Flint to Pay Tribute to Israel SendIer, Zionist Leader, on 80th Birthday Peo ple Make News The Flint Jewish community, generations had produced only Ronald Sloan, 20830 Park- and a number of Detroiters active one son. As a student in the lawn, Oak Park, has joined the De- in the Zionist movement, will hon Slabotka Yeshiva, he developed troit Businessmen's Group, City of • or Israel and Ida Sendler on the a love for Zion and Zionism Hope, and has made a sizable con- occasion of his 80th birthday and which remained characteristic of tribution in mem- their 45th wedding anniversary, his life. ory of his father, next weekend. Special services in He came to America in 1904, Saul, and in hon- their honor will be held Jan. 1 and while working in an auto fac- or of his mother. , tory in Detroit, helped found at Cong. Beth Israel. During almost 40 years of resi- branches of Farband and Poale delve in Flint, the Sendler name Zion in Detroit, Rochester, Buffa- has become synoymous with. Zion-' : lo, Cleveland and Toledo. With ism and many Jewish causes. As / Gershon Avrunin (later the na-1 described by the local bulletin of tional president of Farband) and the Flint Jewish Community Coun- I the late Joseph Haggai, he was an cil, he is a "little man with a big organizer of Branch 13, the first heart one of the most popular Farband unit in the state. Mr. Sen- and colorful figures in Flint's Jew- dler also continued his work for ish community. His individualism Zionism in the National Jewish expresses itself most overtly Workers Alliance. During World War I, he enlisted in the Jewish Legion but was un- able to leave the country because of his job in a war plant, making motors for the first war planes. However, he helped organize the Red Star of David nursing service. which was to work with the Jewish Legion. A member of that group was Ida Liftshitz, whom he married shortly after the war. They have three children, Mrs. Sidney David- son, of Chicago, Mrs. Harry Rat- ner of Flint, and Simson, (once again, an only son) of Detroit, and nine grandchildren. ISRAEL L. SENDLER through his predilection for Yid- dish as a conversational -medium. His delightfully sly humor, his sparkling wit and his fine sense of timing are enhanced by his skill- ful use of. Yiddish colloqialism which defies translation?' (Both Mr. and Mrs. Sendler have been leaders in the Yiddish Cul- ture Club and many years ago helped organize the Yiddish shul in Detroit in• the Hannah Schloss Building.) Born in Bien; Lithuania. Is- rael Leib Sendler was an only son in a family which for six In the Heart of t h e City ON CADILLAC SQUARE I 4 I IRVING S. CANE, coordinator Friends of JAMES N. ROSEN- BERG, artist and lawyer who ob- for Mayor Cavanagh's committee served his 90th birthday last for industrial and commercial de- month, have contributed more than velopment, has been appointed $18,000 in his honor to the. Dag chairman of the civil rights com- Hammarskjold Forums of the As- mittee for the 5th. Region, Jewish sociation of the Bar of the City of War Veterans by Regional Com- New York. The funds were given mander Bernard B. in e o ff Hattie Sloan, and in recognition of Mr. Rosenberg's Cleveland. .TWV's 5th Region in- other members quest for world peace through law. cludes Michigan, Ohio. Kentucky, Indiana. Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, of his family. He was a founder of the forums. Nebraska, Wisconsin arid Minne- * * 5 Sloan, a native At the annual dinner of Hadoar. sota. Detroiter. is asso- * * * ciated with Bnai the only Hebrew weekly newspaper ARNOLD L. FINE, 1964 Agent Brith, Children's published in the United States, Hospital of De- prominent scholars and patrons of of the Year in New York Life's troit Jewish Cen- Hebrew language and literature Northland-Detroit Office, is com- Sloan ter and ORT. Among his business paid tribute to RABBI EDWARD pleting 1964 by paying for $1,000,- interests are the Add (N) Type ; T. SANDROW of Temple Beth El, 000 worth of life insurance on 150 Shops and AAA Business Machines Cedarhurst, N. Y. He was cited for lives; it was announced by J. Neil Co.; the construction business in t a quarter of a century of dedicated McNabnay, general manager. Roseville, Mich. in connection with services for 'Jewish education, Heb- Paul J. Forcier, Jr.; real estate rew scholarship and leadership in MUSIC ! ENTERTAINMENT I properties and the motion picture other Jewish causes. * * * theater business. He is married to LOUIS HECHTMAN' was elected the former Geraldine Karpantry and has two sons, Steven, age 51/2. first vice president of the Build- ers Association of Metropolitan and his orchestra and Barry, 31/2. Detroit. Others elected included * UN 3-6501 Robert Nelson, treasurer; and vice If No Answe r Call DI 14847 HOWARD M. SQUADRON, a presidents Mandell L. Berman, Gil- vice-president of the American and Ned L. Jewish Congress and chairman bert Silver m an since 1961 of its New York Metro- Smokier. ' politan Council. has been named military chaplains on chairman of the organization's Na- ' Jewish tional Commission on Law and So- duty with the U.S., Armed Forces th Gen- in Europe wil assemble at the cial Action. eral Walker Hotel, J3erchesgaden, Metropolitan insurance consul- ' Germany, Jan. 11-15, for a re- tant MOREY HOCHBERGER has ligious retreat to be conducted by received dual laurels for outstand- Rabbi MAX J. ROUTTENBERG of ing service to the community. In Temple B'nai Sholom, Rockville a ddition to his third qualification Center. N.Y. as a Millionaire. he was awarded the National Quality Award by the THE MARK IV _ FREE GIFT WRAPPING National Association of Life Un- SAMMY WOOLF Mr. Sendler brought his fam- ily to Flint in 1926, and there set up a linen supply business. An early synagogue leader, he served on the Beth Israel board of education and took an active part in Jewish education. He still maintains a close interest in the affairs of the Hebrew school and Talmud Torah, which he helped build up. Taking "time out" from his derwriters. Zionist affairs (the Zionist Organi- zation has named a portion of a school in Kfar Silver in honor of his tireless devotion), Mr. Sendler has served on the board of the Flint Jewish Community Council, chairman of the Council of the Jewish National Fund and founder of the local branch of the Jewish , Barba ra Ann Brenner to lied M r. Hartman UNIQUE HAS THE PERFECT SHOWER GIFT! 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He has long been active in Jewish philanthropic 1 work and is former president of the Jewish Vocational Service, former chairman of the Jewish Welfare A ranking citizen of the musical Federation health and welfare world, ISAAC STERN, American division, and is presently active on member of the globe's finest vio- the board and executive commit- linists, will perform in concert at tee of Federation and the board Detroit's Masonic Auditorium, Jan. of Sinai Hospital. He is a board 8. Playing more than 100 concerts member of the Michigan Welfare a season, sometimes on five conti- League, and a member of the De- nents, Stern often concertizes in troit, Michigan and American Bar Europe, Asia, Australia, Israel and South America many times under Associations. the auspices of the U.S. State De Pioneer in Lithography partment. 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