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ing to Detroit as associate di- name of Federation-Council pro-
w choose to remain in an estab- rector of Federation in 1948. vided for the appointment of an
The Jewish Welfare Federa- said Srere, "are a permanent
Z lished and stabilized atmosphere He also served as executive di- executive director and that the
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Soby has elected to face a new rector of the Jewish Federation new position is now being filled tion board of governors' meet- tribute to him."
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'.i challenge in a new community. of Fort Wayne, Ind., and super- in accordance with that deci- ing last Friday, at which formal
Hyman Safran, vice-president
action w a s taken on Isidore of Federation and a member of
W For all our regrets we admire visor at the Jewish Board of sion.
0-) his courage and we shall be re- Guardians, New York City, as
Quoting from a report sub- Sobeloff's resignation from the the selection committee to nom-
Li garding what he may be able well as public welfare investi- mated by a selection committee Detroit post as executive vice- inate a new executive, lauded
to do in Los Angeles not only gator and group worker in Cle- headed by Dr. Max Bay and ap- president to assume the direc- Sobeloff for his administrative
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proved unanimously by the Fed- torship of the Los Angeles Fed- leadership and noted the corn-
F. as his contribution but also as veland. Ohio.
W a contribution by the Detroit
Born in Cleveland in 1911, eration-Council's board of direc- eration Council, turned into a munity's good fortune in having
A : - community to the well-being of Avrunin has a BS degree from tors, Judge Hill stated, "The spontaneous demonstration of available in William Avrunin a
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E-■ community. For us here he has Journalism. He completed his is very fortunate to have en- man who has engineered the de-
Mrs. Joseph H. (Dora) Ehr-
I built well and we can grow on graduate work at Western Re- listed the interest and service velopment of the organized lich took occasion to offer a his-
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the fine foundation he has serve University, School of Ap- of a man who is considered the Jewish community during the torical review of professional
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helped so much to set up. He plied Social Science. He has dean of executive directors in last 26—years.
direction since Federation was
has
provided a training ground been a lecturer at the Univer- Jewish welfare organization, a
Max M. Fisher. Federation founded in 1926 and paid trib-
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community organization and sity of Michigan School of So- man of outstanding abilities, of president, credited Sobeloff with ute to Sobeloff's competence and
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administrative leadership f o r cial Work and a member of the great energy and enthusiasm, intensifying Fisher's interest in devotion."
The formal presentations were
c.) E many men now serving in im- faculty of the Training Bureau who having attained the pin- communal affairs and with in-
a.) • portant posts throughout the for Jewish Communal Service. nacle of success in one career, volving scores of today's corn- followed by similar expressions
A country and, fortunately for us,
He is a charter member of the sees in this new opportunity a munity leaders and workers in of regard and friendship in
• as Bill Avrunin is a distinguished Academy of Certified Social challenge which can be success- the processes of organizational which Jacob A. Citrin, Louis
Pas product of this process. The pro- Workers, a member of the Na- fully overcome, thereby afford- and social endeavor. Reviewing Tabashnik, Erwin S. Simon,
44 r. fessional direction of our corn- tional Association of Social ing him and our community a the growth of the Allied Jewish Louis LaMed and George H.
munity services will continue Workers and secretary of the new level of fulfillment. Ours Campaign during Sobeloff's ten- Stutz, among others, partici-
in good hands."
National Conference for Jewish is destined to be one of the ure, Fisher recalled that Detroit Pated. Those taking part in of-
Sobeloff joined in p a y i n g Communal Service.
great Jewish communities of was raising $350,000 a year in fering the tesimonials cited
tribute to Avrunin.
He was president of the Na- America."
1937 and that since that time Sobeloff's role as administrator,
Sobeloff's Career
tional Committee for Big Broth-
Sobeloff is married to the for- Sobeloff has organized and di- consultant, and teacher and paid
Sobeloff has served as execu- er and Big Sister Service in mer Edith Mozorosky, a native rected the raising of more than tribute to his role nationally, as
.tiVe director and executive vice- 1941-1964, editor of the Fact Californian and a trained social $125,000,000.
well as on the local scene.
president of the Jewish Welfare I and Opinion Department and worker. She is a former presi-
"The
growth
and
flowering
Federation since 1937. He is a chairman of the editorial board dent of the League of Women of this community," said Hebrew Corner
former president of the Na- of the Journal of Jewish Corn- Voters of Detroit and is cur- Fisher, "is reflected in the
tional Conference of Jewish munal Service. His numerous rently the president of the Sha- story of S o b y's association
Communal Service, has h e 1 d professional publications include Pero School of Nursing of Sinai
us and the entire corn-
Many Jews travel on an Israeli
numerous other positions in the a Manual on Big Brother Serv- Hospital in Detroit. They have a with
ship, because of the Jewish atmos-
munity is deeply in his debt." phere
that they seek, but there are
field of Jewish community or- ice and the sections on Jewish son, Jonathan, an attorney in
at prefer a modern .ship
Judge Theodore Levin, who many
ganizations here and abroad, Social Work in the 1957 and the office of Tax Legislative
equipped with the best improvements.
and is a frequent contributor to 1960 S'ocial Work Year Book.
The most beautiful ship in the
Council in the Treasury Depart- made the formal motion for ac-
fleet will be the passenger
social work literature. •
Avrunin spent two months in ment in Washington. A brother, ceptance of the resignation, said Israeli
ship "Shalom," that is being built in
Following his early experi- Israel directing the Study of Harry N. Sobeloff, is president that he did so with deep regret a French shipyard. This ship will
snail regularly betwen Haifa and North
ence in journalism as reporter Voluntary Fund Raising in 1962 of the Harry Hill Motors, Inc., that one great period of devel- Am
for the Baltimore American in and 1963 under the auspices of of West Covina, Calif. Another opment was coming to an end,
The ship "Shalom" will be capable
of carrying over one thousand pas-
his native city and city editor the Jewish Agency for Israel in brother, Simon E., is now the but with gratitude to Sobeloff sengers.
The general crew of the
of the Cumberland (Md.) Daily cooperation with the Council of Chief Judge of the United "for having instilled in all of ship will number about four hun-
dred
and
men. There will be,
News, Sobeloff enrolled in the Jewish Federations and Welfare States Court of Appeals, Fourth us a sense of community loyalty for the use fifty
of the passengers, wide
Jewish Welfare Board's training Funds. Circuit, and a former Solicitor and inspired us to great per- areas for purpose of rest, recreation
formance." He added that his and sport; which include, among
school for center workers and Los Angeles Statement
General of the United States.
others: a theatre hall; a winter gar-
upon completion of the course
In the Los Angeles statement
Avrunin is married to the for- regrets were mixed with the d en; a guest room; a smoking room;
a
night club; a shopping centre; a
became the executive director Judge Hill explained that when mer Frieda Barbman of Detroit. happy knowledge that • in his cellar-bar
for tourists; a library; swim-
of the Jewish Community Cen- the Jewish Community Council Their son, Mark, is a student at new post Sobeloff would be in ming pools;
a gymnasium with a
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ter of Jersey City. He then and the Jewish Welfare Federa- Ferris State College and their position to raise the level of Turkish
beauty parlour, etc.. Likewise on
served as director of public re- tion of that city were merged daughter, Stephanie, is at East- development in one of the larg- this ship a synagogue for Jews and
a church for .Christians will be
lations of the Federation of in 1959, the agreement to set up ern Michigan University. Mr. est Jewish communities.
built.
Jewish Philanthropies of New j a unified central community or- and Mrs. Avrunin are affiliated
Abe S'rere, senior past-presi-
On the ship there is also a hos-
with all the necessary services.
York City, as editor of Better ganization under its present with Temple Israel.
dent of Federation, is second- pital
The passengers on the ship will also
Times, social work publication,
ing the motion, recalled the not suffer from sea-sickness, for the
is equipped with devices that
director of information a n d
early days of Sobeloff's associa- ship
her from rolling in any kind
education, Welfare Council of Denominational
don with the community and prevent
of weather. There is also a tele-
New York and managing editor,
network on the ship. The ship
cited the community's growth vsion
ten decks, and a special com-
Jewish Social Service Quarterly.
in quality of its social services has
mittee wil give Hebrew names to
Since 1937 he has been assn-
each deck and to the public places on
and
in
the
number
of
persons
WASHINGTON—The "grow- lution noted: "It need not be
the ship. Israeli painters and sculp-
ciated with the Jewish Welfare ing denominational competitive- laboriously defined by a constant of dollars invested in capital tures are engaged in the decoration
the ship.
Federation of Detroit, as execu- ness" that is splintering religi- reference to Jewish sources in development and the progress of The
will be ready at the be-
tive vice-president. In 1943, ous life in the adult Jewish an attempt to rationalize our these buildings indicate in the ginning ship
of 1964.
Translation
of Hebrew Corner.
affiliated.
"The
many
millions
after helping establish the War community to spill over to col- involvement."
Published by the Brith Ivrith Ola-
Chest of Metropolitan Detroit, lege campuses, a conference of
In a position paper on the improvement of our basic work," mith, Jerusalem.
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organize the National War Fund tions directors said this week. ograd, acting Hillel director at
in New York. He has served as Seventy-seven rabbis and edu- the University of Chicago, re-
consultant on publicity, fund- cators, who met here for a four- ported that the civil rights
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