Hanukah Observed at CARIH
Raise $5 Million for Research at Weizmann Inst.
Over five million dollars for
development and endowment
needs at Israel's famed research
center, the Weizmann Institute
of Science, were contributed in
special gifts by American donors
during the past year, it was dis-
closed at a dinner held Dec. 13,
at the Americana, New York.
The anouncement was made
by Harry Levine, of Wellesley
Hills, Mass., who presided at
the 17th annual dinner spon-
sored by the American Commit-
E J. Fleischman
Named President
of Home for Aged
Edward J. Fleischman was
elected president of the Jewish
Home For Aged at the board
meeting. Serving with him are
Harry Barnett, Abraham Bor-
man and Jack 0. Lefton, vice
presidents; Arthur Fleischman,
treasurer; Her man Mathias,
secretary; Ira I. Sonnenblick,
assistant secretary.
Ben Kramer was chairman of
the nominating committee.
Fleischman has been asso-
Religious Education Director Rabbi Chaim Davidovich re-
cites the blessings over the Hanukah lights with two once ciated with the Home for many
years. He has played a leading
"hopeless" Israeli asthmatics being brought to new health at
the free, non-sectarian Children's Asthma Research Institute part in the development of the
and Hospital at Denver. Shula Wagner, 14, of Bat-Yam, and Home which is now in its third
Anunon Nissanov, 12, Ashdod—at the Hospital-Home only a few location since the original
months—attend public schools and receive Torah instruction at founding in 1907. The Home is
CARIH. Sidney Wallace, Alfred Shevin, Theodore - Heligman a constituent agency of Jewish
Welfare Federation.
and Harry Raf are presidents of CARIH chapters in the Detroit
Fleischman stated the coming
area. Mrs. Irving Medow is president of the Detroit-Council of
year was "a time of opportunity
Presidents of CARIH.
to move ahead in expanding
facilities, and the increasing
number of people for whom it
is essential to provide care and
treatment will not permit us to
remain content with those ac-
DAKAR, (JTA) — An Israeli his remark might be misinter- complishments which already
official told the first Confer- preted as meaning that Israel have brought the Home na-
ence on African Economic De- would be willing to operate as tional repute."
velopment Plans that while Is- an intermediary of European
rael was happy to contribute its interests in Africa.
skills to developing African
The Histadrut official also American Jewish
countries, it was not an inter- told the delegates from 19 Afri- Committee Sends
mediary between those coun- can countries to the conference
tries "and capitalist countries." that Israel "does not have dol- Mission to Israel
A delegation of leaders of the
That comment by Mark Jar- lars, rubles or sterling, only ex-
blum of the International De- perience. We are happy that American J e w i s h Committee,
partment of the Histadrut, Is- your pupils are learning skills headed by A. M. Sonnabend, of
rael's Federation of Labor, was in Israel and that we can send Boston, president, embarked here
prompted by a comment from you experts. Israel's contribu- on a two-week survey and con-
Dr. Carlo Schmidt, West Ger- tions come from its own efforts sultative mission to Israel at the
man Social Democrat. Schmidt and means and not from other invitation of the Israel govern-
said that Israelis were more countries. Our help is small but ment.
The Committee leaders were
qualified to help Africans than sincere and moral."
invited to visit Israel by Prime
the European countries and for
Minister Ben-Gurion to discuss
that reason the European na- Mrs. Cohane Leaves
first hand Israel's current eco-
tions should supply the means
nomic, political and cultural con-
to Israel to continue its help to for Dedication of
cerns. This is the third Commit-
African countries.
School in Jerusalem
tee mission to Israel.
Israeli participants, though
Mrs. Regene F. Cohane, 2544
Members of the Committee's
convinced that Schmidt has
Buhl Building, left for Israel survey and consultative mission
been well-meaning, feared that
Tuesday to dedicate the new in addition to Sonnabend are
Hebrew University High School Morris B. Abram, chairman, AJC
in Jerusalem, built by the Na- Executive Board, first Legal
tional Council of Jewish Counsel to the Peace Corps, cur-
Women, as a result of' a half- rently U. S. member of the U. N.
million dollar campaign con- Sub-Committee on the Prevention
HARRY BLANK of Montreal, ducted in its 329 affiliated local of Discrimination and Protection
a member of the National Coun- units throughout the U.S. Mrs. of Minorities; Herbert B. Ehr-
cil of the Canadian Jewish Con- Cohane is a member of the mann of Boston, honorary presi-
Council's national board of di- dent of the Committee; Ralph
gress, has been re-elected in the rectors.
Friedman, chairman, AJC ad-
recent Quebec provincial elec-
The delegation of NCJW ministrative board; David Sher,
tions as deputy from Montreal-
leaders, led by Mrs. Charles member, AJC Administrative
St. Louis riding.
Hymes of Minneapolis, national and Executive Boards; John
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president of the women's edu- Slawson, AJC Executive vice
JUDGE HENRY L. BURMAN cational and service organiza- president; Simon Segal, director
of the Illinois Appelate Court tion, will dedicate the buildings. of the Committee's Foreign Af-
for Cook County in Chicago has Dec. 26. Israeli officials who fairs Department. Accompanying
been re-appointed chairman of will take part in the dedication their husbands on the delegation
the Illinois Judicial Conference. include Dr. Alexander Dushkin, were Mrs. Sonnabend, Mrs.
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chairman of the high school; Abram and Mrs. Ehrmann.
Another guest of the govern-
DORE SCHARY, noted play- Dr. Meir Shapira, principal of
wright, has been named chair- the high school; and representa- ment of Israel who arrived Mon-
man of the 50th anniversary ob- tives of the Hebrew University. day night was Italian Social
Democrat leader Giuseppe Sara-
servance of the Anti-Defamation
gat. He will be in Israel for five
League of Bnai Brith.
Carmen
Re-Elected
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days. He said his party favored
IRWIN CANTOR, f or m er Head of Mikveh Israel Israel's incorporation with the
Phoenix city attorney, has been
Jack Carmen has been re- European Common Market in
named by Governor Paul Fan- elected president of Mikveh Is- some way.
nin to one of two judgeships in rael. Other officers are Rabbi S.
Maricopa County Superior Court. Goldstein, vice - president a n d Young Dems Meet
The new Superior Court judge chairman of the board; I. Roc-
The 15th District Young Demo-
was president of Temple Sho- kove, treasurer; E. Greenbaum crats will hear an address by
lom for three years and is a and NI. Freimark, secretaries. Rev. Albert Cleage on the prob-
member of Bnai Brith. Since Board members are H. Abrams, lems of integrated housing in
1959, he has been one of the H. Baum, M. Carmen, E. Cohen, Detroit 7:30 p.m. today at 18298
three Arizona members of the S. Flam, A. Gold, I. Koenigsberg, Indiana. The public is invited.
National Commission on Uni- M. Seligson, S. Shoenig and S. For information, call Sol Plafkin,
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tee for the Weizmann Institute.
The first was held in New York
in November, 1945 in tribute to
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, who later
became Israel's first President.
More than 1,500 persons at-
tended last night's event, includ-
ing ten Nobel Prize laureates.
They were:
Dr. Andre F. Cournand (Medi-
cine, 1956); Dr. Vincent du
Vigneaud (Chemistry, 1955);
Dr. Robert Hofstadter (Physics,
1961); Dr. Fritz A. Lipmann
(Medicine, 1953); Dr. Rudolf L.
Mossbauer (Physics, 1961); Dr
Severo Ochoa (Medicine, 1959);
Dr. Isidor I. Rabi (Physics,
1944); Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg
(Chemistry, 1951); Dr. William
Shockley (Physics, 1956); and
Dr. Selman A. Waksman (Medi-
cine, 1952).
Proceeds of the $250-per-plate
dinner and further special gifts
totalled an additional $450,000
for budgetary support of the
Weizmann Institute's research
program in the natural sciences.
This year's program was
geared to observance of Weiz-
-man's tenth death-anniversary.
The 'late Israel President's two
favorite musical compositions,
Beethoven's "Egmont" overture
and Bloch's "Sh'lomo" Hebrew
rhapsody, were given by the
Music for Westchester Sym-
phony Orchestra under the ba-
ton of Siegfriend Landau, with
Leonard Rose as cellist-soloit
A dramatic presentaation,
"Vision and Synthesis," written
and directed by Broadway and
Hollywood playwright Jerome
Chodorov, highlighted outstand-
ing episodes in Dr. Weizmann's
carreer as statesman and scien-
tist.
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