Detroit's 1964 Allied Jewish the events that will occur at the
Campaign will officially open dinner will be filmed and in-
with a reception and dinner at eluded as a key part of it.
6 p.m. April 7, at the Jewish
"The first campaign reports
Center.
are already in," Gershenson ob-
Charles FL Gershenson, cam- served, "and our 10 divisions
paign chair man, announced appear to have passed the half-
that Reuven Dafni, of the Is- way mark toward the achieve-
rael Ministry of Education and ment of our goal. Last year, we
Culture, will be the main speak- raised $4.6 million. But we must
er at the event.
do more in '64 to help - our fel-
Dafni, a hero of Ein Gev dur- low Jews here in Detroit and
ing the War of Independence, throughout the nation and over-
is now director of the Sports seas."
and Physical Education Author-
Assisting in the campaign are
ity.
Abraham Borman, vice-chair-
The reception, Gershenson man; Irwin Green and A. Al-
said, will honor Hyman Safran, Fred Taubman, pre-campaign
chairmen; and Louis and Sam-
uel Hamburger, treasurers.
Dafni has a long record of
service to Jewish causes both
in Israel and in the United
1States. In 1948, he was ap-
pointed Israel's Consul in Los
I Angeles. He returned to Israel
l in 1951 to serve as press of-
ficer and official spokesman for
the Foreign Ministry, as well as
serving on the Mixed Israel-
Arab Armistice Commission.
He was again appointed in
1948 to serve Israel overseas,
this time as Consul in New York
and director of the Israel Office
of Information. Following that
post, he became general direc-
tor of the American-Israel Cul-
ural Foundation and director of
R.EUVEN DAFNI
the United Jewish Appeal office
president-elect, and Max M. in Israel.
He assumed his present post
Fisher, president from 1959 to
1964, of the Jewish Welfare in December of 1960.
Born in Yugoslavia, Dafni
Federation.
Tickets for the reception and
dinner may be reserved by call-
ing the Federation, WO 5-3939.
In order to record this year's
campaign for Jewish archives,
a motion picture of it is being
made, Gershenson stated, and
emigrated to Palestine in 1935
where he helped found the Ein
Gev settlement, the first Jew-
ish colony on the eastern bank
of Lake Galilee.
With the advent of World
War II, Dafni enlisted in the
British Army and fought in the
middle eastern campaigns. In
one spectacular exploit, he led
a group of Jewish paratroopers
in a landing behind enemy lines
in his native Yugoslavia.
The group rescued downed
allied fliers, aided prisoners of
war and helped save Jewish re-
fugees from death and torture
at the hands of Nazi troops.
Following his discharge with
the rank of lieutenant, he re-
sumed his life in Ein Gev and
became active in the establish-
ment of Israel.
Safran, as president of the
Federation, this week called
the attention of members of
the Federation's governing
board to a report issued by
Gershenson, pointing to the
primary responsibility of the
members of the board to par-
ticipate in the campaign as
contributors, workers and
leaders in the fund -raising
effort
Gershenson, who reports reg-
ularly to the board on the
CASH FOR
ISRAEL BONDS
(NON MATURE)
PHONE
DETROIT
341-5477
p r o g r e s s of the campaign, turing Section, headed by Kaye
pointed out that as members of G. Frank, accounted for $296, 7
the governing body of Federa- 720 in 1963 and to date has real-
tion, board members are con- ized $196,206. Working with
fronted continuously by the Frank are his three co-chairmen,
needs of the 55 beneficiary Sidney R. Solomon, Melvin Kol-
agencies. "This should deepen bert and Joseph H. Orley.
their understanding of the ne-
The Steel Industry Section, of
cessity for the Campaign to which Fr e d M. Ginsberg is
succeed," he said.
chairman and Joseph Feldman,
Eugene J. Epstein, chairman co-chairman, was responsible for
of the Mechanical Trades Divi- $266,000 in pledges last year
sion, in- an analysis of his divi- and already has secured $241,-
000 in advance of the formal
sion's part in 5:F
campaign opening.
the current
The gas, oil and tire dealers'
drive, pointed
section, has already obtained
out that the 13
$173,583 this year, under the
affiliated trade
leadership of Jack W. Epstein.
groups under
his chairman-
ship accounted
for 22 percent
of all the
funds raised
last year and
Certified Master Watchmaker
t h e percent- Epstein
and Jeweler
age for 1964 may well exceed
that figure. Merle Harris and
18963 Livernois Ave.
Malcolm Lowenstein are co-
UN 1-8184
chairmen with Epstein.
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AMERICAN FINANCIAL QUIZ .171
*
Passover Appeal
to Community by
JWF President
Hyman Safran, president of
the Jewish Welfare Federation,
issued the following Passover
appeal to the community:
"On behalf of the officers and
board of directors of the Jew-
ish Welfare Federation, may I
extend Passover greetings to
the Jewish communities of met-
ropolitan Detroit.
"Passover is the Season of
Freedom. It commemorates the
flight nearly 4,000 years ago of
our ancestors from the tyranny
of the Pharaohs to freedom.
"Its message is as meaningful
today as it was centuries ago.
In fact, its message has never
been more applicable than it is
in 1964.
"Today, as it did four thou-
sand years ago, Exodus means
survival to a vast number of
Jews in lands overseas; Jews
living in spiritual bondage, in
poverty, in fear and distress.
"Today, tens of thousands of
Jews in North Africa, in South
America and in countries of op-
pression in Eastern Europe
dream of living and going to
Israel, France and other demo-
cratic countries.
"Today, men, women and
children in many lands—includ-
ing our own—continue the up-
hill, never-ending struggle for
equality and dignity.
"Through the medium of the
Allied Jewish Campaign now
under way, we must pledge to
help those who still struggle
to throw off the oppressor and
seek to rebuild new lives .. .
"You can make Passover 1964
truly a Festival of Freedom for
thousands who yearn for the
miracle of deliverance."
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bility. While paying the bills, how can I most effectively build
our family savings?
•
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aside a definite amount. Then place those dollars in a high-
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3 - THE DETR OIT JEWI S H NEWS — Friday, March
Mini Will Address Campaign
Opening Dinner; Gershenson
Mobilizes Forces for Greater Goal