9-THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS —Friday , February 21, 1964
NY Women Launch Drive for UJA; Raise $1 Million
Contributions of more than
NEW YORK (JTA)—The 1964
campaign of the Women's Divi- $1.1 million to the 1964 cam-
sion of the United Jewish Ap- paign were announced follow-
peal of Greater New York was ing the rally, at a luncheon for
formally inaugurated by 4,000 250 leaders of the drive. The
volunteer workers from every Women's Division's annual
section of the metropolitan area Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial
ism, as well as the numerous at an opening rally Tuesday in Award was presented posthu-
the Grand Ballroom of the New mously to Herbert H. Lehman
other local Zionist leaders.
at the rally.
His interest in Zionism and York Hilton Hotel.
Israel Davidson's Death Is Mourned by
the Entire Community; Eminent Merchant
Was Pioneer in Activities for Zionism
An entire community mourns
the passing of Israel Davidson,
one of Detroit's best known
communities personalities, who
died early Monday morning in
Miami Beach, where he had
gone only a few days earlier
for a brief vacation. He was 76.
His residence was at 19275
Woodston.
Funeral services were held
at Kaufman Chapel Wednesday
morning, and during the week
tributes to his memory were
ISRAEL DAVIDSON
paid by noted leaders of all
faiths, his associates in business
and in the numerous Jewish
causes in which he had played
an important role.
Surviving him are a son, Jo-
seph H., now residing in Miami,
who was associated in business
with his father until two years
ago; two daughters, Mrs. Her-
LBJ, Sir Alec Pledge
to Guard Integrity of
Countries in Free World
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The
Middle East and its problems
were taken up only peripher-
ally, as one of the areas of la-
tent international tensions, dur-
ing the two-day conference be-
tween President Johnson and
British Prime Minister Douglas
Home.
* * *
The official joint communi-
que issued after the talks does
not contain any mention of the
Middle East—nor of the Cyprus
crisis—but the joint statement
stresses that "both governments
reaffirm that in all these fields
their aim remains solely to
achieve and safeguard the in-
tegrity and stability of the
countries of the free world on
the basis of full independence."
In this connection, it was
noted here that Britain and the
United States have pledged
themselves to guarantee the in-
tegrity of the Israel-Arab bor-
ders under the Tripartite Agree-
ment of 1950 which was also
signed by France.
Union of General Zionists
to Meet in Tel Aviv
The first session of the World
Council of the World Union of
General Zionists since the unifi-
cation conference of General
Zionists, held last summer in
Israel, will open March 14, in
the ZOA House in Tel Aviv,
with members of the Council
from the United States, Israel,
Europe, Australia and Latin
America in attendance, accord-
ing to an announcement issued
by the head office of the World
Union in New York.
The opening of the first ses-
sion of the World Council will
precede the meetings of the
Zionist Actions Committee
which will be held in Jerusa-
lem March 16 to 23.
bert (Betty) Bloom and Mrs.
Jerome (Diane) Hauser; seven
grandchildren, two brothers,
Louis and Abraham, and three
sisters, Mrs. Nathan (Sarah)
Lerner, Mrs. L. (Kate) Blue-
stone of California and Mrs.
Arthur (Betty) Lipsitt.
Known widely by his ini-
tials, "I. D.," Mr. Davidson be-
came nationally famous as one
of the wisest men in the mer-
chandising field. He had first
established, shortly after
coming to this country, in
1914, the Davidson Brothers
wholeSale dry goods firm on
Jeefferson Avenue. His broth-
ers, Louis and the late Saul,
were his partners, and the
third brother, Abraham, also
was associated with them.
He was soon to ralize that a
revolution was pending in
the merchandising field, and
in the late 1920s he trans-
formed his wholesale firm in-
to a retail store. That was the
beginning of the Federal De-
partment Stores chain which
grew to 33 stores in 1961 and
which have since been merg-
ed with the Kobacker Stores
and Hoffritz Cutlery of New
York.
At his death, Mr. Davidson
was a consultant to the Kob-
acker stores with which Federal
Stores merged, retaining the
name Davidson Bros. His bro-
ther Louis also still is affiliated
with the firm. Mr. Davidson's
son Joseph, who succeeded his
father to the presidency of the
Federal Store a few years ago,
left the firm after the merger,
but his father remained active
to the very last.
Joseph Ross, who now is pres-
ident of Davidson Brothers, pay-
ing tribute to the business gen-
ius of Israel Davidson and to
his philanthropic spirit, said
that a special function was plan-
ned for the coming few months
to honor Mr. Davidson on the
50th anniversary of his entry
in business here in 1914.
I. D. was affiliated with
many movements. He acqu-
ired an excellent Talmudic
background as a youth in -
Russia. He was a member of
Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
t h e Zionist Organization,
Technion, nearly every cause
of merit—civic and Jewish—
and was one of the organizers
of Sinai Hospital, serving on
its board and as an honorary
trustee. His major interest
was in Zionism and in Israel.
He pioneered in Zionist acti-
vities here and was one of the
closest associates of the late
Dr. A. M. Hershman, during
the latter's leadership in Zion-
in Israel led him to the chair-
manship and then to the honor-
ary chairmanship of the Detroit
Israel Bond Organization. He
shunned publicity, but his gen-
erosity and his deep interest in
Jewish movements brought him
to the fore. He was an officer
and an active leader in the De-
troit Allied Jewish Campaigns,
and only as recently as Jan. 28,
at the campaign pacesetters'
meeting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Hamburger, he an-
nounced his generous gift to
the 1964 campaign.
Thus, he showed a deep in-
terest in the United Jewish Ap-
peal and in 1962 he was a mem-
ber of a UJA Mission to Israel.
He was one of the Detroit
delegates to the UJA confer-
ence in New York in December.
- Mr. Davidson was deeply
interested in the work of Ha-
dassah and, together with a
small group of friends, he
helped establish the Hadassah
House on Murray Hill and
Seven Mile Road.
He was among the Detroiters
who organized the Crush Stone
Products Corp. in Israel and he
participated in other invest-
ment projects in Israel.
With his wife, the late
Fanny Davidson, who passed
away two years ago, he had
taken other trips to Israel
and on his more recent trips
he was accompanied by his
daughter and son-in-law, Dr.
and Mrs. Jerome Hauser. Mrs.
Hauser, a former president of
Detroit Hadassah and now
chairman of the Allied Jew-
ish campaign Woinen's Divi-
sion, and his deceased wife
had shared with him active
interest in the movements to
which he had given his sup-
port.
Mr. Davidson was deeply in-
terested in Jewish educational
efforts. He was among the very
active Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion_ participants, he was a
strong supporter of labor causes
and civic-protectitve movements
could always count on his
hearty support.
Pallbearers at the funeral were:
Stephen Bloom, Michael Blooth,
Irving Solomon, Max Klarin, Morton
Behrend, Joseph Ross, Jack Abel,
Gerald Weil, Maurice Klynn and
Richard Kotzer.
Honorary pallbearers were: Irwin
Cohn, Irving Goldberg, Joseph
Frankel, Philip Slomovitz, James I.
Ellmann, Max Dunitz, Richard Cott,
Abe Kasle, Ralph Simons, Arthur
Fushman, Walter Lenhard, Charles
Agree, Adolph Deutsch, Dr. Harry
Saltzstein, Simeon James, Brent
Smith, Isidore Sobeloff, Saul Schiff,
Edward C. Levy, William Roth,
Joseph Holtzman, Avern Cohn, Jack
Schiff, Alfred Glancy Jr., Miss
Gertrude Hindelang, Mrs. Joseph
H. Ehrlich.
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