Friday, Nov. 22, 1963 — THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — 8
Jewish Group Aids Rehabilitation of Minnesota Indians
MINNEAPOLIS, (JTA) —
Thirty-four Minnesota Indians
have received four days of ori-
entation recently in vocational
and trade schools, colleges and
potential sources of employ-
ment in the Twin Cities in a
unique project, now in its
eighth year, to rehabilitate
these native Americans.
Eight years ago, Jobs for
Minnesota Indians was initiated
in the offices of the Jewish
Community Relations Council
of Minnesota by the Jewish
Labor Committee representa-
tives in the area. The JCRC
provided use of the office, staff
and supplies until August 1962
when civic-minded people here
started the American Indian
Employment and Guidance Cen-
ter. More than 200 Indians have
been placed in jobs.
Seven years ago, in coopera-
tion with organized labor in St.
Paul, the Jewish Labor Com-
mittee organized the project to
bring Indian students who are
seniors in high school near In-
dian reservations to the Twin
Cities for orientation.
Labor unions contribute the
money and the work on this
project is done in the office
of the JCRC by their staff and
the Jewish Labor Committee
staff. Of the 37 students brought
to the Twin Cities in 1962, 36
went on to college.
Another JLC-sponsored effort
is "Operation Vegetable Gar-
dens" to encourage the 700 fam-
ilies on the Redlake Reserva-
tions to grown theoir own vege-
tables. Some 70 families took
part in the first effort, in co-
operation with the state's Agri-
cultural Extension Service.
,Other work by the JLC for
the Indians includes rehabilita-
tion of Indian parolees, pro-
viding legal counsel, providing
centralization of debts through
Jewish credit unions to pay off
creditors garnisheeing Indian
workers.
N.Y. Judge Gives $300,000 to NYU
NEW YORK, (JTA) — New
York University announced a
gift of $300,000 from Judge
Abraham Lieberman of Wee-
hawken, N.J., to endow a pro-
fessorship in Hebraic studies and
to provide scholarship aid to
students in related programs at
the university.
Dr. James M. Hester, univer-
sity president, said that distin-
guished scholars from all parts
of the world would be named
to the "Judge Abraham Lieber-
man Professorship in Hebraic
Studies" in the university's . In-
stitute of Hebrew Studies. They
will spend one or more years
conducting courses and semi-
Dr. Hester said the new en-
dowment fund "will give fur-
ther impetus to the largest He-
braic studies program at any
non-sectarian university in the
country." The donor graduated
from NYU in 1923. An attorney,
Judge Lieberman, is a founder
and former New Jersey state
chairman of the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine at Yeshiva
University and honorary state
chairman of the United Jewish
Appeal. He is a director of the
Joint Distribution Committee
and the Hebrew Home and Hos-
pital of New Jersey.
THE NEW HEBREW MEMORIAL CHAPEL
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The Jewish Community of Detroit and its suburbs are cordially invited to attend the
CORNERSTONE SETTING CEREMONIES
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24,1963 10:30 A. M.
JUDGE IRA G. KAUFMAN
Morris Dorn, President
Edward Miller, Vice-President
Ben Schneider, Vice-President
Leo Furst, Treasurer
Solomon Rubin, Recording Secretary
Samuel S. Portner, Cemetery Chairman
Harry Portner, Trustee
Philip Langwald, Trustee
Hyman Lipsitz, Trustee
RABBI SAMUEL H. PRERO
Nathan P. Rossen, Chairman — Bldg. Comm.
David Richman, Co-Chairman — Bldg. Comm.
Hyman Mitnick, Chairman — Bldg. Campaign
Harry E. Citrin, CO-Chairman Bldg. Campaign
Joe Gorman, Co-Chairman Bldg. Campaign
Sam Nelson, Honorary President
Barney Citrin, Honorary Secretary
Rabbi Israel I. Rockove, Executive Director
Nathan Wolok, Superintendent
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