100%

Scanned image of the page. Keyboard directions: use + to zoom in, - to zoom out, arrow keys to pan inside the viewer.

Page Options

Share

Something wrong?

Something wrong with this page? Report problem.

Rights / Permissions

The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. These materials may be under copyright. If you decide to use any of these materials, you are responsible for making your own legal assessment and securing any necessary permission. If you have questions about the collection, please contact the Bentley Historical Library at bentley.ref@umich.edu

April 26, 1963 - Image 30

Resource type:
Text
Publication:
The Detroit Jewish News, 1963-04-26

Disclaimer: Computer generated plain text may have errors. Read more about this.

50—BUSINESS CARDS

Dr. Meyer Jacobstein, Ex-Congressman, Dies

PAINTING, decorating, wall paper
removing. Free estimates. Sam
Fishman, UN IA265. -

ROCHESTER, N. Y., (JTA)—
jacobstein, former
Dr. Meyer
-
member • of the U. S. Congress,
college professor and publisher
of the Rorchester Journal-Amer-
ican, died last Thursday at the
age of 83.
Born in New York, Dr. Jacob-
stein spent most of his life in
Rochester. He was elected in
1922 to Congress on the Demo-
cratic ticket, and was the second
Democratic representative from
the 38th Congressional District
since the Civil War. He was re-
elected twice but chose not to

30% off on all carpets and
rugs cleaned and shampooed.
Also wall washing and furni-
ture cleaning.

MASTER CARPET CLEANERS
KE 8-6969

A-1 PAINTING, paperhanging, wall.
washing. Immediate service. Guar.
anteed. Reasonable. UN 4-0326.

LARKINS MOVING

AND DELIVERY SERVICE

Also Office Furniture.
Any time.
Reasonable.
3319 GLADSTONE
TY 44587

I. SCHWARTZ. All kinds of carpenter
work, no job too big ur small BR
3-4826. LI 5-4035.

NORTHLAND
MOVING & STORAGE CO.
LOCAL Cr LONG DISTANCE

Agent For
Lyon Van Lines Inc.

342-3151

NEW METHOD — Carpets cleaned;
walls washed, by machine. Work
guaranteed. Free estimates. KE 5-
8470—KE 8-1778.

TILE

DO YOU NEED TILE WORK?

New and Repair Special
U OF D TILE & TERRAZZO CO.

UN 1-5075

LOUIE'S Re-upholstering, Repairing.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Reasonable.
Free estimates. UN 4-3339, VE
5-7453..

PAINTING, decorating, exterior, in-
terior, free estimates. Reasonable.
LI 7-5639, KE 8-1047.

PAINTING and decorating, rooms as
low as $25. Exteriors $60. Licensed
and insured. 25 years experience.
KE 8-2235.

MOTHER of ten needs sewing, alter-
ations. Call 532-3746.

EUROPEAN dressmaker, designing
And alterations, in my home or
your home. Call after 5 p.m. for
appointment. 835-3834.

55—MISCELLANEOUS

TURN YOUR old suits - shoes into
cash. DI 2-3717.

Must sell, Singer automatic Zig Zag
sewing machine. Just dial for
decorative patterns, button holes,
blind hems. Take on payments of
S6.60 or will sacrifice at $66.80.
Discount for cash.

VI 6-7896

ALMOST new Singer console style
sewing machine and zig zag. For
button holes, blind hems, designs,
etc. Will accept only $3.70 per
month of $32.96 total cash price.
KE 5-0283.

COOKING Classes. "The touch of
Grandma". Yeast dough, hors D'
oeuvres, Gefilte fish, Kreplach,
cakes, pastry. Small groups. MA 6-
6893.

WANTED from better home. ma-
ternity clothes, childrens. LO 5-6908.

57—FOR SALE: HOUSEHOLD
GOODS AND FURNISHINGS

Dining Room Set, Bedroom set
and Porch set. Glassware. Men's
clothing and shoes, size 42. Crib.
Ladies' dresses. Other Misc.
items. All in excellent condition.

20042 ST. MARY'S
OPEN SUNDAY 10-4 ONLY

One of the world's largest
unions, the United Automobile,
Aircraft and Agricultural Imple-
ment Workers of America,
AFL-CIO ,was founded in Michi-
gan in 1935.

run in 1928. He was assistant
professor of economics in the
University of North Dakota from
1909 to 1913. In 1913 he joined
the faculty of the University' of
Rochester as professor of eco-
nomics.
Dr. Jacobstein was publisher
of The Journal American here
from 1924 until the newspaper
suspended in 1937. He then be-
came a research consultant for
the Brookings Institute in Wash-
ington. In 1944, he was director
of a Senate special committee on
postwar economic policy and
planning. He retired from public
life hi 1957, after completing a
Barth's Evangelical- one-year study of Rochester em-
at the request of Gov-
Lectures Emphasize ployment
ernor Averell. Harriman. He is
survived by his widow, Lena
the Christological
(Lipsky), two daughters and
Holt, Rinehart -and Winston, eight grandchildren.
publishers, 383 Madison, New
York 17, announce the publica-
Countess Converted
tion of a series of religious
books, which will include sev- to Judaism to Avoid
eral of specific Jewish interest.
The first in the series is Prof. Count in Future World
The story of the conversion to
Karl Barth's "Evangelical Theo-
logy,' the series of lectures he Judaism of a countess in 19th
delivered at Princeton Theolo- century London, England, de-
gical Seminary and the Uni- lighted the audience at the Bays-
water Synagogue centenary cele-
versity of Chicago.
His contention in his lectures bration last week.
Mrs. Olga Somech Phillips, co-
is that • the history of Christ
"took place first and foremost author with H. A. Simons of
for the benefit of Israel." Barth "The History of the Bayswater
emphasized that "it was the his- Synagogue," spoke on "some
tory of the covenant of God with curiosities of the synagogue so-
Israel which attained its con- cial scene." She referred to
summation in that subsequent "that strange, non-Jewish char-
history."
acter, the Countess of Charle-
The eminent theologian main- mont, born in 1834, the only
tained that "God's Word, which daughter of an Irish peer, the
was fully spoken in the history first Lord Athlumney, and mar-
of Christ, when it became flesh ried to another Irish peer, the
in him, remains first and fore- third Earl of Charlemont.
most his concluding word to
"She was converted to Juda-
Israel. This ought never to be ism, frequently attending the
forgotten! Nevertheless, Israel Bayswater Synagogue when she
was sent precisely as God's me- was in London. The reason for
diator to the nations; and this conversion given by members
remains the meaning of the of the family was that she had
covenant made with it."
remarked: 'I do not want to
Approaching his subject meet my husband in a future
Christologically, Prof. Bar t h world."
stated that "the fulfillment of
Israel's history is not its own
continuation." This is easily in- Anti-Jewish Bias
terpretable as a missionary's ap- in Russia Condemned
proach.
at Mapam Convention
However, in his reference to
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—A lead-
Lessing's play in which Jewish,
Christian and Mohammedan er of the leftist Mapam de-
claims are compared in the nounced current anti-Semitism
story of the three brothers and in. Russia and declared that
the precious ring bequeather by death sentences for economic
offenses were unworthy of a
their father, Barth stated:
"Each claimed to have re- Socialist regime.
Jacob Hazan, a leader of the
ceived his father's one and only
precious ring, rather than an party, made the denunciation
exact copy of it. The warning at the annual convention of the
contained in this fable is ob- party. He said that while Ma-
vious, even if we do not choose pam was spiritually united with
to follow Lessing's opinion that the Socialist world, it did not,
perhaps the genuine ring was however, identify itself with any
lost and nothing else but imita- specific Socialist country.
The speaker told the dele-
tions were left in the brothers'
hands. The best theology (not to gates that he foresaw a long
speak of the only right one) of period for the Mapam of fight-
the highest, or even the ex- ing its way alone with no hope
clusively true and real, God of an early union with the other
would have the following dis- two labor parties. Achdut Avo
tinction: it would prove itself— dah and Prime Minister David
and in this regard Lessing was Ben-Gurion's Mapai. He called
altogether right—by the demon- the proposal of another Mapam
stration of the Spirit and of its leader for a three-party unifi-
power. However, if it should cation as -"dead before it was
hail and proclaim itself as such, born."
it would by this very fact betray
Series E Savings Bonds
that it certainly is not the one
cashed during 1962 averaged
true theology."
Naturally, Barth's Evangelical less than one per cent per
words are Christological, but month of the total amount of E
his approach will interest stu- Bonds outstanding, the U.S.
dents of theology of all faiths. Treasury reported recently.

-Eric Maier, Former
WJC Official, Dies

NEW YORK, (JTA)—Dr. Eric
Maier, 71, former official of the
World Jewish Congress, died
here Monday after a long illness.
He served with the World Jew-
ish Congress in New York from
1945 to 1948, after several years
in Europe, during which he had
been employed by the United
States Department of Censorship
and Department of. War.
Maier had arrived in the
United States from Austria in
1938, escaping the fate that
eventually engulfed many of his
family. On his return to Europe
as a U. S. official, Maier managed
to devote a considerable amount
of time and effort to alleviating
the plight of the DP's in the vari-
ous camps, and acted as a WJC
volunteer, providing medicines,
clinthing, books, and other ma-
terials. Maier also helped many
of the survivors to find relatives
from whom they had been sepa-
rated.

P. Handleman
Dies -at 88; Was
Called 'The Duke'

Philip Handleman, secretary
of the Handleman Co., which he
founded together with his sons
30 years ago, died last Friday
evening at his apartment at the
Belcrest.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at Kaufman
Chapel.
Surviving him are a daughter,
Mrs. Burton J. Wade of Chi-
cago; four sons, Joseph and
David of Detroit; Paul of Cleve-

Wilhelm Filderman,
Rumanian Leader, Dies

NEW YORK, (JTA)—Dr. Wil-
helm Filderman, one of the most
prominent leaders of Rumanian
Jewry until the advent of the
Nazi regime there, died in Paris,
aged 79, according to a dispatch
received here.
Born in Bucharest, and a well-
known attorney, he represented
Rumanian Jewry during the Ver-
sailles Peace Conference that
followed World War I. In 1927,
he was elected to the Rumanian
parliament. He was the author
of several books tracing the his-
tory of anti-Semitism in his coun-
try and attacking that phenom-
enon. Considered the most influ-
ential leader of Rumanian Jew-
ry, he was sent by the pro-Nazi
government in Rumania to a con-
centration camp in Transnistria.
After the war, he came to the
United States, where he resided
for a short time prior to taking
up permanent residence in
France.

Judge Rubenstein, 1st
Jew on Massachusetts
Bench, Dies at 84

PHILIP HANDLEMAN

land and Moe of Chicago; 10
grandchildren and three great-
grandchildren. His wife died in
1956. They were married 51
years.
For more than 50 years a resi-
dent of Detroit, he took a deep
interest during that entire pe-
riod in the activities of Temple
Beth El, of which he was an
active member, as well as in
Bnai Brith and in many other
local movements.. With his sons
he was one of the large contrib-
utors to the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign and to other Jewish and
civic causes.
Always a good dresser, an
avid reader and a good story
teller, he made many friends
among all faiths and he became
known here as "The Duke."
The late Mr. Handleman was
born in Warsaw, Poland, April
24, 1875, and his death occurred
less than a week before his
88th birthday. He came to this
country at the age of 17, settled
in Detroit in 1912 and in the
interim visited in Europe nu-
merous times. He knew seven
languages.

Judge Philip Rubenstein, the
first Jew to serve on the Mas-
sachusetts bench, died April
17 at his home in Longwood
Towers, Brookline, at the age of
84. He was appointed as a spe-
cial justice of the Boston Ju-
venile Court when it was estab-
lished in 1906. He served there
until his retirement in 1956.
Judge Rubenstein was instru-
mental in founding the Beth
Israel Hospital in Boston and
served as trustee of Temple
Israel. Surviving are his wife, Meyer Fisher, Sports
Minna Dreyfus; two sons, John Head at Brandeis, Dies
B. and Paul B.; three brothers
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Funeral
and three sisters.
services were held in Brooklyn
for Meyer (Mickey) Fisher, 58,
Max Nemoff Dies
acting director of athletics at
Born in Odessa, Russia, and Brandeis University.
a Detroit resident for more than
The athletic director died of
30 years, Max Nemoff died April a heart attack while visiting rel-
atives in Brooklyn where he was
16 in Israel. He was 78.
Mr. Nemoff owned and lived born. During 1960 he went to
above a harware store at 7515 Israel on a six-month sabbatical
Michigan for 25 years. He was at the request of the State De-
a member of the Jewish National partment as coach of Israel's
Workers Alliance. Surviving are 11960 Olympic basketball team.
his wife, Rose; two sons, Dorian
"And I hate all this toil that
of Israel and Alexander of Oak
Park; a sister, Mrs. Fanya Zagor I toil under the sun, for I must
of Argentina and a brother, I leave my achievements to my
1 successors."—Ecclesiastes 2
Joseph of California.

HAVE A SHARE
IN THE NEW BUILDING!!

•?;;;;;.:,.. c

• •

4 •-

""



Send Your Contribution to

: ' .<
<000 A•444 • ••••' ""•3"-

Contribute To:

THE NEW HEBREW MEMORIAL CHAPEL

Chesed Shel Emes —1 -vvm "n3 707

Being Built At 26640 Greenfield, Oak Park

THE

Webresi,

enevolerit Society

BUILDING FUND

2995 Joy Road, Detroit 6, Michigan

TY 6-1686

Back to Top

© 2025 Regents of the University of Michigan