewish activity is now on its last
leg of existence.
This year, for instance, Hanu-
kah candles will only be lit in
one lonely synagogue in the
area of Linwood Avenue and all
the streets adjacent to it. Only
a little while ago 18 synagogues
had catered to the massive Jew-
ish population who lived there.
Now, the people are mostly
gone, synagogues are now
mostly churches, with only one
synagogue standing as a symbol
of the last 30 years of Judaism
in the vicinity.
It is a proud, ultra-Hasidic
synagogue called the Stolliner
Shul. The Stolliner Rebbeh him-
self chose to come here to visit
his followers, and it was here
that he passed away, his burial
having taken place in our city.
His yahrzeit is mourned here
annually, and a special bus with
Hasiddim from his home in
Brooklyn comes here for three
or four days a year. His follow-
ers mourn his death and recite
prayers when they visit his
grave.
From a former membership
of 200, there are only eight yet
residing in the neighborhood.
Since 1958, the upkeep of the
synagogue has dwindled away.
Getting a minyan (quorum) on
the Sabbath is difficult, and it
is only because of the persist-
ent efforts of Moisha,the sexton,
that neither snow, rain, heat or
cold will prevent a minyan: he
will buttonhole worshippers of
other shuls many blocks away
on Dexter Ave., and he will
even knock on doors of homes
for the completion of a minyan
for Sabbath morning services.
Many times he failed, but he
never gave up, saying. "With
the Lord's blessing, there will
be a minyan."
How happy he was when an-
other synagogue in the neigh-
borhood decided to close up,
and, because of a lack of patron-
age, sell out and move to the
northwest section. One or two
members of that closed syna-
gogue gravitated into the Stol-
liner shul and a minyan was
assured. Yes, a stroke of good
luck befell the Stolliner shul
when Cong. Bnai Jacob sold out,
for now a minyan was not only
assured for the Sabbath, but for
every day as well. Besides pray-
ers, they even had a "kiddush"
every week; and now all ex-
penses were being met. Moisha
praised the Lord: "Happy Days
are Here Again."
But that was a few months
ago. Now, the last fortress of
Jewish existence and worship in
the neighborhood is breathing
its last. One by one, the remain-
ing Jews are moving away. No
longer can one find a kosher
butcher or fish market, and one
has to even walk blocks to pur-
chase The Jewish News.
Yet, Moisha says, "As long as
there remains nine Jews besides
myself who are shomrey shabbos
(observant of the Sabbath), and
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are capable of walking to shul,
I'll be there to accommodate
them, to make sure that we keep
up our minyan."
So now. on Linwood Avenue,
on all the length and breadth of
the street, where there had once
been 18 other synagogues, all
filled to capacity on the High
Holy Days and comfortably filled
on the Sabbath—now there only
remains one shul, the Stolliner.
I am writing this now, be-
cause, in a few months, I'm
afraid I will have nothing to say
about the building that is now
called the Stolliner shul. As
stipulated in their contract,
when a lack of patronage com-
pels the closing of the shul, the
building will be dismantled
brick by brick and moved to
another part of the city and set
up again as a new synagogue.
The empty lot will be filled with
benches and trees and will be
called the Stolliner Park, where
children of all races can go for
enjoyment. It will certainly be
a most revered and holy park.
Argentine Professor
Wins Mibashan Prize
BUENOS AIRES, (JTA)—Dr.
Jose Piazza-Malo, professor of
chemistry at Bahia Blanca Uni-
versity, son of Jewish immi-
grants who came here in 1924,
was awarded the third Miba-
shan Prize given annually by
the organized Jewish communi-
ties of the country and of this
city in memory of the late Dr.
Abraham Mibashan.
The latter, a leading Zionist
and formerly head of both the
national and this city's Jewish
communities, died in 1960. The
prize is worth 100,000 pesos
($660).
Dr. Isaac Goldenberg, presi-
dent of DAIA, the central body
of organized Argentine Jewry,
and Dr. Bernardo Youssay, on
behalf of the local Jewish com-
munity, lauded Dr. Piazza-Molo
for his contributions to the use
of chemistry for peaceful pur-
poses, declaring that "Jewish
ethics reject the use of science
for destructive purposes." Both
noted that Dr. Piazza-Molo,
through his scientific work,
"represents the values contrib-
uted to this country by the im-
migrants."
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Announcements
Dec. 1— To Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas Frazein (Dorothy Bas-
sin), a son, Murray Scott.
* * *
Nov. 28 — To Mr. and Mrs.
Donald M. Robiner (Linda
Goodman), 19500 Euclid, Euclid,
0., a son, Steven Ralph.
•
*
Nov. 25 — To Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Salem (Shirley Goldstein,
formerly of London, Ont.),
21851 Stratford, Oak Park, a
daughter, Debra Lynn.
* * *
Nov. 24 — To Mr. and i Mrs.
Marshall Wolok (Estelle Bed-
narsh), 18080 Hubbell, a son,
Ronald David.
*
Nov. 15 — To Mr. and Mrs.
Joel Fink (Diane Yaffe) of Lind-
say Ave., a son, Jeffrey Ira.
* *
Nov. 9—To Dr. and Mrs. New-
ton E. Karp (Diane Wispe),
19481 Wyoming, a daughter,
Maureen Sheryl.
*
Nov. 8—To Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Oppen (Irene Shpargel) of Kip-
ling Ave., Oak Park, a daughter,
Shelly Jo.
* * *
To Mr. and Mrs. Israel Sta-
shefsky (Tzila Hammerstein) of
Kibbutz Sasa, Israel, temporar-
ily residing at 13317 N. Nor-
folk, a daughter, Ruth Naomi.
Traub to Address Detroit League of Jewish Women
Zionist Council to Hold Presidents Board Meeting
Mrs. Martin Naimark, presi-
A . dessert luncheon will be
Meeting, Dec. 10 dent
of the League of Jewish served until 1 p.m. Reservations
DAVID E. TRAUB
The Zionist Council of Detroit
will hold its first meeting under
the new administration, next
Monday, 8 p.m., at the Labor
Zionist Institute, it was an-
nounced by Rabbi Leon Fram,
newly elected Council chairman.
David E. Traub, national di-
rector of the organization de-
partment, American Zionist
Council, who is coming to De-
troit especially for this meet-
ing, will discuss the responsi-
bilities of local Zionist Councils
and of the American Zionist
Council, in the light of the
newly reorganized national pat-
tern of functions and the fund-
raising structure in the Ameri-
can Jewish community, which
will have a direct effect upon
the entire Zionist movement.
Traub has in the past been
associated with the USO, the
JDC, the National. Conference
of Christians and Jews and
HIAS.
The constituent organizations
of the Detroit Zionist Council
are: Americans for Progressive
Israel - Hashomer Hatzair, Far-
band-Labor Zionist Order, Hab-
onim, Hadassah, Hashomer Hat-
zair Zionist Youth Organization,
Junior Hadassah, Labor Zionist
Organization, Mizrachi Women,
Pioneer Women, United Reli-
gious Zionists, Zionist Organiza-
tion of Detroit, and Zionist
Revisionists.
The new administration, in
addition to Rabbi Fram, in-
cludes Philip Stollman and Mrs.
Julian Tobias, vice chairmen;
Mrs. David J. Schachter, record-
ing secretary; Mrs. Norman I.
Leemon, corresponding secre-
tary; Dr. Bernard Weston, treas-
urer, and Irving Pokempner,
Community Council delegate.
The Detroit Zionist Council
serves as the coordinating arm
for all Zionist groups in the
community on matters pertain-
ing to Israel and the Zionist
movement.
Farband Presents
Lecture by Shoshkes
on Russia, Arabs
Dr. Chaim Shoshkes, world
traveler and lecturer, will speak
on his trip through the Soviet
Union and the Arab countries
8:45 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Hayim
Greenberg Center, 19161 Schae-
fer.
The presentation, "From the
Kremlin to the Pyramids," is
under the auspices of the De-
troit City Committee of Far-
band, Labor Zionist Organiza-
tion. A social hour will follow.
Refreshments will be served.
PTA to Hear Teachers
A Parent-Teacher gathering
of classes Aleph-Aleph, Aleph,
Beth and Pre-School will take
place 8:30 p.m. Dec. 19 at the
Hayim Greenberg Center, 19161
Schaefer, announces Mrs. Harry
Smaller, president.
The teachers of these classes,
Mrs. Leah Shrodeck, Mrs. Phyl-
lis Pincus and Benjamin Rak-
owsky, will participate in a
panel, reporting the progress of
the classes. Movsas Goldoftas,
principal, will be the moderator.
A social hour will follow.
Women's Organizations of Great-
er Detroit, an affiliate of the
National Bureau of Federated
Jewish Women's Groups, an-
nounces that the Presidents
Board Meeting will be held at
12:15 p.m. Dec. 13 at the home
of Mrs. Julius Ring, 10734 Borg-
man, Huntington Woods.
A panel discussion, "Their
Function in Our Community,"
will be moderated by Mrs. Al-
bert Kaplan, co-chairman of the
program. Other participants will
be Mrs. Philip P. Bernstein,
League past president; discuss-
ing the function of the League
of Jewish Women's Organiza-
tions, Mrs. Harry L. Jackson,
first professional director of the
Women's Division, discussing the
function of the Women's Divi-
sion, Jewish Welfare Federation
of Detroit; and Mrs. Joseph
Maltzer, member of the executive
board of the Community Coun-
cil, discussing the function of
the Jewish Community Council
of Metropolitan Detroit.
A question and answer period
will follow. Mrs. David Kliger,
past president of the League,
will deliver the invocation.
All presidents, community re-
lations chairmen and program
chairmen of League affiliates are
invited to attend.
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