Connecticut Officials
LaudJewish Ledger
on 35th Anniversary

HARTFORD, Conn. (JTA) —
Connecticut Gov. John Dempsey
and the mayors of the leading
cities of this state paid high tri-
bute to the Connecticut Jewish
Ledger and to the newspaper's
editor, Dr. Abraham J. Feldman,
rabbi of Temple Beth Israel of
West Hartford, as the Ledger
celebrated the 35th anniversary of
its founding in 1929.
A special enlarged anniversary
edition of the Ledger, including
a 12-page feature section, contain-
ed articles and congratulatory mes-
sages from leading Jewish per-
sonalities.
While the anniversary edition
constituted primarily a tribute
to Dr. Feldman, praise was also
lavished on the newspaper's
founder, the late Samuel Neus-
ner, who established the weekly
in 1929, with Rabbi Feldman
as editor.
Gov. Dempsey stated that the
Connecticut Jewish Ledger, since
its founding was "representative
Of independent American Jewish
newspapers," which observed "the
precepts of responsible Journalism
and, under the skill and wisdom
of its editor, Rabbi Abraham J.
Feldman, and the competence of
his associates earned a reputation
ofr integrity."

Prominent Leaders
Endorse Del Rio
for State Senate

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A fresh look at the changes that have taken place during the
last years in the community program to develop young leadership has
now been taken by the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare
Funds . • . in 1958, there were 40 communities with some form
of leadership training programs; currently there are at least 60
communities which have systematic training programs with varying
patterns . . . Approximately 1,500 young men and women participated
in these programs during 1964 . . . Regional and intercity meetings
have been held each year since the CJFWF leadership development
plan came into being in 1958, and a joint UJA-CJFWF leadership
intercity meeting will be held in Columbus, Ohio, in September . . .
In the meantime, CJFWF recently sent a questionnaire to the commu-
nities with leadership development committees, to have a clear picture
on the changes in leadership development programs that have taken
place in recent yearS . . . An analysis of the replies received so far
from 37 communities establishes the following facts . . . The age
range of people participating in local leadership development programs
is 21 to 40; however, the majority of the cities concentrate on the group
from 25 to 35 years of age . . . Detroit has two specific leadership
development programs: one is the Junior Division — 18 to 38 years
of age, and the other is a Biennial Leadership Institute, for men 28
to 38 with experience in communal affairs . . . In the reporting
communities, 17 local leadership programs were for men only; five
communities have separate programs for men and women; two have
men and women jointly; two are geared to husbands and wives; and
one has a wommen only program . . . The number of persons involved
in the programs ranges from a low of 18 to a high of 125, with the
average group between 30 and 40 . . . Montreal, in addition to smaller
groups, has a luncheon group which attracts about 125 participants
. . Minneapolis has "open meetings" which attract about 100, held
twice annually in addition to its Institute of Social Planning . . .
Uniformly the persons selected for local leadership development
programs have been recommended by community leaders, local
agencies, local chapters of national agencies, temple groupings and
from the campaign divisions . • . Most of the communities conduct
annual programs . . . Cleveland conducts its program every other year.

Indianapolis Schools to
Open Rosh Hashanah;
Special Provisions OK'd

INDIANAPOLIS (JTA) — T h e
JeWiSh Community Relations
Council reported it had made spe-
cial arrangements with local school
officials to deal with problems
arising from the fact that the open-
ing day of public elementary and
high schools this fall coincides
with the second day of Rosh
Hashanah.
The affected schools are in
Indianapolis and in three adjoining
townships. T h e announcement
noted that some Jewish parents
had pre-registered their children
for the fall semester at the end of
the spring 1964 semester. Others,
particularly those with children
entering a new school in the fall,
were alerted to the problem.
The council said it had arranged
with officials of the various

schools for special registration
periods during the week prior to
Rosh Hashanah.

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TIsaish You, Dear Friends:

During the unexpected high honors that were ac-
corded me at the national annual dinner of Mizrachi-Hapoel
Hamizrachi, held in New York June 17, at which Chief
Rabbi Iser Yehuda Unterman of Israel was the principal
speaker, I was deeply moved by the many messages of
greetings and good wishes I received from friends in
Detroit.
I wish to thank all of you for your kind sentiments.
You have heartened me in my work! May we be privileged
to work together for our great causes for many years to
come.

ZVI TOMKIEWICZ

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that about 23 per cent of the American resort hotels were refusing
admission to Jewish guests . . . The ways in which these hotels
expressed their anti-Semitism ranged from oblique references to
blatant affirmations . .. Today, there are still about 190 resort hotels
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trade during the rest of the year . . Hotels that banned Jewish
guests in-season, looked the other way during conventions, since
virtually all trade and professional groups included Jews . . . When
the lists of discriminatory hotels were disseminated among civic,
trade and professional organizations, many of these groups refused to
hold their conventions in resort. places practicing bigotry . . . Very
helpful in the campaign against anti-Jewish resort hotels, were such
groups as the American Hotel Association. the American Society of
Association Executive and the International Association of Convention
Bureaus which recommended that no conventions be held in hotels
where Jews are not wanted .. . Thus, many of the resorts which prac-
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James Del Rio, Director of
the Supreme Life Insurance Co.
of America, candidate for the
State Senate in the Sixth Michi-
gan District, is shown accepting
from Ben Levinson, president,
Franklin Mortgage Corp., a let-
ter of endorsement signed by 18
outstanding community, busi-
ness and religious leaders of
the northwest Detroit Jewish
community. The prominent en-
dorsers are:

Rabbi Leon Fram

Temple Israel

Rabbi Robert M. Syme

Temple Israel

Leonard Hyman
Dr. Leon Fill
John Lurie
Henry Cohen
Ben La Bret
Dr. Mort Levin
Meyer Rosenbaum
Ben Levinson
David Goldberg
William Liberson
Lou Berry
Sam Hechtman
Daniel Laven
Al Borman
Max Handler
Harry Grossman

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German Jewish Council Appeals to Officials
to Prevent Meeting of Former SS Members

DUSSELDORF (JTA)—Dr. H.
G. Van Dam, secretary general of
the Council of Jews in Germany,
appealed to West German officials
to intervene against plans of
former members of the SS from
Belgium and the Netherlands to
hold a meeting Saturday in West
Germany.
The former SS members, now
members of a European Commit-
tee for Hero Worship, with head-
quarters in Antwerp, met in
Muenstereife, in North Rhine
Westphalia, in 1963, the same
place set for the July 4 meeting.
They were forbidden last year
to hold any public activities
other than a memorial service,
but speeches were delivered and
a torchlight procession was held.

Officials here said that the West
German Embassy raised the issue
with the Belgian Foreign Office,
which said that, under Belgian
law, there was no way to prevent
Belgians from organizing meetings
of that kind in West Germany.
Socialist Party members asked
Willy Wyer, North Rhine West-
phalia interior minister, whether
he planned to reject the applica-
tion of the SS group for permis-
sion to hold the July 4 meeting.
Dr. Van Darn met with the in-
terior minister for a discussion of
the situation and also asked the
West German interior minister.
Hermann Hocherl, to intervene.

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, July 3, 1964
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