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July 10, 1964 - Image 23

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1964-07-10

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Fagan-Segel Rites
1nnounced for June

On the Record

By NATHAN ZIPRIN

Editor, Seven Arts
Feature Syndicate

MISS ARLENE FAGAN

Mr. and Mrs. David Fagan of
Ridgedale Ave., Oak Park, an-
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Arlene Rochelle to
Arthur B. Segel, son of Mr. and
Mrs. David Segel of Aberdeen
Rd., Southfield.
A June wedding is planned.

/—

Dutch Govt. Establishes
Chair - in Hebrew, Yiddish

AMSTERDAM (JTA) — The
government of The Netherlands
voted a grant for the establish-
ment, for the first time, of a chair
at the University of Amsterdam for
the teaching of modern Hebrew
and Yiddish language and liter-
ature.
Under the grant, courses in
these subjects will be offered at
the university, beginning next fall.
There will be one two-hour course
weekly in modern Hebrew lan-
guage and literature, and a one-
hour course weekly in the Yiddish
department.
Both courses will be conducted
by Dr. Leib Fuks, chairman of the
university's division of Hebraica
and Judaica.
Dr. Fuks, a ranking member of
the university's library staff, is
also director of the Rosenthaliana
Library, one of the world's most
valued Judaica-Hebraica collec-
tions, bequeathed to the institu-
tion by the late Baron G. Rosen-
thal.
He said he expects a sizable en-
rollment in both the Hebrew and
Yiddish courses, not only from
Jews but also from Christian theo-
logical students.

WJCongress Leaders,
Mayor Brandt Confer

BERLIN (JTA) — Dr. Nahum
] Goldmann, president of the World
Zionist Organization and World
Jewish Congress. and Dr. Maurice
Perlzweig, director of the WJC's
"-- -international department, met with
Mayor Willy Brandt while visiting
/ — here July 4. They discussed a wide
variety of Jewish problems. Dr.
Goldmann and Dr. Perlzweig also
met with Dr. Heinz Galinski, the
chairman of the Berlin Jewish
community.

This is the
hotel the
Israelis voted
Israel's best

The ultra-smart Sheraton-Tel Aviv
—beside the fabled Mediterranean.

Beautiful rooms. Fabulous food.
Lavish pool. Just a stroll from all
the excitement of bustling Tel Aviv.
Nightclubs. Sidewalk cafes. Yiddish
drama.
The Israelis, in a recent survey,
voted it Israel's best hotel. The
finest recommendation of all.
For Insured Reservations, call a
Travel Agent or any Sheraton Hotel.

Sheraton-
tel

Tel Aviv, Israel

It Happens Every Friday . . .
Many things happen of course
on Friday in the Jewish com-
munities of America, in addition
to the Sabbath preparations. One
of the most unique events of the
the day in most Jewish com-
munities of the country is arrival
of the postman with the local
English-Jewish weekly that tells in
print many of the things that
happened in the community and
many events in Jewish life on the
outside that probably would not
reach the Jewish communities if
there were no weekly chronicle
to record and analyze them.
IT HAPPENS EVERY FRIDAY
was the title of an interesting and
wholly timely address by Philip
Slomovitz, editor of the Detroit
Jewish News, and the occasion was
a recent dinner at the Jersey City
Jewish Center in honor of Morris
Janoff, editor and publisher of
the Jewish Standard.
Slomovitz is one of the leading
figures in the world of English-
Jewish journalism and it was well
that he took the occasion when a
city honored a Jewish publisher
as a springboard for the theme.
The fact that as fine a Jewish
community as Jersey City's found
it necessary to pause in honor of
the editor of the Anglo-Jewish
weekly demonstrates beyond a
shadow of doubt that there is a
profound awareness of the need of
such media. A Jewish newsaper
thtat does not reflect the com-
munity would of course have no
raison d'etre.
How e v e r , as Phil Slomovitz
pointed out, a Jewish - newspaper
is much more than that. He en-
visages it as "the guardian over the
public welfare of our people," the
"historian of Israel," the "reporter
of events affecting the health, the
education, the recreation of Jew-
ry," the "chronicle of our time,"
the "sentinel that watches over
our freedom" and the "defender
of our basic American ideals and
of our sacred Jewish traditions."
This of course is an idealized
formulation but an objective
worth pondering by the people
who run that press.
"Without this watch-dog over
Jewry's destinies," Slomovitz said,
"the great movements which op-
erate in behalf of the downtrodden
and which support Israel would not
be able to effectively reach out
to the communities which supply
the funds for creative efforts and
for redemption." Without those
newspapers, he went on, "there
would be no linking" between the
Jewish communities of America
with Israel, Africa, Asia and Latin
America as well as the Jewries of
Europe.
"We have built great institu-
tions. We are co ntinually in-
vesting millions in large syna-
gogues and other community struc-
tures. But we have not been too
successful in communicating with
our fellow Jews and with our
neighbors. It is my contention that
whatever weaknesses we display
are the result of a lack of knowl-
edge about ourselves and our
history and an increasing rather
than a diminishing ignorance
about our past and our present—
and that creates a lack of vision
towards the future.
"It is only when the proper
status is given to the predominant
press, the English-Jewish, provid-
ing for a reaching out of the news-
papers into every nook and corner
of this great land, that we might
hope for the emergence of a truly
well-informed Jewish constituency.
"In only a very few com-
munities are there flourishing
English-Jewish periodicals able to
reach all ages of Jewish readers.
It is this need for strengthened
and reconstructed Jewish com-
munications that is so vitally
needed in order to assure links
between Jewries, understanding
of what is happening and prepara-
tion to deal with the frequently

recurring Jewish problems that
create challenges to use in many
spheres.
"Actually, while we editors have
our wastebaskets and our short-
comings, we welcome advice and
we ask for understanding. We are
conscious of our duties as custo-
dians of great instruments in be-
half of our country and our faith,
our fellow citizens and our kins-
men. Our newspapers are conduct-
ed by men of courage, by editors
who recognize the responsibility
of helping assure a democratically
secure America and a fre life for
our people everywhere. We be-
lieve that in the main we are
successful in aiming towards the
attainment of these goals."
I am thankful to Phil Slomovitz
for sending me the speech—most
of .which I did not use—and spar-
ing me from the trouble of writ-
ing a column on a hot July day.
Above all I think it is only appro-
priate that our readers and com-
munity people be reminded from
time to time that the Anglo-
Jewish press is not only a purveyor
of news and information but a
molder of climate and opinion.

Israel to Build Center
for Industrial Research;
UN Gives $1.7 Million

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Na-
tional Research and Development
Council announced the establish-
ment of a new industrial research
center to be based at the Tech-
nion-Israel Institute of Technology
at Haifa. which will cost 14,000,000
Israel piounds ($4,666,666).
The United Nations, according
to the announcement, has contri-
buted 5,000.000 pounds ($1,666,-
666) toward the project.
In its announcement, the council
voiced sharp criticism of the state
of government-sponsored scientific
research. According to the council,
the opportunities for scientists in
government-sponsored r e s ear c h
here are inferior to those existing
in academic institutions.
A survey conducted by the coun-
cil, it was also noted, has shown
that only 13 per cent of the Is-
raelis in the college age brackets
have matriculated for higher stu-
dies. as against much higher per-
centages in countries like the Unit-
ed States, Yugoslavia and Norway.
The survey pointed out that, where-
as 60 per cent of the Jewish youth
in the United States, in these age
brackets, enroll in colleges, the
Israeli ratio is only 13.5 per cent.

Adelman-Ohin Troth
Is Announced Here

Investors in the U. S. Payroll
Savings Plan now account for more
than 50 per cent of all Series E
Savings Bonds sold annually.

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Mr. and Mrs. Albert Adelman of
Sussex Ave. anounce the engage-
ment of their daughter Myra Lee
to E. Michael Okin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Okin of Great Neck,
N.Y.
The bride-elect is a senior at the
University of Michigan. Her fiance
attends the University of Michigan
Medical School.
An August wedding is planned. I\

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Garden Party to Benefit
Nursery Children in Israel

Mrs. Harry Kaplan will hold her
annual garden party for the benefit
of needy Israeli children noon
Wednesday at her home, 6357 Cur-
tis.
Mrs. Kaplan, a member of Neg-
bah Chapter, Pioneer Women, is
raising funds for the nurseries of
Moetzet Hapolot Sisterhood in
memory of her three children who
died in the concentration camps of
Germany.
Women in the community are in-
vited. For information, call Mrs.
Kaplan, UN 2-1170.

Political Scientist to Talk
at U. of M. Hillel House

Prof. Samuel J. Eldersveld,
chairman of the department of
political science at the University
of Michigan, will speak on "Im-
pressions of India" 7:30 p. m.
Wednesday at the Bnai Brith Hillel
Foundation, 1429 Hill.
Dr. Eldersveld, a member of the
faculty since 1941, has been a
member of special presidential and
governor's study committees and
director of a Ford Foundation
project on political behavior. He
has received several fellowships
here and abroad and was mayor
of Ann Arbor from 1957 to 1959.

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, July 10, 1964
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